Nixon visits Kansas State for order in society speech
President Nixon speaks at Kansas State University in Manhattan during a nationally televised event amid tight campus security and two demonstration zones. After the Kansas stop, he and Mrs. Nixon travel to Chicago for meetings with Midwestern editors and broadcasters. Defense Secretary Laird calls current unemployment temporary and useful for learning to solve domestic issues, criticizing doom-and-gloom economy rhetoric.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle America
Kansas
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Chicago
Warrenton
Melvin R. Laird
America
Brinks Courier Receives Nixon Praise for Airliner Incident
Brinks courier Robert DeNisco told President Nixon he was only doing his job after wounding a would-be hijacker aboard a TWA 707 on a San Francisco airport runway. Nixon phoned DeNisco in Chicago to thank him and urged him to report the event to federal authorities.
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Chicago
Nixon
Robert E. DeNisco
Brooklyn
N.Y
TWA
San Francisco
DeNisco
White House
UN Discusses Hijacking at General Assembly Opening
At the 25th U N General Assembly opening in New York the main topic was stopping airliner hijackings. Phillipine Foreign Secretary Carlos P Romulo said he might seek cosponsors for a supplementary antihijacking agenda item based on a proposal by U Thant in a Monday speech.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Phillipine
Carlos P. Romulo
U.N
U Thant
Agnew Plans TV Show With Six Campus Students
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew will meet six college students on a national television program to debate militant campus activity. A spokesman for the David Frost Show said ultra or extreme militants will not be present, while Agnew aims to persuade students that freedom is the common goal.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
David Frost
Cambodia's Offensive in Jeopardy as Front Plans Fray
In Phnom Penh senior commanders report deep trouble with Cambodia's first major offensive against the Communists. They debate aborting the operation while urgent talks with the military high command continue. A large North Vietnamese and Viet Cong force reportedly moves toward the rear, threatening the government withdrawal route.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Air Force probes mistreatment claims at Lackland
San Antonio AP report says the Air Force investigates mistreatment claims filed by a trainee against drill sergeants at Lackland Military Training Center. The inspector general reviews overall operation while two sergeants are relieved of duty. A trainee alleges head injuries from sergeant actions. no names released.
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San Antonio
Air Force
Lackland
Air Force Inspector General
Senate rejects 20000 subsidy cap in farm bill action
The Senate approved a three year 3.5 billion agriculture authorization bill and defeated a 20000 cap on subsidies for nonfarming payments. The move signals likely a 55000 per crop ceiling for cotton, feed grain and wheat subsidies while extending price supports and loan guarantees. Senate and House versions differ but both contain the 55000 limit.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ralph T. Smith
R-ill
Jordan tames chaos with military rule amid revolt fears
King Hussein names Majali as military governor and declares martial law to end Jordan’s internal fighting as Palestinian guerrillas clash with troops near Amman. The crisis widens with reviving Middle East diplomacy, U.S. delay on peace talks, and a curbing of guerrilla activity across Amman Zarqa and Irbid.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Hussein
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nixon
Washington
Egypt
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.S
Israel
Golda Meir
United States
William P. Rogers
Mahmoud Riad
Suez Canal
Majali
Abdel Moneim Rifai
Mohammed Daoud
Jerusalem
Amman
Kassem el Maita
Zarqa
Humphrey and Others Sweep Democratic Senate Primaries
Hubert Humphrey and Henry M. Jackson defeated antiwar opponents in Democratic Senate primaries. Joseph D. Tydings beat a strong conservative challenge in Maryland, Edward M. Kennedy won unopposed, and John O. Pastore overwhelmed a token foe. Governors Mandel and Licht were renominated as other material nominees were chosen in several states.
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Learsdorf
Hubert Humphrey
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Senate
Joseph D. Tydings
Maryland
Edward M. Kennedy
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
Marvin Mandel
Frank D. Licht
Nixon to Visit Yugoslavia First By A U.S. President
President Nixon expands European trip to include Yugoslavia marking the first such visit by a U.S. leader. He will depart Sept 27 for Italy Spain and Britain and may visit Belgrade one evening with Tito. He plans to return Oct 5 and will review 6th Fleet exercises from the Saratoga in the Mediterranean.
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Washington
Nixon
Yugoslavia
White House
Italy
Spain
Britain
Ronald L. Ziegler
West Germany
Ziegler
Tito
Belgrade
Nixons
Europe
Francisco Franco
NATO
Mediterranean
Saratoga
Naples
Mideast
Nixon calls violence a cancer harming free society
President Nixon, speaking bluntly at Kansas State University, says America faces a cancerous disease of violence and terror used as a political tactic. He argues peaceful change is the only legitimate path and that violence has no place in a free society.
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Manhattan
Kan
Nixon
America
Kansas State University
Guerrillas Demand Prisoner Exchange in Hostage Crisis
Palestinian guerrillas holding 54 hostages from three hijacked airliners press Western governments to swap prisoners. Spokesman Ghassan Kanafani says exchanges hinge on releasing 54 hostages and vows no further actions. Negotiations with Israel, Britain, Switzerland and West Germany stall with no deal in sight. Captain Fritz Schreiber and two crew members remain captive. $690,000 in currency was seized during the hijacking.
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Associated Press
Ghassan Kanafani
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Switzerland
Britain
West Germany
PFLP
Kanafani
Popular Front
Jerusalem
Benn
Bern
London
Israel
Nablus
Knesset
Ursula Geiger
Fritz Schreiber
New York
Lengthy UAW GM Strike Looms and Rail Disruptions
The United Auto Workers threaten a lengthy strike against General Motors as production continues at Ford and Chrysler. Railroads report near normal operations after Tuesday picketing while AFL CIO unions face contempt orders. UAW leaders plan a nationwide tour to rally members amid wage dispute negotiations.
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United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Detroit
United States
Canada
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Howard Corcoran
Afl-Cio
Weather forecast for Southwest Texas near Pecos
Partly cloudy and warm with a chance of showers or thunderstorms mainly over the mountains tonight. Cooler west portion Thursday with clearing. High near 93 and low around 58. Early morning temperatures were cool in the Pecos vicinity.
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Pecos
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