Senate OKs draft extension bill with pay raise
The Senate passed a two year extension of Selective Service ending inductions and approving a $2.4 billion military pay raise. The measure urges Vietnam withdrawal but lacks a fixed deadline. Nixon expected to sign. Indochina troop pullout promised later by lawmakers.
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John Hall Washington
UPD
Senate
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Indochina
Senate House
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Andrus Calls Health Care For Poor A Priority
Governor Cecil D. Andrus told a governor conference health needs for low income people show health care for all citizens is a key quality of life goal. He cited high newborn death rates rising costs and crowding while malnutrition looms for the poorest families.
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Bose Cupid
Cecil D. Andrus
Andrus
M K Co Gets Subway Contract
Morrison-Knudsen Co. Inc. won a $31 million subway contract for Washington DC from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The project, awarded after bid review last July, is slated for completion in early 1974.
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Boise
UPI
Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc
M-K
B.L. Perkins
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Prisoners Protest At Orleans Parish Prison In New Orleans
Prison inmates at Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans staged a nighttime protest burning mattresses chanting obscenities and waving Black Panther flags. The demonstration ended quickly as authorities contained the scene with fire crews and law enforcement on site.
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Orleans
Cyril Guerrera
New Orleans
UPI
Orleans Parish
Fulton
Attica
New York
Louisiana
Missouri
Callaway County
Ted Salmons
Skkmifepoint
Nixon Urges Return Of Okinawa To Japan
President Nixon asked the Senate to ratify a treaty returning Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands to Japan. The pact, signed June 17, would take effect two months after ratification and keeps U S troops and bases on Okinawa under review. Nixon will meet Emperor Hirohito briefly in Alaska en route to Europe.
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Nixon
Okinawa
Japan
Washington
Hirohito
Senate
U.S
Ryukyu Islands
Daito Islands
Tokyo
Alaska
Emperor
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Pacific Islands
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Puerto Rico
M-K Co
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Harold Dibble
Oakley
Oakley Reservoir
Dibble
Andrew K. Goodine
United States
Howard Post
Harbinger
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