Nixon to address Indochina progress after Senate limits
President Nixon scheduled to speak at 9 p.m. EDT amid Senate action on a Dole backed measure to curb Cambodia policy after June 30. The debate centers on US troop use versus prisoner safety and calls for a faster withdrawal from Southeast Asia. Senate action followed House debate over debt limit riders linked to Vietnam policy.
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Legislature Bombing Injures Lawmaker. Hospital Says Stable
An attack on a legislator outside the capitol injured the official, with hospital officials reporting the patient in generally good condition. No motive or suspect information was released.
Viets Lift Siege at Tun Tavern Firebase
Five hundred South Vietnamese troops linked up with battered Tun Tavern defenders after a helicopter relief mission near the Laotian border. North Vietnamese casualties were high as U.S. advisers aided the defense, while a helicopter was lost and nine Americans died in a separate Loc Ninh crash. Cambodian forces carried out a sweep near Phnom Penh amid disappearances of foreign journalists.
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Middletown Weather Calls for Showers Tonight and Thursday
The Middletown area forecast predicts showers and thundershowers likely tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures. Highs in the 60s, yesterday reached 82, with a 66 degree low this morning and about 0.5 inches of rain overnight.
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Rockets Kill Two Children in Beit Shean Attacks
Arab guerrillas fired two waves of Soviet Katyusha rockets into Beit Shean wounding at least seven and killing two schoolchildren. A 9-year-old girl died and a boy was among the wounded as a classroom caught fire. Israel returned fire but details on casualties were unavailable.
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Poll Finds Most Businessmen Call Inflation Fight Flop
Washington AP three of four businessmen say the government inflation fight has flopped. AFL CIO economist Nathan Goldfinger cites the worst inflation in 20 years and rising unemployment. Democrats push a wage price control bill while House Banking Committee members seek Nixon standby powers. hearings set for June 16.
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Peru Earthquake Devastates Huaylas Canyon Towns
Bad weather and blocked roads hampered rescue efforts in the Huaylas Canyon high in the Peruvian Andes. Yungay, Caraz and Huaraz were nearly destroyed with estimates of up to 30,000 killed. Only 2,500 of 20,000 residents in Yungay reportedly survived.
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Who Will Host Nation's 200th Birthday Party
A presidential panel debates where to stage the 200th birthday celebration with Philadelphia as a possible international exposition site. Senators Scott and Schweiker oppose a four city plan, urging a national focus and ongoing local festivities to secure funding and leadership. A separate Peru earthquake story describes Emilia Esquibel surviving a Lima area quake with casualties and missing relatives.
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