Mansfield amendment on Vietnam war vote shocks Senate
The Senate adopted by 57 to 42 a Mansfield amendment to withdraw American forces from Indochina within nine months after POWs are released, signaling a major victory for war critics though the House may reject it. The measure ties troop withdrawal to POW release and awaits House action in conference.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Indochina
Mike Man
House
United States
North Vietnam
Courts extend newspaper ban on Pentagon study leaks
Appeals courts extend bans on further publication by the New York Times and Washington Post of the secret Pentagon study on US involvement in Vietnam. A Boston judge issued a restraining order against the Boston Globe. Officials vowed rapid declassification and review within about 45 days.
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New York Times
Washington Post
Pentagon
Boston
Boston Globe
Vietnam
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
New York
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
the Times
U.S. Atty
Whitney North Seymour
Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
The
Post
Erwin N. Griswold
U.S. Solicitor General
Times
the Post
House passes welfare bill broadening federal aid and benefits
The House approved a large welfare package with a family income floor and expanded Social Security, sending the bill to the Senate. It would create federal standards, fund a federal program, and add about 10 million people to welfare aid, with a 5 percent benefit increase and higher payroll taxes.
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Washington
House
Nixon
U.S. Treasury
Sen
Ate
Eagles convene 69th annual Fraternal Order meeting opens
Delegates from Montana aeries and dignitaries from several states arrive Wednesday for the 69th annual Fraternal Order of Eagles convention. About 450 to 500 attendees will register in the Masonic Temple lobby as ritualistic drawing occurs at 7 p.m. and a dance follows at 9 p.m. Distinguishable visitors include Hersch McWilliams, Wayne Floyd, Terry Fitzpatrick, William Noble, Chadwick H. Smith, and Juanita Dix representing state and national Eagles leadership.
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Montana
Order of Eagles
Masonic Temple
Masonic Ballroom
Hersch McWilliams
Kansas City
Kan
Grand Aerie
Wayne Floyd
Wilmington
Ohio
Terry Fitzpatrick
Milwaukee
Wis
William Noble
Havre
Northwest
Chadwick H. Smith
Helena
Juanita Dix
Moscow
Idaho
Eagles
Nixon attacks Kennedy health plan and drug fight push
President Nixon assailed Edward Kennedy's health care proposal as costly and harmful while calling drug abuse the nation’s public enemy number one. He urged doctors to lead an all-out battle against drugs and offered little emphasis on his own partnership program for shared employer and government costs.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
America
Butte Afternoons Cloudy With Thunder Showers
Afternoon cloudiness with thundershowers in Butte. Continued warm with a high near 87 and a low around 53. Forecast appears on weather map Page 14.
Miami Couple Keep One Year Old Lenore in Adoption Fight
A Dade County Circuit Court judge ruled that Nicholas and Jean DeMartino may keep Lenore, a one year old child at the center of a dispute with her natural mother Olga Scarpetta. The decision followed an emotion packed hearing and comes after a New York court had ordered the child returned. Scarpetta plans an immediate appeal.
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Miami
Dade County
Nicholas
Jean DeMartino
Lenore
DeMartinos
Ralph Cullen
Olga Scarpetta
New York
DeMartino
William Colson
Miss Scarpetta
East Helena Smelter Faces Deadline for SO2 Cut
The chief environmentalist for American Smelting and Refining Co says the East Helena smelter cannot meet the July 1 1973 deadline to cut sulfur dioxide emissions by 95 percent before waste can be released. Dr John S Anderson noted the hurdle.
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Standard State Bureau
Helena
American Smelting and Refining Co
East Helena
John S. Anderson
Auditor questions use of lobbyists in Montana report
Legislative Auditor Morris L. Brusett questions use of public funds for lobbyists and whether outside professionals are needed. The estate commission report notes two paid lobbyists in 1969 and 1971, with one registered in 1969 and none in 1971.
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Legislative
Morris L. Brusett
George Lackman
Jack Peterson
Butte
Chadwick H. Smith
Commission
Wage gains ease inflation effect but jobless rate holds
The government reported May payrolls rose with average weekly pay up to 125.46 dollars, a 7.06 dollar year over year rise, while inflation remains high. Labor leaders and politicians criticized Nixon policies, calling for a wage price freeze and more jobs as unemployment reached 6.2 percent or 4.2 million actual.
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Washington
Nixon
Ublican
N. Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
AFL Cio
George Meany
Henry M. Jackson
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Doctor's abortion of 12 year old sparks UK uproar
In Britain a doctor performed an abortion on a 12 year old girl and provided birth control pills. MPs and church groups demand inquiries and prosecutions. Brenda, the pregnant girl, faced intense national scrutiny as debates on the 1967 Abortion Act and clinics expand beyond prior norms.
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London
Britain
Mary Wilson
Social Services
Scotland Yard
British Medical Association
BMA
Brenda
Jessie Muirhead
Bradford
Wilson
Legislature clash over governor’s mansion budget
In Helena, Rep. Keller and other Republicans pressed to cut the governor Forrest H. Anderson’s mansion and executive budget. The house, controlled by Republicans, rejected the proposed $10,000 annual cut for mansion operations and a $25,000 office cut, signaling a continued budget dispute as the 42nd Montana legislature nears its end. Keller argued the governor used public funds for lavish living.
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M. F. Keller
Great Falls
House
Forrest H. Anderson
Keller
Executive Mansion
Montana
GOP
Everett Snortland
R-Conrad
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Glacier National Park
Babb
Glacier, Toole
Pondera
Teton
Flathead
Kalispell
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Siderius
Gordon Mcomber
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Dave Manning
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Hysham
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Associated Press
Butte Weather
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Kenneth W. Nelson
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