US Scoffs at Viet Cong Seven Point Peace Plan
Washington reports indicate the United States remains cold to Hanoi's seven point Viet Cong peace proposal, with officials skeptical about a coalition government and neutral Saigon, while North Vietnamese leaders push for negotiations and a Paris meeting with Kissinger amid public diplomacy.
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Washington
United States
Hanoi
Paris
Saigon
State Department
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tran Thien Kheim
U.S
Nixon
South Vietnam
Senate
GOP
Hugh Scott
Scott
North Vietnam
David K. E. Bruce
Pham van Dong
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
California
White House
Executions In Morocco Reach Ten After Coup Crush
Rabat reports ten army officers executed for the attempted overthrow of King Hassan II. Some sources say three generals were among those shot at sunrise on Monday. Gen Mohamed Medbouh led the assault, killed by his own men at Skhirat after a five hour siege near the king's palace. About 1,400 rebels held the king and guests at his 42nd birthday party, with many advisers killed. Hassan announced a crackdown on sympathizers and called up reservists for a 30 day training period starting Aug 1. The Moroccan news agency tallies 93 dead in the rampage.
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Rabat
Morocco
Hassan II
Mohamed Medbouh
Skhirat
Weather County Forecast for Warm Wednesday
County forecast calls for partly cloudy and hot conditions today with a warm night. Wednesday will be sunny and warm with a low near 70 and a high near 90. Precipitation chance 0 percent tonight and 20 percent Wednesday. Highs and lows for the period shown, plus historic records, are listed with hourly temperatures ending at 7 am.
Eleventh Hour Move To Half Phone Strike
Washington AP reports Bell Telephone System sweetens its contract offer to avert a Wednesday half‑million worker walkout. AFL-CIO CWA says wage gaps remain. UTW notes progress but big issues persist on rules and subcontracting amid linked rail and mail disruptions.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System Today
America
United Telegraph Workers
Afl-Cio
UTW
New York
Bell System
Pentagon
UTV
Elmer L. Hageman
Hageman
New York Area
CWA
Western Union
Local Office Stands Ready for Possible Strike Action
Richard Forster of Southwestern Bell Telephone says the local office will have plenty of coverage if a communications workers strike occurs Wednesday morning. He cannot predict local pickets until the strike happens and notes Western Electric contracts may expire before Bell Telephone. If pickets arrive, he expects local workers would honor them.
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Richard Forster
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Forster
Western Electric
Bell Telephone
Docking seeks hearing on federal highway penalty
Gov. Robert Docking asked the federal Transportation Department for a hearing on the threat to cut 10 percent of Kansas highway funds. He sent the request to Transportation Secretary John Volpe, urging cooperation over threats. The order targets states that did not enact highway beautification laws.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Federal
Department of Transportation
Kansas
U.S
Docking
Transportation
John Volpe
State of
Miller appeals Allen County bingo ruling to Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller announced an appeal of Allen County District Judge Robert Stadler’s ruling that slot machines at a nonprofit Iola Legion club are legal under the 1971 bingo law. Miller said no injunction sought against the Legion club but may prosecute new counts if machines return. He is unsure about challenging the law’s constitutionality but seeks an early Supreme Court hearing.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Vern Miller
State Supreme Court
High Court
Miller
Attorney General’s
Allen County
Robert Stadier
Stadler
Las Vegas
Supreme Court
American‘ Legion Club
Yola
Ida Club
Iola Legion Club
Meo Forces Seize Key Area in Plain of Jars
CIA trained Meo troops led by Gen Vang Pao have taken near total control of the Plain of Jars in eastern Laos, facing little resistance from North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces. American sources in Vientiane report Meo patrols probing for enemy supplies, uncovering underground stores while munitions appear scarce and preparations for defensive positions continue.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Plain of Jars
Laos
Vientiane
Meo
Vang Pao
Tempt
Corona Indicted in Peach Orchard Slayings Case
Juan V. Corona, a 37 year old farm labor contractor, is indicted by a Sutter County grand jury on 25 murder counts in the peach orchard killings of transient field workers. The indictment follows a July grand jury session that began evidence July 1 and was handed to Superior Court Judge John Hayek, with arraignment date pending. Corona remains hospitalized in Sutter County with a heart condition after his May 26 arrest.
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Yuba City
Calif
Juan V. Corona
Sutter County
Robert Hunt
Superior Court
John Hayek
Corona
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Hassan
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Jocelyn Martin
Carnegie Free Library
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