Agriculture Battles Disclosure of Federal Meat Records
Washington AP The Agriculture Department fights releasing certain federal meat inspection records while consumer attorney Harrison Wellford presses the case. A Baltimore court ordered partial disclosure of warning letters and detention data, with other reports and meeting notes pending appeal. The dispute shapes future meat inspection enforcement and public access to plant level information.
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Kansas City Negro Solon Jordan Fatally Shot in Missouri
Missouri state Rep. Leon M. Jordan a leading Black Democrat and Jackson County figure was shot to death early today outside his Green Duck Tavern in Kansas City. Witnesses saw a late-model car flee the area with three Black men, one armed with a shotgun. Jordan, 65, elected in 1964, headed Freedom Inc. and was about to enter his car when shot in the stomach, hip and knee. The coroner noted shotgun wad in wounds and on the car. Police issued a pickup order for the vehicle and occupants.
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Import Quota Measure Could Lift Shoe and Shirt Prices
The Ways and Means Committee approved import quotas that could raise U.S. prices for shoes and shirts by as much as 30 percent. The plan shifts away from 37 years of freer trade and backs domestic producers. Quotas target textiles and shoes based on 1967-1969 import averages, with exemptions and voluntary limits possible. The measure awaits omnibus trade legislation and Senate approval amid consumer resistance.
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Military Justice System Under Attack
A three judge federal panel weighs a civil challenge to Army jurisdiction over Sgt. Esequiel Torres in the My Lai case. Atlanta AP reports the petition seeks transfer to federal court or an injunction, arguing constitutional issues and jury rights. Also in play are petitions for S. Sgt. David Mitchell and Robert W. Tossouvas, all facing murder or assault charges with potential life sentences.
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Austin
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Mrs Cugat Awarded 132311 For Fall
In San Francisco AP reports a jury awarded bandleader Xavier Cugat s wife Charo 132311 for a wrist fracture from a fall during a rehearsal at Bimbos 365 Club. The verdict covered damages and lost contract value. earlier Cugat won 14900 in his suit for his wife s injury.
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Seoul seeks air defense aid of U S
Defense Minister Chung Naehyuk said Seoul seeks U S aid before a third of U S troops are withdrawn. He will present a list at Honolulu on July 21 for air defense and seaborne protection, seeking modernization to balance North Korean forces and deter unification by force.
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Israel Seeks Suspects In Road Mining
TEL AVIV AP An Israeli military vehicle hit a mine Tuesday in El Arish Sinai Desert killing one soldier and wounding two. A curfew was clamped on the 30,000 resident town and several suspects were rounded up. Egyptian ground fire hit an Israeli Phantom during raids along the Suez Canal as planes returned safely. Across the Jordanian front mortar shells were fired at two border settlements, Israel replying with a heavy barrage. Some shells landed in Beit Yosef and Yardena but caused no casualties.
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Senate approves family size aid program nationwide
The Senate passed a five year birth control assistance and research program costing about 1 billion dollars. Administered by a new Office of Population Affairs under HEW, the measure awaits House action. About 5.4 million American women cannot afford these services, officials say. Services will be voluntary.
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AEC Abandons Plan To Sell 3 Plants
Rep. Joe L. Evins said the Atomic Energy Commission has dropped plans to sell three gaseous diffusion plants. He quoted AEC Chairman Glenn Seaborg as saying the White House and the commission decided not to sell, a move Evins described as in the public interest. Evins is acting chairman of the House Public Works appropriations subcommittee.
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Rawlings Wins Narrow Dem Senate Nomination in Virginia
In Virginia Democratic primary turnout was light as liberal George C. Rawlings Jr. secured a slim victory by about 919 votes over Clive L. DuVal, with Milton Colvin far behind. A runoff was possible but unlikely, setting Rawlings to face independent Byrd or Republican Garland in November.
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George C. Rawlings Jr
U.S. Senate
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Clive L. DuVal
Milton Colvin
Washington and Lee University
DuVal
Harry F. Byrd
Ray L. Garland
Byrd
Fredericksburg
Eldridge Cleaver Visits North Korea in Pyongyang
AP reports Eldridge Cleaver, exiled minister of information for the Black Panthers, arrived in Pyongyang for a visit to Communist North Korea. The Korean Central News Agency says he travels with a group of American Black Panthers but did not specify numbers. Cleaver currently resides in Algeria.
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Black Panther Party
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Terrorism Blamed On Guerrillas in US Hearings
Senator McClellan opened hearings into a wave of 5000 bombings over 18 months, warning of domestic guerrilla action. He cited over 1000 high explosive cases and 4000 incendiaries since 1969, with up to 40 deaths and $23 million in damage. Attacks target offices, ROTC buildings, foreign missions, synagogues, churches, and buses.
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John N. McClellan
Arkansas Democrat
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Civil Rights Board Maps Bias Survey in Maryland
The federal Civil Rights Commission names Baltimore County as the East Coast prototype of a white suburban ring around an urban center with a large Negro population. It schedules three August hearings in Baltimore County to study racial impacts on housing and employment for blacks and other minorities.
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Labor Bureau rejects backing of women’s strike call
The Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor said it does not endorse a one day strike for women on Aug. 26. Director Elizabeth D. Koontz noted that if employees choose to be absent the federal government’s official leave policy would apply.
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