Schweiker urges tougher military exams after unfit draftees found
Sen. Richard S. Schweiker called for improved military physicals after a GAO report showed inductees with serious health issues. He urged Pentagon screening reforms to weed out unfit recruits before induction. The piece ties defense budget debates to broader questions of readiness and spending.
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Armed Services
Pennsylvania Republican
General Accounting Office
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Thurmond Nixon Reconcile After Desegregation Feud
Sen Strom Thurmond signals reconciliation with President Nixon after a dispute over desegregation programs for the South. He says Nixon repudiated bad advice and shows goodwill but will monitor White House attitude to confirm lasting change.
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Nixon
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South Carolina
Nonaggression Pact Talks Open in Moscow
West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko open talks in Moscow to finalize a nonaggression pact. The agreement would renounce force between the two nations and acknowledge postwar territorial losses to Poland and the Soviet Union while Scheel seeks reunification goals and better West Berlin access amid domestic opposition.
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Andrei Gromyko
West Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
Scheel
Bonns
West Berlin
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Penn Central Reorganization Sparks DOT Testimony
Department of Transportation warned Congress that Penn Central’s reorganization could trigger a government subsidy or takeover of railroads. Undersecretary James Beggs testified June 11 that the entire rail system might suffer and other roads could lose financing as the administration planned a $200 million Defense Department loan guarantee.
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Department of Transportation
Congress
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Beggs
House
Defense Department
House weighs end to secret teller vote rule
The House may decide today to abandon its old practice of secret voting on major issues. The test centers on an amendment to abolish the teller vote where members are counted as they walk between colleagues. No names are recorded.
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Senate
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Mike Mansfield
House
Houston Officers and Militants In Shoot-Out At Church
In Houston a gun battle erupted near St. John’s Baptist Church when police and armed Black militants clashed after a rally by People’s Party II. One 21 year old party chairman Carl Hampton was killed, three Black men and a white man wounded, about 100 shots fired, 75 arrests for loitering, and police seized rifles shotguns and ammunition from the party headquarters.
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H.B. Short
Angry Jordanian youths riot over peace plan in Amman
Thousands of youths in Amman protest Jordan and Egypt accepting a U S peace plan. Syria and Iraq attack the plan signaling a growing Arab rift. Palestinians and guerrilla groups vow to continue attacks inside Israel despite the cease fire proposal.
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Israel
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Jerusalem
Nixon
Golda Meir
United States
Soviet Union
Abdel Moneim Rifai
Portugal’s Salazar Dies After Long Illness at 81
Lisbon reports Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, longtime premier and dictator of Portugal, died at his home after a prolonged illness. The 81-year-old, who led Portugal and its African territories for 36 years, suffered a stroke in 1968 and kidney infection before his death. President Americo Thomaz was notified as he toured Africa and was expected to return to Lisbon.
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Portugal
Europe
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Americo Thomaz
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Mozambique
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Santa Comba Dao
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Coimbra
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Ministry of Finance
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U S Bombers Strike Eight Border Targets in Vietnam
U S B52 bombers attacked eight North Vietnamese positions along the Cambodian and Laotian borders in heavy raids, dropping 1 200 tons on bunkers and depots. Additional strikes hit supply routes as forces report massing near Kompong Trabek while U S troop levels fall to 406 800.
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Associated Press
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South Vietnam
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Laos
Mekong Delta
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U.S
Kompong Trabek
Phnom Penh
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Nixon Plans Meetings With Economic Aides
President Nixon scheduled two sessions with advisers in San Clemente to review the economy and discuss defense costs. Melvin Laird and David Packard traveled to brief on a blue ribbon task force’s Pentagon reorganization plans and participate in a preliminary defense budget discussion for fiscal 1972.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
David Packard
Pentagon
Laird
Packard
Court of inquiry backs higher wages to settle dock strike
In London the court of inquiry urged higher guaranteed weekly wages and more pay for overtime, holidays, and modernization effects to resolve the 13 day dispute of 47 000 British longshoremen. The recommendation fell short of the strikers’ demands but opened a path toward ending the walkout.
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West of the Pecos: mild tonight and warm afternoon
The weather page notes mild conditions tonight with warm daytime temperatures expected later. Forecasters caution about variable winds and advise planning outdoor activities around the cooler evening hours.
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