France to add IRBM missiles and subs to its nuclear force
U S military sources say France will place strategic land based and submarine launched missiles in combat readiness becoming the fourth nation with a nuclear arsenal. First group of nine IRBMs nearing readiness with a second group due by year end. A five submarine program aims for early combat readiness.
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Washington
U.S
France
China
United States
Russia
Britain
Pentagon
Moscow
U. S
Europe
Senate fights over crop subsidy cap and marijuana clause
A Senate floor clash erupts over keeping a $55,000 limit versus House support for a $20,000 cap on crop subsidies. The Appropriations Committee votes 14 6 to retain the higher ceiling while adding a provision barring payments to farms growing marijuana. Senator Birch Bayh argues for the lower cap saying it would save $200 million annually but only affect about 2 percent of farmers.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Agriculture Department
J.G. Boswell Co
California
Bavh
Nixon
Herman Talmadge
Dga
Senate Agriculture Committee
Talmadge
Striking Communications Workers Idle Second Day
About 400 000 AFL CIO Communications Workers strike against Bell System moves into its second day. Management staff cover striker jobs. direct calls mostly succeed but delays grow. repairs and installations slow in affected areas. Union says walkout will last at least two weeks.
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Associated Press
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Bell
Southern Bell
Washington
Southwest Bell strike disrupts Texas phone service
Most of Texas five million telephones kept ringing as Western Electric workers and CWA members strike. Southwestern Bell employees honored picket lines in Dallas Houston San Antonio and elsewhere. Supervisory staff filled gaps but new installations halted except in emergencies.
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Associated Press
Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Western Electric Co
Communication Workers of America
Southwestern Bell
Western Electric
Bell
Dallas
San Antonio
CWA
Controversial 1.6 Million Loan Tied to Sharp Firm
Former Lyndon Johnson aide Jake Jacobsen and law partner Joseph Long borrowed 1.65 million dollars from National Bankers Life Insurance on July 22 1970 a loan later purchased by Olympic Life Insurance a Sharp controlled firm. The loan stood unrepaid as SEC investigators probed the deal amid board controversy and a court deposition.
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Dallas
Lyndon Johnson
Jake Jacobsen
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Houston
Frank Sharp
Dallas News
Olympic Life Insurance Co
Fort Worth
Jacobsen
Joseph R. Long
Austin
City Bank & Trust Co
Sharp
Olympia
State Insurance Board
Long
City Bank and Trust
Tom McFarling
Olympic
Government panel backs weed killer 2 4 5 T with warning
A nine member EPA review panel finds 2 4 5 T unlikely to accumulate hazardously in the environment but acknowledges birth defect risks from large doses. The panel recommends clear warning labels and maintains current use patterns while citing comparisons to aspirin caffeine nicotine and organic mercury.
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Washington
Boston
Samuel Epstein
Harvard Medical School
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Agriculture Department
Dow Chemical Co
Hercules, Inc
Epstein
Environmental Protection Agency
Ralph Nader
Center For the Study of Responsive Law
Nixon plans final foreign talks at Western White House
President Nixon will fly east on Sunday returning to Washington after a 12 day stay at the Western White House in San Clemente. He will continue discussions with Secretary of State Rogers and adviser Kissinger and had weighed a Yosemite trip but decided against it for now.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Washington
Ronald L. Ziegler
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Ziegler
Yosemite National Park
Rome Heat Prompts Siesta Breaks With Shade
Tourists seek shade as the Eternal City sizzles. In the Forum Arch of Constantine area coachmen rest in the shade while a sidewalk telescope owner and two youths pause near the Venus temple shadows.
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At Liberty
Forum
St. Peter's Dome
Siesta
Bus wagons deemed marginally safe amid safety loopholes
Consumers Union rated crash protection in the Volkswagen bus wagon Ford Chateau Club Wagon as grossly inadequate while Chevrolet and Dodge models were marginal. The report notes exemptions labeling bus wagons as multipurpose or forward control vehicles exempt them from many federal safety rules. Ford VW Dodge sales figures are cited.
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Washington
Consumers Union
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Chevrolet
Dodge
Volkswagen
Ford
Department of Transportation
Consumer Reports
Viet Cong Says Peace Plan Is Clear and Flexible
In Paris, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh and the Viet Cong declare a new peace plan is clear and precise and could quickly achieve a simultaneous troop withdrawal and POW release. She accuses U S officials of masking their aims and urges an end to foreign military presence in Vietnam. Nixon aides say there will be no specific packaged reply to the seven point proposal.
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Paris
Viet Cong
U. S
Vietnam
Ngyun Thi Binh
Bind
David K. E. Bruce
United States
Nixon
White House
California
Disabled veterans drown in boat capsizing at lake
Three disabled veterans in wheelchairs died when a pontoon boat from the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown capsized on Upper Pine Lake near Eldora Iowa. Six others survived after the Wednesday accident. victims were Charles Seaton 81 Springville Chester Stroud 40 Des Moines and Jorgen R Hovirsten 77 Jewell. Altogether the craft tipped as weight shifted to one side during the fishing outing.
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Eldora
Iowa
Marshalltown
Upper Pine Lake
Lowell McCormick
Charles Seaton
Springville
Chester Stroud
Des Moines
Jorgen R. Hoversten
Jewell
McCormick
Navy drug users rap in former bomb shelter
At Pearl Harbor a psychedelic bunker known as The Rap Center operates as part of the Navy Drug Awareness Control Unit. The Navy offers amnesty to users who surrender and cooperate in rehab, forgiving past offenses and aiding treatment, with anonymity guaranteed.
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Navy
Richard Daw
Associated Press
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Secretary of the Navy
John H. Chafee
Marine Corps
Army
Air Force
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