Senate hides Laos role amid call for $200 million cap
The Senate met in secret to discuss U S aid to forces in Laos with Sen Symington pushing a $200 million yearly ceiling on spending for air operations and foreign troops. Fulbright warned the law may be violated as U S funds flow to irregulars, mercenaries, and Thai troops, while a classified staff report on CIA financing in Laos awaits declassification.
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Charles Bray
JW. Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Foreign Relations Committee
James G. Lowenstein
Richard Moose
Central Intelligence Agency
Fighting Along DMZ Third Day in Vietnam War
SAIGON AP U S and South Vietnamese forces fought along the demilitarized zone for the 18th day as North Vietnamese gunners bombarded allied bases. Two Americans were killed and four wounded near the DMZ. 22 North Vietnamese killed and four weapons captured in a second clash two miles away. Charlie 2 base four miles southeast of the DMZ endured shelling with minimal damage and casualties. U S B 52 bombers supported ground troops and an OH6 helicopter was shot down off Phu Quoc island with one crewman wounded.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Charlie 2
Phu Quc
Tell Session Set For Society Show
Middletown Historical Society members may tell the story of their family antiques at the 8 p.m. show and tell in the Public Library community room. Robert Oglesby and Bernie Melloh will display color slides on the Excello Lock dedication. Tickets for the July antique show and sale at the armory on S Main Street are on sale. call Oglesby at 423-2437 to obtain them.
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Middletown Historical Society
Public
Robert Oglesby
Bernie Melloh
Th Excello Lock
Armory
S. Main Street
Oglesby
Gilligan warns disaster as GOP debates tax plan
Ohio Governor Gilligan accused House Republicans of shutting Democrats out of meaningful input while seeking a compromise on tax reform. The proposal floats a state collected 1.75 percent personal income tax payable to county or state, with opposition from at least six Republicans. If no budget action by month end, an interim budget may be needed to fund state programs.
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Ohio
John Gilligan
House
Gilligan
Charles Kurtess
Perrysburg
General Assembly
Penn Central seeks three-man crew plan in run to cut jobs
Penn Central trustees filed a request to ease crew size laws in Ohio and Indiana, arguing 8,900 jobs could be cut and annual savings reach 135 million. They warn the railroad must reduce labor or face closure by year end if crews stay at five or six. The plan aims to phase out jobs via attrition and union talks while pushing bankruptcy court to resolve crew size disputes under the Railway Labor Act.
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Penn Central
Railrad
Ohio
Indiana
Congress
Army Specialist King listed as named for Vietnam war
Washington AP reports Army Spc. 4 Danny R. King of Croton in Licking County was named by the Defense Department Monday as head of Nomhostile causes in the Vietnam era.
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Washington
Army
Danny R. King
Croton
Licking County
Defense Department
Ohio Storm Threat Lingers As Tornado Warnings Run
Severe thunderstorms rippled across Ohio with tornado warnings issued for Wood Henry and Ottawa counties and northern counties under severe thunderstorm alerts. High winds caused damage in Defiance Wood and Lucas counties. Reports of tornadoes in southern Michigan near Toledo with no confirmed touchdowns. A twister near Ann Arbor damaged farm buildings further north.
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Toledo
Ann Arbor
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