Agnew eyes China trip amid hostilities on world tour
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, opening a 10 nation tour, expressed interest in visiting Communist China despite its hostile stance. He stopped in Guam before heading to Seoul for Park Chung hee's inauguration and planned talks on South Korea’s Vietnam troop withdrawals.
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Portugal
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Firemen seek talks on overtime pay
Local 160 of the IAFF asks the city to pause recovery of a $3250 overtime overpayment until union president Ronald Hill and attorney Alfred V. Papa return from vacation. About 55 firefighters were overpaid from a 40 hour rule error. a repayment plan is proposed to spread the loss over the rest of the year.
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Campers leave rock festival amid theft claims
Campers abandon the $28-per-person rock festival site in La as medics report no facilities and promoters cite lack of funds. Organizers blame legal costs and ticket fraud for cancellations. riders and bikers blamed for ticket resale. Two drownings and a shooting were reported nearby as authorities removed troublemakers.
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Critics eye defense budget cut in Senate showdown
Senators Proxmire and Mathias push to cap Pentagon spending at 68 billion for the next year. Defense Secretary Laird warns a cut to that level could cost up to 1.5 million military and civilian jobs, as Nixon seeks 75 to 77 billion with added mandatory pay raises.
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Supreme Court delays ruling on Pentagon papers case
The Supreme Court recessed without adjourning to decide on public release of the secret Pentagon papers on Vietnam policy. Ellsberg surrendered in Boston amid federal charges. Knight group released more material alleging Johnson era plans, while a St. Louis court set a July 5 hearing on halting further Post-Dispatch printing. The 4000-page study spans 1945 to 1968.
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William C. Douglas
William Brennan Jr
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Allied bases shelled as DMZ outposts hit in Vietnam
Communist forces shelled five allied bases below the DMZ including Alpha 4 and Charlie 2 with mortar and rocket fire. casualties were light or undetermined. Fire Base Fuller was reoccupied by South Vietnamese infantry. South Vietnamese officials cited no casualties at Charlie 1 Alpha 1 and Camp Carroll. U.S. strength in Vietnam stood at 241,700 after withdrawal of 3,200 troops. South Korean units reported 52 enemy killed with one dead and three wounded along the central coast.
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Driver testing facility called totally inadequate
Lt. Harold G. Rice of the New Castle state police criticized the Armory driver testing site as totally inadequate citing an outdated eye test. He noted police are not bypassing exams and a new facility is planned by the General State Authority on seven acres near New Castle Airport with construction hoped to start this summer.
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USW Crane Co Talks Open in Pittsburgh as Deadline Looms
Negotiations between United Steelworkers and Crane Co begin in Pittsburgh at the William Penn Hotel over economic terms. International representative Martin J. Kovach says no agreement is likely before Wednesday when the current contract ends. About 600 workers in Pennsylvania and Ohio face potential job action if no deal by tomorrow midnight.
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Rabbi Kahane Arrested Twice Amid Maryland Demonstrations
Rabbi Meir Kahane led about 300 JDL supporters in protests against Soviet Jewish oppression. He and 37 others were arrested Sunday wearing handcuffs, after earlier arrests Friday, with a second stoning incident reported at a Soviet diplomat’s Maryland apartment. A caller claimed JDL involvement and noted damage to Shimonovsky’s apartment window. Three alleged JDL members were arrested Thursday for brick throwing. Shimonovsky’s car had been firebombed in February.
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Soviet envoy allegedly meets with Israeli officials on resumes ties
A Tel Aviv paper said the Soviet Union sent an unofficial envoy to discuss a possible resumption of diplomatic relations broken in 1967. The envoy, a journalist by trade, met with government insiders but did not see Prime Minister Golda Meir. Ma ariv claimed talks in Helsinki involving Finnish Foreign Minister Leskinen, who denied any knowledge of such contacts.
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American Serviceman Arrested In Dawn Drug Raids In Hong Kong
W. Alex Jordan Jr., 21, of Cleveland, and Harold Harris, 25, of Chicago, faced drugs charges after dawn raids on two hotels serving U S troops on R and R from Vietnam. Harris released on $10 bail. Jordan’s case continued for four days. Also taken into custody were 12 Chinese girls and one Portuguese girl. the latter detained as a suspected illegal immigrant.
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Democratic urban crisis hearings open for 1972 platform
Top Democratic leaders met in St. Louis to kick off a series of hearings on urban problems shaping the 1972 platform. Mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes led the session with attendees including Mayor James Tate and Mayor Henry Maier, plus policy council figures such as Hubert Humphrey Edmund Muskie Lawrence OBrien and mayors Stokes and White.
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Philadelphia
James Tate
Milwaukee
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Lawrence F. O’brien
Democratic National Committee
Carl B. Stokes
Cleveland
Kevin White
Boston
Pittsburgh man arraigned in guard’s downtown killing
Donald G. Williams 28 of the Hill District was arraigned on a murder charge for the fatal shooting of George Gilliam a security guard at the Lawyers Building in downtown Pittsburgh. Gilliam was shot twice in the chest and died at Mercy Hospital after police arrested Williams soon after the incident. Williams faces a July 7 hearing after being remanded without bond.
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Man wounded by police after threats at Kay home
Michael J. Kay was jailed on charges of pointing a deadly weapon shooting with intent to kill and disorderly conduct after he fired on police who were responding to neighbor complaints at the Kay residence He was wounded in the left leg by returning fire and arraigned before District Magistrate Charles Thurau who will set a hearing date later.
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Shapp to seek new tax to avert Pennsylvania bankruptcy
Governor Milton Shapp said he will ask the Pennsylvania legislature for a broadly based new tax after the state Supreme Court struck down the income tax. With cash running out by August 1 and a $987 million hole projected for 1972, he outlined a plan to replace revenue while keeping constitutional fairness, crediting $135 million already paid toward the new levy.
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McIntosh
Supreme Court
Three youths warned for firecracker violations at Grant and Sampson
Police patrolled around 3 a.m. after explosions at the Boron service station. three young males were questioned but released for lack of witnesses and absent firecrackers. Officers found a straw hat packed with 17 firecrackers and a cherry bomb in a tire display. Debris was collected from the lot.
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