Senate Rejects Buckley Move to Cut U N Aid Programs
The Senate voted 55 to 28 against Sen. Buckley s bid to slash 101.5 million of 139 million in U N aid within the foreign aid bill. Aid to children drug victims and undeveloped countries faced warned cuts as debate touched Taiwan Peking seat denounced as gravely unjust.
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Washington
Senate
United States
United Nations
China
Taiwan
James L. Buckley
Con-R-N.y
U.N
Nixon
Indochina
Buckley
Fulbright
D-Ark
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Senate Rejec
Peking
Peter Dominick
R-Corp
U.S
World Organization
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Peter H. Dominick
Left
Rcorp
Red China
Britain Votes to Join the Common Market in Historic Move
Parliament approved Britain's entry into the Common Market by 356 to 244 in the House of Commons with 22 abstentions, and the Lords endorsed by 451 to 58. Prime Minister Heath credits a cross party shift, while Wilson vows to fight terms. Joining would create a 250 million people market with West Germany France Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg.
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Edward Heath
Britain
Downing St
London
House of Commons
Europe
Washington
Nixon
United States
Rogers
U.S
House of Lords
Wilson
Charles de Gaulle
France
Labor
Ireland
Norway
Denmark
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Soviet Union
Heath
Bandit Arrested After Holding 21 Hostages
James Leroy Cochran, described as dangerous and armed, was arrested in Lexington after eluding authorities for a week during which he held 21 captives. He surrendered to FBI agents and was taken to Fayette County Jail. Four members of a Missouri family were released unharmed in Columbus earlier.
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Lexington
James Leroy Cochran
FBI
St. Louis
Cochran
Columbus
Ohio
Good Samaritan Hospital
U.S
Fayette County
G. Murray Smith
Lumbus
Richard Darian
Ft. Leonard Wood
Marie
Donald Greenlee
Hillsboro
Darian
Paul Louis Lockhart
Cass Federal Savings and Loan Association
Three Western New York Draft Offices Hit in Overnight Raids
Three Selective Service offices in Niagara Falls Batavia and Geneseo were broken into overnight with files damaged or stolen and an anonymous caller claimed responsibility for the attacks. The FBI investigates whether records were taken while notes threaten further action and reference an antiwar group.
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Buffalo
N.Y
New York
Rochester
FBI
Nagara Falls
Batavia
Geneseo
Niagara Falls
Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S
Selective Service
Camden
N.J
Copter Searchers Probe Viet Cong Rocket Teams Near Saigon
Helicopters with bright spotlights hunted possible Viet Cong rocket teams in swamps east of Saigon as part of security for Thieu’s inauguration. South Vietnamese artillery fired hundreds of rounds around Saigon, while investiture rehearsals and tightened checkpoints guarded the downtown platform. A major battle near Xuan Loc left 16 Communists dead and one civilian killed with several wounded.
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Saigon
Vps
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Xuan Loc
Nixon
Retroactive pay seen damaging to business
Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans warned that retroactive wage increases after the price freeze would be highly damaging to business. He noted only the Pay Board can decide timing and legality of such retroactive payments, while Nixon touted policy progress and a September foreign trade surplus amid a dock strike and rising exports.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
National Association of Manufacturers
Stans
Pay Board and Price Commission
Nixon
Commerce Department
Harold C. Passer
DeSantis Opposes Four Ballot Propositions in Troy Vote
Troy City Manager Ralph A. DeSantis announced he opposes four statewide and local measures on the upcoming ballot. He warned the $2.5 billion state transportation bond would strain New York's finances and raise local taxes, and urged withholding highway funds until a sound state program is in place.
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Troy
Ralph A. DeSantis
de Santis
DeSantis
New York State
York
Ten jurors chosen in Mitchell bribery trial in Troy
Ten jurors were selected in the bribery trial of James J. Mitchell in Rensselaer County Court after extensive questioning about knowledge of prior investigations. The trial resumes at 10 a.m. with two more jurors and two alternates to be chosen.
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James J. Mitchell
Rensselaer
Timothy J. Fogarty
Donald J. Shanley
Troy
Dist. Atty
Don A. Cholakis
Irish Halt Plan To Blast Bridge
Irish troops at the border stopped British forces from blowing a bridge near Munnelly on the border of County Fermanagh and County Monaghan. The attempt ended with the bridge intact after 90 tense minutes of confrontation.
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Irish Halt
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Two Irelands
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
Munnelly
County Fermanagh
County Monaghan
Republic
Cubans Taken To Air Station
Twenty two Cubans who flew in without visas were moved from their New Orleans hotel to Naval Air Station Bell Chasse after a 20 minute meeting with immigration officials. Officials offered no explanation for the transfer as demonstrations were planned outside the motel. Troy Adams, district director of the immigration service, was overseeing arrangements at the air station but could not comment immediately.
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New Orleans
Naval Air Station
Bell Chasse
Immigration Service
New Orleans International
United States
Troy Adams
Adams
Cannikin Blast Upheld by Appeals Court despite secret document review
A U S Court of Appeals refused to halt Amchitka Island underground test, ordering government to provide secret documents for a federal judge to inspect. Environment groups vow further action as the 5 megaton Spartan war head test proceeds despite opposition over seismic, radiation and wildlife concerns. Congress barred the test before mid 1972 unless President authorized it. Nixon approved.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Amchitka Island
Justice Department
Aleutians Chain
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Canada
United States
Congress
Nixon
Atomic Energy Commission
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