Westmoreland urges censorship of Vietnam war coverage
General William C. Westmoreland told the Cleveland Council on World Affairs that news reports from a war torn country should be censored. He warned unrestricted reporting harmed the U S cause in Vietnam and called attention to the power of television in shaping public perception.
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UPI
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
Westmoreland
Cleveland Council On World Affairs
U.S
Vietnam
Mozambique Declares Independence with Marxist Pledge
Guerrilla Leader Samora Machel was sworn in as the first president of the new People's Republic of Mozambique. He vowed to end Portugal’s colonial rule and transform the former colony into Africa’s first truly Marxist state amid cheers, drums, dance, and a 21 gun salute.
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Lourendo Marques
Mozambique
UPI
Samora Machel
People’s Republic of
Portugal
Africa
Koreans Alert Troops on War Anniversary
South Korea raised full military alert on the Korean War anniversary. The armed forces of 625000 members went on special alert while 600000 government workers had leaves canceled and 20 percent were ordered to report for special duty. North Korea warned of grave danger of war breaking out at any moment.
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Seoul
API
South Korea
North Korea
Cleveland motorcyclist’s mother decries grand jury finding
Gloria Adams, mother of Derrick J. Browne, 20, of Cleveland, calls the grand jury indictment of Patrolman Ralph Thomas for negligent homicide a whitewash. She says she has faith in God and that the U S Justice Department will continue its investigation into her son’s death after the June 6 high speed chase.
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Cleveland
UPI
Gloria Adams
Derrick J. Browne
Ralph Thomas
Thomas
Justice Department
Girls in School Face Discrimination and Jobs Fight
Washington report notes NOW views persistent sex bias in education as pushing women into the labor force. It urges Congress to back rules banning sex discrimination from kindergarten through college.
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Washington
UPI
National Organization For Women
Congress
Ford touts GOP comeback but avoids Nixon era links
President Ford praised the Republican Party as weathering Watergate and inflation challenges during a White House event and a televised briefing. He urged party unity and claimed the GOP has made a rapid, notable comeback despite trials.
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Ford
Washington
UPI
America
White House
Rose Garden
Congress
East Room
Richard Nixon
Weather report and notices from Fon The Record
Partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers tonight and Thursday. Lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s. Rain probability 40 percent. Winds NE to E. Humidity varying through the day. 0.25 inch rainfall expected. Temperatures Tuesday 89 to 67. Details on marriage license applications and a death notice follow.
Norwalk Curfew Question Divides Voters
Voters split on a proposed curfew after Norwalk rewrote ordinances left curfew out. About 52.8 percent oppose and 47.2 percent support a curfew with concerns over rights, parental responsibility, and youth behavior.
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Norwalk
Have new laws made it too easy to get a divorce
A public notice invites readers to vote on divorce law changes with two phone numbers for voting yes or no and a midnight deadline.
Mafia figure Roselli links CIA to Castro assassination plots
John Roselli testified before the Senate intelligence committee and told Jack Anderson that he worked with the CIA in the early 1960s on six separate plots to poison or shoot Cuban leader Fidel Castro. He said he was first approached in 1960 in Los Angeles by Robert Maheu, an aide to Howard Hughes, and renewed talks in New York on September 14, 1960.
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UPI
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Isabelle Burgess
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Alaska
Paris
John Roselli
Congress
CIA
Fidel Castro
Jack Anderson
Anderson
ABC
AM America
Roselli
Los Angeles
Robert Maheu
Howard Hughes
Maheu
New York City
Senator Honors Son with Birthday Resolution in Ohio Senate
Ohio State Senator Anthony O. Calabrese defended a June 17 Senate resolution honoring his son Anthony O. Calabrese a Cleveland attorney on his 40th birthday. He described it as a personal gift and noted his son keeps the framed document in his office for its recognition of his legal career and public service.
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UPI
Anthony O. Calabrese
Cleveland
Ohio Senate
Calabrese
Senate
PCA Stockholders Seek Venue Change in PCA Case
Nine PCA stockholders ask the court to move hearings from Huron to Ashland County seeking a special stockholders meeting to oust directors. Judge Heydinger set a 3 30 p m hearing on the change of venue with an injunction hearing possible Friday. Dennis Murray of Sandusky represents the stockholders in the suit against DeRan the PCA and the board.
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Production Credit Association
PCA
Henry E. Young
Ashland County
Huron County
Thomas E. Heydinger
Heydinger
Ashland
James DeRan
Robert M. Calhoun
Norwalk
Calhoun
DeRan
Dennis Murray
Sandusky
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Kent
Nancy E. Jennings
New London
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