Pentagon papers show prewar plan to attack torpedo boats
Secret Pentagon materials disclose two months before Tonkin Gulf that Johnson advisers weighed a strike on North Vietnamese torpedo boats to boost South Vietnamese morale. The documents discuss Honolulu talks with Lodge Westmoreland and McNamara, later fueling debates on bombing Laos and North Vietnam.
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William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
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Laos
Publishing War Papers Resumes After Supreme Court Ruling
The New York Times and The Washington Post resume reporting on the Pentagon Vietnam study after the Supreme Court ruling 6 to 3 that publication of certain documents would not jeopardize national security. Coverage notes discussions before the Tonkin Gulf incident and Kennedy Johnson era plans.
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Harry A. Blackmun
John M. Harelan
Mike Gravel
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Tonkin Gulf
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North Vietnam
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Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
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Post
Charles de Gaulle
President Diem
Final Approval Given To 18 Year Old Vote
The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting voting rights to those 18 and older in federal state and local elections, cleared ratification with Ohio the 38th state. Nixon urged newly enfranchised youths to register and vote as 11 million join the electorate, with 14 million more under 25 eligible for 1972.
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White House
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United States
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California Faces New Budget Impasse As State Runs On Credit
California enters the 1971-72 fiscal year without a signed budget, forcing a government operating on credit and urging 183000 employees to work as volunteers. A four Democrats and two Republicans budget conference seeks a $7 billon budget for Reagan to review, while workers are urged to stay on the job for now.
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Calif
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
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California State Employes Association
CSEA
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Balaguer Says Wessin Coup Attempt Blocked in Dominican Republic
President Joaquin Balaguer announced he blocked a coup by retired Gen Elias Wessin y Wessin after a televised confession and arrests. Balaguer ordered military leaders to decide Wessin's fate and suggested possible deportation while exposing other right wing plotters.
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Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
Juan Bosch
Balaguer
Wessin
Nixon signs new volunteer agency and education bill
Washington reports the creation of Ace tion, a Nixon administration volunteer agency, with Congress promising scrutiny over Peace Corps and VISTA. Also noted is a record 5.14 billion education funding bill on Nixon's desk, approved by House and Senate. Pearl Bailey is praised by Lester B. Dill at Meramec Caverns on Route 66.
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Peace Corps
VISTA
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Senate
Rites Planned for Soyuz 11 Cosmonauts in Moscow
Mourning line forms in Moscow as leaders Brezhnev Podgorny and Kosygin honor cosmonauts Dobrovolsky Volkov and Patsayev. A national day of mourning is declared with burial at the Kremlin Wall after a Red Square ceremony. Officials cite an unknown cause for the deaths with theory of oxygen system failure.
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Soviet Union
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Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsarev
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Believ
Kazakhstan
Communist Party
Pravda
Vladimir Komarov
Komarov
Soyuz
Nixon presses White House bid to avert steel strike
President Nixon invites labor and steel negotiators to a White House meeting as he pursues an income policy approach to curb inflation. He warns against a large wage settlement and weighs wage controls and imports, with contracts due August 1 and the economy sensitive to a potential steel stoppage.
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Nixon
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Ronald L. Ziegler
Japan
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
U.S. Draft Policy Lapse Halts Inductions Nationwide
Washington's draft law expired after a congressional deadlock over a pullout from Indochina. House Senate conferees halted talks, Mansfield refused to concede his amendment, and 16 000 July August calls were delayed while registrants await new guidance.
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U.S
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Selective Service
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Defense
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