No Clues Found in Capitol Bombing Probe
Investigators report no leads on the March 1 bombing of the U S Capitol. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield says the $100,000 reward has drawn no responses. Repairs to the damaged west wing proceed with a final bill under $200,000.
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U.S. Capitol
Washington
Capitol
Mansfield
Senate
George M. White
White
George Washington
Baron von Steuben
Lafayette
Soviets say Soyuz 10 nearly landed in lake
Moscow reports Soyuz 10 descended toward a steppe lake during recovery after two days in orbit and one docking with Salute Sputnik. Rescuers wore aqualungs as a light wind steered the parachute close to shore, and cosmonauts landed about 44 yards from the lake.
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Lake
Moscow
UPI
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Communist Youth League
Soyuz
Soviet Central Asia
Earth
Orbiting Laboratory
Moscow Space
Judge and prosecutor clash in probe of Panther killings
In Chicago, a Cook County grand jury probing the Panther killings resumed deliberations with a $50 hourly contempt bill against special prosecutor Barnabas Sears. Judge Joseph A. Power sparred with Sears over a federal panel witness rule as death of Panthers Hampton and Clark from the Dec 4, 1969 raid remains under review.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
Joseph A. Power
Barnabas Sears
Sears
Power
Illinois Panther
Fred Hampton
Downstate
Mark Clark
State
Edward V. Hanrahan
Four candidates vie today to succeed Mendel Rivers
Charleston SC UP I reports a four way race to fill the late L Mendel Rivers seat in the First Congressional District. Mendel Davis, 28, a staffer and Democrat, faces Dr James Edwards a dentist and Republican advocate of more influence with the GOP. Victoria Delee backs a turnout driven by Black voters and Elsie Von Kautz Carroll runs a write in bid. Turnout and party dynamics shape the race following Rivers death in December.
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Charleston
S.C
UPI
L. Mendel Rivers
Rivers
Congress
Mendel Davis
Washington
James Edwards
South Carolina
Edwards
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Victoria Delee
United Citizens Party
Elsie von Kautz Carroll
Berkeley County
Parole Granted to Billie Sol Estes
Billie Sol Estes, once a prominent political donor and promoter, gains parole after six years of a 15 year federal sentence. He will be released July 12 and live with his wife and four children in Abilene Texas while working on his brother’s farm.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Abilene
Tex
John
Estes
la Tuna Federal Correctional Institution
el Paso
West Texas
U.S
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Cotton
Agriculture
Orville A. Freeman
Dallas
Commodity Credit Corporation
Secrecy Clouds A Shau Valley Operation In Vietnam War
Reports say Operation Lam Son 720 began April 17 with plans for a major strike into the A Shau Valley, but days of silence and limited action followed. Spokesmen claim imminent contact while reconnaissance units report few encounters. News restrictions and secret bases fuel questions about true military activity and force concentrations nearby.
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Edward Smith
101St Airborne Division
A Shau
101St Airborne
Lam Son
A Shan
Laos
Death toll in Indochina passes 45,000 in war reports
UPI reports continued heavy bombardment across South Vietnam as U.S. battle deaths rise past 45,000. Attacks hit Da Nang and Cam Ranh bases, with fuel dumps, ammunition depots, and multiple aircraft shot down or damaged. Five Americans wounded, one truck destroyed in separate ambush.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
da Nang
Air Force
Qui Nhon
Cam Ranh
America
Quant Ngai City
Alabama official moves to curb Birmingham smog
Alabama attorney general William J. Baxley filed a public nuisance suit in Jefferson County Equity Court seeking six months to force 13 major Birmingham factories to clean up pollution or face shutdown. Firms like U.S. Steel Republic Steel U.S. Pipe and Foundry and Lone Star Cement were tight lipped as Baxley acted after Birmingham’s particulate count hit 607 micrograms per cubic meter, far above the 200 critical level.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
William J. Baxley
Dothan
Baxley
Jefferson County Equity Court
U.S. Steel
Republic Steel
U.S. Pipe and Foundry
Lone Star Cement Co
Connors Steel Division
H. K. Porter Co. Inc
George G. Seibels Jr
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Manchester
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Williamstown
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Harte
Catamount National Bank
Brattleboro
Bennington
N. Bennington
Donald Them
APRA
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
South Street
Vermont
Fienberg
Main ST
Billie Sol Estes
Shau Valley
By Alan Dawson
Indochina
Alabama
Impala
Chevelle
Excellen
Fisher
Chevrolet
Camaro
Nora
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