Mansfield vows hearings if secret Vietnam report is blocked
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield says a secret Vietnam War study will be revealed in congressional hearings even if court blocks newspaper publication. He aims to lay out the report comprehensively to inform Congress and the public, possibly via Foreign Relations or Armed Services committees.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Justice Department
New York Times
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services Committee
George D. Aiken
Vermont
U.S
Congress
The
Times
Pentagon
Stuart Symingon
Dmo
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Symington
Melvin R. Laird
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
the Times
First Time Battalion Leaders Call Air Strikes in Vietnam
AP reports from Phuoc Long on a milestone in the Mekong Delta as South Vietnamese battalion leaders, without American advisers, direct air strikes and medical evacuations. The U S Command withdraws advisers after testing two officer-led call systems, replacing them with mobile training teams.
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Phuoc Long
Vietnam
ARVN
U.S
Mekong Delta
11Th
U. S
Times halts Pentagon Viet study publication under restraining order
The New York Times stops releasing material from a secret Pentagon Vietnam study due to a federal court restraining order. Judge Gurfein sets a hearing for Friday and delays publication until Saturday at 1 p.m. The Times defends the action as censorship and vows to fight the restraint. The FBI may review possible criminal violations over the publication.
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Associated Press
NEW York
New York Times
Pentagon
U.S. Dist
Murray I. Gurfein
Justice Department
FBI
Times
John W. Hushen
Black NAACP leader Roquemore cites housing bias in Kansas
Dr. Charles K. Roquemore president of the Kansas NAACP details housing discrimination against Blacks in Kansas. He notes whites control housing in white areas and warns savvier Black homeowners risk losing future buying power. He calls housing and public accommodations key civil rights fronts and praises the state Civil Rights Commission while criticizing officials who deem discrimination over.
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Wellington
Kan
Charles K. Roquemore
Kansas City
Roquemore
Kansas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Means
East
Texas
Michigan
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
NAACP
Ku Klux Klan
White Citizens Council
Defense Secretary weighs prisoner release linked to Vietnam pullout
Former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford suggests Hanoi may free about 330 American POWs within three days in exchange for a U s troop withdrawal by December. Secretary Rogers questions the claim and says Hanoi likely uses prisoners for political leverage. Clifford plans a briefing with Deputy Assistant Secretary Sullivan.
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Lewis Gulick Washington
Clark M. Clifford
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
Clifford
William H. Sullivan
Vietnam
Defense
Johnson
U.S
Washington Post
North Vietnam
Paris
Tax and civic notices highlight county calendar
The second half of 1970 personal and real property tax is due by June 20 but will be accepted June 21 at the courthouse due to Sunday. Vehicle tags for category A through L are on sale, and 1972 tags are available at the treasurer’s office. A new 1971 juror list includes 503 eligible voters, with Wellington adding 167 residents. Legion dinner and Boys State report are slated, and Brothers of the Brush plan a Keystone Kops meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. GED tests occur in Kansas City on June 19 and 21 at local colleges and schools.
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Loren Hibbs
C. Warren Hunt
Wellington
Herman Zoglmann
Melva Cox
American Legion
Boys State
Lawrence
the Legion
Brothers of the Brush
Chamber of Commerce
LeRoy Wheeler
Keystone Kops
Arkansas City
Cowley County Community Junior College
Deaths Funeral Notices for Minnie Aaron and Olive Shirk
Brief death notices list Mrs. Minnie Aaron and Mrs. Olive G. Shirk with funeral details awaiting on page 2 of the obituary section. The items reference two named individuals and indicate forthcoming service information.
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Minnie Aaron
Olive G. Shirk
Saigon Prepares Armed Forces Day Parade Amid Big Security Push
More than 10,000 South Vietnamese troops launched a major operation around Saigon to guard Saturday's Armed Forces Day parade. Viet Cong infiltrators were intercepted with 11 killed in a clash southeast of the capital. no Vietnamese casualties reported. Authorities report new infiltration routes from Kien Tuong and Long An with units moved from Tay Ninh. Thieu aims to show Vietnamization works as U.S. and Australian forces join the parade. an amnesty for about 4,000 deserters and frontline laborers is announced ahead of the event.
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Saigon
Rung Sat
Mekong
Kien Tuong
Long An
Tay Ninh
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
U.S
Mexico City mayor and police chief resign amid Falcon squad charges
Mexico City's mayor Alfonso Martinez Dominguez and police chief Rogelio Flores resign after accusations that Falcon goon squads attacked student demonstrators. Eleven killed, over one hundred injured as President Echeverria orders inquiry and vows to improve youth policy. The Falcons allegedly waited behind police lines with radios while targeting students near the National Polytechnic Institute.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Falcon
Alfonso Martinez Dominguez
Revolutionary Institutional Party
Luis Echeverria
Rogelio Flores
Transit
National Senate
Falcons
National Polytechnic Institute
Martinez Dominguez
Atty
Julio Sanchez Vargas
Congress Urged to Halt F-14 Funding Overrun
Grumman urges Congress to stop F-14 funding until cost overruns are resolved as House moves to cut 806 million from a 21.9 billion weapons bill. Rep. Pike says renegotiation could reduce aircraft numbers and cut losses. Pentagon cites a 2 billion overrun across missiles engines and subsystems.
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Washington
Grumman Aircraft Corp
Navy
Congress
House Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
Hebert
House
Pentagon
Bert
Grumman
Otis G. Pike
Dn.y
Pike
Defense
Senate votes signal rejection of Hatfield McGovern amendment
The Hatfield McGovern amendment to cut U S funds for Indochina faced a likely Senate defeat with AP polling showing 54 against, 37 for, and nine undecided. The measure would end funding by December 31, while a substitute would push cutoff to June 30, 1972 and let presidents keep troops without a prisoner swap.
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Carl P. Lebusdorf
Associated Press
Washington
Indochina
Senate
Hatfield - McGovern
U.S
Vietnam
Hugh Scott
Nixon
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
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McGinnis & McGinnis
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Santa Fe Railroad
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William P. Rogers
Rogers
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