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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1973
Page
1
An AP report notes a 24 member advisory panel urged new privacy protections for computerized records. It calls to curb use of Social Security numbers, oppose a national identity number, require disclosure of data held, and allow correction. Penalties for misuse include criminal and civil actions and injunctive relief.
Otis Woody, promoter of the Generation Gap Togetherness Peace Love Blues and Bluegrass Festival, confirms the Aug. 9-12 Harpers Ferry event will proceed despite a Jefferson County Circuit Court injunction suit alleging possible lewd conduct. Woody maintains the injunction lacks legal grounds and plans to proceed as scheduled.
Insurgents push within four miles of Phnom Penh as battles flare around Takhman and southward near Prateah Lang Wat Sleng and Prek Ho. U S aircraft provide support while a Mekong river convoy reaches the capital with fuel rice and ammunition. Canadian peacekeepers return from Vietnam.
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma recover from space sickness and begin housekeeping tasks. A planned space walk is delayed to Saturday giving the crew a rest day while Garriott tests minnows in weightlessness and all eat without vomiting.
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler told the Senate Armed Services Committee that President Nixon ordered Cambodia bombing in March 1969 under maximum security. He described dual reporting to mislead some officials and said Sihanouk knew of raids, while Stennis was released from hospital after gunshot injuries.
Former White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman told the Senate Watergate committee he approved a $90,000 campaign budget for black projects before the last year’s Republican convention. He said he did not know the specific projects. He began answering questions as the hearing resumed.
The Senate Watergate committee chief counsel said Nixon may have undermined his claim tapes are confidential by letting Haldeman listen to one after leaving office. Haldeman testified he copied the tape and briefed Nixon, while Nixon resisted subpoenas as Cox pursues access.
Tokyo AP reports China observes the 46th anniversary with no defense minister or chief of general staff since Lin Piao's 1971 coup attempt. Premier Chou En-lai notes Lin's death, purges and collaborator suspicions. Yeh Chien-ying handles many duties as the party trains troops under Maoist rule.
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