Prisoners Alive, Guerrillas Say in Uruguay Crisis
American agronomist Claude Fly and Brazilian diplomat Aloysio Dias Gomide were claimed alive by Tupamaros who warned of execution if security forces pursue. The group has threatened further violence amid ongoing searches by 5,000 police and soldiers and after Mitrione’s murder.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Claude L. Fly
Fort Collins
Colo
Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide
Tupamaros
Dan A.mitrione
Richmond
Ind
Mitrione
Dias Gomide
Fly
Agriculture Ministry
Jorge Pacheco Areco
U.S
Brazil
Pacheco Areco
Postal Reform Plan Signed by President
President Nixon signed the postal reform bill calling for a corporate like independent Post Office. The plan shifts rate setting and bargaining to internal bodies, ends cabinet status, and aims to run break even with higher stamps possible. A nine member board may raise rates to cover pay raises.
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Nixon
Post Office Department
James A. Farley
Washington
Winton M. Blount
Blount
Congress
Post Office
Board of Governors
Fighting Rages At Fire Base O Reilly In Vietnam
South Vietnamese troops fought the North Vietnamese for a fourth day at Fire Base O Reilly in the northern region. Saigon said 96 enemy were killed in two southern battles while its own forces sustained heavy casualties in a separate clash.
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Saigon
O'Reilly
BAK Civvettes
Reed
Hue
Eist
Parrot’s Beak
Cambodia
Winchester forms nine member group to fight drugs
City officials announce a nine man citizen committee to curb the drug problem in Winchester and Frederick County. Member list includes Robert H. Allan, Harry F. Byrd II, Allen H. DeShon, and others. committee met last month and is gathering information for a civic program.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Robert S. Barbour
Council
William M. Battaile
Public Safety Committee
Barbour
Robert H. Allan
Harry F. Byrd II
Allen H. DeShon
Robert B. Harper
C. Robert Solenberger
Ronald E. Sonafelt
Dean Wayne Tipps
Edward H. Garrett, Jr
William Fraula
Smalley Resigns Clarke County Democratic Chair to Back Byrd
Clarke County Democratic Chairman Robert W. Smalley resigns to work on U. S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. reelection bid. In a dated letter he says Byrd’s reelection is important to Virginia and the nation and he will actively campaign. He resigns as chair and member of the committee effective yesterday.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Robert W. Smalley
U.S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Smalley
Clarke
Oscar Carr
United States
Mr. Smalley
Byrd
Clarke County High School
Berryville Basket Co
Smalley Package ‘Co
Democrats strike to overturn Nixon veto on education and agencies
House Democrats rally to override Nixon vetoes on a $4.4 billion education appropriation and an $18 billion federal agencies bill. GOP support surfaces. leaders aim for two thirds. Nixon cites inflation risk while Democrats cite add ons for veterans' hospitals and schools including $126 million for impacted districts and $232 million for K-12 programs.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Hale Boggs
D-La
Boggs
Ford
Larry O’brien
Congress
O’brien
Veterans
Veterans’ Administration
Winchester Considers Minimum Housing Ordinance
Winchester City Council takes first reading on a proposed minimum housing ordinance to regulate utilities and dwelling standards, with second reading set for September. The measure, endorsed by the Planning Commission, draws on HUD recommendations and may require public publication and citizen access to the full 20 pages.
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Winchester
Virginia
Public Improvement Committee
Wayne A. Whitham
Council
City Planning Commission
Whitham
Planning Commission
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Wendell L. Seldon
Reuss City Hall
Pact Signed By Kosygin And Brandt
In Moscow Premier Kosygin and Chancellor Brandt signed a nonaggression treaty as the keystone of Bonn’s policy toward Eastern Europe. West German Foreign Minister Scheel and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko joined the ceremony, with Brezhnev among attendees.
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Moscow
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Alexei N. Kosygin
Bonn
Eastern Europe
Andrei A. Gromyko
Walter Scheel
Soviet Communist Party
Kremlin
Catherine Hall
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhn
Krasnaya Zvezda
Red Star
NATO
Soviet Union
Brandt
Ostpolitik
United States
Senate Pivots to ABM Vote as Nixon Veto Echoes
Washington and Richmond report a tight Senate vote on restricting the Safeguard antiballistic missile system amid factional doubt. The outcome could be interpreted as a rebuke to President Nixon as a related spending veto looms and a $19.2 billion defense bill includes Safeguard funding.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Safeguard
White House
Soule Estes
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Carrasco
Charles W. Adair Jr
Dayton
Ohio
Jorge Peirano Facio
Peirano Facio
O Reilly
Smalley Resigns
Clarke Demo Head
Bucher Service Co
Goode & Johnson, Inc
United States Senate
Howard Johnson
Penney
Pat Robinson
Other Council
Handley
James Wood
Robert E. Ayler
Snag’s
Kosygin
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