Bombers Near Chinese Border Tighten Vietnam War Flight Paths
UPI reports American Air Force Phantoms based in Thailand struck a bridge near Lang Son in North Vietnam, about 10 miles from the border with China. The raid, one of the closest to China since the February restart of bombing, followed Tuesday’s strike on a railroad yard 15 miles south.
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UPI
Hanoi
U.S
Command
Thailand
Lang Son
Thai Khe Highway
China
Air Force
Bac Giang
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Bao Giang
Tokyo
Supreme Court agrees to study tax system impacts on schools
The court will review a 1971 San Antonio ruling striking down Texas school financing by property taxes, with states relying on varying assessments. The decision could alter education quality and state tax structures nationwide. It also requires CATV must originate substantial programming, and notes on precharge lineups and welfare for dependents abroad.
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Washington
UPS
Supreme Court
Tion
Hawaii
Federal Power Commission
FPC
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Senate Chief Opposes Tax Reform Rider
Sen Russell Long opposes attaching tax reform to the debt limit bill and would strip it if the House forces the issue. The Ways and Means Committee met to decide whether to link tax reform to the ceiling bill, which must pass by July 2. Nixon opposes reform this year.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
House
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Ways and Means
Nixon
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Allies Reject Talks Renewal Over Vietnam Peace Conference
The United States and South Vietnam again refused to resume the Vietnam peace talks after Communist proposals were rejected for the fifth straight week. Viet Cong foreign minister Mme Nguyen Thi Binh planned a Thursday departure for Africa, while Washington demanded a serious negotiation signal before returning to Paris.
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Paris
API
United States
South Vietnam
Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
Africa
Washington
State Department
Charles W. Bray
Hanoi
Castro Opens Four Day Poland Visit With Cheerful Demeanor
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro began a four day Poland tour in Warsaw and Katowice after visiting an elementary school to honor Che Guevara. He dismissed heart ailment rumors with a jokey line then grew serious saying his heart is steel.
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Warsaw
UPI
Fidel Castro
Poland
Africa
Europe
Castro
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
Katowice
Wamea
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
Budapest
Gierek
Pietro Jaroszewicz
Environmental Action Names 12 lawmakers as dirty dozen
Washington UPI report says Environmental Action labeled 12 House members as the dirty dozen for poor environmental voting records. The group promised campaigns to defeat them for stronger pollution and cleanup measures. Names include Aspinall Baring Cabell Chamberlain DeLaney Devine Landgrebe Lloyd Peyser Rooney Thomson Zion with Love leading the effort.
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Washington
UPI
Environmental Action
House
Congress
Wayne N. Aspinall
Dcolo
House Interior Committee
Walter S. Baring
D-Nev
Earle Cabell
D-Tex
Charles E. Chamberlain
R-Mich
James J. Delaney
D-N. Y
Samuel L. Devine
Ohio
Fart F. Landgrebe
R-Ind
Sherman P
Love
Ashbrook Leaves Race to Back Conservative Platform
Rep John Ashbrook of Ohio quits the Republican presidential contest against Nixon. He vows to push conservative goals at the GOP platform committee, noting 10 percent in California and prior showings in New Hampshire and Florida.
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Washington
UPI
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Nixon
Ashbrook
California
New Hampshire
Florida
Defense leaders urge steady arms strength at service academies
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird Air Force Secretary Robert Seamans and Army Chief Gen. Westmoreland told graduates their class faces major choices in peace. They said U S forces should not cut military strength as winds of peace stir after Nixon Moscow summit and arms talks.
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United Press International
Defense
America
United States
Melvin R. Laird
Air Force
Robert C. Seamans
William C. Westmoreland
Army
U.S
Nixon
Moscow
Tough Policy Urged Against Air Pirates
Washington urged airlines to end concessions to hijackers and to adopt a tougher stance. Benjamin Davis, assistant transportation secretary, spoke at a government industry meeting as hijackings raised 1972 totals. He advocated arming pilots and expanding FBI involvement while noting FBI agents are trained professionals, not trigger-happy gunslingers.
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Washington
UPI
Benjamin O. Davis
Transportation
Safety and Consumer Affairs
Davis
Air Force
Air Line Pilots Association
J.J. O’donnell
FBI
State Methodist Leader Denounces New Morality
Lakeland dispatch reports Bishop James Henley condemns today’s new morality. He warns the church and family face danger, calling the shift a return to old immorality and predicting societal disintegration if pursued. He cites birth control and the Ten Commandments.
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Lakeland
UPS
James Henley
Florida
The
United Methodist Church
Rome
Henley
Israelis Violate Arab Air Space Amid Lod Airport Attacks
Lebanese sources report Israeli Skyhawk jets over central and eastern border areas for about 10 minutes. Two Israeli gunboats entered Lebanese territorial waters off the south coast for 90 minutes. Arab diplomats at the UN condemned threats of reprisals after the Lod airport massacre claimed by the PFLP.
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United Press International
Lebanon
United Nations
Israel
Lod
Sidon
Tel Aviv
Puerto Rico
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP
New York
Arab League
Security Council
Community notices and events in Okaloosa Digest listings
Local calendar items include Seminole Community Center June meeting at 7 p.m. in the community building, Trash and Treasures booth at Billy Bowlegs Market through Saturday 4 to 8 p.m., Children’s Parade check-in at Walter Martin Ave and Carson Drive by 4:30 p.m. Thursday, and registration for Maz Bruner Junior High School Summer Band at 322 Holmes Blvd NW Friday 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Other items note Eastern Orthodox Ladies Auxiliary meeting June 8 at St Demetrios Chapel, Cancer Society Crusade fundraising drive, City Dance Recital at Civic Auditorium Thursday 7:30 p.m., Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber luncheon Thursday at noon, and Meigs and Pryor Summer Band registrations and classes beginning Monday with Friday enrollment at Pryor gym.
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Seminole Community Center
Seminole
Okaloosa County Legal Secretaries Association
Walter Martin
Carson Drive
Maz Bruner
Max Bruner
Holmes Blvd
Eastern Orthodox Ladies
Eastern Orthodox Ladies Auxiliary
St. Demetrios Chapel
Highway 98
Fort Walton Beach
Father Dean
City Recreation Department
Civic Auditorium
WB Chamber of Commerce
Greater
Meigs and
Pryor
Meigs Junior High
Pryor Junior High
Meigs
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Quang Ninh
Ninh Binh
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Hardis Brock
Charlie E. Nunnery
Eurana Jonson
Senior Citizens Center
Junior Achievement
Dolores Welss
Martin's Ferry
Methodist
Playground Daily News
Your Freedom
DAI Divison
Flatida
Freedom Mawspaper
Eglin
United Press
Niceville
Y News
Ing.ay
Falton Beach
Jonal
Whetristian Bates
Cally
Shogle
Daly
Auda Burveu of
Okaloosa Digest
Okaloosa
PGDN
Atlanta
APT
Ira Jackson
Jackson
Police Committee
Scripps-Howard
Richard R. Baker
University of Dayton
Vincent Vatano
Brooklyn, N.Y
New York Daily News
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