Cholera Toll Rises in Pakistan Refugee Crisis in India
In Krishnagar and Nadia district, West Bengal, a week into a refugee driven cholera outbreak the death toll nears 4,000 with 1,079 dying in hospitals and 1,079 more on roads and in villages. Police are stretched guarding rivers to stop bodies from being dumped. Mass burials and fuel shortages complicate rites as officials urge aid from other states.
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Krishnagar
India
West Bengal
East Pakistan
Nadia
Calcutta
D. K. Ghosh
Bahadurpur
Ghosh
Labor lawyers debate impact of Supreme Court rail bargaining ruling
Burton Gilbride reports from Washington that lawyers split on whether the Supreme Court decision helps unsnarl railroad bargaining amid three nationwide strikes and near walkouts. The ruling allows selective strikes targeting specific railroads but leaves open risks of nationwide lockouts and broader congressional action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United Transportation Union
High Court
Court of Appeals
Congress
Nixon
Taft
Appeals
Crash at Tweed New Haven Airport Kills 28 of 31
An Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 crashed on approach to Tweed-New Haven Airport after fog hampered visibility. The plane hit a power line and wrecked three vacant cottage lots, killing 28 of 31 aboard.
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New Haven
Mitchell warns of spiraling securities thefts by crime rings
Atty. Gen. Mitchell told the Senate subcommittee that organized crime’s thefts of securities have a profound effect on finance and could erode public confidence. He cited counterfeit government and IBM stock, unrecovered losses near 400 million dollars for 1969 70 and a surge in trading attracting criminals. He highlighted airport mail pilferage and a case involving misuse of securities to seize control of a life insurer.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Wall Street
Senate
John L McClellan
D-Ark
Philadelphia
IBM
Kennedy International Airport
Securities and Exchange Commission
Postal Service
Critics press for cash details on Lockheed rescue plan
Senate foes led by William Proxmire demand a public accounting from Treasury on Lockheed Aircraft Corp. as Treasury Secretary Connally warns a $250 million loan guarantee delays threaten the firm. Connally rebuts that the rescue may not fit free enterprise and warns of job losses and project scrapping if Lockheed collapses.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
William Proxmire
Dwis
Treasury
John B. Connally
Lockheed
Congress
Proxmire
Connally
Senate Banking Committee
America
U.S
5 Day Forecast Around Austin Minnesota
Weather outlook calls for increasing cloudiness Thursday with possible showers in extreme west Thursday night. Friday and Friday night expect showers and thunderstorms with scattered showers east Saturday. Temperatures run slightly below normal with highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s and lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
Woman wins job pay suit in St. Paul
Maxine Jasmin, formerly a loan officer at the Capital Employee Credit Union in St. Paul, was awarded 1139.64 in a sex discrimination suit alleging equal work earned unequal pay. A Minnesota Human Rights Department spokesman said the credit union admitted no guilt but agreed to the settlement, the largest such award in four years.
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ST. Paul, Minn
State ‘Capital Employee Credit Union
St. Paul
Maxine Jasmin
Minnesota Department of Human Rights
Human Rights Department
Symington seeks 200 million ceiling on Laos spending
Senate debate over U.S. role in Laos intensifies as Sen. Symington pushes a 200 million dollar annual ceiling on Laos spending. He notes security classifications mask totals while others estimate at least 250 million yearly, with air operations and mercenary support under scrutiny.
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Symington
Laos
Washington
Senate
U.S
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
State Department
United States
Charles Bray
Congress
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Fulbright
Allies Battle Docks? No. DMZ clashes renew along front
U S and South Vietnamese forces clash with North Vietnamese units along the DMZ for a third day. North Vietnamese gunners shell bases below the zone, injuring two Americans and wounding four in one engagement two miles southeast of CMA. South Vietnamese infantry, aided by air and artillery, reports 22 North Vietnamese killed and four weapons captured nearby with no Vietnamese casualties. Charlie 2 base four miles southeast of the DMZ sees renewed shelling with limited damage and no casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
CMA
Charlie 2
Dmz
Minnesota switches to six member juries statewide
Streamlined six member juries replace traditional twelve member panels in Minnesota. The law covers all civil cases and criminal cases except gross misdemeanors and felonies, with waivers possible in major crimes. Jury costs drop 25 to 40 percent. jurors earn six to ten dollars daily plus meals. Unanimous verdicts remain required in criminal cases. civil verdicts require five sixths after six hours of deliberation.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Richard Klein
Minnesota Supreme Court
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Kenosha
Lawrence L. Knutson
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California
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Walkerville, Canada
Walter R. Mears
J.W. Fulbright
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