Poage Introduces Sound Farm Credit Bill For Rural America
Washington AP Poage head of the House Agriculture Committee unveils a plan to update farm credit laws and grant borrowers access to additional services. The measure preserves Senate language while expanding authority for Farm Credit Administration to support rural development.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Farm Credit Administration
America
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Mike Mansfield
Senate
U.S
Indochina
House
Charles W. Whalen Jr
Ohio
Mansfield
Laos
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
United Nations
Rhodesia
Robert Dole
Kansas
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
Congress
Ky Urges Boycott of Sunday Viet Election
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky called for a boycott of the upcoming presidential vote in Saigon urging police and soldiers not to suppress the people's demands. He spoke at a monsoon rally denouncing President Nguyen Van Thieu as unconstitutional and urged participants to abstain.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
People’s Congress
Air Force
Thieu
Pentagon says Russian naval fire not hostile to U S plane
The Pentagon reported that a P3 reconnaissance aircraft was fired on over the Sea of Japan but the commander of the 7th Fleet patrol force said the firings were not hostile and the plane was not endangered. The incident occurred over international waters near the middle of the sea.
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Washington
Pentagon
Sea of Japan
7Th Fleet
U S Commands Ends Combat in 704 Man South Vietnam Units
Saigon reports 13 small Army units and one Air Force squadron with 704 men have stopped combat operations in preparation for withdrawal. The Air Force unit is the 536th Tactical Airlift Squadron with 340 personnel, based at Cam Ranh Bay.
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Saigon
U. S
Air Force
South Vietnam
536Th
Cam Ranh
Mexico City mayor vows forceful pursuit of abductors
Mexico City Mayor Octavio Senties said police have orders to use all means to capture the abductors of a government official who was released Wednesday. He described the kidnapping as a skillful attack of preconceived violence in a national television appearance.
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Mexico City
Octavio Senties
Bunche to Step Down as UN Under-Secretary General
Ralph J. Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and longtime UN troubleshooter, will retire as under-secretary general. At 67, he has been ill for months with several ailments and recently left the hospital for periodic checks after an arm fracture this summer.
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United Nations
N. Y
Ralph J. Bunche
Bunche
U. N
OEO Budget Boost Expands Day-Care Focus in 2-Year Extension
The Office of Economic Opportunity wins a larger budget and an expanded role in child development after House approval extends the agency for two years. The plan adds a major program centered on day-care centers for children of working mothers, challenging administration limits to keep OEO as mainly a research body.
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Washington
Federal Antipoverty Agency
House
Office of Economic Opportunity
Detroit West Side protests erupt after Ritz killing
Police cleared demonstrators on Detroit's West Side as 29 people were arrested during a second night of protests over Edward Ritz's death. The marchers left rocks and glass on a residential street while authorities deployed 40 officers across the block. No injuries were reported. In California, attorney Stephen M. Bingham and six San Quentin inmates were indicted on murder counts for the August 21 prison riot that killed George Jackson and five others.
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Detroit
West Side
Edward Ritz
San Rafael
Calif
Stephen M. Bingham
San Quentin Prison
George Jackson
Ginger Downgrades to Tropical Storm Hits NC Coast
Ginger, once a hurricane, is forecast to move inland in North Carolina dumping up to five inches of rain. The storm battered a 70 mile coast causing about $1 million in damage and possible loss of one life. Red Cross shelters, floods, and power outages affected Bath Beaufort Atlantic Beach and Swan Quarter as relief efforts and evacuations continued.
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Morehead City
N.C
Ginger
North Carolina
National Weather Service
Insurance Information Institute
Atlanta
Beaufort
Atlantic
Bellhaven
Pungo River
Bath
Atlantic Beach
Swan Quarter
Red Cross
National Guard
National
Bob Scott
Highway Patrol
Charles Clifford Price
Washington, N.C
Pamlico
Washington
Neuse
New Bern
Whichard’s Beach
Warplanes Flatten Key North Vietnamese Base Near Tay Ninh
Allied reports say American warplanes destroyed a vital North Vietnamese supply depot near the Cambodian border, killing over 100 enemy soldiers across two days of air strikes. Big B 52s joined earlier missions to hit the spread out target as South Vietnamese relief columns clashed with enemy forces along the frontier.
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Tay Ninh
Vietnam
U.S
Pace
Tran Hung Dao
South Vietnam - Cambodia
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Trang Hung Dao
Saigon
Alpha
Krek
Route 7
Thinh
Vung Tau
Chinese Open House at London Legation Draws British Visitors
At the Chinese legation in London visitors stroll through a photo exhibit touting China’s achievements under Mao. The free drinks and cigarettes, no publicity needed, accompany captions praising Mao and Lin Piao while depicting progress and acupuncture cures. A comments book favors the venture three to one, though visitors note the exhibit needs a bottle opener.
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London
Legation
China
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Chairman Mao
Lin Piao
Liu Shao-chi
Liu
Chou En-lai
Peking
Coal talks marred by walkouts across U S ports
AFL CIO longshoremen struck ports from Maine to Texas as soft coal miners walked out amid expired contracts. President Nixon considered a Taft Hartley cooling off in junction. UMW seeks wage increases and welfare fund boosts as talks continue despite widespread expected strikes.
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Associated Press
Continental
United States
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
Maine
Texas
New York
West Coast
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
U.S
Nixon
United Mine Workers
UMW
Rogers Seeks U N Seat Split with China and Talks Start
Secretary of State William P. Rogers begins a week at the United Nations General Assembly with plans for talks with about 70 foreign ministers. Officials say U S hopes rise for seating both Communist China and Taiwan and for progress on missile curbs and Middle East mediation. Rogers has just met Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and will pursue Western-aligned steps with East and West German procedures for Berlin.
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United Nations, N. Y
William P. Rogers
U. S
United Nations
Rogers
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
China
Taiwan
United States
U. N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Middle East
Europe
Moscow
Washington
Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
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