Cleveland Yellow Cab Tests Bulletproof Cab Glass
The Cleveland Yellow Cab Co buys taxicabs with a bulletproof window between driver and passenger areas to curb robberies. Vice president Arthur B. McBride Jr. says the glass can stop a 45 caliber bullet and costs 300 more per cab, offset by recent rate increases. One third of cabs to be replaced this year after rising robbery totals from 1966 to 1969 including a fatal driver slaying.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Yellow Cab Co
Arthur B. McBride Jr
Yellow Cab
McBride
Exhaust system could raise car cost to meet 1975 goals
Chrysler engineer Charles Heinen said the exhaust system to meet federal antipollution goals could add 200 to 300 dollars to retail price. Heinen noted Chrysler is in the experimental stage of developing the system. In Grand Rapids George Shultz signaled possible changes to railroad labor dispute settlement methods before month’s end, mentioning debate but offering no specifics.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Charles Heinen
Chrysler
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Grand Rapids
Mich
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Judge Says Drug Sentences Harsh in Cincinnati Case
Judge Gilbert Bettman condemns lengthy sentences as viciously harsh and urges legislative reform as seven youths aged 19 to 24 receive indeterminate terms for selling hallucinogens and marijuana.
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Cincinnati
Gilbert Bettman
Reformatory
Israeli Jets Hit Egyptian Targets North and South of Cairo
Israeli jets attacked Egyptian military sites around Cairo and near the Suez Canal in two raids. The strikes targeted El Khanqa 12 miles north of Cairo and a radar site at Jebel Awebed, followed by a second hit on a Dahshur camp 23 miles south of Cairo and central canal targets. All planes returned safely with reported accurate hits.
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Tel Aviv
Cairo
Suez Canal
el Khanqa
Jebel Awebed
Cairo-Suez
Dahshur
Nile
Canal
First Raid Across Border In Two Months In Cambodia
U S planes bomb North Vietnamese guns in Cambodia after a helicopter was shot down. Two crewmen believed killed as the border clash prompts renewed cross border fire. South Vietnamese and allied forces pursue enemy battalions in the Plain of Reeds.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
South Vietnam
Plain of Reeds
Mekong
Hau Nghia
Melvin R. Laird
Laos
North Vietnam
Reserve Buildup Sought by Westmoreland Memo
General William C Westmoreland urges a shift to rely more on Army reserve components as regular forces shrink He orders top staff to make National Guard and reserve full partners with improved cooperation and backing across the Army team.
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Westmoreland
Army National Guard
Reserve
O Brien Chairman Bid Tests Democratic Unity
Washington AP Lawrence F. OBrien long seen as the party’s top professional faces pressure from Hubert Humphrey and other leaders to return as national chairman. He weighs reasons that sent him back to private life, with critics doubting a chairmanship as a stepping stone to higher office. Fred Harris has resigned, Sargent Shriver is floated for the post, and no decision is made until OBrien acts. James Wimmer says Humphrey aide has discussed succession if Harris departs.
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Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
Hubert H. Humphrey
Brien
O’brien
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
France
Sargent Shriver
Charles Vanik
Ohio
O'Brien
James Wimmer
Wisconsin
Humphrey
Harris
Los Angeles Appeals Order on School Integration Plan
Los Angeles officials say they will appeal a Superior Court order requiring full school integration by September 1971. Superintendent Robert E. Kelly warns mass busing could cost $40 million the first year and threaten district operations amid prior budget cuts. The case stems from an ACLU suit against racial segregation in the nation’s second largest district.
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Los Angeles
California Court of Appeals
Robert E. Kelly
Superior Court
Alfred Gitelson
New York City
Kelly
Gitelson
ACLU
Rogers Goes to Nasser With Middle East Policy Outline
Secretary of State Rogers sought Tito help to relay U.S. Middle East positions to Gamal Abdel Nasser. He pressed for an embargo on arms to Israel and Arab states. Rogers and Tito discussed closer cooperation on diplomacy and Africa while meeting Haile Selassie and Diallo Telli in Addis Ababa.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
William P. Rogers
Africa
Nixon
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Sudan
Egypt
Libya
Rogers
Tito
Israel
Nasser
U.S
United States
Haile Selassie
Diallo Telli
Organization of African Unity
Chicago Conspiracy Trial Closing Arguments Near End
Defense lawyers near completion of closing arguments in the Chicago conspiracy trial as jury deliberations loom. Prosecutor to present a two hour rebuttal this Friday before Judge Hoffman gives jury instructions. seven defendants face charges over rioting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Weinglass argued the government relied on police and FBI testimony, urging a fuller truth with diverse witnesses.
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FT. Benning
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Chicago
U.S
Julius J. Hoffman
Nixon Plans Report On World State For Congress
President Nixon at Key Biscayne for vacation was said to be drafting a book size State of the World Report. The White House announced the first annual foreign policy report would be sent to Congress next Wednesday.
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Nixon
Key Biscayne, Fla
White House
Congress
Protesters Prepare to Board Cuban Sugar Cane Ship
Hundreds of young Americans converged on Saint John New Brunswick to join the Luis Marcos Bergnes freighter heading to Cuba for sugar cane harvest duty in solidarity with Fidel Castro and to protest Yankee imperialism. The group and 212 returning volunteers traveled via buses from Boston through Maine, with border concerns noted by a Boston spokesman.
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Saint John
N.B
New Brunswick
Fidel Castro
Bruce Jacobs
New York
Luis Marcos Bergnes
Bay of Fundy
Maine-New Brunswick
St. Stephen
Seattle
San Francisco
Boston
Maine
Cuba
Castro
Piano teacher finds pupils in Coolville
Janice Dixon in Coolville posted an Action Ad seeking beginning piano students. She was pleased by the response and notes that the ad drew several calls for lessons.
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Janice Dixon
Coolville
Janice
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