Worldwide 24 Hour Airline Pilots Suspension Ordered
The U S Air Line Pilots Association calls for a 24 hour global halt in air service starting 2 am EDT June 19 to protest international inaction against hijackers and extortionists. John J O Donnell cites passenger safety and urges all nations and unions to join the action.
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Washington
U.S. Air Line Pilots Association
John J. O'Donnell
ALPA
United Nations
International Federation of Air Line Associations
O'Donnell
U.S
North Vietnamese tank losses near 420 confirmed by Pentagon
U S allied forces report destroying between 400 and 500 North Vietnamese tanks since the offensive began. The tally aligns with fewer tank sightings and suggests heavy losses after armored advances early in the campaign. Joint Chiefs confirm more than 420 tanks destroyed between March 30 and June 9 amid disrupted supply lines and bombing.
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Washington
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Vietnam Command
Southeast Asia Faces Drug Fight Struggles and Gains
U S experts assess antidrug efforts in Southeast Asia hindered by weak intelligence and enforcement, while Thailand and Laos report major heroin seizures and factory closures. Burma resists cooperation, fearing loss of face as traffickers shift there.
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Kenneth J. Freed
Washington
Southeast Asia
U.S
Thailand
Laos
State Department
Vietnam
Burma
Wheat harvest in Sumner County shows 70 percent done
Full scale harvest in southern Sumner County areas Wellington and Caldwell proceeds under sunny weather after light rain. Reports from Wellington and Caldwell show 70 percent completion with yields of 30 to 35 bushels per acre and test weights near 12 percent. County agent Sam Rowe notes Parker wheat leading at demonstration plots east of South Haven with Scout, Eagle, Danne, Centurk and Shawnee as other top varieties.
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Sumner County
Sumner
Wellington
Caldwell
Estel Valdois
Neil Shinn
Sam Rowe
Parker
South Haven
Wallace Wolf
Scout
Eagle
Danne
Centurk
Shawnee
McGovern Campaign Pushes For Large Defense Cut
Sen George McGovern refused to dilute his plan for major cuts in the national military budget asserting savings could boost domestic programs without harming security He told the Joint Economic Committee that defense outlays could be reduced to 54 8 billion in arms spending by 1975 while maintaining nuclear deterrence and sufficient forces to deter threats He argued the Vietnam war should end and U S involvement in Asia was unlikely to rise.
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Washington
George McGovern
D-S.d
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
McGovern
U.S
Asia
Senate votes to strip Subversive Activities Control Board
The Senate approved cutting SACB funding next year by a 42 to 25 vote after Sen. Sam Ervin labeled the board a fan abomination. The House already backed its appropriation, and a conference committee will decide final action as Nixon expanded SACB powers last July.
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John Lengel Washington
Senate
Subversive Activities Control Board
Sam Ervin Jr
D-N.c
House
Nixon
The
Weatherman
Black Panthers
SACB
Ervin
William Proxmire
Dwis
Departments of State, Justice and Commerce
Federal Judiciary
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Kissinger Addresses Record Congressional Audience on Moscow Armis
Henry Kissinger faced 79 lawmakers in the White House State Dining Room to promote President Nixon’s Moscow arms accords. The session, part of a broader push, included praise from supporters and pointed questions about ambiguities, with some members signaling potential opposition.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Senate
House
White House
Henry M. Jackson
Kissinger
Moscow
Jackson
Luis Echeverria
High and low Kansas readings noted by Wellington station
Weather data from the KLEY radio weather station shows a high of 91 degrees yesterday and a low of 56 last night in Kansas. The same report mentions upcoming events and local notices including a Long Beach picnic and a class reunion planning meeting in Wellington.
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Wellington
Kansas
KLEY
Kansas State Society of
Long Beach
Calif
Bixby Park
Sherry Ave
Broadway
Buddy Burris
Topeka
Lynn Burris
St. Lukes Hospital
Kansas City
First National Bank
Paula Hamburg
Record 350 Strikes U.S. Warplanes Hit Ni and Viet Bases
U S warplanes conducted a record 350 strikes in North Vietnam on Thursday targeting three MIG bases, a naval base, and an army barracks while staying 60 miles from Hanoi during Podgorny's visit. The raids included runways at Bai Thung Khe Phat Quan Lang and damage to Hai Yen, Radong barracks, and Dong Hoi area B 52 sorties supported the campaign to hinder Hue attack. Northern forces delayed road clearance to An Loc due to a 100-man assault on government troops on Highway 13.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Nikolai Podgorny
Haiphong
Soviet Union
Podgorny
MI6
Air Force
Bai Thung
Khe Phat
Quan Lang
Navy
Midway
Hai
Hue
Sanson
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
An Loc
Jetliner crash in South Vietnam kills 81
Air crash investigators head to the central highlands to probe a Cathay Pacific Convair 880 wreck northeast of Saigon. Eighty one dead, including 17 Americans, seven bodies recovered. sabotage suspected, search supported by American helicopter crews and Vietnamese militiamen.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Singapore
Hong Kong
Japan Air Lines
South Viet
Catholic Leaders Press IRA for Holiday Truce
In Belfast the Provisional IRA faces mounting pressure to suspend violence. John Hume and Paddy Devlin of the SDLP urged a truce for any length to give Whitelaw’s Northern Ireland restoration plan a chance. They met in London with Whitelaw and planned another talks session Monday.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
John Hume
Paddy Devlin
Social Democratic and Labor Party
London
William Whitelaw
Britain
Whitelaw
Two New Programs Start in Conway Springs Police Dept
Conway Springs Police Chief Bob Enloe announces two new programs in the department. A relief officer, Olen Heird, replaces P K Nail to support Civil Defense efforts. Heird, an Anson native and Conway Springs High School attendee, is sworn in as police and county deputy sheriff and plans to complete graduation in the next term.
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Conway Springs
Bob Enloe
P.K. Nail
Olen Heird
Anson
Heird
Caldwell Mayor Clifford Williams Undergoes Abdominal Surgery
Caldwell's mayor and noted area auctioneer Clifford Williams is reported in satisfactory condition after abdominal surgery at St. Francis Hospital Wichita on June 8. He is listed in room 247.
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Caldwell
Clifford Williams
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Williams
Nixon's Adviser Leaves For China
Kissinger, President Nixon's national security adviser, departs Washington for China on a mission of diplomacy with a Hawaii rest stop planned. He said he would pursue concrete consultations to advance U S Chinese relations and discuss shared interests while avoiding any Hanoi visit.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
China
Nixon
National Security Affairs
Hawaii
Kissinger
United States
Peoples Republic of China
Andrews Air Force Base
Hanoi
White House
Nikolai V. Podgorny
North Vietnam
Podgorny
Moscow
Red Cross Seeks Funds for South Dakota Disaster
The Midway Kansas Chapter is asked to raise 26986 for South Dakota disaster relief as Red Cross projects a 5 million cost and reduced revolving fund. Quotas include Sedgwick 24868 and nearby counties Sumner 754 Harvey 875 Kingman 318 Harper 171, with donations mailed to the Red Cross office in Wellington.
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Rapid City
South Dakota
Red Cross
Midway- Kansas
Midway-Kansas
Sumner
Sedgwick
Harvey
Kingman
Harper
Wellington
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