Ford warns of Soviet leverage from antiwar mood
House Republican Leader Ger ald Ford warns the Soviet Union could erase U.S. global power without firing a shot by exploiting American pacifism over Vietnam. He says rising isolationism harms U.S. resolve and benefits Soviet strategists seeking to destroy the will to resist. Meanwhile eight severely scarred Vietnamese war victims, aged 11 to 17, are airlifted from Saigon for care in U.S. hospitals after delays by red tape, arriving at Andrews AFB aboard a C141.
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House
Gerald R. Ford
Soviet Union
United States
Vietnam
Ford
Saigon
Donna Shor
Committee of Responsibility, Inc
Andrews Air Force Base
Air Force
Military Airlift Command
Draft Director Tarr asks elderly directors to resign
Washington reports Curtis W. Tarr, head of Selective Service, urged aging officials to quit to refresh leadership. Only Henry M. Gross, 85, of Pennsylvania, plans to resign by year’s end. Governors appoint state directors, creating a diplomatic task for Tarr in trimming the ranks.
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Washington
Curtis W. Tarr
Selective Service
Tarr
Henry M. Gross
Pennsylvania
Market slump stalls corporate financing plans nation wide
The 18 month downturn hits mergers and acquisitions, expansions, and IPOs as stock values fall and borrowing costs rise, forcing private and public firms to delay major plans.
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New York
Jet hijacker nabbed in tense cockpit gun battle
Arthur G. Barkley, 49, a Phoenix truck driver whose tax appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court, hijacked a TWA 727 with 51 passengers demanding 100 million dollars. Two pilots captured him after a cockpit gun battle as FBI agents stormed the plane at Dulles. Capt. Dale C. Hope was wounded when he tackled the gunman.
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FBI
TWA
Arthur G. Barkley
Phoenix
Ariz
U. S. Supreme Court
Nixon Endorses Byrd Amendment Amid Cambodia Debate
President Nixon endorsed a Byrd amendment that Sen. Frank Church says would largely emasculate his Cambodia operation limits. Nixon sent a letter to Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott approving Byrd’s plan while stressing constitutional duties to protect U S forces.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Frank Church
U. S
Cambodia
Robert C. Byrd
D-W
Hugh Scott
United States
Scott
White House
Williams says police acted in self defense at Jackson State
Gov. John Bell Williams cites state inquiry findings that Jackson State College police fired first on students and killed two young Negroes after snipers fired on officers during the May 15 confrontation. In Washington, the House approved a $2.2 billion foreign aid bill after trimming $80 million from Peace Corps spending and easing overseas restrictions.
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Jackson, Miss
John Bell Williams
Jackson State College
Washington
House
North Korean speedboats seize South Korean naval vessel
North Korea seized a South Korean naval boat and 20 crewmen after two speedboats fired on it in the Yellow Sea west of Yonpyong Island. Brig. Gen. Roh described the action as a premeditated attack as Seoul considered its options amid a Cambodian goodwill mission in Seoul.
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Seoul
Yellow Sea
South Korean Defense Ministry
Yonpyong-Do
South Korea
Roh Young-suh
Cambodia
North Korea
Dozen Guerrilla Groups Unite Against Israel
A dozen Palestinian guerrilla organizations formed a supreme military command to coordinate operations against Israel after six days of talks in Cairo. A 27 member central committee led by Yasser Arafat set up joint combat units under common discipline, with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine joining. The move comes as Israel and the Arab world mark the 1967 war anniversary and Golda Meir calls for Western pressure on the Soviet Union while urging more U.S. arms for Israel.
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Associated Press
Israel
Cairo
Yasser Arafat
al Fatah
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
General Command
Unified Command
Arafat
Golda Meir
Soviet Union
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Meir
United States
Haim Bar-Lev
Egypt
Battle Rages Around Set Bo in Cambodia War
Heavy fighting reported around Set Bo near Phnom Penh and in Kompong Thom as Cambodian forces counterattack. Lomphat falls to enemy, Angkor airport closed, Siem Reap sees sporadic clashes, while Viet Cong and North Vietnamese push near Labansiek and threaten northern routes to South Vietnam.
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John T. Wheeler
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Set Bo
Kompong Thom
Lomphat
Ratanakiri
Angkor
South Vietnam
Saigon
Labansiek
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Kompong Cham
Mekong River
Violence, strikes mark Mideast war anniversary and Canadian postal walk
Arab guerrillas and saboteurs punctuated the third anniversary of the 1967 Mideast war with violence that left three dead and over a dozen injured. In Canada, hundreds of postal workers walked off jobs to dramatize wage demands.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Canada
Chinese advisers linked to 1968 Tet offensive, Viet Nam officer says
Viet Cong lieutenant colonel Nguyen Van Nang, who surrendered near Saigon, testified at a news conference that 16 Chinese Communist advisers aided planning of the Tet offensives in 1968. He said the Command staff met with them and that China monitored U.S. air raids in South Vietnam. Nang described pre offense warnings and captures of U.S. troops.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Nang
South Vietnam
Wallace says no plans to run for president in 1972
Alabama Governor candidate Wallace says his focus is on serving as governor and not pursuing a presidential bid this year. He cites his election as a national poll for Nixon on school desegregation and urges federal return of school control to the states.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
South
Wallace
Alabama
Nixon
Health, Education and Welfare Department
United States
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