Senate unit Oris Kelley for FBI full endorsement expected today
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Clarence M. Kelley as the first permanent FBI director since Hoover. Unanimous via closed session. full Senate endorsement anticipated before the Fourth of July recess. Kelley, Kansas City police chief and 21-year ex-FBI agent, faced minimal opposition from Bruce Watkins who accused him of zeal for law and order. He pledged constitutional safeguards on intelligence gathering, favored a nine-year tenure, and supported congressional oversight of FBI activities.
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Robert C. Byrd
Kelley
Congressional Oversight Committee
Justice Department
Bruce R. Watkins
Law and Order
Justice
L. Patrick Gray II
Hoover
Gray
May food prices reach record annual cost for U.S. families
The Agriculture Department reports the average American family spent a record 1,493 dollars on food in May, up 0.9 percent from April. Beef prices held at a record 1.36 per pound while pork fell to about 1.02 per pound as middlemen boosted costs and margins shifted among farmers, supermarkets, and packers.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Nixon replaces OEO chief and aims to dismantle agency
President Nixon accepted Howard J. Phillips resignation as acting director of the Office of Economic Opportunity and nominated Alvin J. Arnett to head the agency. Phillips said he would leave by June 30 amid a court ruling questioning his authority. Arnett, 38, has been deputy assistant director of OEO since May 29 and previously led the Appalachian Regional Commission. The administration favors phasing out OEO and shifting duties to other departments, despite objections from a federal judge and Congress.
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Glenn Beall Jr
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Seven shot in Illinois suburb as carpenter charged
In Palo Hills Illinois a 43 year old unemployed carpenter William Workman after a tirade in a wooded suburb shot seven people across three homes in two blocks. Police used tear gas to flush him from his home and he faces four counts of murder with more victims found at another nearby residence. Investigators link a .22 caliber rifle to the shootings though the murder weapon was not immediately located.
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William Workman
Morton E. Friedman
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Middletown Advertiser pricing and publication details
The notice lists mailing and distribution details for the Orange County Publications Division of Otta way Newspapers, Inc. at 40 Mulberry St Middletown NY 10940. It states home delivery rates of 1.05 dollars per week, newsstand single copies at 15 cents, Sunday Record at 30 cents, and notes postage paid at Middletown.
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Ottaway Newspapers, Inc
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Middletown
N.Y
Gerard
Quake Scare Grips Guatemala City After Tremors
Thousands fled their homes in Guatemala as a six second earthquake rattled the capital at 1 27 am with three aftershocks. No injuries or major damage were reported though tremors extended to the Pacific coast and Quetzaltenango. Observers linked the quakes to a long erupting volcano, while recalling Managua’s deadly quake last December.
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European Nations Stake Tough Stand In Nixon Round Talks
Foreign ministers from nine European Common Market nations spent a night in marathon talks and agreed to a hard bargaining stance for the Nixon round of world trade negotiations. Hours later they withdrew a plan for a free trade area with Mediterranean states, citing potential harm to U.S. markets. They proposed reverse preferences to have underdeveloped nations mirror tariff concessions to the EU. The same day the dollar’s value fluctuated in European markets after a U.S. May trade deficit was reported, with gold trading active in London and various European currencies hitting new lows against the dollar.
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Zurich
Argentina reports new wave of kidnapings hits 10 more
Buenos Aires police say ten more people were abducted in 24 hours, bringing this year’s total to 14 captives. Over 70 have been kidnaped by guerrillas or criminals with ransoms exceeding seven million dollars. President Campora convened security chiefs for a three hour briefing and issued precise instructions to combat the violence.
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Buenos Aires
API
Argentina
Hector J. Campora
Defense Department
Brezhnev Reassures Pompidou on Nixon Aide Talks
Brezhnev told Pompidou in Rambouillet that no Nixon talks involved any third powers and that a new era of relations could free mankind from nuclear danger. The three hour meeting stressed Europe’s move beyond Cold War ideology. In Manila, Marcos ordered a nationwide July referendum via Barangays to discuss vital issues, launching the second such poll since martial law began.
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the Philippines
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Ferdinand E. Marcos
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