Edgartown Police Say No Blood Found on Kopechne
Police Chief Dominick Arena says he saw no blood on Mary Jo Kopechne when her body was removed from the submerged car. District Attorney Edmund Dinis claims blood in her mouth and nostrils and on clothing, questioning if death was drowning.
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Edgartown
Mass
Dominick J. Arena
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Iarne
Dist
Atty
Edmund Dinis
Arena
Donald R. Mills
Common Pleas Court
Wilkes-Barre
Gromyko Rejects Early End to Vietnam War at UN
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told the United Nations General Assembly that ending the Vietnam War requires renouncing foreign interference and that Moscow backs North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. He urged a broader agenda including a draft convention banning chemical and biological weapons and a Security Council withdrawal of occupation troops. He also indicated readiness to improve relations with West Germany if it recognizes Europe’s reality.
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United Nations, N.Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Gromyko
Nixon
Hanoi
Kremlin
Middle East
Soviet Union
U.S
Charles W
Yost
Shirley Temple Black
American Assembly
Soviet UN
Assembly For
Security Council
Gromyyko
West Germany
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
U.N
Thieu Rejects Immediate Ceasefire as Unrealistic
In Saigon President Nguyen Van Thieu dismissed any immediate cease fire as a first step toward a peace settlement. He warned such a plan could lead to another Korea and tied future U.S. troop withdrawals to Vietnam battlefield activity and progress in Paris talks. He noted 60,000 U.S. troops remain in South Vietnam with withdrawals justified by Vietnamese capabilities.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Korea
Thieu
U.S
South Vietnam
Nixon
Paris
Haynsworth Declared Honest by South Carolina Lawyer
Greenville labor lawyer John Bolt Culbertson told senators Haynsworth is absolutely honest and has one of the finest legal minds. Culbertson, president of the Greenville County Bar Association, commented on Haynsworth amid hearings over a potential conflict of interest in a 1963 labor case.
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Washington
Greenville
S.C
John Bolt Culbertson
Clement Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
Haynsworth
Culbertson
Greenville County Bar Association
Americans For Democratic Action
NAACP
Arthur J. Goldberg
Two Elevated Trains Collide in Chicago Injuring 273
An elevated train carrying homebound passengers rammed the rear of another during evening rush hour in Chicago. 273 people were injured, eight seriously. Three cars derailed, one on its side. Fire department helicopters transported the wounded to hospitals as crews used ladders and cranes to evacuate passengers.
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Chicago
Prime Beef: City Roads, Holes at Manhole Covers
Readers voice concerns over road repairs in the city. They question why potholes persist around manhole covers and ask if covers will be raised to road grade. They also question the safety of white posts on Country Club hill and whether they will be anchored or left standing alone.
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Country Club
State Employes Call for $2,000 Pay Raise
Albany based Civil Service Employes Association argues state workers need increases of at least $2,000 to keep pace with living costs, urging action on pay.
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Albany, N.Y
Civil Service Employes Association
Nixon cancels November December draft calls
President Nixon canceled all November and December draft calls and ordered the 29 000 men scheduled for October induction be phased over three months at under 10 000 a month. Laird described options including targeting 19 year olds and an executive order as fallback if Congress fails to act on draft reform.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Vietnam
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
Nam
Laird
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ronald L. Ziegler
Chrysler Posts Lowest 1970 Model Car Prices
Chrysler announces 1970 model sticker prices averaging 107 dollars above 1969. Ford had raised 108, GM 125. industry output surges with overtime at Chrysler plants and Ford and GM boosting production. Price hikes cited rising costs and taxes. warranties similar across manufacturers.
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Chrysler
Detroit
Ford
General Motors
Automotive News
U.S
American Motors
Bomb damages room in New York federal building
A homemade bomb exploded at 2:01 a.m. on the 40th floor of the U.S. Department of Commerce room in the Federal Building at 65 Duane Street Manhattan. The building was vacant with no injuries. Fire officials reported no subsequent fire. Room 4026 was completely blown out.
