FBI probes leaks reach White House and Pentagon
FBI inquiry into leaking of sensitive government material extends beyond the State Department to the White House and Pentagon. Informants say lie detectors and affidavits are used to force officials to reveal sources. The probe follows a July 23 Times article on a secret U.S. Soviet talks proposal in Helsinki.
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State Department
New York Times
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Helsinki
Times
William P. Rogers
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Soviet Union
Pentagon fights troop cutbacks
Pentagon leaders face off against budget officials over reducing Army divisions from 13 to 11 while Melvin Laird backs the Army. Officials forecast Army strength at 820000 to 840000 as Vietnam pullback continues, with greater reliance on National Guard and Reserve in emergencies.
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Office of Management and Budget
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Congress
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Vietnam
National Guard
Laird
Charlotte murder rate tops national list in 1970 report
FBI crime data show Charlotte Mecklenburg Union County area at 24.7 murders per 100000 in 1970 with 101 total killings. Police report 78 arrests in 79 Charlotte-Mecklenburg cases. two officers killed and a 14 year old implicated in a foster mother killing. Critics call rate a statistical anomaly tied to urban decline.
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Mecklenburg County
Union County
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Ken L. Miller
al Pruitt
Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy Onassis Misses Center Opening After Warsaw Attack
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis skipped the Kennedy Center opening amid fear from a near assault in Warsaw. Nancy Tuckerman recalled she felt frightened and swarmed by people trying to strip her clothes. In Los Angeles, Tex Watson demonstrated the Tate killings for jurors claiming he acted under Manson’s influence and drugs.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
John Kennedy Center
Warsaw
Poland
Washington Post
Los Angeles
Charles
Tex
Watson
Sharon Tate
Vincent Bugliosi
Charles Manson
San Francisco Faces Massive Antibusing Boycott
San Francisco, under court order to integrate, confronts a large antibusing boycott led by 20,000 parents. An estimated 26,000 to 25,000 children may stay home when schools open September 13, while 26,000 students must be bused in 136 vehicles on 1,118 daily routes across 97 elementary schools.
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Sheldon Toor
U.S. District Court
Stanley Weigel
Portland program offers drug treatment for drunk driving
In Portland a problem drinker convicted of drunken driving may choose a drug treatment instead of fines or jail. About 50 offenders take a daily antibase dose that makes them ill if they later drink. The federally funded program also tightens traffic law enforcement to cut accidents.
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Ore
APA
Berlin four-nation pact marks new era in East West ties
United States Britain France and the Soviet Union ambassadors sign a Berlin agreement at the Allied Control Council Building. The ceremony recalls the 1948 blockade move and follows a long history of meetings in the high ceilinged room.
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Soviet Union
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Congress falls short in halting heroin epidemic says Edwards
Rep. Don Edwards cites Japan’s decade long nationwide anti heroin drive based on family appeals and law enforcement and Hong Kong’s 40 percent cure rate from work camp style treatment as contrast to U S efforts. A separate note notes Phillips Sanchez’s shift to endorsing Nixon era anti poverty aims.
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United States
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Japan
Hong Kong
Foreign monetary affairs may soon be normal again
In New York and Saigon reports, analysts see progress in defending the dollar as floats begin to take effect. Officials note Japan's yen float and Britain’s rate changes as signs of stabilization, with IMF actions and possible end of tariff barriers contingent on new exchange rates.
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Franklin R. Saul
the Treasury
Saul
International Monetary Fund
Washington
United States
Council to clarify teacher pay ruling during wage freeze
The Cost of Living Council plans a refined ruling on teacher pay with no major backdown. It aims for a uniform rule across workers, clarifying who qualifies for raises during the 90 day wage freeze after discussions with Education Commissioner Sidney Marland.
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Cost of Living Council
Council
U.S
Sidney Marland
National Education Association
Irish civil strife kills 18th soldier
Gunfire from a speeding car killed a British guardsman at a border station in Ki nawley, marking the 18th soldier death in Northern Ireland this year. In Londonderry a British major was critically wounded as riots and bombings beset the province. IRA blamed for the daytime Belfast blast and other attacks amid escalating sectarian violence.
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Kinawley
Irish Republic
Londonderry
Robin Alers-Hankey
Alers-Hankey
IRA
Government Electricity Board
Coalisland
Castleberg
Ennis Killen
Thieu facing pressure as opponents urge one man rule end
In Saigon multiple political and religious groups urge President Thieu to end his one man presidential election and call for a new fair vote. Vice President Ky calls Thieu's course dangerous. Thieu names CIA chief to lead a 110600 police force amid riot fears.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
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Vietnamese Confederation of Labor
Hoa Hao
Cao Dai
Disabled Veteras Association
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Nguyen Khac Binh
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