Calgary Stampede sets loaded rodeo lineup with 6500 prize pool
The event draws competitors from across the West for professional saddle bronc and bareback riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, and Brahma bull topping. Benny Reynolds returns as a top contender while Don Harrington will announce. Entries include 38 bullriders, 24 bareback riders, 13 saddle bronc riders, and 38 calf ropers.
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Calgary Stampede
Don Harrington
Butte
Rodeo
Harrington
West
Senate delays secret session on ABM amid Vietnam debate
The Senate postponed a secret session on the Safeguard ABM as fallout rises over Vietnam policy. Senator Margaret Chase Smith attacked civilian defense chiefs, while Senator Henry M. Jackson urged ABM support and warned against undermining diplomatic leverage. The dispute extended to procurement oversight as the panel nears a $20 billion military bill including $759.1 million for Safeguard.
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Senate
Cenl
Margaret Chase Smith
Vietnam
Pentagon
Maine
Clark M. Clifford
U.S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Miss
Armed Services Committee
Apollo 11 astronauts review moon landing computer
Cape Kennedy Florida AP astronauts Arm strong Collins and Aldrin meet MIT experts to review navigation computer programs intended to guide Apollo 11 to a precise lunar touchdown on July 21. Ground and onboard computers back up crucial maneuvers during communications blackout and rendezvous.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Armstrong
Aldrin
Earth
Weather Outlook Fair To Thursday With Mild Temps
Weather forecast indicates fair skies through Thursday with highs near 80 and overnight lows around 44. Page 2 features the detailed map and regional conditions.
Monkey Death Sparks Space Agency Backlash
In Washington and Honolulu, humane groups condemn the death of Bonny the astromonk after a nine day Earth orbit mission. NASA says public concern is high while noting the mission goal and that the monkey died after a parachute landing in the Pacific Ocean.
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Washington
Humane and Animal Welfare Societies
Astromonk Bonny
Don Zylstra
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The
Humane Society
Animal Welfare Institute
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Cameron McNeill
Washington Humane Society
Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Sheridan tank program blasted as wasteful $1.2 billion effort
A House armed services subcommittee says the Army wasted 1.2 billion on the Sheridan Shillelagh system, urging no more Sheridans to Vietnam until defects are fixed and MBT70 funding reappraised. The panel notes no clear combat advantage over existing weapons and cites dangerous misfires and mine vulnerability.
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House
Armed Services
Army
Sheridan-Shillelagh
Vietnam
Pressure mounts as federal push seeks school desegregation
The Nixon administration intensifies a drive to end public school segregation, threatening Georgia and Chicago with lawsuits unless desegregation occurs. Assistant Attorney General Jerris Leonard says further suits will follow, marking the third straight day of federal actions in North and South. Georgia faces a potential statewide suit over dual schools. Atlanta officials defend local control and authority. Governor Maddox criticizes federal overreach.
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Washington
Nixon
State of
Georgia
Chicago
Asst. Atty
Jerris Leonard
Justice Department
North
South
Jack P. Nix
Atlanta
Nix
Deaths Down Yet Fighting Continues In Vietnam
U S spokesmen report a sharp drop in American battle deaths for the week of June 29 to July 5 but say allied operations persist with battalion size sweeps. Casualties likely around 163, about 30 percent below the prior week’s 241, reflecting reduced enemy activity. The Wednesday briefing notes ongoing search for the enemy and no-contact periods.
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Saigon
U.S
Washington
Reds seek first strike power in Soviet arsenal claim
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird says intelligence indicates Soviet aim for a devastating first strike but Senate committee chair J W Fulbright disputes the claim. Fulbright accuses the Pentagon of editing closed hearing remarks by CIA Director Richard Helms that contradicted Laird's estimates.
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Melvin R. Laird
U.S. Intelligence Board
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Fulbright
Pentagon
CIA
Richard Helms
Laird
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
George Murphy
Calif
Foreign Relations Committee
John C. Stennis
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Space Agency
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Cuddles
Marysville
Wash
William C. Richardson
Weath
Bonny Stirf
Lished
General Accounting Office
Sheridan
Zoe Duncan Bird
Lester Maddox
Reds
Jest Seca
Stanley
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