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New York
Federal Building
Manhattan
U.S. Department of Commerce
Duane St
House approves direct popular election amendment
The U S House backed a constitutional amendment for direct popular election of the president by 339 to 70. Supporters hope for Senate passage and state ratification to make it the 26th amendment, though Senate prospects remain uncertain amid judiciary opposition and doubts on a two thirds vote.
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Senate
House
Washington
Judiciary Committee
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
George Washington
Nixon Aides Slashing HEW Health Programs Across Five Projects
Budget officials in HEW order drastic cuts this year and termination next year for five chronic disease units affecting cancer respiratory disease diabetes arthritis heart and stroke and neurological and sensory disorders. Director Olson confirms over half funds cut this year with $9.7 million saved next year. Kennedy warns the move will affect medical schools universities and research centers nationwide. The actions follow Nixon's $3.5 billion federal budget reduction to fight inflation.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Stanley W. Olson
HEW
National Institutes of Health
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate
Boston
Kennedy
Nixon
Nixon postal corporation plan faces first congressional test
The administration's postal corporation proposal heads to its first congressional test next week with little expectation of approval. Rep. Morris K. Udall warns postal unions have not agreed and unlikely to be steamrolled.
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Washington
Postal Corporation
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Would Cut School Years Louisiana? New York Lt Governor Proposes Nine-Year System
Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson urged compressing United States education from twelve to nine years to allow students to enter college and the workforce earlier. He suggested nationwide adoption to lower the typical college entrance age and speed up productivity.
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LAKF
Placid
New York
Malcolm Wilson
Canada to Cut NATO Troops and Strike Role
Ottawa announces Canada will cut its NATO personnel in Europe from 9800 to 5000 by next fall and end the air force nuclear strike role in Europe by January 1972. Defense Minister Leo Cadieux framed the move as trimming for efficiency and alliance adjustment.
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Ottawa
Canada
Europe
Leo Cadieux
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Telephone ads halted amid surge of complaints in New York
New York Telephone Co stopped all advertising that could stimulate demand for new phones after a 200 percent rise in complaints over three years. The surge is mainly due to overloaded facilities and service strains.
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NEW York (Ap
New York Telephone Co
Bus Strike Looms Again in Rochester
Rochester, with a 320000 population, faces a new bus strike threat on September 30 after drivers voted to walk out unless a pension plan is agreed with the city owned Rochester Transit System.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Transiit System
Cooper seeks Senate probes on Laos troop support
Sen. John Sherman Cooper asks two Senate committees to investigate reports that U.S. troops are aiding local forces in combat in Laos. He acted after reports that U.S.-backed troops in Laos seized two areas long held by the Pathet Lao.
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Washington
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Senate
Laos
Pathet Lao
Button urges end to draft and all volunteer army
Representative Daniel Button says inequities in the draft have fueled youth insurrection and endorses President Nixon's plan to end the draft in favor of an all volunteer army.
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Washington (Ap
Daniel Button
R-N.y
Button
Nixon
Test Run of Operation Intercept Delays San Ysidro Traffic
US customs halted traffic at San Ysidro for nearly three hours while screening cars from Mexico in a test of Operation Intercept. No narcotics were found, but officials praised the land phase as part of a broader air land and sea effort to catch drug smugglers.
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San Ysidro
Calif
United States
Mexico
U.S
Fire Destroys Newfield Town Hall and Library
A fire in Newfield New York destroyed five buildings in the center of town south of Ithaca. One man burned, twelve residents escaped unharmed, as firefighters battled three hours with limited water, starting in a restaurant and spreading to two two story brick structures. Town records were kept in a fireproof safe.
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Newfield Town Hall
Newfield
N.Y
Ithaca
CEO Initiates Major Shakeup at Economic Opportunity Office
The Office of Economic Opportunity announces a drastic headquarters shakeup after a memo from CEO Donald Rumsfeld to 1,190 staff. About 900 employees receive definite new assignments while roughly 100 workers face uncertain futures in a pool system.
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Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Donald Rumsfeld
OFO
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