McGovern seeks equal air time after Nixon attack
President Nixon criticized Senate limits on Cambodia policy, prompting Sen. George S. McGovern to demand equal TV radio time to answer his antiwar stance after Nixon addressed national networks. NEA panel favors hard line against federal funds for private or parochial schools.
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San Francisco
National Education Association
Draft lottery aims for fairness in 1971 inductions
Washington AP reports draft director Curtis W. Tarr defends the 1971 lottery process as fair amid complaints about randomness. The lottery will determine the order of induction for about 2 million men born in 1951, forming the future military manpower pool. The piece notes Tarr’s safeguards since succeeding Lewis Hershey and mentions public criticism of the 1970 lottery.
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Washington
Curtis W. Tarr
Tarr
Lewis B. Hershey
Chisholm Says Women Rally Texas to Congress Power
Rep. Shirley Chisholm, a New York Democrat, told a House subcommittee that male politicians depend on women to win elections and that being a woman is a major political handicap. She warned that without women volunteers the party system would fail through chaos of unkept meetings and unanswered letters.
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Washington
Shirley Chisholm
New York City
House
Congress
Brazilian hijacking foiled as four hijackers seized
Police in Rio de Janeiro used tear gas fire foam and bullets to stop a hijack attempt. One hijacker was seriously wounded and the pilot was shot in the legs. A National Airlines DC8 with 39 aboard was later hijacked to Cuba en route from San Francisco to Miami. It spent about 10 hours in Havana before continuing.
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Miami
Havana
NASA scientist reports missing moon fragment
Dr. Nicholas M. Short of NASA says a tiny moon fragment weighing one fiftieth of an ounce vanished from a Goddard Space Flight Center safe in Greenbelt Maryland. He notes the fragment is about two thirds a garden pen in size and stored in a vial and remains missing with optimism it may be found.
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Washington
Nicholas M. Short
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Short
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Western Politicians Attack SEATO Ministers in Manila
The SEATO Council of Ministers opened its 15th annual meeting in Manila amid turbulence as Thailand's Foreign Minister Thanant Khaman denounced Western politicians for harassing loyal SEATO members. He described attacks as unrestrained rage and fury and a sad display of mental petition and perversion.
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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Council of Ministers
Thailand
SEATO
U.S. Senate
Thanant Khaman
West of Pecos Rodeo bursts into action under crowded grandstand
The 41st West of the Pecos rodeo opened before near capacity crowds with nightly shows at 8:30 through Saturday. Sandy Kirby led bull riding, James Durham won steer wrestling, and Mickey Powers with Benton Wardlaw topped team roping as Blanche Smith won the girls barrel race. Special matinee steer-jerk-down roping began at 2 p.m. with dances planned nightly, sponsored by local groups.
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Nora
Billy Weeks
Abilene
Clint Barber
Jim Moore
Balmorhea
Blanche Smith
Donna Boyd
Rebecca Wardlaw
Betsy Casselman
Morris Walker
Cotulla
Larry Cohorn
Tuffy Cooper
Mickey Powers
Dick Bolling
Buck Jackson
Rodeo
Reeves County Sheriffs Posse
Easy Adams
Lone Star Top Hands of
San Antonio
Israeli Planes Hit Suez Targets Amid War Alarms
Israeli planes attacked SAM2 antiaircraft batteries at the southern end of the Suez Canal and hit other targets along the waterway. The raid aimed to destroy SAM2 sites the Russians had established for Egypt, with planes returning safely. Arab rocket fire from Jordan hit two settlements but caused no casualties. Diplomats cited closer U S Soviet cooperation toward a peace settlement, with proposals on Arab commitments and permanent boundaries. The Big Four met in New York for talks on the November 1967 Security Council resolution seeking just and lasting peace after Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories.
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New York
Soviet Union
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Middle East
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U.N. Security Council
U. N
France
Britain
Honor America Programs Set For July 4th
National celebration plans feature flags and fireworks led by Billy Graham and Bob Hope. Events include a Washington memorial program and a Boston bell ringing, with Scouts marching from Williamsburg to Washington and a Rhode Island rally planned by the Southern New England Committee for a Victory in Vietnam.
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Rose Bowl
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Vietnam
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New England
Maine
104 Americans Killed In War During Week
The U S Command reports 104 Americans killed in Indochina last week with eight more dead in a North Vietnamese attack. Four American aircraft lost over Laos, nine air crewmen missing. South Vietnamese forces defeated a North Vietnamese battalion near the coast southeast of the DMZ, killing 58. US total casualties reach 42,858.
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Saigon
U.S
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
U. S
Nixon names Bruce to Paris talks in blow to Lodge post
President Nixon designates David K. E. Bruce a veteran diplomat as U S negotiator for the Paris talks on Vietnam, replacing Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Bruce, 72, will assume command by August and will seek to narrow the gap between U S and North Vietnamese positions. Nixon defends Cambodia operation while noting dangers in the Middle East and vows to defend Israel.
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Associated Press
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Paris
David K. E. Bruce
America
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Bruce
Maryland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Lon Nol
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Senate
Tonkin Gulf
Weather West of the Pecos Forecast
Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Friday with afternoon and evening thundershowers over mountains. High Friday 90 to 105 degrees. Low tonight 54 to 70 degrees.
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