Agnew Appeals GOP Governors for Safeguard Support
Vice President Spiro Agnew urged Republican governors to back Nixon’s Safeguard missile defense as a needed security shield and a potentially cheaper alternative to Sentinel. He argued it preserves U S Soviet balance and keeps diplomatic leverage, while some governors remained cautious about public endorsement.
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Oklahoma
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Proxmire Attacks Navy Over Thailand Fuel Theft Unveiling
Sen. Proxmire accuses the Navy of ingratitude for denying a commendation to civilian fuel inspector John McGee who exposed a vast Thai fuel theft. He says McGee faced retaliation and that Navy leaders diverted attention from the corruption, touting a lax inspection system that failed to curb the scheme.
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Post Office No Longer To Be Political
Alan Birmingham reports at a dinner honoring Winton Blount as postmaster general, Rogers Morton asserts the Post Office Department will shed politics and adopt new management. He links Nixon era reforms to GAO findings and criticizes past Navy fuel inspection lapses and fraud exposed by McGee and others.
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Pair Seek Asylum In West Berlin Train
An engineer and a 54 year old woman conductor drove an East Berlin interurban train to West Berlin and sought asylum, police said. Authorities withheld details on their escape and identities.
Wiretaps Speeding Arrests in Six Months Across States
Courts report 203 tests from legally tapped phone conversations in just over six months. More than 66 000 calls overheard across 174 taps in four states 167 in New York. Taps directed at drugs extortion gambling homicide and larceny with 71 drug cases. Arrests total 216 New York 27 Georgia 17 Massachusetts three Arizona three. No convictions yet.
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Congo envoy disputes U.N. Congo revolt reports
London based ambassador Sir Ian Scott argues in his book that U.N. reports from Congo during early independence years were biased to fit policy. He claims British advice to Moise Tshombe against secession was ignored by others promoting suppression of Tshombe.
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Britain
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U.N
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Tshombe
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Leopoldville
Low Tide Cancels iSearch For Clams
Ocean Shores Washington announces the third annual International Clam Prix is postponed to May 18 from May 4. Carliffee Sarkvogel, chairman of the event’s bivalve board, cites a low tide that would make the clam hunt unsporting, likening it to shooting deer in an apple orchard with a bazooka.
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Dam victims honored in Cuba party awards
Three Army photographers killed in an accident at a Savana dam project were awarded posthumous memberships in the Cuban Communist party, according to Navana radio. Details of the accident were not provided in the Miami broadcast.
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