War Vote Today Aims to pull Indochina troops this year
A House vote centers on a rider ordering U S forces out of Indochina. Supporters say it could carry a $2.1 billion foreign aid bill, while foes warn it may defeat that measure. Senate has rejected Nixon foreign military aid. Oct 1 deadline moved to Dec 31 to cover post election withdrawal.
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Washington
U.S
Indochina
Carl Albert
Gerald R. Ford
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
Senate
Nixon
Morgan
House
Moscow
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Belfast and Armagh rocked by bombs and protests
AP report describes Belfast violence tied to Northern Ireland protests and the anniversary of internment. Rioters attacked Ardoyne with bombs and rocks as troops faced 2,000 demonstrators. Meehan, an IRA suspect, was captured triggering clashes. Whitelaw in London weighing end of internment amid unrest. Londonderry also saw blasts injuring no one.
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Belfast
Armagh
All Ireland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
IRA
Martin Meehan
Ardoyne
Meehan
Sttrongholds
Army
William Whitelaw
Edward Heath
London
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Whitelaw
Londonderry
Apprentice Boys
Militant
Ian Paisley
Waterside
Bogside
Creggan
House Refuses To Call Fonda
The House Internal Security Committee declined to subpoena actress Jane Fonda to testify about her antiwar activities in Hanoi. It will instead ask the Justice Department to report by Sept. 14 on the inquiry's progress. Rep. Thompson urged a subpoena. others questioned the tactic and motives.
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Washington
House
Internal Security Committee
Jane Fonda
Hanoi
Justice Department
Miss Fonda
North Vietnam
Fletcher Thompson
Georgia
Senate Gun Control Bill Passes 68 to 25 in Senate
The Senate approved a ban on sale of easily concealable handguns 68 to 25 after three days of debate. The bill targets Saturday night specials and would bar sale of other concealed weapons while preserving privately owned handguns. It adds federal crimes for killing or attempting to kill police and guards and tightens penalties for firearm felonies.
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Washington
Senate
House
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Robert F. Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Treasury Department
Ted Stevens
Alaska
British Airlift To Scotland
London AP. The British government orders a military airlift to Orkney Shetland and western isles to ship a week’s supply amid a 14 day port shutdown. Emergency powers used after Glasgow longshoremen refused mercy cargo loading, threatening fuel and high protein feeds.
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London
Edward Heath
Royal Air Force
Orkney
Shetland Islands
Glasgow
Scotland
Western Isles
Herbrides
Shetland
Orkney Islands
Britain
Massive Soviet wheat purchase eyed by U S firms
The Agriculture Department cites potential Soviet buys of 250 to 400 million bushels, possibly up to a quarter of this year’s crop, with private firms including Continental Grain Co and Cargill involved. Prices jumped in the Midwest as rumors spread, Kansas City rising from 1.57 to 1.84 a bushel amid hopes a large sale to Moscow could materialize.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
U.S
Midwest
Moscow
Kansas City
Asst
Carroll G. Brunthaver
Brunthaver
Continental Grain Co
New York
Clarence D. Palmby
Palmby
Nixon
Continental
Cargill, Inc
Minneapolis
White House
Viet forces gain in Quang Tri in heavy fighting
South Vietnamese troops pushed into Quang Tri's southern sector and knocked out 14 enemy tanks southwest of the city. In the central highlands a large North Vietnamese force shelled a militia unit, causing 15 killed, 10 missing and 20 wounded as government troops regrouped. Coastal air and artillery strikes followed, with heavy combat reported around Hue and Quang Tri.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Central Highlands
Highlands
Pleiku
Cers
Hue
Associated Press
Koichiro Morita
Morita
U.S
Checkmate
Que Son
da Nang
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Hill 172
An Loc
Hanoi
Vietnam
Kompong Trabek
Phnom Penh
Kansan Becomes Artist of Survival After Flight Downed
Captain Roger C Locher recalls a 23 day jungle ordeal after his F 4 Phantom was shot down May 10 northwest of Hanoi on his 407th combat mission He was rescued June 2 by about 40 aircraft He lost 30 pounds and endured starvation testing fruit for poison and dodging 40 pound lizards He credits animals habits and a will to stay free for survival and hopes for Southeast Asia's freedom mission continued
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Sabetha
Kan
Roger C. Locher
Theodore Locher
Hanoi
Locher
Air Force
Kansas
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Kansas Cultural Arts Commission
Nick George
Mark Swezey
Bruce Cohen
Jim Piper
Peoples National Bank
Fonda
Richard H. Schord
Dmo
Robert F. Drinan
Dmass
Thompson
S. V. Gain
Thach Han River
Eae Ae
Baromota
Kansan
Southeast Asia
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