Laird Warns on SALT Talks and New Submarine Weapons
Secretary Laird told the Senate subcommittee that the United States must develop new submarine and bomber systems to preserve negotiating leverage in SALT talks with the Soviet Union. He warned against unilateral defense cuts and noted the Trident would arrive late 1978 or early 1979 as Soviet forces expand.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Soviet Union
Laird
Congress
Senate Foreign
Moscow
U.S
Vietnam
Stormy Weather Forecast With Storms Likely
Tonight partly cloudy with thunderstorms likely and a low near 69. Tuesday partly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms and a high around 91. Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with lingering thunderstorm potential. Friday’s details and map on page 14.
Second My Lai Massacre Report Details Civilian Killings
The Peers inquiry summary says Bravo Company killed as many as 90 civilians at My Khe 4 near My Lai on March 16 1968. It notes firing over four to five minutes and destruction of shelters while noncombatants were targeted during a search and destroy sweep.
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My Lai
My Lai 4
Bravo
Charlie Company
Barker
My Khe 4
South China Sea
Sok
Army
William R. Peers
Pentagon
New York Times
Peers
Bravo Company
My Lail
Son My
South Vietnam
My Lair
B Bravo Company
Charlie
Willingham
Son My Village
Three Die as Rockets Hit Cambodian Defense Ministry
Three people were killed and ten wounded when four rockets hit Phnom Penh's Defense Ministry in daylight. Rockets also struck near President Lon Nol's villa, killing three girls and wounding one. The ministry attack marked the city’s first daylight strike in over two years of war.
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Phnom Benh
Cambodia
Defense Ministry
Lon Nol
Quarry Strike Drags On At Southern Illinois Quarries
The month-long dispute in 10 Southern Illinois quarries continues with no planned talks. Wardell Riggs of the International Union of Operating Engineers notes no meetings are scheduled, while E. T. Simonds of Anna Quarries Inc. says shutdowns loom as roads and housing projects near completion and rock supplies dwindle. The union seeks a 60 percent wage rise over three years, opposed by quarry operators offering 9 percent.
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Southern Illinois
Wardell Riggs
International Union of Operating Engineers
E. T. Simonds
Anna Quarries Inc
Simonds
Blacktop
Readymix
Antenna Collapse Kills Man in Mt Vernon
Harold Clark and Gary Payne were injured when a television antenna collapsed while they were removing it from a residence on South 19th Street in Mt Vernon. Clark died of head injuries from the fall.
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Mt. Vernon
Harold Clark
Dahlgren
Gary Payne
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Clark
Payne
South 19Th Street
State probes $400000 grass cutting claims across counties
State investigators review two landscaping firms L. E. Alport Co. and Dolan Landscaping Corp. over $400,000 in claimed mowing along Cook Will DuPage and Lake county highways. Better Government Association says work not done with vegetation up to four feet on thousands of acres. BGA urges withholdings as findings unfold.
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Trai Hut
Dong Khai
U.S
North Vietnam
Ticonderoga
7Th Fleet
Vietnam
Cook
Will
DuPage
Lake Counties
Better Government Association
L. E. Alport Co
Dolan Landscaping Corp
William Becktenwald
BGA
Forewoman details jurors undivision in Angela Davis acquittal
Jurors in the Angela Davis trial showed no major disagreements from the start, said forewoman Mary Thimothy at a post verdict party. An all white jury reportedly voted on three ballots, first tally nine for acquittal with three undecided, no votes for conviction.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Mary Thimothy
Miss Davis
Marin County
Angela
Louis Franco
Albert Harris Jr
Friends
Associated Press
California
McGovern and Humphrey Reach Million-Dollar Debt Ahead of California Primary
George S. McGovern and Hubert H. Humphrey have surpassed $1 million in campaign debt as they head into the California presidential primary. McGovern trails in spending and borrowing compared with Humphrey, with loans from Max Palevsky and Henry L. Kimelmann each at $100,000 and an additional $100,000 loan to Humphrey from Meshulam Riklis of Rapid American Corp.
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James R. Polk
Washington Star
Washington Sons
George S. McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
McGovern
Humphrey
National Finance
Xerox
Max Palevsky
Los Angeles
Henry L. Kimelmann
The
Virgin Islands
Meshulan Riklis
Rapid American Corp
New York City
Postal rate cut urged by commission on USPS proposal
The Postal Rate Commission urged a 78.3 million dollar cut in USPS rates affecting parcel post airmail letters and second class mail. It overruled the examiner recommending higher airmail and postcard rates and urged no increase for parcel post keeping first pound at 21 cents with 10 cents per extra pound and reduced zone advertising costs.
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Postal Rate Commission
U.S. Postal Service
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Parcel Post
Connally to lead world mission on economic talks
Treasury Secretary John B. Connally will launch a month long round the world mission starting in Venezuela. He will visit six South American nations and proceed to the Far East South Asia and Europe to discuss matters of common concern with foreign leaders. The trip was described as focusing on economic issues with opportunities to address developments abroad including Nixon's Moscow and Peking visits.
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Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
White House
Connally
Far East
South Asia
Europe
Ronald L. Ziegler
North Vietnam
Hubert Humphrey
Ziegler
Venezuela
Key Biscayne
Moscow
Peking
South America
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
Bolivia
Peru
South Vietnam
India
Pakistan
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Seymour M. Hersh
Southern Illinois Children’s Service Center
Hurst Bush
Butch Nevious
America
McGovern, Humphrey
Key Biscayne, Fla
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