Senate moves toward ABM compromise with tests
The Senate signals a path to modify the Safeguard ABM plan by barring deployment while stepping up radar and computer testing at Pacific sites. Senator Aiken predicts a workable compromise acceptable to both lawmakers and the Nixon administration, with Mansfield noting possible testing at Kwajalein and Eniwetok as a middle ground.
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Washington
Senate
Pacific
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Nixon
White House
Aiken
Pentagon
David R. Packard
Parriard
Ronald L. Ziegler
John An Cooper
Rky
A. Hart
Dmich
North Begota
Montafia
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kwajelein
Eniwietok
Soviet Cuba bound task force nears island in show of force
A Soviet eight ship task force moved toward Cuba about 600 miles off the coast as U.S. radar ship Thomas J. Gary watched from Key West. Navy planes and press crews followed the progress ahead of Castro’s Revolutionary Day events on July 26 and Russian Naval Day on July 27.
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Jacksonville
Fla
U.S
Cuba
Cuan Shores
Thomas J. Gary
Key West
Maine
Maryland
Navy
Fidel Castro
Thieu Peace Proposal Seen as Path to Fast War Settlement
President Nixon welcomed South Vietnamese President Thieu's peace proposals as a potential route to a rapid settlement if the Communists agree to serious negotiations. Nixon said the plan offers a comprehensive path to a fair settlement arrived at through free elections supervised by an international body, and affirmed readiness to accept any political outcome.
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Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Hanoi
Midway Island
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Saigon
Ziegler
Court overturns draft evasion convictions of Spock and three men
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of Dr. Benjamin Spock and three others for conspiring to counsel draft avoidance. Spock and Michael Ferber were freed from further prosecution, while retrials were ordered for Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr. and Mitchell Goodman. Marcus Raskin was acquitted.
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Dr. Spock
Boston
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Benjamin Spock
Spock
Harvard
Michael Ferber
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Mitchell Goodman
Temple
Maine
Marcus Raskin
Washington
Goodman
Coffin
House Panel Advances Funds Cutoff for Violent Campus Disruptions
A House Appropriations subcommittee approved a measure to cut federal funds for students involved in violent campus uprisings. The amendment, added to the HEW appropriation bill, would bar federal aid to students who participated in violent disruptions and remove the hearing requirement before aid withdrawal.
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House Group
Washington
House
Appropriations
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Neal Smith
Iowa
Smith
Stock Market Slump Erases Estimated $100 Billion Value
New York AP reports a severe stock market downturn erasing about 100 billion dollars in value over two months. The Dow fell to 847.79 as rates rise and tax, Vietnam, and Middle East worries weigh on sentiment. Eldon A. Grimm of Walston & Co. predicts a bottom in two to three months followed by a bull market.
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New York
Wall Street
Eldon A. Grimm
Walston & Co
Vietnam
Middle East
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co
Federal Reserve Board
Moscow favors talks with United States in new policy outline
Washington reports that Andrei Gromyko’s speech to the Soviet parliament signals eagerness for improved east west ties. He notes the U S president’s calls for a well prepared summit and says the Soviet Union favors talks over confrontation. Nixon has no current plan for a Moscow stop on his world tour.
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Washington
Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Nixon
Gromyko
U.S
Soviet Union
Glassboro
N. J
Alexei N. Kosygin
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Vienna
Khrushchev
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Prime Beef Complaint on Patrol Cars Sightings
Reader questions why patrol cars are not visible in West Seneca West Bridge Forks of the Road area. Cars reportedly travel at high speeds with lights on while no police presence is seen day or night prompting a call for action and response.
