Nixon assures NATO no secret deals with Brezhnev
President Nixon told NATO ambassadors in Sanclemente that he and Brezhnev did not reach any private agreements affecting NATO interests. NATO Secretary General Luns and Andre De Staercke called the talks excellent and noted plans to reduce conventional forces in Central Europe.
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Sanclemente
Calif
Upi
Nixon
NATO
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Joseph
Luns
NATO Council
Henry A. Kissinger
Brezhnev
Belgium
Andre de Staercke
Europe
United States
Soviet Union
Michel Jobert
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Britain
Iceland
Hijack suspect refuses to talk in Fresno bus case
An 18 year old man from Los Angeles hijacked a Greyhound with 16 passengers aboard, killed a sailor named Calvin Wilson, and forced passengers to repeat I am not insane. He was booked on murder, kidnapping and robbery charges and remained silent in jail.
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Fresno, Calif
UPI
Los Angeles
Greyhound
Johnny Smith
Fresno County Sheriff's Deputies
Smith
Calvin Wilson
Fresno
Ronald D. Miller
Miller
Valley Medical Center
Margaret Harris
Vallejo
Calif
Roger Peck
James Risenhoover
Peck
Risenhoover
Wilson
Stan Barnes
Barnes
Sinking of USS Force prompts court martial actions
The Navy will court martial Lt E J Sudak Jr Ensign D R Casmer and Chief Petty Officer J J Macklett Jr for dereliction of duty and fire suppression violations after the 750 ton minesweeper USS Force sank west of Guam following an engine room fire. Commanding officer Lt Jerry L Heitzman faces potential action after a separate inquiry.
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Honolulu
UPS
Navy
USS
Force
Guam
Pacific Ocean
Sprayness
E.J. Sudak
Jerry L. Heitzman
Olympia
Wash
Adm
J.L. Holloway III
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Heitzman
Ikle Confirmed as Head of Arms Control Agency
Fred Charles Ikle, 48, a political scientist, won Senate confirmation to direct the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. The nomination was approved by voice vote with few senators present. Ikle, a Swiss native, was lured from Rand Corp to succeed Gerard C. Smith and is the first academic arms control specialist to lead the 12 year old agency.
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Washington
UPI
Fred Charles Ikle
Senate
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Ikle
Nixon
Gerard C. Smith
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Switzerland
Rand Corp
Smith
William Foster
Dollar Stores reports record sales in West Virginia year
Huntington based Dollar Stores Corp. says its fiscal year ending May 31 posted record sales of 3.5 million, up from 1.7 million. Net income and earnings per share rose. assets listed at 1,209,514.
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Huntington, W.va
Dollar Stores Corp
West Virginia
Dollar Stores
End of Draft Looms as All Volunteer Force Goes Live
Washington reports the draft ends at midnight Saturday with the 1974 fiscal year, ending induction authority and launching 90 day volunteer programs for Army National Guard and Army Reserve. The selective service remains and Congress could reinstate powers, while officials push broader recruitment and civilian staffing to meet future needs.
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Washington
UPI
Korea
Vietnam
United States
All Volunteer Army
Congress
Army National Guard
Army Reserve
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Selective Service System
William
Senate passes 19.2 billion veterans aid package
The Senate approved a 19.2 billion bill to fund veterans programs housing science and space including Skylab. The measure advances to conference with the House and includes a limousines ban for agency officials. One dissenting vote came from Sen. William Proxmire.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
House
William Proxmire D
National Science Foundation
Secretary of Housing
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Cranston
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Douglas to spend weeks in China
Justice William O. Douglas will spend two or three weeks in China this August with his wife Cathleen to study environmental issues and see how China handles soil erosion deforestation and pollution. He plans to return by Labor Day and resume work at Georgetown University before setting a new long serving record in October.
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Washington
UPI
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
China
Douglas
Cathleen
Warren Burger
England
Thurgood Marshall
Ivory Coast
Africa
John Foster Dulles
Hong Kong
Institute For Public Representation
Georgetown University
Harry A. Blackmun
Wilds
Wisconsin
Potter Stewart
New Hampshire
White Mountains
William H. Rehnquist
William J. Brennan Jr
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts
Byron R. White
Lewis Fr. Powell Jr
Richmond
Sons sue trustee of estate over education and gifts
Two adopted sons of late financier Jacques Mossler sue Candace Mossler Garrison in state court. They allege the will dictates education and support from a trust until age 31, while they received limited education funds and lavish gifts. The hearing is set for July 19.
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Houston
UPI
Candace Mossler Garrison
Daniel Mossler
Christopher Mossler
Garrison
Melvin Lane Powers
Miami
Messler
Candace
Daniel
Christopher
Chicago
Illinois
Mossler
Hearing Set On Wiretap Claims In Fort Worth Five Case
UPI reports Judge Leo Brewster scheduled a Monday hearing to hear defense arguments that federal investigators wiretapped conversations involving an attorney for the Fort Worth Five Irish Americans. Defense contends eavesdrops touch Texas case and seeks confidential evidence. five men jailed in 1972 for contempt related to a Fort Worth grand jury probe into gunrunning to Northern Ireland.
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Fort Worth, Tex
UPI
U.S
Leo Brewster
Fort Worth
Brandon Alvey
Texas
Durkan
Brewster
New York
Thomas Laffey
Daniel Crawford
Paschal Morahan
Kenneth Tierney
Mathias Reilly
Northern Ireland
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