Crisis of confidence seen in disclosures
The Times reports reveal that the Johnson administration secretly planned bombing of the north in 1964 and ordered ground troops for offensive action in 1963. Congress seeks access, and critics say disclosures shed light on executive decisions and suppressions while debates over national security vs public knowledge intensify.
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North
Johns
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Times
Johnson
Congress
J. W. Furright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
California
Sinc
House
Government Operations Committee
Delay yields order on Vietnam study documents
The court weighed a government request to compel the Times to turn over Xeroxed copies of a Vietnam study and handwritten marginal notes that reveal confidential sources. The government seeks material for a potential injunction against publishing the final two articles in the Times series.
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Capital Hill
Uned
The
Times
Gurfem
Abrams
Hess
Guard duties at Belmont Pier cut for weather economy
Reader asks about night guard removal at Belmont Pier while Long Beach Marine Dept chief says guards remain on duty at night when weather is good enough for fishing. The guard shift changes July 1 to a hourly basis. Separately a furniture purchase at Mart Furniture in Long Beach claimed a $21 refund. store manager says refund will be given in cash at the store after the check was returned as undeliverable.
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Belmont Pier
Long Beach
Larry McDowell
Long Beach Marine Department
Mart
Pacific Coast Hwy
Les Matin
Pioneer cereal recipe and grain suppliers in Orange County
A home recipe for cooked cracked wheat cereal is shared, including quantities and a two-stage preparation method. The note mentions buying a hand grinder, wheat in 100 pound bags, and cost effectiveness. It lists sources such as Deseret Bankstore in Orange, Wheat Kernal in Stanton, and Molino Mills in Alhambra for grains and grinders with contact details.
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Main St
Orange
Calif
Kalella Ave
Stanton
Molino Mills
Valley St
Alhambra
Nixon Launches War on Narcotics
President Nixon unveils a comprehensive anti drug plan with an executive order creating a Special Action Office of Drug Abuse Prevention. He cites costs of addiction, calls for new legislation, and seeks 371 million in 1972 funding for treatment, enforcement, research, and international aid to curb heroin and opium sources.
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Nixon
China
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America
Special Action Office of
White House
Congress
Jackie Robinson Son Killed in Traffic Crash
The 17 year old son of Jackie Robinson died at the scene after a Stamford crash. Police said he was speeding above 45 mph and died of a broken neck. The youth had been charged with narcotics offenses and was labeled a narcotics dependent after an arrest earlier.
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Rippowam High School
Stamford
Vietnam
Tata
Young Robinson
David
Secrets leaked by aide linked to Defense Dept memo
Zion said an aide known as Elisherg gained a complete secret document after leaving government service and while at Rand Corp. The government opened an investigation into the leak of the classified study. Attempts to reach Etls berg at his Cambridge address failed and a mail at the door raised questions about who had the information.
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Ogden R. Reid
New York
State, Defense and Justices Departments
White House
Pentagon
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Vietnam
the Times
W. Averell Harriman
Johnson
Paris
Harriman
Newfense
Clark M. Clifford
McNamara
World Bank
National Archives
Zion
Etlsberg
Cambridge
Fillsberg
Harvard
Daniel
Patricia Witers
Elisherg
Defense Department
International Security Affairs Division
John McNaughton
Vietnam
Rane Corp
Rand
Okinawa Returns to Japan Under Nuclear Assurance
Officials announced Okinawa will be returned to Japanese control next year with assurances from President Nixos and Prime Minister Hisaku Sato that the United States will not store nuclear weapons on the island. Nuclear weapons would be removed before transfer, with most moved to Guam. The treaty includes Japan paying 320 million dollars to the United States and hands back 12,000 acres including Naha Airport, while keeping several bases.
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Hisaku Sato
United States
Okinawa
Japan
Island
Guam
Strategic Air Command
Sato
Asia
Pacific
U.S
Naha
Nab 3 of cycle gang in plot to kill L A police
Three suspects from the Hessians outlaw motorcycle gang were booked on possession of stolen property dangerous drugs and brandishing a weapon as investigators probe a plotted attack on Los Angeles police. One suspect threatened an officer with a loaded .45 caliber pistol before he was subdued. Police recovered two .45s reported stolen from a Riverside sporting goods store. Investigators seek links to a torture murder of another gang member last April, while a confidential informant alerted homicide detectives to the plot and weapons stash.
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Rizzone
Riverside
Tost
Stallen
John Cowell Reed
Wanda
Ninth Street
Caspian
Harbor Agenes
Myrtle Street
Long Beach Superior Court
Beach Vasey
R. T Williams
Williams
J.T. Schoenborn
Schoenborn
David Lee Williams
Hizzone
St. Mary's Hospital
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