Quake Rocks Santa Cruz Islands in Pacific
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands northeast of Australia Sunday. The National Earthquake Information Center said seismographs logged the event at 4:20 p.m. EST and expected no serious damage, noting larger quakes recently occurred near Homshu, Japan, and off Japan’s coast.
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Czech crackdown nets 107 arrests in Western Bohemia
Czech oslovak police detained 107 people during a week long operation in Western Bohemia targeting recidivists and anti social elements. Authorities report 1 943 offences exposed and confiscation of 38 firearms over 1 000 rounds of ammunition plus grenades and mines. CTK said the arrests followed interrogations of 285 recidivists with theft and parasitism charges.
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Stans Urges Wealthy Donors To Back Nixon Fund
Maurice Stans urged wealthy businessmen to contribute one percent of their net worth to Nixon's re election campaign before April 7 when large gifts must be disclosed public law. Time magazine cited meetings in St Louis Chicago and at the Din.
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Drowning at Puerto Rico rock festival kills two youths
At Vega Baja the Mary Sx rock festival drew about 200000 attendees in near 90 degree heat on a four day event. Vanessa River de Caziz aged 21 and Celestiny Santiago aged 24, both from Fajardo, died after drownings. A light plane forced landed on the festival grounds due to engine trouble. The event opened Saturday on a 4 acre site 2 1/2 miles west of San Juan near 3 miles of Atlantic beach.
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Former Utah Governor Clyde Dies at 73 in Salt Lake City
Former Utah Governor George Dewey Clyde died at his Salt Lake City home from natural causes. A conservative Republican, Clyde served two terms after a career as an engineer in water resource development, including major dam projects. He declined a third term and had retired as a consultant to a local firm.
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Bomb blast damages Fresno border station
A homemade bomb tore through a Fresno border station door and windows injuring no one Sunday. FBI and Fresno County Sheriff investigate with no motive yet. The report recalls a February Border Patrol incident in which a farm worker was shot near Livingston.
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Pope consoles persecuted as Easter mass ends war talk
Pope Paul VI urged an end to war and hatred during Easter prayers at St. Peter's, telling persecuted Christians they are not forgotten. He spoke to a crowd around 120,000 in Rome and included greetings in 17 languages, referencing Lithuania, Ukraine, Guinea, Zaire, and China. He urged peace and solidarity with oppressed churches.
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Berliners celebrate Easter across the Wall
West Berliners marked Easter by visiting East Berlin sites and landmarks amid limits on movement. Police estimated tens of thousands entered East Berlin before the wall closed, as the move aimed to sway West German ratification debates on Poland and Russia non aggression pacts.
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Rev Jackson reports Powell in critical condition at hospital
MEARE MSY Gil Sols Vested says Powell is "holing on" at Jackson Memorial Hospital after two weeks. two men critically injured when their experimental airplane crashed on takeoff at Whiteman Air Park in PACOIMA.
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Action by retailers eases imminent food price crisis
Washington officials say swift measures by major food chains avert an impending price surge. Hodgson and Secretary Butz appeared on ABC to discuss the plan, noting retailers pledged to realign prices and maintain supply as beef costs rise. They predicted some relief this spring and emphasized no shortage of staples.
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Clouds clear for air strike over Quang Tri province
Reports describe North Vietnamese forces overrunning bases in Quang Tri as U S planes plan a counter attack. US bombers targeted Communist positions while government defenders retreated toward the provincial capital amid ongoing clashes near the DMZ.
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Students Quiet at Florida Beaches Crowd Size Reported
In Fort Lauderdale Florida a police officer described a large group of students vacationing on the beach during a sunny Sunday. The crowd numbered more than ten thousand with ocean tides and wind affecting activities.
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Weekend Burglars Take $2 860 in Fremont Goods
Fremont police report two men burglarized an apartment at 4206 Mowry Way, stealing about 2 860 worth of silver flatware and serving pieces. The door was forced with a pipe wrench, drawers emptied, and pillowcases used to carry items. Victims were Lawrence McElroy and William Schroeder. Bearded witnesses near the scene described two men seen leaving around the time of the break in.
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McGovern cites ITT gift deduction tied to GOP funds
McGovern says ITT deducted a gift to the GOP and notes a Senate Judiciary Committee investigation. He questions the committee’s access to SEC records and seeks verification from Internal Revenue files on taxes paid, arguing the panel lacks needed information.
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Chlorine barge secured. evacuees return home
In Louisville Ohio River danger, 4000 residents evacuated after a sunken chlorine barge drifted near the dam. Guards patrolled as crews lashed a twin-hulled catamaran to the barge and prepared to drain liquid chlorine through pipes, while engineers planned to compress nitrogen to assist containment.
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Six Die in Fresno Highway Crash
Six persons were killed when a car collided with a truck at an intersection five miles west of Fresno. The California Highway Patrol reported all ten people in the crash were killed. the truck driver, Dave Newell, said the auto pulled in front of him at the intersection and he could not stop. None of the victims had been identified.
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