Pentagon may urge firms to hire veterans voluntarily
The Defense Department plans a program to locate a job for every veteran with no compulsion, seeking voluntary participation from companies. Secretary Melvin R. Laird announced the concept in a Detroit speech on May 11, but few details were released. Fidel Castro acknowledged he may miss his 10 million ton sugar crop goal in a Havana rally speech for returning Cuban fishermen, broadcast from Miami.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Defense
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Detroit
Miami
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana
Hedemanns Offer Aid After Son Wayne Hedemann Dies
In Honolulu AP News Edmund and Wattie Mae Hedemann cables to President Nixon offering support to help him win backing. They learned their son Wayne Hedemann, 24, a helicopter copilot, was Hawaii’s first casualty in the Cambodia campaign, killed May 12. He had written to his views on Nixon before his death.
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Honolulu
Cambodia
Edmund
Wattie Mae Hedemann
Nixon
Hedemanns
Wayne
Hawaii
White House
Jackson
Augusta
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Congressional
Muskie
FTC plan targets labels on products not retailers
Washington reports the FTC proposes regulating cents off labels to police manufacturers rather than retailers. Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal, chair of a House subcommittee, says the approach won't work. The FTC issued rules under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to cover all consumer items except food drugs and cosmetics with FDA rules to follow.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Rep
Benjamin
Rosenthal
D-N.y
House
FTC
Food and Drug Administration
Postal Crime Hit Washington Postal Workers Thefts
Sen. Charles M. Mathias urges a Senate Government Operations Committee led inquiry after an AP report on millions of dollars in thefts by postal workers. The Maryland Republican calls for a nationwide crime crackdown and GAO involvement.
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Washington
Charles M. Mathias
R-Md
Mathias
Associated Press
Anti-Trust Bill OKayed Protects Joint Newspaper Ops
A House judiciary subcommittee approved a bill to shield joint newspaper ventures in over 20 cities from antitrust laws while making new joint operations harder to start. The Tucson Arizona case threatened merging prints and business services, but the measure would permit that joint venture to continue and dismiss other suits in San Francisco and Tucson.
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Washington
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Tucson
Ariz
San Francisco
Agnew Plays Tennis With Blatchford In Charity Match
Vice President Spiro Agnew teams with Peace Corps Director Joseph Blatchford against Sen. Jacob Javits and Rep. Lowell Weicker Jr. The Agnew side loses 6 1 in a match noted for 16 double faults as remarks fly about a ball grazing Blatchford. Earlier, during the Bob Hope Desert Golf Classic on February 7, Agnew hit a ball that struck pro Doug Sanders on the head.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Peace Corps
Joseph Blatchford
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Lowell Weicker Jr
Blatchford
Doug Sanders
Hickel Urged to Run Again for Alaska Governor
Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel, the first Cabinet member to voice doubt about Nixon policy toward young dissenters, is reported to be urged to seek another term as Alaska governor.
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Washington
Walter J. Hickel
Nixon
Alaska
Graduation Protests Shape Commencement Readings
Antiwar students use graduation ceremonies as protest on many campuses amid restrained actions after recent violent demonstrations. Brandeis reports about 265 colleges with strikes. Yale backs Peace Commencement Fund aiming for a million dollars. Worcester Academy declines prom to fund a Peace Scholarship. The Kent State and Jackson State deaths spur calls for investigations and memorials as schools close in memory.
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Associated Press
Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Kent State University
Ohio
Jackson State College
Jackson
Miss
John C. Bennett
Seminary
Peace Commencement Fund
Yale University
Yale
Worcester Academy
Worcester
Nixon
Cambodia
Kent State
Jackson State
Augusta
John A. Peoples
John N. Mitchell
Cleveland
Board of Education
S. Viets Open New War Front In Cambodia
South Vietnamese infantry opened a new front inside Cambodia near the Bu Prang and Duc Lap camps, with U S air and helicopter support and advis ers on the ground. The operation follows near 100 B 52 raids and involves 25 000 to 30 000 South Vietnamese troops with over 10 000 American advisers in a 600 mile border stretch.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Cambodia
South Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Bu Prang
Duc Lap
Vietnam
Highlands
U.S
U. S
Defense Ministry An
Nouncement
22Nd Infantry Division
Se San
Camerodia
North Viet Namese 1St Infantry Division
South Vietnam
Sampans
Bassac
Israel Rejects UN Censure After Lebanon Raid
Israel defies a UN Security Council condemnation of its 32 hour raid into Lebanon that killed 30 guerrillas and captured 15. The council warned of possible sanctions and measures, while Israel vows retaliation and calls the resolution one sided.
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Associated Press
Israel
U. N. Security Council
Lebanon
Mt. Hermon
United States
Columbia
Nicaragua
Sierra Leone
U. N
Yosef Tekoah
Tekoah
U. S
Charles W. Yost
Jacob A. Malik
Lawyers Lobbying For Peace Washington Pushes Indochina End
A large group of East Coast lawyers led by Ramsey Clark and Francis Plimpton traveled to Washington to lobby for an end to the Indochina war. About 1,000 lawyers from New York and others met lawmakers in teams while 1,500 local lawyers organized a noon session in a church to coordinate a separate program. The effort involves administration officials as well and aims to sustain lobbying beyond this day.
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Washington
Indochina
New York
U. S
United Nations
Atty
Ramsey Clark
U. N
Francis Plimpton
House
Senate
Nixon urges tighter offshore oil spill controls and new accords
President Nixon asked Congress to strengthen Coast Guard authority to prevent oil spills and to ratify three international agreements on maritime pollution. He proposed a $35 million revolving fund for spill cleanup and the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to regulate vessel traffic and hazardous cargo handling.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Coast Guard
United States
U. S
Brussells
Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization
United Nations
High Seas
Secretary of State
Oil Allowable Cut In Texas Drops To 59 Percent
The Texas Railroad Commission reduced the statewide oil allowable to 59 percent for June, limiting maximum production to 3,309,344 barrels daily. Buyers’ nominations total 3,157,227 barrels daily, down 94,624 from May, while U S Bureau of Mines forecasts demand at 3,270,000 barrels daily, up 70,000 from May. Pan American reduced last minute nominations by 20,000 to 3,137,027, 114,824 less than May.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Texas
Pan American
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