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Mr. Beef
West Seneca
West Bridge
Apollo 11 Moon Landing Schedule Highlights
NASA released the Apollo 11 mission timeline with key moments July 20 as the lunar module lands in the Sea of Tranquillity near Moltke crater and July 21 when Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the moon while Collins remains in orbit. The sequence covers liftoff, midcourse corrections, lunar orbit, descent, extravehicular activity, ascent, docking, and quarantine procedures returning to Earth.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo 11
Moon
Ney
Aldrin
Armstrong
Lunar
Collins
Moltke
Earth
Aldrin Strongen Iy
Pacific
Lone
Hawaii
Apollo
Nixon
Apollo 11 Astronauts Under Final Prelaunch Physicals
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins undergo final major prelaunch medical exams to establish health for an eight day flight and collect baseline vitals. Doctors track heart rate respiration and suit cooling data ahead of the July 21 lunar walk and the eight day mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
Mission Control Center
Pressure on enemy divisions to defend Tay Ninh and An Loc
In the 3rd Corps area around Saigon, U S forces press four enemy divisions to protect the provincial capitals Tay Ninh City and An Loc. Officials warn of potential highpoint attacks by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units, with U S B52s and regional air strikes targeting staging areas near the two cities. Casualties include civilians and defectors as rockets and mortars strike multiple provincial capitals.
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Saigon
3Rd Corps
Tay Ninh
An Loc
U.S
Egypt Launches Biggest Raid On Israel Since '67
The Associated Press reports Egypt launched a raid across the Suez Canal late Thursday claiming its largest action since 1967. Israel said four soldiers were killed and four wounded with one captured. Cairo said 40 were wounded or killed and five tanks were destroyed near Port Taufiq. Israeli forces repelled the company-sized Egyptian unit using bazooka fire.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Israel
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Port Taufiq
City bans DDT on municipal projects in Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls New York City Manager Donald J Ohar ordered a temporary ban on DDT use on all municipal projects. The ban does not apply to private use of the pesticide as conservationists attack the chemical nationwide.
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Niagara Falls, N.Y
Donald J. O'Hara
Witnesses Cancel California Grapes Amid Farm Worker Protest
New York AP report says Jehovah's Witnesses cancel all future California grape orders following protest by United Farm Workers organizing committee. The group plans to offer nectarines to the 85,000 convention delegates as a replacement, according to John Groh director of the Peace on Earth assembly.
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New York
The
Jehovah’s Witnesses
California
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
John Groh
Peace On Earth’ Assembly
Break Up Drug Ring Ties Milford and Spring Valley Raids
Coordinated raids by New York and Pennsylvania police disrupted a wholesale drug operation in Spring Valley New York and Milford Pennsylvania. Five people were arrested and two others were charged with conspiracy to commit murder in a May motel hold up in Nanuet New York.
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Spring Valley
N.Y
Milford
Nanuet, N.Y
Teachers May Rebel In Chicago School Transfers
Chicago Teachers Union president John Desmond warned that members will resist mandatory transfers aimed at integrating city schools. He said many teachers, black and white, will not accept forced moves and that transfer concerns are a key issue.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
John Desmond
Belcher Named Ambassador to Peru by Nixon
President Nixon announced the nomination of Taylor G. Belcher 49 native of New York City and current Cyprus ambassador to Peru succeeding J Wesley Jones who will be reassigned Belcher has served in Cyprus since 1964. Nixon also chose Walter L Rice to replace William H Crook as ambassador to Australia Crook resigned.
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Washington
Taylor G. Belcher
Cyprus
Peru
Nixon
Belcher
New York City
J. Wesley Jones
Walter L. Rice
William H. Crook
Australia
Crook
Troops Begin Home Leave From Vietnam Withdrawal
The first U S troops pulled from Vietnam formed for final farewell at Ft Lewis Washington before starting home leave. 788 men paraded and dined in Seattle as Secretary Resor called their return tangible progress toward reducing U S military commitment in Vietnam.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
U.S
Vietnam
Aded
Seattle
Stanley R. Resor
Chrysler Plans Pickup Production Amid Plant Delays
Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lynn Townsend says 1970 model production will not be affected by delays and canceled expansions. He notes plants shutting for 1970 model changeovers will restart at the same employment and output levels seen last fall and at the start of current shutdowns.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Lynn Townsend
Arices
Townsend
Moon trip likely to succeed with cautions from von Braun
HUNTSVILLE Ala AP Wernher von Braun says Apollo 11 will be a success but warns of pitfalls in a pioneer project He predicts two or three moon landings annually after Apollo 11 and notes the Saturn V may lead to rapid future missions
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Huntsville
Ala
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
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