Rail, Crime Debates Highlight Nation in Brief
A 19 year old, Mayeux, walked from Virginia Beach to Wenleo California ending a 123 day cross country trip with about 350 dollars and rough lodging. Attorney General Mitchell disputes poverty as main crime cause while calling for broader social measures. Round the clock rail bargaining begins in Washington as unions threaten a Tuesday strike. Green Beret James Rowe plans to marry actress Julie Benson at Fort Sill. McNamara named Caltech trustee joins Beadle and Mettler as new leaders. Nixon works on stealth speech for White House conference on food and health while budgeting for 1971.
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Pitre
Dehy Mayeux
Atlantic
Pacific
Alexandria
Mayeux
Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
United States
Millon
Eisenhower
National Commission On
Washington
Labor Department
J. Usery Jr
George P. Shultz
National Railway Labor Conference
Schulz
Nixon
Tice
Green Beret
James N. Rowe
Julie Caroline Benson
Sanday
Miss Benson
Harry E. Benson
New York City
West Point
Ft. Sill
Okla
Miss. Benson
National Academy of Dramatic Arts
Rowe
FL. Sill
White House
Florida
Bahamas
Congress
Robert P. Mayo
Africa
America
Century Art Sold for $72,000 at Sotheby's
A Wth Century Oriental miniature sold for 72,000 at Sotheby's in London. The work depicts Mani's death, with a flayed corpse displayed, and is thought to be a page from a Persian manuscript dated 1330 to 1350. The Kevorkian Foundation of New York sold the piece, founded by Armenian brothers who became art dealers.
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London
Sotheby's
Mani
Babylonia
Kevorkian Foundation of
New York
Churchill Statue Unveiled in Commons Lobby
In London Lady Clementine Spencer-Churchill unveiled a bronze statue of Sir Winston Churchill in the House of Commons lobby. The 4.6 foot statue cost 26,400 and was praised by Prime Minister Harold Wilson as a inspiration to parliamentary democracy. Churchill died January 24, 1965.
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Churchill
Spencer-Churchill
Horace King
House of Commiors
Sir Winston Churchill
House of Parliament
London
Oscar Nemon
UPI
Clementine Spencer- Churchill
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Winston
Britain
King’s
Indians on Alcatraz bar visitors over food shortage
Indian occupiers on Alcatraz Island restrict visitors after a weekend influx of 600, leaving the main force of 180 still occupying the former federal prison. They warn they have only a couple of days of food, plan negotiations with the Interior Department and GSA, and seek support from the Salvation Army and public for meals and supplies while barring most outsiders.
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San Francisco
Richard Oakes
Salvation Army
Oakes
Interior Department
General Services Administration
GSA
Thomas Hanna
Meath Year Capassataty Hy Bonar Are Ynoy
The fragmentary note mentions Meath and Bonar in a late 19th century context with uncertain year markers and unclear event details. Further readable facts are insufficient to determine a coherent genealogy or incident.
Army strength in Vietnam falls below 480000 troops
Saigon reports American military strength in Vietnam dipping to 475,500 as of last Thursday, marking the first drop under 480,000 in two years and continuing a five month downward trend since May withdrawals. The U.S. Command lists allied forces by service and notes ongoing enemy activity around Cam Ranh Bay.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Vietnams
Army
Marines
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
7Th Fleet
South Vietlnam
Big America
Cam Ranh Bay
Excessive Profits on U S Contracts Assailed
An Anaheim firm Lionel-Pacific Inc faced GAO findings of profits up to 1409 percent on 1967 68 aircraft contract work with the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area. Proxmire cited misused small contracts and poor price oversight under Truth in Negotiations law.
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U.S
Anaheim
General Accounting Office
Washington
Lionel-Pacific Inc
William Proxenire
D-Wis
Elmer B. Staats
Goa
Staats
Proxmire
Lionel Pacific
Lionel Corp
New Jersey
Flr
Oklahoma City
Lionel-Pacific
Staals
Defense Department
OCAMA
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McNamara
Caltech
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
California Institute of Technology
George W. Beadle
Ruben F. Mettler
MecNamara
Johnson
World Bank
Harald Brown
Susan Goodman
Shippensburg State College
AP Wirertalo
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Alcatraz Bar
Secretary of the Interior
Waller J. Hickel
Adam Nordwall
Nordwall
San Leandro
Bay Area
Press-Telegram
Randy
DaceniGay i. Ar
Meath
Cullel Kewood Center
Clark Ave
Lakewood, Phon
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