Ky accuses rigging in South Vietnam election
Vice President Ky denounces a brazen rigging of South Vietnam's October 3 presidential vote in which Thieu reportedly won by about 90 percent. Four opponents petition the Supreme Court seeking nullification citing irregularities while vote totals show Thieu over 90 percent with most of the rest against and some votes missing.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Supreme Court
Vietnam Press
Interior Ministry
Duong van
Minh
President Nixon weighs injunction on coast dock strikes
A four man inquiry board advised Nixon on halting dock strikes on the West East and Gulf coasts under Taft Hartley Act. He will decide whether to seek an 80 day court injunction. Coal miners strike enters sixth day with 100 000 out. Wage stabilization disputes cited as delaying talks while 200 other pacts have been reached.
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Washington
Nixon
Gulf
Morris L. Myers
San Francisco
Pacific Maritime Association
White House
James D. Hodgson
Ment
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
New York
East
Cemetery Workers End 4-Month Strike Near San Francisco
Cemetery workers vote 141 to 9 to end a four month strike. Burials resume at 11 cemeteries south of San Francisco after a 15 hour session yields a three year contract, with backlog expected to take six weeks to clear.
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San Francisco
Cemetery Union
Joseph Alioto
House Votes Today On Tax Cut Package
The House will vote on a $15.4 billion three year tax cut package linked to Nixon’s economic plan. The Ways and Means Committee trimmed benefits to business by about $5 billion and boosted individual cuts by about $3.5 billion. AFL CIO urged rejection. Individuals in lower brackets gain. specifics show modest yearly savings for single and married filers. The package expands investment credits for equipment and tightens fast depreciation rules, with automobile excise tax repeal and a tax break for exporters, aiming at overall shifts in business and personal taxes through 1971 72 and 73.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Ways and Means Committee
Afl-Cio
Treasury
Frederick School Board forms advisory panel and kindergarten plan
Frederick County School Board approved a Superintendent's Advisory Committee with two members from each district to improve communication. The board reviewed standards urging a kindergarten program by 1972-74 and discussed full day versus half day options with cost estimates. They also advanced applications to affiliate eight large county elementary schools with the Southern Association's Cooperative Program in Elementary Education as part of broader accreditation goals.
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Frederick County
Melton F. Wright
Wright
Virginia
State Department of Education
Southern Association
Dr. Wright
State Department
Test Explosion May Be Delayed
Environmental groups win a court delay in the Amchitka Island underground nuclear test. The U S Court of Appeals orders continued proceedings after overturning a district court dismissal. A decision on a stay pending the suit remains undecided.
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Washington
Amchitka Island
Alaskan
U.S. Court of Appeals
Mike Gravel
Alaska
District Court
George L. Hart
Appeals ‘Court
Atomic Energy Commission
Toleration urged over Confederate flag signaling postwar unity
Virginia Governor Linwood Holton urged journalists to focus on toleration rather than Confederate symbols to ease racial tensions. He cited Robert E. Lee’s spirit as a guide and noted symbols may be protected by free speech but called for self-restraint amid university stadium incidents.
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Richmond
Holton
University of Virginia
University
Scott Stadium
Senate weighs Vietnam election demand and arms bill
The Senate moves toward final action on a $21 billion military procurement bill while considering a Montoya amendment demanding a new South Vietnamese presidential vote or total U.S. withdrawal in six months. It also debates chrome ore bans, federal pay raises, and Buckley missile funding amendments amid major weapons program debates.
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Washington
South Vietnam
U.S
Senate
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Rhodesia
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
Nixon
Mathias
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Indochina
James L. Buckley
R-N.y
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Fresh U S Raids Inside North Vietnam Increase Air Operations
U S fighter bombers mounted new raids into North Vietnam and B52 strikes pressed along the Cambodian border as U S command reports no American casualties. F105s used Shrike missiles after radar tracking showed hostile activity while Hanoi's Ho Chi Minh trail faced continuous bombardment. Typhoon Elaine neared South Vietnam reducing some air operations.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Pace
Air Force
Gardner
Elaine
Panhandle
South Vietnam
Weather shifts as fronts bring rain then sun in Virginia
Eastern Virginia saw rain from a wet frontal system moving off the coast with another front from the Ohio Valley expected to arrive later, bringing sunnier and drier weather. A local ad notes a misdated Free $5 bill offer in the Ward Plaza notice with dates corrected to Oct 6 7 8 9 only.
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Richmond
Virginia
Ohio Valley
Ward Plaza
Borton
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