Nerve gas loaded into 418 vaults on old Liberty ship
At Sunny Point North Carolina, 418 steel-jacketed vaults containing nerve gas are loaded into the World War II Liberty ship LeBrannon Russell Briggs. Two trains arrive from Army arsenals in Anniston Alabama and Richmond Kentucky. After inspection, workers transfer the coffins to the ship for sinking 16,000 feet deep off Cape Kennedy Florida.
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Sunny Point
N.C
Anniston
Ala
Richmond
Navy
LeBrannon
Russell Briggs
Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
Briggs
Crucial ABM Vote Heads For Senate Today
Washington AP reports the Senate faces a pivotal 3 30 p m vote on restricting the Safeguard antiballistic missile system amid claims a Nixon ally will count opposition as a vote against the president. Supporters claimed victory Tuesday morning but by nightfall the outcome remained unclear regarding amendments to the ABM.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Safeguard
Guerrillas threaten to kill kidnapped diplomats in Uruguay
In Montevideo the Tupamaro guerrillas say American agronomist Claude L. Fly of Fort Collins Colorado and Brazilian Consul Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide are alive but face execution if police and army searchers advance. Rebels warned that the sentence on Fly has not yet been passed as a large security sweep continues.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Claude L. Fly
Fort Collins
Colo
Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide
Nixon Nominates Miles W Kirkpatrick to Head FTC
President Nixon selected Miles W Kirkpatrick a Philadelphia lawyer and former reform advocate to lead the Federal Trade Commission. He would serve as chairman if Senate confirms for the term ending September 1976, replacing Casper Weinberger who left for the Office of Management and Budget.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Miles W. Kirkpatrick
Federal Trade Commission
Nixon
Kirkpatrick
Casper W. Weinberger
Office of Management and Budget
FTC
Senate
Trade Bill Aims Limits on Imports With Presidential Flexibility
The House Ways and Means Committee crafted a foreign trade bill to curb imports while granting the president broad power to ease restrictions. After weeks of debate over quotas on textiles and shoes officials cautioned on its effect on prices and U S trading relations. For 35 years the policy favored freer exchange of goods and it is agreed that restricting supply tends to raise prices.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Democrats to use Agnew words in fall campaign
Democrats plan to make Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s words and views a campaign issue this fall, focusing on big industrial states. Republican governors and White House advisers will meet today at a nearby resort to map their own strategy.
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Lake OF the Ozarks, Mo
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
UAW Proposes Inverse Seniority With Voluntary Layoffs
The United Auto Workers formally asks General Motors to adopt inverse seniority in contracts. The plan would let high seniority workers take voluntary layoffs to protect recently hired employees, especially inner city black workers from recent programs. Under SUB, laid off senior staff receive up to 95 percent of wages for up to 52 weeks.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Evacuation Routes Urged In Hurricane Vicinities
Dr. Robert H. Simpson warned at a disaster conference that expanding Atlantic and Gulf coast populations risk being "sitting ducks" without escape routes. He cited Dade County Miami as a prime example and warned a future hurricane could kill tens of thousands without planning. He noted Hurricane Celia's extreme gusts and urged regional officials to address high density development and evacuation capacity. Weather forecast projected hot, dry to scattered storms with highs around 85 to 105 and cooler tonight.
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Miami
Atlantic
Gulf States
National Hurricane Center
Robert H. Simpson
Nixon
Simpson
Pecos
Nixon signs new postal reform act in bipartisan move
President Nixon signed the postal reform bill promising a bipartisan overhaul of the Post Office. The plan creates a corporate like independent agency with internal rate setting and union bargaining, aiming to cut costs and improve service. A future stamp increase from six to eight cents is tentatively scheduled with potential further hikes.
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Winston M. Blount
Blount
Nixon
Congress
Board of Governors
Manson Refuses to Eat During Tortuous Cross-Examination
Charles Manson, in the Tate murder trial, refused solid food after accusing key witness Irving Kanarek of pressuring him. Prosecutors and defense lawyers clash over Kanarek questioning as Linda Kasabian testifies about the female defendants roles. Manson, 35, is charged with murder conspiracy alongside Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins, and Leslie Van Houten.
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Los Angeles
Charles M. Manson
Sharon Tate
Manson
Kanarek
Ronald Hughes
Leslie van Houten
Hughes
Irving Kanarek
Linda Kasabian
Patricia Krenwinkel
Susan Atkins
Miss van Houten
Kasabian
House Democrats Rally to Override Nixon Veto on Education Bills
House Democrats move to override President Nixon after his veto of the 4.4 billion education appropriation and 13 billion federal agency funding measure. Republicans urged passage without signature, while Democratic leaders hoped to gain a two thirds vote Thursday to curb spending and protect pocketbooks.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
House sets 55000 ceiling on farm subsidy payments
The House approved a 55000 per crop limit on cotton, feed grains and wheat as part of a broader omnibus farm bill. Critics say the cap amounts to cosmetic reform, while supporters warn lower limits could raise food prices and threaten farms, with the bill moving to the Senate for action by Labor Day.
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Washington
House
Congress
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Senate
Nixon
J.G. Boswell Co
Corcoran
Calif
Dole
Clifford M. Hardin
White House
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Allen J. Ellender
D-Law
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