Nixon pledges Cambodia pullout despite troop still present
President Nixon said most U S forces would be out of Cambodia soon, but sources report about 10 000 troops remain as of Wednesday engaged in search and removal of enemy supplies near the South Vietnamese border. Senate Armed Services Committee moves to curb Safeguard missile defense by cutting funds for four bases, marking a first success for critics.
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Nixon
U. S
Cambodia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Safeguard
Leonard
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Justice Department
South
Congress
Biemiller
Economic Council
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Senate
Paul W. McCracken
Javits
GOP
John G. Tower
Texas
Tower
Voting age lowered to 18 in bill amid rights act renewal
The House votes 272 to 132 to lower the voting age to 18 as part of a package renewing the 1965 Voting Rights Act for five more years. President Nixon faces pressure to sign the measure, with Mansfield steering House passage and warning of youth and black political backlash.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
House
Nixon
Mansfield
Britons vote as Wilson Labour chances rise
London voters began electing a new House of Commons with Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour government favored to win a fresh five year mandate. Forecasters predicted sunny weather and an extra hour of polling would boost turnout, with over 30 million of 40 million eligible expected to cast ballots.
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London
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Labor
Postal Reform Advances in House Amid Pay Rise Plan
The House defeated efforts to block Post Office reform and approved a ban on compulsory union membership for mailmen. An amendment to kill reform failed while the bill was amended to create a self supporting U S Postal Service, raise pay eight percent, and let workers decide on union membership.
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Washington
House
Post Office Department
Jim Wright
D-Tex
U. S. Postal Service
Agriculture Tariffs Rise While Stocks Drift On Inflation News
The Agriculture Department reports higher tariffs collected on farm imports in 1969 at 272 million dollars up 3 million from 1968 with dutiable imports rising to 2.9 billion. The Kennedy Round reductions help explain the lower ad valorem rate at 9.4 percent. In New York the Dow slipped 1.58 points as inflation control moves by President Nixon failed to spark a sustained market rally.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
New York
Nixon
New York Stock Exchange
Phnom Penh Tense as North Vietnamese Threat Looms
Cambodian capital faces tense wait amid reports of enemy threats and propaganda. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong actions extend to Kompong Thom Kompong Chhnang Angkor Wat area while Cambodian troops attempt to secure towns and Angkor open city status. U S military reports two large supply dumps destroyed in Cambodia South Vietnam with 130 American deaths and 364 wounded last week News continues on Page 2
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T. Jeff Williams
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Kompong Spen
Lon Nol
Norodom Sihanouk
Kompong Thom
Kompong Chhnang
Angkor Wat
Cambodia
Angkor An
South Vietnam
U. S
Saigon
Congress seeks emergency funding as budget gridlock worsens
Congress faces the worst appropriation jam in history prompting a one month emergency funding resolution from the Appropriations Committee. The plan would extend month by month since none of the 14 annual money bills have cleared Congress ahead of the new fiscal year next month. The report also details fighting along the Suez Canal with Egypt accusing Israel of killings and air strikes, and Jordanian and Lebanese actions amid the broader Middle East conflict. Weather notes predict warm, partly cloudy conditions with isolated thundershowers and highs reaching 94 to 108.
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Congress
House
Appropriations Committee
Associated Press
Cairo
Suez Canal
Egypt
Middle East
Israel
Time Extended for Desegregation Efforts in Mississippi
WASHINGTON AP The Justice Department delays a statewide desegregation suit as negotiators in Jackson seek voluntary compliance from Mississippi districts. After early plans suggested 15 districts, officials say 23 districts were involved, with Mitchell weighing political risks and Agnew leading cabinet talks toward voluntary desegregation.
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Washington
Justice Department
Nixon
South
Mississippi
Atty
Jerris Leonard
Department
Leonard
Nixon Administration
Jackson
Miss
Justice Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Georgia
Six More Shot In Miami Race Riots Reported
Miami Police said six people were shot during the fourth night of racial violence, including a 60 year old woman, as snipers hid in dark buildings and Brownsville saw heavy gunfire. Curfew remained in place and more than 50 arrests were reported.
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Miami
Brownsville
Nixon seeks productivity focus over inflation alert
Washington plan sidelines individual price targets while pressuring productivity gains. Nixon to set 24 member National Commission on Productivity and issue periodic inflation alerts but officials deny direct pressure on firms. Congress and labor leaders criticize the approach as insufficient for curbing inflation and unemployment.
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Sterling F. Green
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
White House
Congress
National Commission On Productivity
Council of Economic Advisers
Lawrence F. O’brien
Productivity Commission
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