Saigon halted in Cambodia drive loses two armored regiments
U S advisers say South Vietnamese assault into eastern Cambodia stalled after initial gains. Three North Vietnamese divisions remain blocked, but field commander Do Cao Tri died in a helicopter crash. Minh orders defensive pullback as losses mount and supply issues hamper recovery.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
Highway 7
South Vietnam
Military Region 3
Do Cao Tri
Tri
Chup
Chhlong
Kratie
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Nguyen van Minh
Minh
Laos
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen to strike next week
The Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen announced a nationwide strike by its 13 000 members starting at 6 a.m. local time next Monday unless talks begun today achieve a settlement. Union president C J Chamberlain said the walkout will halt all rail service including Amtrak and commuter trains.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
C. J. Chamberlain
Grand Executive Council
Amtrak
Reagan wife says she hopes husband quits politics after term
Nancy Reagan, embittered by attacks on Ronald Reagan, says she hopes he will retire from politics after his current term as California governor. She notes the tax controversy and criticizes Democratic opponents for using it against him.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Nancy Reagan
U.S. Senate
Reagan
Nader Attacks Automakers as Senate Hears Auto Fraud Claims
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader testified before the Senate Commerce Committee accusing automakers of criminal fraud and faulted the panel for not serving consumers. Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler spokesmen warned federal damage standards could raise car prices by 450 to 600 dollars by 1975 and urged Congress to avoid extra goals that would drive away buyers.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Senate Commerce Committee
Nader
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Congress
Commerce
Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Griffin
Commerce Committee
Ted Stevens
A-Alaska
Stevens
U. S
Critics of War Policy May Tie up Draft Bill
Washington reports critics of the Southeast Asian policy aim to block the draft extension past June 30. Senate debates loom with Mansfield urging a measured pace and proposing a half-strength Europe troop cut, while Gravel and Cranston threaten filibuster and other senators push anti draft amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
U.S
Europe
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Alan Cranston
FDA proposal would require full ingredient labels on standardized foods
Washington AP The FDA posted a plan drawn by George Washington University law students to list all ingredients on processed foods labels to aid consumer avoidance of cholesterol and allergens. Standardized foods would face full labeling, with comments invited for 60 days before a decision.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
George Washington University
Charles C. Edwards
Law
Law Students Association For Buyers’ Education and
Reform Of Banks Is Urged
Washington AP reports the first large scale effort since the New Deal to revise bank regulatory laws is under way in Congress. Two weeks of hearings found general agreement on updating, while terms remain unsettled. Proposals range from restrictions on interlocks and brokered deposits to limits on equity kickers and cross‑ownership, with the Nixon administration expected to align with a more flexible approach. The draft legislation aims to narrow gaps in director interlocks across banks and other financial institutions, to be shaped into actual language by mid June.
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Washington
Congress
House Banking Committee
Federal Reserve System
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Vote Set Today on SST Revival in House
Backers push a one bill amendment to extend SST development through June 30 with an $85.3 million continuation for 1,800 mph project. House leaders Carl Albert and Gerald Ford back the plan as aviation stakes rise with layoffs of about 15,000 workers and Lockheed defense work in their districts. Boeing workers in Seattle area loom large as Thomas Pelly and Brock Adams lead the effort.
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Washington
Edward P. Boland
D-Mass
Carl Albert
House
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
France
Lockheed Corp. Defense
Senate
Ford
Nixon
Seattle
Thomas M. Pelly
Brock Adams
Demonstrators Queried By House Panel Probers
Washington AP reporters note that hundreds of antiwar protesters arrested last week were questioned in their cells by House Internal Security Committee investigators. Six to seven staffers interviewed detainees as officials said police cooperation with Congress is standard. Money arrest totals exceeded 12 000 as the panel probes subversive groups tied to the Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice and the National Peace Action Council.
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Washington
House
Internal Security Committee
Washington Coliseum
Y.H. Garner
Jerry V
Frank Greer
Coalition Steering Committee
Greer
Capitol
Congressional Investigating Committee
House Committee On Un-American Activities
People’s Coalition
National
Arabs Demand Israeli Pullback Before Suez Access
Egypt told Secretary Rogers that Suez reopening requires a 15 mile Israeli pullback and a six month timetable for withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands. Sadat announced to Egypt’s 360 member Arab Socialist Union committee that Israel must move back to El Arish and that a full withdrawal should follow within six months under a Jarring timetable.
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Associated Press
Egypt
William P. Rogers
Suez Canal
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Arab Socialist Union
Rogers
el Arish
U. N. Mideast
Gunnar V. Jarring
Middle East
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