Nixon vetoes Cambodia bombing cutoff bill
President Nixon vetoed a $3.4 billion aid bill that would halt U S bombing in Cambodia and Laos. Senate Republicans expect no override vote. Mansfield warns of a potential constitutional clash if the veto stands. Senate leaders weighed two related funding measures as the fight continued.
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Laos
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
John G. Tower
Texas
South Vietnam Could Aid Cambodia If US Halt Threatens Security
Saigon signaled it would consider military aid to Cambodia if US bombing stops risk Vietnam’s security. Government spokesman Bui Bao Truc said Vietnam would use any means if its security were threatened. He noted no formal request had been made, but Congress’s Cambodia bombing halt could trigger aid discussions amid broader Khmer Rouge incursions and a major Mekong Delta clash with 120-plus casualties.
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South Vietnam
Cambodia
Vietnam
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Truc
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Mekong
Chuong Thien
Dean says Nixon knew of Watergate cover up
Ousted White House counsel John W Dean III testifies he did not tell Nixon directly about Watergate involvement on Sept. 15 but believes the President knew. Sen. Gurney questions details of the meeting with Haldeman and Ehrlichman as Dean recalls Nixon’s reaction and the cover up.
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White House
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Edward J. Gurney
Dean
Senate
Gurney
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Erhlichman
Watergate
CIA
Bob
Grand Jury backs jail replacement in Grundy County
Grundy County Grand Jury reports in poor condition jail after May tour and urges replacement. Members on the tour include Melvin Hauge LeRoy Gordon Mrs George Knibbs David W. Vincent Mrs Rachel Benson Mrs Nancy Matheny Mrs Elizabeth Watson Mrs Beverly J Kinkular August Cantu Mrs Cynthia Brooks and Mrs Jane I Hoffman.
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Grundy County
Grand Jury
Melvin Hauge
LeRoy Gordon
George Knibbs
David W. Vincent
Rachel Benson
Nancy Matheny
Elizabeth Watson
Beverly J. Kinkular
August Cantu
Cynthia Brooks
Jane I. Hoffman
Weather Summary From Dresden Island Locks Forecast
Today expects partly sunny skies and warmth with a chance of afternoon or evening thunder. Highs reach the mid 80s while tonight cools to the upper 50s. Thursday looks partly sunny and cooler with highs in the upper 70s. Tuesday recorded a high of 82 and a low of 59 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. At 7 am today the temperature was 63 with .24 inches of precipitation.
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Dresden Island
Fire destroys 1973 Ford Thunderbird in Grundy County
A car fire on Morris Blacktop Rd in Grundy County consumed a 1973 Ford Thunderbird owned by George Lamb of Seneca. Responders from the Seneca Police and Fire Departments and Sgt. Ron Fox and Deputy Curt Leach found the vehicle fully involved. Investigators suspect an electrical fault as the cause.
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Morris Blacktop Rd
Grundy County
Ron Fox
Curt Leach
George Lamb
Seneca
Seneca Fire Department
China detonates atmospheric nuclear device in Sinkiang
Indian scientists report China tested a small atmospheric nucleus device in Lop Nor Sinkiang. The blast yielded one to two megatons of TNT with a timing around 9:25 a.m. local, signaling growing sophistication in China's nuclear capability.
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India
China
Sinkiang
Bhabha Atomic Research Center
Lop Nor
Indian Department of Atomic Energy
Peking
Hiroshima
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Brezhnev Pompidou wrap two day talks in Paris
In Paris Brezhnev and Pompidou ended two days of follow up talks after the U S Soviet summit. A French spokesman said the discussions on bilateral issues and world affairs fostered very friendly and close relations. Brezhnev pressed France toward stronger alignment on nuclear policy amid a trend toward arms control.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Georges Pompidou
France
Pompidou
Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Man
Rambouillet
Pompidous
Larue pleads guilty to conspiring to obstruct justice
Frederick C. LaRue senior Nixon re election committee official pleaded guilty in U S District Court to conspiring to obstruct justice. He waived indictment and faces up to five years in prison and a $10 000 fine. Sentencing deferred pending other trials.
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Washington
Frederick C. Larue
Nixon
U.S. District Court
LaRue
Mississippi
John J. Sirica
Watergate
Sirica
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Grand Jury
la Rue
Democratic National
Police miss four suspects in Texaco burglary
Police narrowly missed catching four men suspected of breaking into Wilbur Clark's Texaco station on Division Street and stealing 270 dollars at 5 54 a m. A neighbor reported glass breaking and saw one man enter while three waited outside. Officers pursued toward an alley north of the station.
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Morris
Wilbur Clark
Texaco
Division St
Alan Love
Carl Bremenkamp
A Grundy County Sheriff Uses His Patrol Car as Office
In Grundy County, Sheriff Ron Fox treats his Bel Air squad car as an office with a radio system and a 12 gauge shotgun. He and two other full time deputies cover a large area, handling 650 May calls from accidents to subpoenas.
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Grundy County
Ron Fox
Herald
Grundy
Bel Air
Grundy County Sheriff's Department
Illinois 47
Fox
Ispern
Coal City
Sheriff's Department
Braceville
Godley
Wilmington
East Brooklyn
Rice Rd
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