Airport mail theft case described by criminal
Rob ert Cudak a 29 year old convict testified before a Senate subcommittee about how his gang stole more than 100 million in valuables from mail at major U S airports between 1967 and 1970. He said guarded mail and dawdling security was easy to bypass with coveralls and hard hats. He noted lost classified papers from defense, FBI, CIA and the Army were destroyed after discovery. He claimed security was weak at Atlanta JFK O Hare and Florida airports but Los Angeles was relatively protected.
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UPI
Tosteal
U.S
Robert Cudak
Cudak
Defense
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of the Army
Miami
Charles Percy
R-Hi
Percy
The
New York Times
Pentagon
U. S
Atlanta
New York
John F. Kennedy International
Chicago
O'Hare International
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Kennedy
O'Hare
Qujak
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Gudak
Refugee Return Outlook Fades Amid Pakistani Martial Rule
United Nations refugee chief Prince Sadaruddin Aga Khan warned that return prospects for East Pakistan refugees are dim while Pakistan’s martial rule and army screening persist. He proposed a limited UN role in Dacca, contingent on Pakistan’s control, as refugees continue to flood into India amid reports of harsh camp conditions and ongoing aid appeals.
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Robert Kaylor
New Delhi
UPI
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
East Pakistan
Pakistan Army
Prince Sadaruddin Aga Khan
India
Indira Gandhi
Sadaruddin
R.K. Khadilkar
Prirce
United Nations
Dacca
Pakistan
U.N
Khadilkar
Prince Tok
Karachi
Associated Press
Thant
New York
Vietnam War Heroin Crisis Among GIs Reported
UPI reports a severe heroin problem among American troops in Vietnam with estimates of 25,000 to 35,000 addicts, possibly higher, and claims up to 60 percent of men in a unit may be junkies. The piece notes heroin, cheap and potent, available near Tan Son Nhut, plus other drugs smuggled via mail and sold openly. Officials discuss amnesty programs and proposed civil commitment bills to treat and rehabilitate addicts.
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Alan Dawson
Saigon
UPI
Vietnam
United States
H7ard
101St Airborne
Tan Son Nhut
Kervin
Juan
U.S
Melvin Laird
Laird
Marine Corps
Assembly Passes No Fat Budget Amid Carnations
The California Assembly approved a 7.0 billion stand out no fat budget for Gov. Reagan, 55-8, sending it to the Senate amid a stalemate forecast by Senate leader James Mills. Major provisions include a 10 percent UC and state college faculty pay raise and a 5 percent wage hike for state workers, with 116.9 million in cost.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Senate
James R. Mills
San Diego
Mills
William T. Bagley
San Rafael
Robert T. Monagan
Brown
Ways and Means Committee
Monagan
Frank Lanter
State Lands Commission
Tidelands
Queen Mary Museum-Recreation
Long Beach
Martha Mitchell offers advice to leaders and designers
In a Ladies Home Journal interview Martha Mitchell proposes that Mayor Lindsay improve New York, urges Nixon to aid unemployment, and tells designers to create wearable fashion. She criticizes city governance and calls for liberal education over specialization while suggesting Julia Childs explore Southern cooking and asking Agnew about his rhetoric.
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New York
UPI
Martha Mitchell
Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
Ladies Home Journal
John V. Lindsay
Nixon
Julia Childs
Arkansas
Spiro Agnew
Pot legalization viewed if middle class accepts use
UCLA psychology professor William McGlothlin told a National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse hearing that legalization could follow if marijuana becomes a steady habit among the middle class. He and others favored some form of legal use, noting regional differences and forecasting rising user numbers and sales by 1976.
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UPI
UCLA
McGlathlin
Midwest
McGlothiin
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