Laird Opposes Compromise In ABM Struggle
Washington AP Melvin Laird rejects any compromise of the Safeguard ABM plan, urging full deployment as proposed. Senate debates a possible compromise to ban deployment but boost radar and computer tests at two Pacific sites.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Senate
Defense
Laird
Congress
U.S
Pacific
Pentagon
David R. Packard
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Everett M. Dirksen
Jerry Friedheim
Friedheim
Nixon hails Thieu plan for rapid Vietnam settlement
President Nixon praised South Vietnamese President Thieu's peace proposals as a path to a rapid settlement if the Communists enter serious negotiations. He said the offers enable a fair settlement through free elections and noted readiness to accept any outcome arrived at by those elections. White House aides said Saigon and Washington coordinated the remarks and the silent possibility of speeding US troop withdrawals if fighting remains calm.
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Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Hanoi
Midway Island
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Saigon
Ziegler
U.S
County Forecast: Showers, storms tonight. hot and humid Saturday
A weather summary notes a few showers and thunderstorms this evening then partly cloudy hot and humid conditions Saturday with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Saturday high 90 to 95, tonight low in the 70s, precipitation chances 40 percent tonight and 20 percent Saturday. Barometer 29.92.
New Wheat Program Aired In Washington
Two Kansans unveiled a plan to end government farm support by shifting to private marketing. The Kansas Cooperative Council and FarMar Inc officials proposed national allotments, local ASCS handling, and staged payments to farmers. They forecast $2 billion yearly savings and wheat prices around 3 per bushel as USDA studies the plan.
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Dodge City
Kan
Washington
Kansas Cooperative Council
Department of Agriculture
Hal Hellebust
Coop Council
Jimmie Dean
FarMar Co. Inc
Hutchinson
Hellebust
Secretary of Agriculture
ASCS
USDA
Clifford Hardin
Spock Wins Appeal in Draft Conspiracy Case
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of Dr. Benjamin Spock for conspiring to counsel young men to avoid the draft. The court also reversed the convictions of William Slone Jr., Michael Ferber, and Mitchell Goodman, freeing Spock and Ferber while retirement was ordered for Goodman and Coffin. Chief Judge Bailey Aldrich wrote the majority opinion with Judge Edward McEntee. Judge Frank Coffin dissented.
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Boston
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Benjamin Spock
William Slone Jr
Yale University
Michael Ferber
Harvard
Mitchell Goodman
Area Weather Damages Franklin County Crops
Franklin County faces a $14 million crop loss from recent rains with soybeans hit hardest. Wheat losses near $150,000, pasture and hayland submerged on 4000 to 6000 acres. Miami County reports about $1 million in crop losses from flooding, with corn and milo most affected. Wheat and soybeans also damaged. river and lake flooding affect infrastructure and recreation. several weeks of clean up and ongoing harvesting details noted.
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Franklin County
Weather Bureau
Marais Des Cygnes
Miami County
That
Lake Pomona
Army Corps of Engineers
Wages For Moon Jaunt Aren't Really So Great
SPACE CENTER HOUSTON AP It has taken almost 24 billion dollars to give Neil A Armstrong a chance to walk the moon for two hours and 40 minutes The astronaut will earn about 33 for his time The NASA has received 23 915 billion for space flight since its creation ten years ago The money funds hardware salaries construction and training Armstrong the highest paid flying astronaut earns 27401 a year Based on a 40 hour week he will get 3292 for the two hours 40 minutes of walking the moon If he had to pay for the space suit it would cost almost 12 years salary.
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Space Center, Houston
Neil A. Armstrong
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Ottawa Jaycees Praise July Fourth Celebration at Forest Park
Jaycees thank city departments groups and citizens for a successful July 4 celebration in Forest Park Ottawa with about 10 000 watching aerial fireworks. Don Burroughs credit unified efforts and pledge larger next year profits to city service projects.
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Ottawa Jaycees
Forest Park
Ottawa
Don Burroughs
Jaycee
Kansas
Missouri
Jaycees
City Commission
Recreation Commission
Grace Episcopal Church
Ottawa Promenaders
City Band
Fire
Park and Public Works
Chamber of Commerce
Collins Will Pilot Apollo 11 Orbit Alone Above Moon
AP reports Michael Collins will command the Apollo 11 capsule in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descend to the moon on July 20 1969. Collins says he would face a lone return to Earth if rescue becomes impossible, effectively the mission’s lifeguard.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Charles A. Berry
Neil
Mike
Buzz
Haile Selassie
Moon
Collins
Air Force
Armstrong
Aldrin
Earth
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George D. Aiken
Vermont
Linda Blake
Joe Blake
Ottawa Rfd
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Dale Galutia
S. Oak
Celeste Campbell
Linda
Teresa
Hawthorne School
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Dr. Spock
Temple, Maine
Spock
Ferber
Goodman
Coffin
Bailey Aldrich
Edward McEntee
Frank M. Coffin
Bob Bozworth
Bozworth
Ralph R. Dennis
110 Mile Creek
Dennis
W.t. Gambles
Mission Control Center
Rocco Petrone
Neil Armstrong
Lifeguard
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