Minnesota Atty General Praises Wiretap Law Safeguards
Minnesota Attorney General Warren Spannaus says the 1969 wiretap law is strict with safeguards and should be used only in tightly controlled cases to combat violent crime. He supports court supervised taps for major crimes with probable cause and reporting to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
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Spannaus
Minnesota Supreme Court
District Court
State Supreme Court
Minnesota
Minnesota Highway Patrol To Enforce 90 Decibel Noise Law
The 1971 law bans operating motorcycles or heavy vehicles at 90 decibels or higher. Three three man teams will test, with two instrument operators and one patrol driver. Testing sites will avoid heavy background noise and rough pavement, with teams based in Mankato Brainerd and the Twin Cities.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Johnson
Mankato
Brainerd
Twin Cities
McGovern gains momentum as Muskie may back him
Senator George S. McGovern could clinch the Democratic nomination if Senator Edmund S. Muskie abandons his bid and releases about 166 delegates. Reports say Muskie may declare support at the National Press Club, boosting McGovern toward the 1,509 delegates needed in Miami Beach.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
McGovern
NBC
New York Times
Muskie
National Press Club
Washington
Miami Beach
Miami
Se. Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Secor
Asphyxiation blamed for two deaths near Grand Rapids
Itasca County sheriff's officers say two Indiana men Homer J. Ummel and Reinhart Heinfeld were found dead at a Little Moose Lake cabin about 11 a.m. Wednesday. Last seen May 27, they vacationed fishing in northern Minnesota and likely died a week or more earlier. No autopsies planned.
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Grand Rapids
Little Moose Lake
Minnesota
John Muhar
Supreme Court rulings mix on right to counsel at lineups
The court split 5-4 over whether police must provide a lawyer for lineups after arrest. Miranda requires counsel during interrogation, while Wade and related rulings create a confusing framework for indicted versus arrestees. Concurring and dissenting opinions argued the logic and scope of the right to counsel across procedures.
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Supreme Court
Chicago
William O. Douglas
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan
Tennessee
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Wallace to attend Democratic National Convention
Gov. George C. Wallace plans to attend the Democratic National Convention in Miami to bargain for the presidency and a platform. His strategist Charles Snider says Wallace must participate for the ticket to have a chance in November and notes differences with other candidates on war amnesty draft dodgers and marijuana legalization.
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George C. Wallace
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Charles Snider
Snider
Alabama
George McGovern
Area Forecast: Fair to partly cloudy with possible thunderstorms
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies through Friday. A slight chance of an isolated thunder shower tonight and Friday. Highs near 84 today, near 74 to 84 Friday, with lows around 55 to 62 tonight. Rain chances at 10 percent today, 20 percent tonight and Friday.
Charter group meets Monday
The Bemidji City Charter Commission will hold a public hearing in City Hall Council Chambers on Monday June 12 at 7 30 p m. The proposal seeks to reduce ward councilmen terms from four years to two years and any interested person may speak.
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Bemidji
Byrd Opposes Kleindienst Nomination for Attorney General
Senate expected to approve Richard Kleindienst as attorney general despite Sen. Robert Byrd upholding opposition after reviewing 22 days of hearings. ITT antitrust settlement tied to GOP convention funds sparked calls of political influence and a reopened probe into the nominee's record.
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Senate
Richard G. Kleindiest
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Kleindienst
Arizona
Mitchell
Nixon
Judiciary Committee
Jack Anderson
Dita D. Beard
ITT
Sheraton
Anderson
Richard W. McLaren
McLaren
Bob Hope to Headline World Plowing Matches Farmfest
Comedian Bob Hope and singer Charlie Pride join Roy Rogers and Dale Evans for the World Plowing Matches near Vernon Center Minnesota September 11 to 17. Hope appears September 16 at 3 30 p m Pride on September 14 and Rogers Evans duo perform two shows daily from September 12. No public charge for entertainment.
Education bill in balance as House splits on busing provision
In Washington the House faces a pivotal vote on a 21.3 billion education package amid a divide between civil rights supporters and anti busing factions. The core issue is a desegregation stay through 1974, provoking uncertainty about White House action and party lines.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Nixon
Planes Hit Railroad Tunnel Near Border
U S war planes raided North Vietnam with the heaviest strikes in three weeks. A group of planes hit the Lung Truong railroad tunnel near the Chinese border and collapsed its southern end with 2 000 to 3 000 pound bombs.
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North Vietnam
McGovern
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Trang Bang
Saigon Phnom Penh
Hue
Quang Tri Province
Hanoi
Air Force
Lung Truong
No Hope for Lost Miners in Wankie Mine Disaster
In Rhodesia 424 coal miners trapped for two days after three explosions have left no hope for survivors. Seven bodies have been recovered and eight workers injured. Chairman Sir Keith Acutt cited rockfalls and ventilation damage from the blasts and poisonous air as certainties of death, noting a death toll could reach 431, Africa's second worst mining disaster.
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Wankie
Rhodesia
Keith Acutt
Africa
Coalbrook
South Africa
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