Women plan nationwide strike for equality and boycott
Women in rallies coast to coast plan a National Women's strike timed to the suffrage anniversary. NOW will name five ads deemed insulting to women and press for job equality free day care and abortions. In Las Vegas toy dealers forecast holiday demand while toy winners are chosen from 300 new releases.
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Women’s Liberation Movement
National Organization of Women-Now
New York
Las Vegas
Nev
National Toy Wholesalers Association
Castro Denounces U S Pretext Attack on Cuba
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro condemned a reported U S plan to fake an attack on Guantanamo Bay as a pretext for invasion. He linked the claim to Sen. George Smathers and former President John F Kennedy and criticized U S leaders as criminals in power.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
United States
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Castro
George Smathers
D-Fla
John F. Kennedy
Smathers
Kennedy
North Korea Calls Agnew Trip a Dangerous War Junket
North Korea accused Vice President Spiro T. Agnew of visiting South Korea on a dangerous war junket designed to provoke another Korean War. It said U.S. plans to withdraw 20,000 of 62,000 troops amount to a smokescreen for military buildup.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Spiro T. Agnew
South Korea
U. S
Pro Bureaucrats Organize to Preserve Status Quo
The National Association of Professional Bureaucrats promotes entrenchment and obfuscation to curb progress. With motto when in doubt mumble and a coat of arms a red tape duck, NATAPROBA claims 300 members and an international division.
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Washington
National Association of
Nataproba
No Action Expected on Douglas Impeachment Probe
A House Judiciary subcommittee investigating Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas is expected to ignore its second deadline and stay silent on impeachment. Representative Byron G. Rogers said a report may come when the House reconvenes in mid September.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Byron G. Rogers
D-Colp
Judiciary Committee
Girl Slayer Sought in Kennebunk Maine Slaying
Police search southern Maine resort towns for a killer after 13 year old Mary C Olenchuk is found strangled under hay in an abandoned barn. Authorities say death due to rope strangulation. She is the youngest daughter of Army Brig Gen Peter G Olenchuk who denies any link to a gas shipment controversy.
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Kennebunk, Maine
Maine
Mary C. Olenchuk
Army
Peter G. Olenchuk
Army Ammunition Supply Agency
Joliet
Ill
Atlantic
Farm Exports Reach Record Dollar Sales in 12 Months
The government reports one fifth of U.S. cropland produced exports totaling 5.6 billion dollars for the year ended June 30. Foreign shipments rebounded from a slump and exceeded 1967 by 100 million, with another 1 billion dollars sent abroad through government programs and private relief, making exports the third best yearly total.
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Washington
U.S
Israel names Eban as peace talks delegate
Israel appoints Foreign Minister Abba Eban to lead discussions with Jordan and Egypt on Middle East peace talks, with Yosef Tekoah attending first session as his deputy. U.N. envoy Gunnar V. Jarring will set the date for the initial meeting, while Israel cites earlier cease fire violations by Egypt near the Suez Canal.
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Israel
Eban
Jerusalem
Egypt
Middle East
Abba Eban
Foreign Ministry
Ter
New York
Jordan
U.N
Michael Arnon
Yosef Tekoah
United Nations
Gunnar v. Jarring
Spe
Cial U.N
Talah
General Assembly
Mahmoud Raid
Suez Canal
United States
Agnew arrives in Seoul amid military aid pledges
Vice President Spiro Agnew said the United States would move a wing of F4 Phantom fighters from Japan to Korea and offer extra military aid including radar equipped planes. He spoke at City Hall Plaza and met with President Park Chung Hee during a two day visit to bolster South Korea’s anti Communist government as Washington plans to withdraw about 20 000 of the 62 000 U S troops.
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Seoul
Spiro T. Agnew
South Korea
United States
Japan
Korea
U.S
Agnew
City Hall Plaza
Chung Hee Park
New York Times
Park
Guam
California
Soo Nol
Cambodia
Mat
Ter
Vietnam
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Congress
Asia
Senate House Conference Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Formosa
Thailand
South Vietnam
U S 52 Bombers Press Near DMZ Threats
U S B52 bombers flew within about a mile of the DMZ to strike at new North Vietnamese threats to an allied artillery base at Fire Base Fuller, six miles west. Twenty B52s dropped 600 tons on bunkers and camps as ground action remained light in Vietnam and Cambodia with reports of heavy raids in Cambodia’s Parrot Beak region.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Fuller
Dmz
Laos
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Parrot’s Beak
Cam
Phnom Penh
Senate To Hike Work Schedule Amid Absenteeism
Senate leaders plan a six day work week including Saturdays to reduce absenteeism and push through a $5.2 billion public works bill. Mansfield warned the campaign era leaves few days to legislate as Congress confronts labor day recess and stalled measures.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
U. S
Southeast Asia
Nixon Meets Economic Aides At Western White House
President Nixon hosts a large group of economic advisers and business leaders at the Western White House in San Clemente to review the economy and inflation policy. The session follows a market rally and features talks with Kissinger Sisco and Kennedy Burns McCracken.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Western News
White House
California
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Secretary of the Treasury
David Kennedy
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
George Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Administration
Business Council Liaison Committee
Vietnam
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
Josep Sisco
Los Angeles
Musical Theater Cavalcade
Los Angeles Music Center
Test Set On School Policies
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration faces a test as 80 to 90 Southern districts begin integrated classes under court orders for the first time in a century. About 566 districts planned to segregate this fall, with over 94 percent of Southern schools involved.
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Washington
Nixon
Whch
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