Joseph Fielding Smith dies at 95 leader of Mormon church
Joseph Fielding Smith, 95, patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at his daughter’s home of a heart attack. He would have turned 96 July 19. The church council will meet at 10:00 am Monday to arrange funeral. Smith led since 1970, succeeding David McKay, and was a longtime historian and staunch conservative. He authored more than 20 books and remained active in public speaking until shortly before his death. Harold B. Lee is expected to succeed him as church president.
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Ulster cease-fire teeters on brink amid violence
In Belfast a weekend of Protestant Catholic gun battles and gangland killings pushed Northern Ireland’s week-old cease-fire toward collapse. Six more deaths raise the total to 399, as gunmen abducted a prisoner and violence spread across Belfast, Londonderry, and surrounding areas amid UDA barricades and security forces operations.
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CastroVisits Soviet Nuclear Plant On Cuban Leader Visit
Fidel Castro and Premier Kosygin toured one of the USSRs most powerful atomic stations at Voronezh in the Don River region. They inspected control panels reactors and turbine halls as the plant generates one million kilowatts of power.
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FBI Power Criticized By Hoover Aide At New England Rally
Dan Smoot former Hoover aide says the FBI holds excessive power risking a police state if misused. He urged constitutional limits while at the New England Rally for God Family and Country in Boston. Gary Allen blamed antisemitic smears on two Jewish groups over None Dare Call It Conspiracy.
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Nixon vetoes extra funds for public broadcasting
Washington leaders report President Nixon vetoed legislation to nearly double federal spending for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He said the group cedes too much control over 206 educational TV stations. Senators and representatives reacted with disappointment and suggested an override is possible.
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