US Bombers Hit Suspected North Vietnam Positions Near DMZ
U S B52s dropped 600 tons on suspected North Vietnamese targets near the DMZ amid renewed shelling of South Vietnam bases. Camp Fuller and Alpha 1 2 were hit. Saigon reports no casualties. Viet Cong radio dismisses Nixon’s peace terms as foolish while redeployment of the 1st Brigade 5th U S Mechanized continues.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Luffer
J.T. Volkerstorfer
Quang Tri
5Th U.S. Mechanized Infantry Division
Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
South Vietnam
Nixon
Peking
Viet Cong
Liberation Radio
Democrats Seek Substitute for Nixon Desegregation Plan
Democratic House Education subcommittee members push Edith Green’s substitute bill to replace Nixon’s 1.5 billion desegregation aid. The measure would boost federal aid to 35 percent by 1976 and encourage shared use of public facilities with private and parochial schools. Critics warn it could fund segregated academies and raise church-state issues.
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Roman Pucinski
D-Ill
Edith Green
Oregon
House
Green
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Hawkins
South
CWA and Bell Agree to End Nationwide Telephone Strike
The Communications Workers of America and Bell Telephone System reach a tentative pact worth about 4 billion more in the next three years pending member ratification. The deal includes a 33.5 percent wage and benefit boost, a cost of living clause, and higher pay for workers in major cities, with first year raises around 12.8 percent.
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Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
CWA
Josepha. Beirne
New York City
Beirne
White House
FBI Plans Step Up To Combat Subversives
FBI Director J Edger Hoover told a closed Senate hearing that the FBI will intensify efforts against Communist Chinese intelligence gathering and revolution inspired activity in the United States. He said Peking views the U S as its chief enemy, remarks released as the Senate weighs FBI funding.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
United States
Peking
Hoover
Senate
Nixon
People’s Republic of China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
China
Sen
John G
Tower
R-Tex
United Nations
Jacob K. Javits
Mansfield
Scott
Sudan's Revolutionary Council moves Sudan leftward
BeЛirut AP reports Sudan's seven member Revolutionary Council, led by Maj Hashem el Atta and Col Babikr al Nur Osman, moves the country left and offers autonomy to southern blacks. Atta restores unions and student groups, signaling a socialist shift amid ongoing civil conflict and a crackdown on communists.
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Beirut
Sudan
Africa
Hashem el Atta
Col
Babikr al Nur Osman
Farouk Osman Hamdalla
Atta
Osman
Hamdalla
Omdurman Radio
Numairi
Egypt
Khartoum
Omdurman
Israel
Britain
Mills pushes tax cuts tied to spending cap and incomes policy
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills argues for economy-stimulating tax cuts contingent on a government spending ceiling and an incomes policy with wage and price guidelines. He says Nixon must act, while Rep. Byrnes doubts Congress will back the plan. Mills cites past Johnson efforts as a model for reducing spending.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Nixon
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mills
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Senate blocks funding for SACB subversion list project
The Senate rejected cutting the Subversive Activities Control Board funding and voted to raise SACB appropriations to 450000, while tying the money to resisting Nixon's order to list subversive groups. Proxmire and Ervin led amendments challenging the board and the president's authority. The action fits into a 4.1 billion State Justice and Commerce appropriations bill and moves to a conference committee.
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Washington
Senate
Subversive Activities Control Board
Nixon
Congress
SACB
Tion
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Aml
Homebuilding pace picks up in June
U S housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.982 million in June, up from 1.959 million in May, signaling a brighter spot in the economy. Officials credit steady demand and a less tight policy stance despite higher mortgage costs.
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Nixon
U.S
Commerce Department
Maurice H. Stans
Federal Reserve Board
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