Nixon Plans News Conference Amid Vietnam Troop Withdrawals
President Nixon, at Camp David, announces a further 10 000 U.S. troops will be pulled from Vietnam by Sept 1 reducing total to 39 000. He elevates Gen Frederick C Weyand to command U S operations in Vietnam with Gen John W Vogt as deputy.
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Supreme Court ends death penalty in the United States
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that the death penalty cannot be carried out in the United States, reversing two Georgia sentences and one Texas sentence. The decision creates a moratorium while leaving room for state legislatures to rethink capital punishment. 600 inmates remain on death row across 31 states and the District of Columbia. Only two women, Marie Dean Arrington and Marylin Dobrolewski, are currently under death sentence status.
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Saigon Forces Push North in Quang Tri Drive
US helicopters airlift over 1,000 Marine troops to the coast east of Quang Tri as 20,000 government troops advance north into Quang Tri Province. Casualties reported include 165 North Vietnamese and six South Vietnamese with 34 government troops wounded. US B52 bombers strike targets with 1,500 tons in Quang Tri and 900 tons near Hue.
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Arrest of 28 Year Old Man in Air Piracy Case
Detroit AP said Martin J. McNally 28 of Wyandotte was arrested at home on a federal air piracy charge for hijacking an American Airlines Boeing 727 last weekend. He allegedly received 502 500 in ransom and parachuted over Indiana after forcing landing and releasing most passengers.
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Blockade Planned By UDA Provokes Northern Ireland Clash
The Ulster Defense Association says it will blockade IRA no-go areas in Londonderry this weekend and establish Protestant strongholds. They warn British troops to stay away or face armed resistance. Paddy Devlin of the SDLP warns the plan could trigger total war.
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Shapp seeks $50 million flood aid amid flood cleanup
In Harrisburg Gov Milton J. Shapp told a joint session of the legislature that federal flood relief programs are bogged down. He urged $50 million in disaster funds to aid flood victims while residents clear debris and sweep mud from homes. relief money was tied to the 1972 73 budget proposal.
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Cleveland faces 18 year population drop to 500000
The Regional Planning Commission forecast Cleveland would lose up to one third of its residents from 750,903 in 1970 to 500,000 by 1990, with suburban growth offsetting city losses and county population stabilizing.
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Allegheny Seeks Cincinnati Washington Direct Flights
Allegheny Airlines asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to permit direct Cincinnati Washington service urged by the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. The CAB previously rejected a push to force TWA to reinstate cancelled 1970 routes, noting TWA had permissive rights. American currently serves Cincinnati to Washington.
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Delegate Challenge Ruling Is Awaited
Washington AP reports George Wallace remains in the Democratic fold for the Miami Beach convention while courting a future third party bid if he is rejected as nominee. Meantime Senator George McGovern faces a Credentials Committee ruling over California delegates that could alter his path to the 1,509 needed for nomination. Humphrey and others push for coalition gains as Carter, Bumpers, Askew, and West are floated as potential running mates. House Democrats rebuke a reform plan for the DNC, voting to study it further.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Ohio increases unemployment benefits 3.4 percent
Ohioans filing for unemployment on or after Monday will receive a 3.4 percent boost under the 1971 law automatic cost of living adjustment. New benefit levels for dependents range from 57 to 87 dollars monthly, depending on the number of dependents.
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Ohio Liquor Law Change Study Recommends Lower Age and Election Day Relaxation
A Columbus committee reviewing Ohio’s Liquor Control Act recommends 18 year olds buy liquor legally and repealing the election day liquor ban. Proponents cite enforcement relief and modern attitudes while considering permit system reforms and foreign wine imports. The department also lectures schools about alcohol dangers and probes illegal moonshine to curb tax loss and lead poisoning risks.
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Ohio
Partment
Department
Allen Honigberg
Rose
Delta Queen Strikes Pier Near Louisville Bridge Incident
The Delta Queen sternwheel steamboat struck a pier of the Ohio River bridge near Madison Indiana and Milton Kentucky, damaging the port bow and railing. No injuries were reported among 170 passengers and 75 crew. Repairs are expected within 48 hours and the vessel will stay in Louisville until Sunday before continuing to Evansville and Cincinnati.
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