Laird flags Soviet and Chinese ICBM threats in report
In unclassified testimony Laird notes slow deployment of Soviet ICBM modules, ongoing tests on SS1 and SS13 missiles, and possible new silos for a larger system while citing hints of Chinese ICBM testing and range advances. He projects Soviet ICBMs reaching 1,500 by 1971 and 1,900 reentry vehicles by the mid-1970s, stressing deterrence without policing the world.
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Armed Services Committee
Laird
Pentagon
Jed Sen
Henry M. Jackson
DeWash
Russia
Asidie
Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Free World
Midwest Flood Threat Prompts National Campaign
President Nixon launched a federal flood preparedness effort to curb possible midwest floods in coming weeks. Gen. George A. T. Lincoln oversees the plan with the Weather Service and Army Corps of Engineers aiding. Lt. Gen. Fred Church reports field readiness as spring melt threatens Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Minnesota and adjacent regions. Nixon expresses grave concern in a letter urging swift coordinated federal state and local actions to reduce hardship.
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Nixon
Upper Midwest
Pacific Northwest
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Fairbanks
Alaska
George A. T Lincdin
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Weather Service
Army Corps of Engineers
Fred Church
Midwest
Lincoln
Mystery tanker explosion off Spansday coast
A fire and explosion struck the tanker Ocean Bridge off the west coast of Spansday. The vessel, empty at the time, was reported still burning with the stern down. The Comet, another stricken tanker, aided by rescuers recovered 49 crew members. the captain of Ocean Bridge was missing. French aircraft delivered doctors to The Comet. four injured were hospitalized in Brest. Tugs prepared to tow Ocean Bridge after rescue efforts.
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Ocean Bridge
Spansday
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Ocean Ridge
H. W. Pile
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Comet
Brest
Rottersam
Sierra Leone
Ural
Cadiz
Laos drive aims to train Viet Minh for future battles
The United States describes Laotian operations as a means to sharpen Vietnamese forces for future clashes. Despite no ground Laos advance, allied commands report heavy destruction of North Vietnamese stockpiles and multiple bomber strikes near Sepone. Vietnamese units report 25 enemy bodies and about six tons of munitions destroyed, while air strikes claim numerous secondary explosions signaling hits on ammo dumps. An allied convoy near Sepone was damaged with fuel trucks destroyed or damaged.
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Laos
Sepone
Andj
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Thhat
Calif youth arraigned in hijack case in Washington
Chapin Scott Paterson of Shingle Springs California was arraigned behind closed doors in Whatcom County Jail on hijacking charges tied to the Westbound Airlines flight from San Francisco to Seattle. Bail set at 30000, dep to Seattle transfer. Paterson was detained at the Blaine border after a BC court upheld deportation. The flight carried 87 aboard from Oregon to Vancouver BC, with 67 goldlers onboard. Newsmen barred from arraignment. sheriff said authorization justified the warrant.
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Wash
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Oregon
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B.C
Chapin Scott Paterson
Shingle Springs
Califle
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Seattle
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Paterson
Blaine
British Columbia
Westang Airlines
Wis
San Francisco
Sealife
Nixon Aides Defend Credibility Over Vietnam War
White House aides insist President Nixon has not misled the public about Indochina and aim to reverse a slide in public confidence reflected in a Gallup poll. Ziegler says Nixon has been consistent in communicating policy as Saigon reports note traffic and Ho Chi Minh Trail activity, with Nixon pledging continued deescalation.
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Gallup
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Ife
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Lunokhod 1 Moon Rover Resumes Operations in Sea of Haina
Moscow reports Lunokhod 1, the eight wheeled rover, has resumed activity on the Sea of Haina. It began moving again and covered 92 feet in a communications session, entering its fifth lunar day of operations as the two week lunar night begins.
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Lunokhod 1
Sea of Haina
Tass
Kaviot
Lunokhod
Barnation
Senate ends filibuster clash votes to soften cloture
In Washington the Senate voted 55 to 37 to stop a six week fight to ease the two thirds rule on ending filibusters after a southern talkathon failed for the fourth time. Senate leader Mansfield to pivot to constitutional amendment on 15 year olds voting.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
TNE
James B. Pearson
Kan
Frank Church
Idaho
Sen
Hugh Scott
Rpa
GOP
Nixon
Soviet Jew in Israel Arrives After Five Year Exit Fight
Tel Aviv reports Dr Gregory Katz a 30-year old dentist who endured five years seeking an exit visa from the Soviet Union arrived with his family in Israel Monday night. He was told five days earlier to leave Russia and warned not to protest outside the office of Soviet President Nikolai V. Podgorny amid a planned demonstration.
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Tel Aviv
Gregory Katz
Soviet Union
Israel
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Russia
Day of robberies ends in capture of Gibbs
William Gibbs, a 61 year old transient, attempted two bank robberies in Long Beach and Mobile. He demanded 15 000 at First Federal Savings and Loan, then 400 at Home Savings and Loan. A teller offered 375 and a coworker chased him, recapturing and turning him over to police. Gibbs was booked on federal bank robbery charges.
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William D. Gibbs
Long Beach Savings and Joan Associations
William C. MacLyman
Eugene 3
Brizzolara
Gibbs
William Gibbs
Home Savings and Loan Assn
Delaine B. MeWhorter
Miss MeWhorter
Association
First St
Miss McWhorter
Edward Lir. Ellis
Four Boys Rescued From Canyon Near JPL Pasadena
Four boys from La Canada were rescued Monday in Arroyo Seco Canyon north of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory after a hiking trip went awry. A Los Angeles County Sheriff helicopter spotted them and ferried them to safety. none required hospitalization. Names given: Jeff Porter 13 Clinton Herrling 11 and Curtis and Phillip Sig 9 and 14. All from La Canada.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
la Canada
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Arroyo Seco Canyon
JPL
Sheriff’s Department
About & Aim
Jeff Porter
Clinton Herrling
Curtis
Phillip Sig
Lz Canada
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