Nixon Plan Rejected Postal Reform Faces Snag
The House rejected a Nixon admin backed postal reform pay package in 219-139 vote, favoring its own bill. The measure would create an independent U.S. Postal Service with corporate powers to self finance by 1978, raise mailmen pay eight percent retroactive to April 18, and allow easier congressional vetoes of rate increases, while debating union membership and retroactivity.
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Draft Chief Expects Only Few To Escape Call Under New Rule
Selective Service Director Curtis W. Tarr says few men will escape the draft under the Supreme Court's broader basis for conscientious objection. He notes college graduates who study philosophy may still face exemptions but cautions the ruling will not flood the system. The court also require draft boards to reconsider status when new evidence supports a different classification.
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Israeli Raiders Strike Deep Into Syria After Clash
The Associated Press reports Israeli commandos penetrated about 70 miles into Syria in their deepest raid since 1967. A military spokesman cited a hit on a bridge near Damascus, shelling of an army base, and casualties claimed by Damascus Radio.
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Market Prices Still Climbing
New York stock market trading remained active as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to 713.46 at 10 am. Analysts linked gains to expectations of President Nixon's noon address and potential wage and price stabilization guidelines to curb inflation.
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Eyes Tell Story At Bong Tam Refugee Center
A Vietnamese refugee child from Cambodia waits in the Bong Tam resettlement center in the Mekong Delta for relief supplies donated by America. The child leans on a sack as relief aid arrives, captured in an AP wire photo.
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Reds Press Cambodians Amid Offense Near Phnom Penh
Communists widen shelling and skirmishes as government troops defend multiple provincial capitals. Phnom Penh faces heavy pressure with reports of advances toward Kompong Thom and potential Thai reinforcements. Camodian authorities cite gains by enemy units, including seizure of a hotel and market in Kompong Chhuang, while rest of town remains contested. The situation involves North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units aiding the offensive.
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Dean Rusk Won't Play Grandstand Quarterback
Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk broke an 18 month silence on Vietnam to say he declined to comment on Nixon’s handling of the war. He told the American Society of International Law that it would be unseemly to be a grandstand quarterback and that the new president must seek his own answers. He prayed for wisdom for those making decisions in Washington.
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