Nuclear Weapons Discussion Revealed in Pentagon Vietnam Report
Boston Globe excerpts from a 47 volume Pentagon study outline a 1964 JCS meeting where Adm Harry Felt urged freedom to use tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam. McNamara Rusk and McCone voted for a congressional resolution. the report notes escalation plans and covert actions approved by Kennedy.
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Nixon seeks AMA support for health insurance plan
President Nixon urged the American Medical Association to back his health insurance proposal while hinting that Senator Edward Kennedy’s plan would cost 77 billion dollars annually in three years. He pressed employer employee cost sharing, with federal funds covering low income families, and the AMA expressed skepticism toward a national plan.
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Handley Fund to finance roof repair and parking lot
Winchester School Board votes to request 102,960 from the Handley Fund unexpended income for Handley High School roof repairs and a new parking lot north of Handley Blvd. The move follows a 90,000 share supplement to a 63,000 budgeted roof project.
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Carper Charged in Shenandoah Strike
Julian F. Carper Middletown president of the Virginia State AFL CIO was arrested in Shenandoah Virginia and charged with illegal picketing and resisting arrest. He was released on 500 dollar bond and will be tried July 1 in Page County Court. The incident marks the third illegal picketing arrest tied to the Alliance Manufacturing Co strike. Nine youths including six University of Virginia students were arrested the previous Saturday.
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Holton Ride Speaker At Camp 7 Jaycee Charter Banquet
William B. Robertson special assistant to Governor Linwood Holton will speak at Camp 7 Jaycees charter night banquet. The 6 30 p m event at the correctional unit at Double Toll Gate draws Jaycees from Winchester Berryville Front Royal and other dignitaries. Franklin D. Simmons Virginia Jaycees president will present the charter and install officers. Robert Jackson is president James Gibbs internal VP Dennis Caplinger external VP William Simmons secretary Willie McGee treasurer Bobby Wilson president adviser.
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Eight-Judge Panel Hears Pentagon Papers Case in New York
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears a government bid to stop The New York Times from publishing classified Pentagon papers. Eight judges sit because of extraordinary importance, with a 4-4 tie possible to leave Judge Gurfein's ruling in place.
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RFK urged pullout in 1963 amid Vietnam coup papers
Rep. Paul N. McCloskey Jr says secret documents show Robert F. Kennedy urged disengagement from Vietnam during a 1963 State Department Pentagon clash over Diem. He cites Kennedy reservations on escalation and says he will seek public release at a House hearing while FOIA suits target the Pentagon study.
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Post War Series Halted by Appeals Court
An appeals court again blocks The Washington Post from printing further excerpts of a secret Pentagon study and sets a hearing before all nine judges. A related New York Times case also heads to a full bench as government seeks to restrict publication citing national security and diplomatic sources.
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Weather Outlook for Virginia With Showers in South
The AP reports a cold front moving through Virginia bringing showers and a chance of thundershowers to southern Virginia while the rest of the state stays mostly sunny. The item also contains local ads for a thrift sale, a berry-picking notice, and a contact number.
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