Texans Keep Focused On Runoff Nominees In Texas
Campaigning for statewide runoffs winds down as Dolph Briscoe defends against labor-usage accusations in South Texas ranches while Frances Farenthold frames the race as a choice between public and private government. Sanders and Yarborough trade charges in the U S Senate contest as endorsements and local politics shape voter sentiment ahead of Saturday polling.
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Associated Press
Dolph Briscoe
South
Texas
Briscoe
Dallas
Frances Farentheld
Adlai Stevenson
Mike Gonzalez
Farenthold
Austin
U.S. Senate
Barefoot Sanders
Houston
Sanders
Ralph Yarborough
Viet Leaders Linked to Heroin Racket in Southeast Asia
Yale researcher Alfred W. McCoy testified before a Senate panel that South Vietnam's heroin trade is run by top politicians including President Thieu and former President Ky with ties to Corsican and U.S. Mafia networks. He claimed involvement extends to military leaders in Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, with CIA-linked forces alleged to aid narcotics routes into the United States.
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U.S
Senate
Alfred W McCoy
Yale University
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Tran van Khiem
Huu Tim Heng
Vientiane
Pepsi Cola Co
Heng
Quane Rattikone
Royal Laotian Army
McCoy
Rattikone
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Vang Pao
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Thailand
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Meyer Lansky
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Hong Kong
United States
U.S. Jets Hit Red Power Plant and Key Rail Bridge
U S Phantom jets attacked the Bao Giang power plant near Hanoi and a northeast rail bridge at Cao Nung, destroying spans and damaging facilities. The strikes, using laser guided bombs, aimed to disrupt North Vietnam transport of war materiel. No jets were lost. U S Command log reports extensive air strikes and damage to depots and rolling stock. In Qui Nhon, a satchel charge wrecked a South Vietnamese command post with casualties among soldiers and advisers.
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Binh Dinh Iice
It Will Be Sunny Day For Voting
Area voters may go to the polls Saturday with an umbrella if they wish but its only probable function will be as a shade from a brilliant West Texas sun. The weatherman forecasts warm temperatures and clear skies with a few small cloud clusters, extending through Sunday in the Permian Basin. Overnight lows near 60, highs in the high 80s to low 90s, winds south and southwest at eight to 18 mph. A weak Pacific front moving east could cool two to three degrees Sunday. A tornado caused a glancing blow at Upper Lee. IT WILL, Page 2-A.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland-Odessa
North Dakota
Idaho
Upper Lee
Terminal
Wight
Amarillo
Gage
Denver
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
New York
Food Prices Rise Again as Unemployment Stagnates
May saw farm product prices up 1.4 percent, lifting wholesale prices 0.6 percent. Unemployment lingered at 5.9 percent as Proxmire urged a 4 percent goal and Nixon’s wage and price controls faced renewed scrutiny. Inflation pressed households with a 4.5 percent livestock price jump and overall living costs under strain.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
William Proxmure
Dwis
Senate House Economic Committee
Proxmire
Nixon
The Quipster on curiosity and boundaries
A concise quip noting that declaring something none of your business is a fast way to spark interest. The line frames curiosity as a catalyst and highlights the social impulse to pry.
Nixon Seeks Quick Approval of Moscow SALT Accords
President Nixon urged Congress to ratify the Moscow SALT agreements after returning from a summit hailed as laying a new Soviet relationship. He pressed leaders to vote on the ABM treaty with a two thirds Senate majority while the accompanying executive pact could pass with a simple majority. Supporters praised the move as a foundation for peace. critics warned of contested debates amid Vietnam war considerations.
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Moscow
Nixon
Congress
Andrews Air Force Base
Henry M Jackson
John M Ashbrook
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Senate
GOP
Edward M Kennedy
D-Mass
White House
Florida
House
Arms Treaty Approval Seen in Nixon Meeting
President Nixon conferred with congressional leaders at the White House about the nuclear arms limitation treaty with the Soviet Union. A White House spokesman said leaders voiced no misgivings and ratification is expected after a 25 minute discussion led by Nixon and Kissinger with further briefing by Ronald L. Ziegler.
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Nixon
White House
Sovet Union
Ronald L. Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger
Iraqi exports suspended by government action
The Iraqi government today halted exports from its oil fields via Mediterranean terminals as reported on page 9 B. In California politics, Sen George McGovern leads a Democratic poll while Sen Hubert H Humphrey dismisses the survey as baloney on page 1 B.
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Mediterranean
George McGovern
California
Hubert H Humphrey
Baloney
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