Foes of Safeguard See Defense Chief Stand Weakened
Senate foes of the Safeguard ABM contend Defense Secretary Laird has weakened his case by redefining the Soviet drive for a first strike. He and CIA chief Helms differ on Soviet capabilities, while the Foreign Relations Committee notes disagreement within intelligence. Laird maintains agreement with Helms on Soviet capacity.
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UPI
Senate
Defense
Melvin Ro Laird
Soviet Union
Laird
CIA
Richard C Helms
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Helis
National Intelligence Board
USS
Senate Armed Services Committee
Owas
Nixon
A. William Fulbright
U.S
Minuteman
Polaris
Arkansas Democrat
Albert Gore
D‘venn
Fulbright
Gore
Fire halts output of A missiles and weapon programs
Fire at Rocky Flats halts production of test warheads delaying Safeguard missile work for months to about a year. AEC officials urged urgent funds to resume operations, with alternatives at Hanford or Los Alamos. Giller noted limited capacity at Los Alamos and reduction at Fort Ord, while Stockholm endures a water main break amid a heat wave affecting 250,000 residents.
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B. Gilier
AEC
Subcommittee
Sen
Allen Ellender
Giller
Estimti
Glenn ‘Ty. Seaborg
AEC Iman
Rocky Flats
Seaborg
Nixon
Nevada
Hanford
Wash
Los Alimins Research Center
New Mexico
Los Alamos
Unford
Stockholm
UPL
Suez Canal Air Incident Sparks Armed Search
Police and troops cordoned an area near a pipeline after an explosion and a raid by Arab guerrillas. A charge was found near the site, and several Arabs were rounded up. The incident occurs near Lebanon and Jordanian borders amid broader Middle East unrest affecting the Trans-Arabian pipeline. In Maine, Gov Curlig was expected to sign a bill lowering the voting age from 21 to 20.
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Amercans
Saudi Arabia
Sea of Galilee
Israel
Cairo
Lal
Suez Canal
Sairo
Palestine Armed Struggle Command
Anch
al Assifi
al Fatay
Augusta
Maine
UPI
Kenneth M. Curlig
Pentagon shifts planning power to military as civilians lose influence
The Nixon administration reportedly curbs civilian analysts in Pentagon planning, giving the services and Joint Chiefs wide leeway to decide manpower needs and weapon purchases. David Packard says the military will conduct studies first, with civilians commenting later, reversing the McNamara era emphasis on civilian systems analysis.
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Garden City
UPI
Newsday
Long Island
Nixon
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. MeaNamara
Washington
Joseph Albright
Wiarlin Schram
David Packard
Packard
McNamara
Systems Analysis Office
Joint Chiefs of Star
Deny Prof Death By Beating Sparks Police Briefing
Oakland police chief Charles Gain denies detectives caused the death of a college professor arrested on a morals charge. Autopsy surgeon Dr Allan B McNie says Phillip Caplan died from a strike with no external injuries indicating death. Caplan, vacationing in Oakland after teaching at Voorhees College in Denmark SC, collapsed after arrest in Lake Side Park. Caplan’s wife contends police beat him during arrest.
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Oakland
Charles Gain
Allan B. McNie
Phillp Cal
Canada to cut armed forces numbers by 1975
Ottawa reports Canada will reduce regular armed forces from 98,000 to between 80,000 and 85,000 by early 1975. Defense Minister Lea Cadieux announced in the House of Commons that reserve forces also will be cut to 26,750 while cadet training programs will be maintained at present levels.
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Canada
Lea Cadieux
Cadieux
House of Commons
Antique Vehicles Bring Big Sums At Calif Auction
Sixty five antique cars sold for 235 890 at Parke-Bernet Galleries first West Coast sale. New Yorker Herbert Watson bought a 1921 Rolls Royce roadster for 28 000 by telephone. A 1902 Thomas Roadster fetched 24 000 for Dr Samuel Thomas of New York City whose family firm FR Thomas Motor Co. built autos in Buffalo from 1902.
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Burlingame
API
West Coast
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc
New York
Herbert Watson
the East
New Yorker
Samuel ‘Thomas
New York City
Thomas
FR. ‘Thomas Motor Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Isapany
Seven Escape 10 Years in Communist China
A family of seven fled ten years of captivity in Communist China and reached Hong Kong by weekend. Police report they escaped in a motorized junk boat to the British crown colony.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
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