Senate battle over SST money expected today
The White House seeks to reassure Senate backers that reviving the SST will cost far less than a billion dollars. Senate debate centers on startup costs with a potential vote expected Wednesday evening.
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White House
Boeing Co
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House
Clark McGregor
Minnesota
Capitol Hill
Boeing
William Allen
McGregor
CBS
Allen
Aerospace
Congress
Mansfield
Gary A. Soucie
Coalition Against
Soucie
United States Air Units Target North Vietnamese Missiles
In Laos near Ban Karai pass a North Vietnamese battery fired two missiles at an AC130 gunship. no U S planes were hit. One A7 blasted a SAM site with unknown results. In Laos a prior AC130 downing in 1970 left 10 crew missing. The Kitty Hawk carrier group and other aircraft operated along the Ho Chi Minh Trail with multiple air strikes and battlefield fire.
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U. S
Laos
U.S
S. S
Charles Johnson
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Johnson
Panhandle
Ban Karai Pass
Dmz
North Vietnam
Kitty Hawk
Tonkin Gulf
Permian Bill Moves Toward Full Four Year UT of the Permian Basin
A Texas House panel approves a bill to make the University of Texas of the Permian Basin a four year institution. Sponsors Ace Pickens and Richard Slack push the measure while opponents led by Rep. George Baker warn it could strain junior colleges and lack data on attendance. The bill would allow freshmen and sophomores and offer doctorates, with Odessa as the campus site.
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George Baker
Fort Stockton
Odessa College
West Texas
Baker
Pickens
Odessa
Help extended to Texans amid drought aid expansion
The Agriculture Department announced extended federal aid to dozens more counties in Texas Arizona and New Mexico. Texas counties now receive government feed grain at reduced prices hay transportation assistance and emergency grazing rights on Cropland Adjustment Program land. List includes Borden Castro Childress Clay Cooke Crosby Dawson Donley Ector Gaines Hall Hemp Hill Irion Jackson Jones Lamb Lubbock Ochiltree Pecos Real Roberts Stephens Throckmorton Upton Wheeler Collins Dallas Hood Lavaca Montague Palmer and others.
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Agriculture Department
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Borden
Castro
Childress
Clay
Cooke
Crosby
Dawson
Donley
Ector
Gaines
Hall
Hardeman
Hemphill
Irion
Jackson
Jones
Lamb Lipscomb
Lubbock
Ochiltree
Pecos
Bengal
Real
Roberts
Stephens
Throckmorton
Upton
Wheeler
Collin
Dallas
Hood
Lavaca
Montague
Palmer
High Court Nixes Hoffa Appeal Bid
The Supreme Court declined to hear James R. Hoffa's appeal from his 1964 jury tampering conviction. The denial was 5-1 with Chief Justice Burger and Justices Harlan Brennan Black and Blackmun voting for the denial, Justice Douglas dissenting, and Justices Stewart White Marshall not participating.
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Supreme Court
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Warren E. Burger
John M. Harlan
William J. Brennan Jr
Hugo L. Black
Harry A. Blackmun
William O. Douglas
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Administration Claims Victory In NATO Troop Cut Clash
Washington officials led by Clark McGregor and Secretary of State Rogers claim Mansfield's 50 percent U.S. troop reduction plan in Europe will fail as Senate votes near. Truman and Acheson back Nixon against the cut, warning of dangerous foreign policy consequences. Javits opposes Mansfield, proposing a stronger congressional role and greater European defense contributions.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Europe
Clark McGregor
Neton
William P. Rogers
U .S
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Florida
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Truman
Dean Acheson
Sen
Mansfield
Soviet Union
United States
Javits
Congress
Rogers Aked
Leonid Breshnev
Breshnev
Postal Rate Hearings Open Before Independent Commission
The U S Postal Service faced the Postal Rate Commission as hearings begin on proposed stamp and mailing-rate increases. Accountants and lawyers led the line, with 57 organizations including the Magazine Publishers Association and the Direct Mail Advertisers Association slated to present testimony on postal costs and equitable pricing.
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U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Independent Postal Rate Commission
U.S
Congress
U.S. District Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Postal Rate Commission
Rate Commission
Board of Governors
Commission
The
Magazine Publishers Association
American Newspapers Publishers Association
Direct Mail Advertisers Association
Signalmen Strike Threatens Nation's Railroad Network
A nationwide strike by 13 000 AFL CIO Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen shuts down rail service across the United States. Pickets appear at Rapid Transit Staten Island Grand Central Baltimore as the 6 01 a.m. start arrives. Government mediators say talks have stalled over wages while unions press for a 54 percent raise. The stoppage halts Amtrak and freight from Washington to New Orleans and Denver to Ogden, affecting 300 000 commuters and 55 000 daily intercity riders. Officials plan bus and trolley substitutions in major cities.
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Washington
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Staten Island
Grand Central Terminal
New York
Penn Central
Baltimore
C. J. Chamberlain
National Railway la
Chicago
Philadelphia
Amtrak Corp
Amtrak
New Orleans
Denver
Ogden
Utah
President seeks July 1 extension to halt rail walkout
President Nixon asked Congress to extend until July 1 the negotiations period between rail management and the signalmen to avert a nationwide rail shutdown. He urged swift passage of a joint resolution and directed Hodgson to push for a voluntary settlement while reporting back by June 21.
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Senate
House
Nixon
James D. Hodgson
Hodgson
Congress
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Ward County Escapees Captured In Georgia
Three former Ward County jail inmates were captured in Athens Georgia after a manhunt tied to Texas jail breaks and robberies. Texas authorities plan to question Robert Hart James Simpson and Raymond Harris in connection with robberies in Abilene Midland and Monahans. A 45 caliber pistol and sawed off shotgun were found in the suspects possession.
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Athens
Texas
Georgia
Clark County
Billy Crawford
Monahans
Tex
Ben Keele
Ward
Keele
Maining
Robert Hart
James Simpson
Atlanta
Raymond Leon Harris
Tampa
Fla
Abilene
Midland
Crawford
Harlem
Crawfordville
Egyptian Crisis Pauses Efforts Toward Israel Egypt Canal Accord
Israeli analysts say Cairo turmoil after President Sadat's purge slows U S moves to reopen the Suez Canal and press for an Egypt Israel peace accord. Meir and Eban schedules further limit diplomacy this month amid cabinet debates. In Cairo Sadat accuses critics and hails his crackdown.
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Anwar Sadat
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Suez Canal
Golda Meir
Scandinavia
Abba Eban
Africa
Sadat
Moshe Dayan
Army
Haron Yariv
Israel
Jerusalem
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