Reagan to deliver goodwill messages on Asian tour
President Nixon’s messages will go to Emperor Hirohito and four other leaders as Ronald Reagan, Nancy, and son Skipper depart for a two week Asia trip. The president will also visit Taiwan Singapore Thailand and South Korea.
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Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Hirohito
Eisaku Sato
Reagan
Nancy
Skipper
Taiwan
Singapore
Thailand
South Korea
Labor push for fast track NATO Warsaw Pact military cuts
Britain's Labour Party urged within a year substantial reductions in North Atlantic alliance and Warsaw Pact military programs. The policy document also called for accelerating groundwork for a European security conference on balanced East West force reductions at the party's annual convention.
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England
Britain
Labor
North Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Judge to deliver final instructions in Tate murder trial
In Los Angeles the judge prepared final jury instructions as prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi argued that Charles Tex Watson admitted to the murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others. He cited photographs of the seven victims and urged the jury to seek justice from beyond the graves.
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Los Angeles
Charles ‘Tex
Watson
Sharon Tate
Dist
Atty
Vincent Bugliosi
Americans Die in Vietnam Combat Toll Drops
Twenty one Americans were killed in combat in Vietnam last week, eight fewer than the prior week, the U S Command reported. Wounded totaling 117 rose by 70 from two weeks earlier, with increases also in South Vietnamese and enemy casualties.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U. S
Senate opponents press for federal pay raises despite Nixon order
Senate foes led by Charles McC Mathias and Frank E. Moss win the first round in challenging the presidents pause on raises for federal workers. They seek to grant the approved increase effective January 1, opposing a July 1 delay.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Charles McC Mathias
R-Md
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Illegal gardener worked at Western White House report
The Los Angeles Times says an illegal Mexican alien used forged papers to work two days as a gardener at the Western White House before discovery. The piece ties to an Immigration Service raid on Romana Banuelos's firm in which 36 illegal aliens were apprehended. A House panel chief proposes a constitutional oath bill to scrap the Subversive Activities Control Act, arguing it is unenforceable.
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The
Los Angeles Times
White House
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
Romana Banuelos
Washington
House
Internal Security Committee
Richard H. Schord
D-Mo
Senate Finance Committee opens hearings on 15.4 billion tax cut
Senate Finance Chairman Russell Long announces hearings on the Nixon administration plan as Treasury Secretary Connally may testify on Phase 2. The House passed bill slices taxes with 7 percent investment credit while delaying depreciation rules. Long warns amendments may flood the bill and aims to finish by October.
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Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Russell B. Long
D-La
Treasury
John B. Connally
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House
Senate
The
US Dismisses Soviet Push For European Security Conference
U S diplomats in Brussels view Moscow’s bid as propaganda to bolster Eastern Europe, seeking recognition for East Germany and maintaining East West division. They cite 1967 push for talks on renunciation of force and economic cooperation as weak pretexts, noting Berlin at stake and Western allies’ refusal to join without Berlin agreement.
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United States
Willy Brandt
Berlin Wall
Berlin
British troops clash with guerrillas along Ireland border
British troops and guerrillas fought a gun battle across the frontier between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic early today, as clashes followed a surge of shooting bombing and rioting reported by army headquarters.
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Northern Ireland
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Viet Nam peace talks and Irish conflict dominate Paris scene
North Vietnam demanded acceptance of its seven point peace plan as the only path out of the war while Viet Cong officials attend the Paris talks. Separately in Belfast, violence escalated with explosions and gun attacks as British troops clash with suspected Irish Republican Army members amid security talks in London.
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Dinh Ba Thi
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Proxmire Pushes Bill to End Presidential Wage Freeze
Sen. William Proxmire proposes repealing the Economic Stabilization Act to end Nixon’s 90 day wage price freeze. He would replace the system with a five member wage and price review board as phase two looms after November 13. Republican leaders weigh Nixon’s extended powers and post freeze options while Mansfield and other Democrats wait and see.
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Long
Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Congress
Proxmire
Joint Economic Committee
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
Mike Mansfield
Senate passes 21 billion military bill heads to House
The Senate approved a 21 billion military procurement bill with major weapons programs intact after a wide 82 to 4 vote and sent it to the House for a clash over a six month U S withdrawal from Indochina. Mansfield and Allott amendments loom. Laotian spending capped at 350 million. The bill totals 13.3 billion for procurement and 7.6 billion for research with a six percent Jan 1 pay raise issue for federal workers.
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Senate
House
U. S
Indochina
Mike Mansfield
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
Mansfield
Allott
Laos
Armed Services Committee
John C. Stennis
D- Miss
Pentagon
Nixon
Joseph M. Montoya
D- N
South Vietnam
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
United Nations
Rhodesia
William Brock
R-Tenn
White House
Longshore and Coal Walkouts Pursued by Federal Courts
Federal judges halted West Coast longshoreman strikes and a Chicago grain elevator walkout, ordering a 10 day return to work while hearings on extending the Taft-Hartley 80 day moratorium proceed. Delays threaten national health and safety as unions press demands amid Nixon mediation efforts.
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West Coast
Chicago
Crainhandler
Nixon
Gulf Coast
Taft-Harris
New York
San Francisco
Clifford M. Hardin
Japan
United States
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony” Boyle
House tackles equal rights amendment amid rider clash
In Washington, the House faces a vote on a constitutional equal rights amendment with a disputed rider from Rep. Wiggins that would exempt women from the draft and allow states to keep sex-based laws. Rep. Griffiths leads opposition to the rider, arguing it nullifies the measure, while supporters press for two thirds to approve the amendment as debate centers on protections versus discrimination.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Martha W. Griffiths
D-Mich
Charles Wiggins
Rcalif
Wiggins
Bella Abzug
R-N.y
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Griffiths
Officials set more Mideast meetings
U S officials schedule further talks with Egyptian and Israeli diplomats as Secretary Rogers meets Egyptian Foreign Minister Riad to discuss Cairo’s U N General Assembly speech. Sisco to confer with Israeli Ambassador Rabin. Cairo signals openness to an interim Suez settlement linked to a final peace deal.
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Jerusalem
Middle East
William P. Rogers
Mahmoud Riad
Egypt
U. N. General Assembly
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Asst
Joseph Sisco
Itzhak Rabin
Riad
Suez Canal
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Rogers
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