Defense Spending Cutback Proposed
Washington AP. A group of former national security officials proposes cutting Beferine spending and shifting 14 billion dollars to domestic programs. Led by Paul Warnke, the plan says a 15 percent reduction from the 87.3 billion requested for new military appropriations can preserve security while restoring a peace time budget.
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Washington
Paul Warnke
Warnke
Fanta#0
Herbert FP. ‘York
William Foster
George B. Kristiakowsky
Defense Department
Boswell L. Gilpatric
Townsend Hoops
Morton Halperin
U.S
Southeast Asia
House Vote Set On Cambodian Bombing Fund Cutoff
Washington AP reports Democratic leaders optimistic about a House vote to end funding for bombing raids in Cambodia and Laos. If approved, Nixon would have 10 days to act. the Senate already backed the ban.
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Washington
Democratic House
U.S
Cambodia
White House
Administration
Carl] Albert
House
Laos
Senate
Nixon
Congress
More People Living Down On The Farm
Washington reports a 1872 farm population estimate of 9.81 million, up 285,007 from 1870, but officials caution the rise may reflect sampling error. The Census Bureau and Agriculture Department note more men and younger workers on farms, with only nine percent of the farm population from minority groups.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Agriculture Départment
Economic Research Service
Tables Have Turned In Insurance Claim Dispute
A reader in Berkeley Springs West Virginia reports a car accident where a parked car door caused damage. The other driver’s insurer in Winchester Virginia has denied two claims February 2 and March 14 and now seeks to recover damages from the reader’s insurer.
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Winchester
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Coupons Lost In Translation At Wheatles Brand
Mrs E Hagerstown seeks a General Mills redemption catalog after 20 years of saving Wheatles coupons. The company promises to send the catalog soon and confirms cereal box cartoons removed from the top are valid indefinitely while front and back box cartoons carry expiration dates.
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General Mills
Walt
Lam bert Prints Delay With Order In Los Angeles
Mrs Martinsburg writes lam bert studies seeking status of two Picasso prints ordered in March. Company has not reserved merchandise after payment. A Lambert's spokesman will review files and confirm whether prints are mailed or require a customer card to specify if isotminated or stretched.
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Lamebert Studies
Los Angeles
Mra J
W.o
Martinsburg
W. Ya
Lambert's
Dollar Steadies In Europe And Gold Weakens
In London and Zurich the dollar steadied after touches near record lows as markets awaited developments amid Watergate worries. Analysts split on future moves with views that the dollar may fall further on Dean testimony versus overdone decline already offering bargains. Gold fell to about 118 an ounce, easing pressure on the dollar.
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London
Europe
Frankfurt
Nixon
White House
John Dean
U.S
Zurich
Stock Market Dips Amid Dean Testimony In Senate Hearings
The stock market declined as investors awaited John W. Dean testimony in Senate Watergate hearings. The 10:30 a.m. Dow fell 5.20 to 74.62 with 419 declines and 908 advances on light NYSE volume. Analysts blamed uncertainty over dividend controls and Phase 4 plans for the quiet session and questions about 1973 1974 business performance.
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Chet Carrier
NEW York
Firad
White House
John W. Dean
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
E ¥Don A. Grimm
Walston & Co
Skylab Crew Examination Continues Amid Space Mission
Skylab crew members Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz arrive at Houston after meeting President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev. They begin medical exams and 17 days of reporting on their four week mission while preparations for Skylab 2 proceed for a July 2 launch under Alan Bean. Kerwin downplays postflight dizziness saying the crew is ready to stay.
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Conrad
Alan L. Bean
Bean Ant
Kerwin
Earth
Weitz
Special Watergate Prosecutor Tied To McGovern Task Force
James Vorenberg, a Harvard Law professor and former head of the presidential crime commission, says he advised George McGovern on crime only briefly during the 1972 campaign. He wrote one speech and held two press conferences, denying ongoing involvement with Watergate matters while Cox’s office underscored its independence.
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Washington
George McGovern
James Vorenberg
McGovern
Vorenberg
Nixon
Washington News
Richard G. Kleindienst
Richard Nixon
Justice Department
Harvard Law School
Presidential Crime Commission
Archibald Cox
Cox
Varenberg
U.S
Witness Blames Kelley For Deaths Of 6 Blacks
Washington AP witness Bruce Wadkins testifies amid Kelley nomination as FBI director. Wadkins accuses Kelley of responsibility for six black deaths. two other black witnesses counter Kelley’s support as Senate Judiciary Committee schedules a third day of hearings in Kansas City.
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Tom Seppy
Kelley
Washington
Avnation
Kan
Wadsas City
Clarencekins
Cliff M. Kelley
Ford M. Spottsvilla
Kansas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Everett P. O'Neal
Security Guard Company
Bruce Wad
Wadkins
Kins
Freedom Inc
Thenn
Kansas City
Senate
Judiciary Committee
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Siate
Protestant Becomes Irish President In Reconciliation Move
Erskine Childers, 68, becomes Ireland’s fourth president, the second Protestant in a mainly Catholic nation, elected to lead a ceremony at Dublin Castle. In an interdenominational inauguration, leaders from Catholic and Protestant traditions, plus other denominations, participate. Childers vows to promote reconciliation with Northern Ireland amid ongoing sectarian tensions.
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Dublin Tap
Irish Republic
Erskine Childers
Douglas Hyde
Northern Ireland
Childers
Dublin Castle
Ireland
St. Patrick's Cathedral
George Simms
Armagh
Church of
Fianna Fail
Tom O'Higgins
National Coalition
Britain
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