North Vietnam Orders General Mobilization Across Nation
North Vietnam’s State Council declares all workers must serve in any capacity or mission assigned, with disobedience risking up to two years of forced labor. Radio Hanoi cites a “present serious situation” from intensified U.S. air raids and calls on all citizens to comply.
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Massive U S Air and Naval Bombardments Hit North Vietnam
In one of the war’s heaviest actions, nearly 100 B52 bombers and a 13-ship naval task force pounded North Vietnamese positions around Quang Tri and Dong Hoi. South Vietnamese counteroffensive aims to disrupt NVA troops and supplies while curbing reinforcements. The raids included strikes near the Citadel in Saigon’s vicinity and offshore bombardments.
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Dong Hoi
U.S
Quang Tri Province
Quang Tri City
Women Camp On Football Field In Belfast Protest
Nearly 4 000 Roman Catholic women and children camped overnight on a football field after fleeing their Lenadoon Avenue homes as British troops pressed the area. Five more deaths Sunday raised Northern Ireland’s toll to 236 this year amid sectarian strife and IRA clashes. People sheltered at Casement Park while Father Jack Fitzsimmons urged troops to withdraw as negotiations continued.
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Northern Ireland
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Strabane
Jack Fitzsimmons
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Three Die After Ohio High Speed Chase Crash
A high speed police pursuit ends in a crash at a highway construction site south of Washington Court House leaving three men dead. The Fayette County Sheriff's Department reports the men were drag racing with a pickup before fleeing from police as part of a weekend toll of 20 traffic deaths in Ohio.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Washington Court House
Fayette County
Maryland Prison Quiet After 12 Hour Riot
Maryland House of Corrections remained quiet as officials assess damage after a 12 hour riot that injured four guards and four inmates. Governor Mandel said the incident was the worst damage he had seen and noted his meeting with an inmate delegation helped end the unrest with prisoners returning to their cells.
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Maryland House of Corrections
Marvin Mandel
Pennsylvania Crime Commission enlarges Police corruption probe in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Crime Commission will quadruple its staff to nearly 60 investigators and support personnel to probe alleged police corruption in Philadelphia. Deputy Attorney General Lawrence T. Hoyle Jr. will lead the expanded team, with State Attorney General J. Shane Creamer overseeing the effort.
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Pennsylvania Crime Commission
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Lawrence T. Hoyle Jr
Pioneer 10 Starts Belt Trek to Jupiter
Space probe Pioneer 10, launched from Earth, enters the Asteroid Belt at about 56,000 miles per hour on a historic voyage toward Jupiter. The belt lies between Mars and Jupiter as a ring of dust and large rocks orbiting the Sun.
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America
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Jupiter
Earth
Belt
Mars
Graham pleased by big crowd at Cleveland Crusade
Evangelist Billy Graham praised the Cleveland Crusade crowd after 46 100 people attended at Municipal Stadium. He said the response to three opening services was unprecedented and predicted a flood tide for the week as total attendance rose to 116 465.
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Billy Graham
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Graham
Welfare Payments Increase in Ohio for 1971 72
State welfare payments for the 1971 72 fiscal year rose by over 115 million dollars to a total of 599.9 million, up from 484.7 million in 1970 71. Auditor Joseph Ferguson cited Aid to Dependent Children and related unemployment benefits as accounting for nearly half the rise.
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Joseph Ferguson
West Virginia Poll Sees Abolition Of Strip Mining Favored
The Charleston Gazette reports a survey of about 700 voters showing 47.7 percent favor abolishing strip mining, 43.2 percent support keeping it, and 9.1 percent undecided. Democrats split 50.6 percent for abolition, Republicans 50 percent against, with varying undecided shares.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette
Nixon Calls In Peterson For Moscow Trade Talks
Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson was summoned to the Western White House in San Clemente to confer with President Nixon before trade negotiations in Moscow. Also invited were Henry A. Kissinger and Peter M. Flanigan to sit in on the session.
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Peter G. Peterson
Moscow
White House
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Ramparts Says U S Pinpoints Soviets and Intercepts Calls
San Francisco AP: Ramparts magazine claims U S intelligence can locate Soviet aircraft and monitor all transatlantic calls. Officials decline comment on the article titled U S Espionage A Memoir based on an interview with a man dubbed Winslow Peck claiming NSA ties and routine overflight of Russia.
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Ramparts Magazine
U.S
Tokyo radical Okamoto convicted in Lod Airport massacre
Japanese militant Kozo Okamoto was found guilty on four counts by an Israeli army court for the Lod Airport massacre that killed 28 and wounded 70. Sentencing was postponed to later today with a life term anticipated. he confessed and pledged further acts by his United Red Army group.
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Israel
Kozo Okamoto
Lod
Adolf Eichmann
Okamoto
Abraham Frisch
Reharam Zeevi
McGovern Heads for Black Hills Rest and Planning
Democratic nominee George McGovern flies to Sylvan Lake in South Dakota for two weeks of rest and strategic planning. Top aides assemble the campaign, with Gary Hart as head and George Cunningham as deputy, while regional coordinators finalize roles.
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Denver
George Cunningham
Eli Segal
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Ohio
Rick Stearns
Hart
Frank Mankiewicz
Virgin Islands
Mafia Leader Tommy Eboli Shot Dead in Brooklyn Street Slaying
New York police probe the 61 year old Mafia figure Thomas Eboli known as Tommy Ryan found shot five times in a Crown Heights sidewalk. Investigators link the killing to a wave of gangland slayings tied to the Colombo family and the Gallo case, with a stolen truck and an unfired M-3 gun recovered nearby and over $2000 in cash found on the victim.
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Tommy Ryan
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Pravda Calls U S Vietnam Pullout a Fake
Pravda accused the United States of faking its withdrawal from Vietnam and urged peace talks based on Communist proposals. The editorial frames the move as a propaganda ruse and presses for negotiations under Communist terms.
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Pravda
United States
Vietnam
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