Narrow four vote win grants Lockheed loan guarantee
Congress approved 250 million dollars in loan guarantees for Lockheed Air craft Corp in a 49 to 48 Senate vote after a 192 to 189 House tally. President Nixon said the move will protect tens of thousands of jobs and help the economy. Sen. Marlow Cook provided the decisive 49th vote amid suspenseful scenes in the chamber.
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Congress
Nixon
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate
House
Lockheed
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
Cook
Supreme Court
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Tower
White House
Lee Metcalf
Dmont
Metcalf
Airbus
Aerospace Company
Clark MacGregor
Peter M. Flanigan
Louisville
Montana
Treasury Department
Avco Corp
Avco
Mind changer broke Senate tie over aircraft loan guarantee
In a tense Senate session the Republican Marlow W. Cook of Kentucky and a Montana Democrat shifted positions to approve a 3250 million loan guarantee for Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Cook voted aye after a pause, breaking a tie as the chamber proceeded with the issue.
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Washington
White House
Montana
Henderson colonel jury selection for My Lai inquiry begins
A court martial jury of at least five senior officers is to hear Col. Cran K. Henderson's case over charges of dereliction in investigating the My Lai massacre and of lying to a Pentagon inquiry. The four counts carry a maximum six years hard labor, with testimony likely set for weeks after jurors are seated. Henderson commanded the 11th Brigade of the Americal Division during the 1968 My Lai operation. Capt. Ernest Medina and Lt. William L. Calley Jr. are separately linked to related cases.
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Ft, Meade
Cran K. Henderson
My Lai
Henderson
Carroll E. Tichenor
Indianapolis
Pentagon
Ernest Medina
Ft. McePherson
Medina
William L. Calley Jr
Mo Tai
Steel price hikes loom after U S Steel lead
AP reports more steelmakers expected to raise prices by about eight percent affecting almost all raw steel products. The move could drive costs for consumer items like keys and cars, with effect unlikely for several months. In separate dispatch from Jerusalem AP says Assistant Secretary Sisco urges Israel to accept substantial pullback from the Suez Canal and a token Egyptian force on the canal east bank. The radio notes the talks aim to reopen the canal and mentions a troop withdrawal of tens of kilometers into Sinai.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
Jerusalem
Asst
Joseph J. Sisco
Suez Canal
East Bank
State Radio
Sisco
U. S
Sinai
Nixon, Democrats strike price cap for campaigns
Nixon backs a bill capping federal candidate spending at 10 cents per eligible voter while a dispute over payment plans persists. In Beirut, a Syrian-ordered landing of a Lebanese airliner carrying 105 people prompted a brief detention but no passengers were held. The flight resumed to Amman before returning to Beirut.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Democrats
Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Syria
Amman
Steel workers face mass layoff at Inland Indiana Harbor plant
Inland Steel Co announces layoffs of more than 8,000 workers at its Indiana Harbor plant within three weeks while the remaining 8,500 staff are reassigned to shorten the work week. The move mirrors other steel firms winding down in anticipation of a nationwide USW strike set for August 1.
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Chicago
Inland Steel Co
Indiana Harbor
United States Steelworkers of America
U.S. Steps Up Border Reconnaissance Near Cambodia
The United States expands air and ground surveillance along a 230 mile Cambodian frontier to track North Vietnamese infiltration as elections approach. Withdrawal of 66 000 troops leaves a large intelligence gap, field commanders report.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Two Chinas not possible at United Nations
The United States plans to support Red China’s admission to the United Nations with broad votes likely to seat Peking this fall. At U.N. headquarters the two Chinas solution urged by the United States is seen as impractical due to Peking’s vehement opposition even if the Chinese Nationalists could be persuaded to accept it.
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N.Y
U. S
Red
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Moon
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Worden
Mission Control
Falcon
Labor halts boycott support urged by Meany
AFL-CIO President George Meany orders all AFL-CIO branches to cease support for the boycott against Hublein products. The directive follows Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee calling the boycott. A spokesman said Meany’s letters asked affiliates to stop backing the action.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Big
Labor Federation
Hublein, Inc
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Meany
Six jurors chosen in Tex Watson Tate-LaBianca trial
In Los Angeles six prospective jurors were selected and 17 were rejected for cause as the Tex Watson trial opened in Superior Court. Two Negroes two Mexican-Americans and two Orientals were seated to hear charges related to the Tate-LaBianca murders.
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Los Angeles
Charles ‘‘Tex
Watson
Charles Manson
Tate-LaBianca
Alice Paul presses for equal rights amendment victory
The 86 year old suffragist Alice Paul says the only weapon needed now is the vote to pass the equal rights amendment. She recalls organizing mass protests, legal jailing, and a push that helped win the 19th Amendment while noting current lobbying in Congress by the National Woman's Party for a new drive.
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Margaret Scherf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
White House
Congress
Alice Paul
Miss Paul
Swarthmore College
Susan B. Anthony
Woodrow Wilson
Carol Burris
National Womans Party
House
Martha Griffiths
Dmich
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Draft extension bill blocked as House delays action
The draft extension bill stalled in the House amid a dispute over reopening the House Senate compromise to challenges. Congress breaks for vacation September 8 after a 9 6 Rules vote. Antiwar senators plan filibuster once the measure clears the House.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
House-Senate
Rules Committee
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Colmer
Trains Move Again After Rail Strike Settlement
Rail officials begin restoring service after a settlement with 10 railroads ends a strike that shut down about 30 percent of the U S system. The United Transportation Union set new contracts boosting wages by 1.50 an hour for 199000 train workers over 42 months.
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Associated Press
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
West
Northwest
California
Oregon
United Grain Growers
United Transportation Union
J.D. Hodgson
General Motors Assembly
Kansas City
CIA aid fails to bolster Laos leadership in covert drive
Senate committee staff says despite more than 100 million in CIA spending last year and 350 million in overall aid, Laos government remains weak with enemy initiative growing stronger. Report cites 1971 totals: military aid 162.2 million, economic 52 million, CIA-backed Laotian costs 70 million, total 284.2 million.
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Senate Committee
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Laos
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Executive Branch
CIA
Congressional
Senate
James G. Lowenstein
Richard M. Moose
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