Seven Policemen Killed in Unrelated Shootings Weekend
United Press International reports seven law officers died in separate incidents over the weekend, raising the prior week’s toll. Philadelphia Patrolman John McEntee was shot execution style, fellow veteran Patrolman Joseph Kelly found dead in his cruiser, and suspects linked to multiple gunfights in Indiana, New York, South Carolina, and Miami.
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Miami
Indiana
Saint John
Ind
Greenville
S.C
Joseph O'Neill
John McEntee
Joseph Kelly
McEntee
John J. Streau
James Larimar
Pete Popplewell Jr
Victor Butler Jr
Phnom Penh
Saigon
Mekong River
Kompong Cham
Francis Bailly
United Press International
Associated Press
Gamma News Agency
Cambodia
Laos
Remnants of Vietnamese Rangers Surrounded in Laos
UPI reports South Vietnamese Ranger units, including the 39th Battalion, held a hilltop outpost in Laos while fending off Communist forces. Heavy losses were reported with at least 50 dead, 100 plus wounded, and 250 unaccounted. Survivors linked with other forces at Landing Zone Ranger as air and ground battles continued.
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Saigon
UPI
Laos
Ranger
U.S
LZ Ranger
Ho Chi Minh
Dennis Fujii
Hanapepe
Hawaii
Fujii
Phu Bai
Khe Sanh
Cambodia
British judge urges pretrial detention
A UK judge said pretrial detention is a success and keeps dangerous people away from the public. Justice Arthur James praised the policy while Judge Tim Murphy urged U S adoption. Dershowitz contested the 90 percent accuracy claim and warned on harms of preventive detention.
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Boston
UPI
United Kingdom
Arthur James
Queen’s Bench Division
Supreme Court of Judicature
James
Tim Murphy
Superior Court
Washington, D.C
United States
Murphy
Advocates
Public Broadcasting Service
Alan Dershowitz
Harvard University
Dershowitz
Hugh Williams
Newark Police Department
Center For Criminal Justice At
Harvard
Williams
False alert spurs improved nationwide warning procedure
NORAD produced a nationwide false alert Saturday that prompted plans to improve the warning system. Allan Zenowitz, Northeast Civil Defense Director, said the error came from NORAD near Colorado Springs and directed broadcasters to suspend normal programming under emergency orders from the President. DJ Dale Dorfman at WRKO Boston recalled nearly taking the directive seriously.
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Boston
UPI
North American Air Defense Command
Northeast Civil Defense
Allan Zenowitz
NORAD
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dale Dorfman
WRKO
Zenowitz
Pentagon
Corine Muldoon
Cambridge
Mass
Laos
Nixon
National parks plan seeks closer venues for recreation
Tobin urged bringing tennis and other physical activities nearer to urban populations. He said undeveloped lands near cities must open to spillover recreation to relieve stress, keeping people near home as they seek a more planned, special park experience. A national study by the NPS is examining the practicality of shifting concessions.
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Tobin
NPS
Adam at 6 A.M. Opens With Michael Douglas Debut
Michael Douglas stars in his first film Adam at 6 A.M. He plays a recent PhD holder who searches for meaning in a small town, finding a girl Lee Purcell and a friend. The drama traces his entanglements in a story set away from Beverly Hills. Also showing There Was A Crooked Man with Henry Fonda at Harte Theatre and The Owl and the Pussycat at Williamstown College Cinema.
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Michael Douglas
Kirk
Adam
Beverly Hills
Lee Purcell
Steve McQueen
Solar Productions
Manchester
Douglas
Henry Fonda
Jane
Harte Theatre
NORAD goofs wrong message triggering national alert
NORAD teletype operator Eberhardt sent an official emergency message by mistake, triggering panic as nearly 1,200 stations coast to coast broadcast it. President Nixon ordered a full report and corrective steps, with tapes moved to sealed envelopes to prevent a repeat.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
UPI
W. S. Eberhardt
North American Defense Command
NORAD
Nixon
America
Eberhardt
National Warning Center
United Press International
Associated Press
Washington
White House
James T. Gardner
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