Missile costs spar with Safeguard system plan
Pentagon officials estimate the two-site Safeguard Missile Defense System costs near 9 billion dollars, about 3.5 billion more than already invested, to cover Grand Forks North Dakota and a Washington shield, plus 250 million for warheads. The total nears 9 billion dollars, as earlier projections varied with size and development spending.
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Grand Forks Air Force Base
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Robert A. Froehlker
Congress
Safeguard
Heavies Pound Hanoi Haiphong Area in Intense Bombing
U S aircrews conducted over 200 strikes in the Hanoi Haiphong corridor in the latest action. Pilots targeted barracks depots and vehicle shops four to five miles west of Hanoi and destroyed key depots near Haiphong including a fuel stash. Cat Bi air field damage and two railroad bridges within 25 miles of the Chinese border were reported as part of the operation.
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Bombing Escalation Shapes Vietnam Peace Talks
North Vietnam reacts to intensified U.S. air raids while Paris Peace Conference talks stall. U.S. bombers hit supply depots from DMZ northward as officials debate relief fund diversion in East Pakistan.
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Paris
Barn Fire Near Alton Follows City Tensions
A barn on the grounds of the abandoned Western Military Academy in Alton burned Thursday night amid a string of shootings and firebombings. Police reported figures fleeing along railroad tracks but made no arrests.
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Walter Conrad
Paul Lenz
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Frankie Freeman
St. Louis
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
McGovern signals willingness to tweak tax and welfare plans
Sen George McGovern says he may make minor adjustments to how he phrases income redistribution and welfare reform while keeping core principles. He also questions the $1000 welfare figure and cites a Democratic tax reform bill as superior, as he seeks to unite the party after California primaries.
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Congress
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Stevenson Eyes Switch to McGovern at Illinois Democratic Meet
Sen. Adlai Stevenson was set to urge Illinois Muskie delegates to switch to McGovern at the Springfield State Convention. He cautioned he may remain undecided, meeting Muskie aide Angelo Geocaris as speculation swirled amid Muskie pushing to unify the ticket and deny McGovern a first ballot victory.
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Sen
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Stevenson
Springfield
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Angelo Geocaris
McGovern
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Miami Beach
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
National Press Club
Maine
Pilots threaten worldwide air strike over hijacking crisis
The International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations warned of a 24 hour global stoppage set for June 19 unless the United Nations acts against hijacking. After ten Czechs hijacked a Czechoslovak airliner to West Germany, killing the pilot, prosecutors move to try the hijackers. The U S Air Line Pilots Association backs sanctions on nations harboring skyjackers and supports a UN commission to curb hijacking. The hijackers seek political asylum. punishment could reach 15 years for interference with fatal consequences. Czechoslovak government has not requested their return. West Germany may refrain to avoid possible Czech death sentences.
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Weiden
Czechoslovakia
Illinois Senate Moves Budget Bills to House
The Illinois Senate shifted more than 1 billion dollars of budget bills to the House while screening Gov. Ogilvie's 7.4 billion dollar fiscal 1973 plan. Key appropriations include 410.4 million for Mental Health, 271.9 million for Bakalis office school services, and 176.9 million for state teacher retirement.
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Illinois Senate
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House
Department of Mental Health
Office of State
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