Secret Cambodian air strikes revealed before 1970
Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger told the Senate Armed Services Committee that B52 raids into Cambodia were authorized prior to public disclosures in May 1970. He noted large U.S. force levels in Vietnam at the time and said strict security protected operations. Former Air Force Maj. Hal Knight testified he burned documents to hide the strikes, saying he was told not to question authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Cambodia
U.S
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
South Vietnam
Schlesinger
Senate
Air Force
Hal M. Knight
Knight
Vietnam
George S. Brown
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Local 980 rejects Masonite pay offer
Local 980 votes down Masonite’s wage proposal and benefits package. About 85.6 percent of nearly 300 workers authorize a strike if demands aren’t met, with a 10 day cooling off deadline and 10 day strike notice required. Masonite favors a three year deal with 22 21 and 24 cent raises, union seeks other terms and a one year contract. Washington reports Congress preparing to urge Nixon on troop decision powers, veto likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonite
Teamsters Union
Norman Shannon
Washington
Residents oppose Mendocino Aggregates gravel plan in Outlet Creek
A group of 12 Outlet Creek residents criticize the California Regional Water Quality Control Board for approving Mendocino Aggregates gravel operations. They allege environmental damage from rock crushing, creek bed devastation, truck wear on Covelo Road, and waste discharge. They seek a public hearing and local remedies to protect Outlet Creek and the Eel River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willits
Mendocino County
California Regional Water Quality Control Board
Mendocino
Outlet Creek
Outlet Creek Area
Covelo
Water Quality Control Board
Accidents injure four in county
Four people suffered injuries in four weekend accidents across Mendocino County. Howard Wenz 22 of Mountain View crashed into a parked Frank Norton vehicle at 4 30 a m on Highway 101 in Hopland causing a fire and pole damage. Robin Roscoe 21 was treated for minor injuries at Ukiah General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Thomas Wenz
Mountain View
Frank Norton
Hopland
Highway 101
Wenz
Norton
Robin Roscoe
Ukiah General Hospital
Potter Valley
Gibson Lane
Joe Sisneros
Community Hospital
Paso Robles
East Road
Roy Dean Lay
Ukiah General
Lay
Keith Roberts Stansfield
San Jose
Stansfield
Black Cat
Daniel Fleck
Ukiah
Fleck
Pedro Carlos Garcia
Roger Lee Mayfield
Mayfield
Garcia
Preston Road
Phase IV plan to be revealed this week by White House
UPI reports the Nixon administration will unveil Phase IV of economic controls later in the week and Shultz says Nixon’s illness keeps him from televised remarks. Final options will be reviewed bedside at Bethesda as wage and price rules shift from the June 13 freeze with strict COLC prereviews for big firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
White House
Nixon
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
COLC
Kalmbach says No. 2 and No. 3 White House staff directed funds
Herbert W. Kalmbach testified to Senate Watergate hearings that he raised money for the original seven Watergate defendants on orders from senior White House aides Ehrlichman and Haldeman. He denied wrongdoing, described duties for Nixon and his family, and said he acted to honor a moral obligation while facing dismissal after paying a lawyer linked to campaign sabotage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Nixon
White House
Kalmbach
John D. Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
Haldeman
Maurice H. Stans
Pear price offer gets thumbs down in California canner talks
California canners reject the initial 115 dollar per ton offer for No 1 Bartlett pears by the California Canning Pear Association. Association manager Cameron Girton cites cost pass through uncertainties from Phases 3 and 4 of federal programs and notes the offer is only a minimal rise over 1972 prices. A second offer is due tomorrow as crop forecasts show Mendocino Lake crops up sharply statewide 330000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
California Canning Pear Association
Cameron Girton
Association Board
Mendocino
Lake County
Ted Eriksen Jr
Mendocino County
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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Marine Corps
James
Kirk
Ralph Hazer
Woodland
Joe Whybarr
Tom Trozera
San Diego
Otto Hartman
Watsonville
Bob Hoover
Journal
Raymond
Shannon
Tom Everett
Charles Green
Joe Mitchell
Bulletin
Pany’s
Eel River
George Coming
Schultz
Funds For Watergate
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Sam Cash
Cash
Donald Segretti
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Newport Beach
Calif
Senate Committee
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