Consumer advocate flags harsh debt-collection tactics
David Caplovitz, joined by Ralph Nader and witnesses, told the National Commission on Consumer Finance that creditors use tactics to intimidate debtors and enforce lines when defenses exist. He cited wage garnishment, telephone threats, failing to deliver court summonses, and small claims courts as especially hard on the poor and undereducated.
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Washington
David Caplovitz
Ralph Nader
National Commission On Consumer Finance
AMA Convention Debates Abortion Policy Change
At the 119th AMA annual convention, sides clash over abortion rights and population control echoes. The AMA Board recommends shifting policy to allow decisions on abortion to be made solely between the woman and her doctor, pending House of Delegates approval.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Germany
American Medical Association
AMA Board of Trustees
Association
House of Delegates
AMA
Army plan to turn war germs into soil conditioner
Public health officials are reported ready to approve an Army plan to convert deadly war germs into a harmless soil conditioner to be spread around an Arkansas military base. The plan follows President Nixon ordering all U S chemical and biological weapons destroyed by mid 1971. Boris Osheroff said authorities are satisfied the methods would destroy living organisms and toxins.
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Washington
Army
Arkansas
Nixon
U. S
Boris Osheroff
Nixon signs bill lowering voting age to 18
President Nixon signed a measure attaching the 18 year old vote to a five year extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He asked the attorney general to seek a swift court test of constitutionality and urged Congress to pursue a constitutional amendment to shorten the path to enactment. The act aided about a million black registrations in the South and influenced his decision to sign.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
South
No Penalties Due Says Apollo 13 Inquiry
AP reports NASA will likely not penalize North American Rockwell and another contractor for inadequate switches on the Apollo 13 oxygen tank that exploded on the way to the moon. The cost plus fixed fee contract lacks a penalty clause and most pay has been disbursed. Astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert returned after the April 13 incident that derailed the lunar landing mission.
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Washington
Space Agency
Rockwell
Moon
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
Gleason Divorce Granted After 34 Years of Marriage
Jackie Gleason was granted a divorce from his wife Genevieve after 34 years of marriage. The decree followed a precedent shifting change in New York law allowing a divorce after a two year legal separation as a ground, superseding earlier limits that favored the husband.
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New York
Jackie Gleason
State Supreme Court
Genevieve Gleason
Prisoner Plan Nixed in North Vietnam Repatriation
North Vietnam rejected a South Vietnamese plan to release 62 prisoners of war on North Vietnamese soil on July 11. South Vietnam announced on June 11 that the prisoners and 24 fishermen would be moved by boat to a point near the border for landing, calling it a test case for future repatriations.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Tran van Lam
North
Lam
Mansfield Says Senate May Repeal Tonkin Twice
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said the chamber may repeal the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution twice. A Republican move to repeal it as part of a military sales bill would still need both chambers and the president, while a separate April measure would need only congressional approval.
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H. L. Schwartz
Associated Press
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Montana Democrat
Tonkin
Senate
Cambodia
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
White House
Tonkin Gulf
North Vietnamese Close On Phnom Penh as Cambodian Front Falters
North Vietnamese forces pushed a Cambodian battalion from two Mekong villages about 11 miles northeast of Phnom Penh. Cambodian commanders reported heavy attacks with four Napalm strikes on Monk Khampoul, with 400 troops forced to retreat by fishing boats after 30 enemy casualties. U.S. command noted 3 Americans killed and 15 wounded in skirmishes, bringing American deaths in Cambodia since April 29 to 323.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Saigon
Mekong
Phnom Penh
Ros Preung
Monk Khampoul
Preung
Cambodia
Tonle Bet
Kompong Cham
Prey Vong
Takeo
U. S
Supreme Court rules voting in bond elections open to all voters
The Supreme Court ruled that general obligation bond elections cannot restrict voting to property tax payers, in a 5 to 3 decision. The ruling follows earlier decisions banning restricted votes in school and revenue bond elections.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon vetoes hospital aid bill in first since term began
President Nixon vetoed a 1.26 billion three year Hill Burton hospital construction and remodeling program. He objected to untouchable funding and a higher price tag, saying the measure would curb federal expenditure management. Congress would need a two thirds vote to override.
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Washington
Nixon
Hill-Burton
Two Louisiana Congressmen Deny Misconduct Links
Two Louisiana Democratic lawmakers Sen. Russell Long and Rep. Hale Boggs deny any wrongdoing amid a Baltimore contractor case tied to a grand jury presentment. Judge Thomson summarized that there is insufficient basis to indict and that the grand jury did not accuse improper payments to officials.
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Baltimore
Russell B. Long
Hale Boggs
Justice Department
Roszel C. Thomson
U. S. District Court
Rayburn
Washington
Frenkil
Grand Jury
Bernard Shepard
Boggs
Long
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
White House
Thomson
New York Times
Washington Post
Baltimore Sun
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Daniel Brewster
Maryland
Samuel Friedel
Clarence D. Long
Long and Boggs
Dystrophy research hints at human trials possibility
Dr. Ade T. Milhorat reports that vegetable oil derived chemicals reversed muscle destruction in chickens, a potential key to muscular dystrophy. He cautions against premature expectations for humans but says trials could begin soon, noting 200000 Americans, mostly boys, are affected.
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Washington
Ade T. Milhorat
New York
White House
Milhorat
Richard Nixon
Institute For Muscle Disease, Inc
Nixon veto shocks Texas Hill-Burton funds
President Nixon vetoed the 1.26 billion extension of Hill-Burton hospital aid, a multimillion dollar blow to Texas state and local authorities. Health official William Collier said Texas faced uncertain loss and noted past annual Hill-Burton grants around 17 million, with hopes for higher future funding. Senator Ralph Yarborough condemned the veto as harming sick Americans and families.
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Collier
Israelian Commandos Shell Egyptian Base
Israeli commandos crossed into Egypt to shell an army base 80 miles southeast of Cairo. Egypt claims 20 killed or injured while Israel reports all raiders returned safely. Egyptian forces intercepted helicopters and armored cars, with four Egyptian soldiers wounded. The attack follows recent Israeli raids and amid Arab leadership warnings with Nasser and Kadafi urging unity against Israel.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Cairo
Yida
Gulf of Suez
Gulf
Suez Canal
Tripoli
Libya
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
Israel
Nasser
Muammar Kadafi
Syria
Middle East
Kadafi
America
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