CIA Accused of Aiding Mercenaries in Laos
Senator Clifford Case charged the CIA with violating a congressional ban by covertly funding mercenary Thai troops in Laos. He cited 4,000 to 6,000 Thai soldiers and said Congress had not appropriated funds for such payments. Case urged administration disclosure and formal consultation with Congress.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Laos
New Jersey
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U.S
CIA
Thailand
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Case
Foreign Relations Committee
James Lowenstein
Richard Moose
Indochina
Connally Plans Munich Trip Amid Dollar Crisis
Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally will travel to West Germany next week to tell the American Bankers Association conference in Munich that U S recovery will not be slowed by the dollar crisis. He and President Nixon emphasize inflation fighting and continued economic expansion. Connally also met with French finance minister Valery Giscard D Estaing to discuss the monetary crisis and hoped the dollar would stabilize with fixed rates.
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Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Germany
Connally
Nixon
American Bankers’ Association
Munich
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United States
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Treasury Building
Europe
West Germany
U.S
Valery Giscard D‘estaing
France
D‘estaing
Cattle Producers Gain Share of Beef Dollar
Government statistics show cattle producers average 65 cents of each retail beef dollar in Q1, 6 cents more than last quarter and 2 cents higher than early 1970. The Agriculture Department report also notes substantial middleman earnings in the beef chain.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mills Keeps Doors Open On White House Run
Washington AP reports Rep. Wilbur D. Mills denies seeking the White House but says he does not object to friends running him. While touring the South he hints some states may urge him onto the ballot. Mills, 62, leads Ways and Means and attracts supporters who favor his moderate conservative fiscal stance. Some NC colleagues say his strength may be regional, while Muskie gains earlier endorsements from North Carolina officials. Ervin says he won’t back a favorite son bid.
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Wilbur D. Mills
White House
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Tenn
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William R. Anderson
Ray Blanton
Raleigh
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Moat
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D-N.c
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Wallace
North Carolina
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Muskie
Maine
Bob Scott
Democratic Committee
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David N. Henderson
Alton B. Lennon
Dn.c
Sam Ervin
Ervin
State May Lose Some Road Aid
Washington AP Kansas among five states threatened with a 10 percent cut in highway aid for next year by the Department of Transportation over billboard law compliance. Georgia Indiana Montana and South Dakota also face penalties totaling about 36 million dollars.
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Kansas
Department of Transportation
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Indiana
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South Dakota
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Federal District Court
Volpe
Transportation Department
Smooth Move Peoria City Manager’s Moving Bill
AP reports Peoria’s new city manager Robert O. Wright had moving expenses from Aurora Colorado amounting to 3208 dollars for a single van load. Alderman Ralph Metts quipped that the “stuff must have ridden on velvet.”
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Peoria
Robert O. Wright
Aurora
Colo
Ald
Ralph Metts
Panther leader shifts tactics toward church and community
Huey Newton of the Black Panthers says the group will abandon street confrontations with police and instead engage the church and Black community for support. He notes a split with Eldridge Cleaver, emphasizes working within the system, and outlines plans in the Oakland area including clothing and shoe factories as part of rebuilding political influence.
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Calif
Black Panther Party
Huey Newton
Panther Party
San Francisco Bay Area Theological Schools
Newton
Central Committee
Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
Algeria
Cleaver
Panthers
Oakland
NEK Libraries Urge Funding to Save KIC
The Northeast Kansas Library System board asks the State Library Advisory Commission to restore funding for the Kansas Information Circuit. KIC, an inter library loan system, faces shutdown July 1 without money. Director LeRoy G. Fox said the board would present its resolution in Topeka after renewing the request. Federal funds aided KIC until 1970 71. lawmakers rejected a 1972 request for 71,000 dollars.
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Lawrence, Kan
Northeast Kansas Library System Board
State Library Advisory Commission
Kansas Information Circuit
KIC
LeRoy G. Fox
Northeast Kansas Libraries
Fox
Commission
Topeka
State Library Commission
Contine
Ski Team Diet promises 20 pounds in 14 days
In a bold promotional pitch the Ski Team Diet claims the U.S. Women’s Alpine Ski Team loses 20 pounds in two weeks using a chemical-action plan devised by a Colorado physician. The ad promises safe energy, no hunger, and easy use for workers travelers or at home, urging men to try as well with pricing and order details.
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U.S
Colorado
O.K
Sheffield Dr
Dept. RC
Santa Barbara
Calif
Adv
This Commish Is A Ringer
EMPORIA Kansas Mayor Ralph Daggett a city commissioner and college professor excels at horseshoes. He won five of eight tournaments in 1970 and holds a two win two loss mark in 1971. Daggett began pitching at age 12 or 13 and first won in 1927 with his brother in Lyon County Grange. He left competitive play until after World War II then rejoined the craft, winning a 1948 company championship before again stepping back from regular events.
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Emporia
Kan
Ralph Daggett
Kansas State Teachers College
Reading
Daggett
Lyon County
Chicago
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