Senate to disclose CIA funding actions in Laos budget schemes
Senate members pledged new disclosures on CIA financing of Laos operations. Reliable sources say funds are hidden in other agencies' budgets and the topics were debated in a rare 312 hour secret session on June 7, with a censored transcript to appear in the Congressional Record.
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Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
Laos
CIA
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Vietnamese forces move into War Zone D to hunt enemy depots
Five thousand South Vietnamese para troopers join U S advisers in War Zone D northeast of Saigon to probe for filtration activity and locate North Vietnamese supply depots. U S and South Vietnamese troops have not operated in the large enemy area for months. We think there might be some in filtration according to a senior U S adviser.
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Saigon
U, 5
U.S
House divided over antiwar amendment tied to draft extension
In Washington the House showed support for an antiwar amendment as a condition to extending the draft two more years. Antiwar senators plan to block enactment without a filibuster until at least September, citing concerns that the Indochina war language may not constrain the President.
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Washington
House
House Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Senate
Jurors Selected in Tex Watson Murder Trial
A tentative panel of 12 jurors is chosen for the Tex Watson murder trial in Los Angeles. The trial opened Monday and attorneys questioned prospective jurors on capital punishment, drugs, and news coverage of the Sharon Tate case, with final seating not expected until late next week.
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Los Angeles
Charles ‘Tex’ Watson
Vnc
Sharton Tate
Meany at odds with Nixon over China opening
AFL-CIO President George Meany, usually backing Nixon, flags a possible break over China rapprochement and critiques Nixon's economic policies. The rift could influence the federation’s 13.6 million members and other voters in Nixon’s 1972 re election bid.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
White House
China
Big
Labor Federation
Job bill to fund 173000 public service jobs in House
A billion-dollar appropriation to finance the first half of a two year emergency employment program sails through the House with bipartisan support. The plan, backed by the Nixon administration and Democratic leaders, targets unemployed Vietnam veterans for positions as firemen policemen sanitation and conservation workers.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
United States seeks UN support for China inclusion
U S Chief Delegate George Bush pressed two resolutions at a meeting near U N headquarters to invite Red China to join the United Nations and to block the expulsion of Nationalist China. Diplomatic sources said the plan seeks co sponsors from about 10 delegations.
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N.Y
United States
China
U.S
George Bush
U.N
Market suffers setback as Dow slides to 850.03
The New York market dropped sharply on Tuesday amid rate hike fears. The Dow Jones average fell 14.89 points to 850.03, its lowest close since January 20, while declines outpaced advances about 5 to 1 and volume reached 13.49 million shares.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Israel to withdraw troops from waterway area reports say
Meir tells Sisco Israel will pull back about 25 miles of the plan to reopen the waterway but will not allow Egyptian troops to replace Israelis on the eastern bank. The decision was disclosed at their third meeting since Sisco arrived.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
U.S
Herbert in critical condition after transplant repair
Cape Town AP Adrian Herbert underwent a heart lung transplant 10 days ago and remains in critical condition after emergency surgery to repair a loose connection in his new organs.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Adrian Herbert
Steel firms raise prices after new labor deal
Pittsburgh AP reports three more major steel firms announced hikes on nearly all steel products to offset the cost of Sunday’s labor agreement with the United Steelworkers Union. A fourth mill added higher prices on select products.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Airport safety standards face dilution and delays in Congress
US Congress and the FAA respond to protests by airport operators, signaling new safety standards will be diluted and postponed. Officials warn the proposals could double operating costs for many small airports. James T. Morse cites likely impossible compliance dates and possible extensions.
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Congress
Federal Aviation Administration
James T. Morse
FAA
Morse
National Association of State Aviation
Airport and Airways Development
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Quentin Burdick
John H. Shaffer
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
National Transportation Safety Board
Solons reach compromise on election spending limits
Senate Democrats compromise with Republicans on three major election reform points to produce a veto proof package. The vote includes a 10 cent per voter spending limit with media caps and a six cent per medium divide, plus repeal of equal time rules and creation of a six member federal elections commission.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Elections Commission
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Nixon
Pastore
Congress
SACB Wins Funding and Expanded Powers Amid Senate Vote
The Subversive Activities Control Board gains a $450000 budget and authority to label groups as totalitarian or subversive after President Nixon ordered new powers. The Senate approved a $4.1 billion State Commerce Justice bill, sending it to the President, who issued the executive order. Senator Hruska dismissed the move as an attempt to revive a nearly idle agency with a five member board paid 56000 annually.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon
SACB
Sen
Roman L. Hruska
R. Neb
Nixon sticks to limited busing stance in Austin desegregation case
President Nixon disavows HEW busing plan and pledges to limit court-ordered desegregation in Austin to the minimum required by law. He seeks to block federal funds from paying for extensive busing while Justice Department appeals Judge Roberts ruling and Senate Sen. Tower criticizes the move.
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Austin
Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
HEW
Elliott L. Richardson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
Jack B. Roberts
Roberts
Supreme Court
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Mitchell
John Tower
Rtex
White House
Ky seeks ballot spot as petition lacks names
Saigon AP Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky filed with the Supreme Court to appear on the October 3 presidential ballot. The petition lacked names and other required details.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Supreme Court
Apollo to Leave Moon Orbit and Return Home
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden prepare to release a small satellite to study the moon then fire Endeavour’s engine to depart lunar orbit for a three day voyage to Earth Worden will perform a moon walk on Thursday to retrieve film canisters from the spacecraft equipment bay.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
AP Apollols
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Endeavour
Earth
Worden
Moon
Bob Parker
Scott
Parker
Irwin
Lunar
Big Dixie cities to be the losers
Washington AP reports President Nixon’s desegregation stance hurts large Southern cities. Regions below the Mason-Dixon Line face stricter Supreme Court balance rules and lack federal funds for required buses. Nixon shifts to enforce the law while opposing cross-town busing, signaling a new political tactic.
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South
Supreme Court
Richardson
High Court
House votes to suspend aid to Greek and Pakistani regimes
The House backed halting $118 million in Greek military aid and up to $445 million to Pakistan until reforms and turmoil are addressed. The chamber approved a foreign aid authorization of $3.4 billion yearly for two years, sending the measure to the Senate amid debate on policy and NATO ties.
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House
U.S
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India
Senate
James A. Burke
D-Mass
Greece
NATO
Wayne L. Hays
Dohio
Burke
Hays
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Nixon
America
Cornelius E. Gallagher
D-N.j
Congress
East Pakistan
Edward J. Derwinski
R-I
Brazil
Alliance For Progress
South America
Senators propose wage price board to curb inflation
A group of about a dozen Senate Republicans formed the Wednesday Club and introduced a bill creating a wage price board to guide wage settlements and price levels. The measure seeks to pressure President Nixon by proposing a system of guidelines enforceable by a federal wage price freeze or government procurement policies.
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