Japan declines to replace Canada on Viet truce team
South Vietnam says Japan refused to join the ICCS peace-keeping team citing its constitution. Canada plans July withdrawal amid a four-nation stalemate over unanimous decisions. Meantime, heavy fighting continues around Da Nang Cai Be and the Mekong Delta with dozens of deaths reported. The dispute blocks cease-fire investigations as Canada seeks to withdraw.
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Japan
Canada
Saigon
UPI
South
International Commission of Contra End Supervision
ICCS
Poland
Indochina
Hungary
South Vietnam
Asia
Europe
Suro
ICC5
Michel Gauvin
le Trung Hien
South Vietnamese
da Nang
Hien
Cai Be
Mekong Delta
Mlire
Man climbs car wood in court fined for damage
In Bristol England Ivan Rak 6 feet 4 inches climbed on the wood in his ovats as a car stopped at a traffic light damaging the vehicle. He admitted causing the damage in court and was fined 72 and ordered to pay 40 dollars for repairs.
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Bristol
England
UPI
Ivan Rak
Rak
Former baseball star linked to extortion on passenger liner
FBI arrested Gerald E. Priddy, 33, a former Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees infielder, on charges of trying to extort 230000 from Princess Cruises by threatening bombs aboard the Island Princess. Suspicious packages were found on the bridge and engine room and disposed of at sea, with authorities unsure if they contained explosives. The liner, carrying 525 passengers and 223 crew, sailed off Baja California as investigators traced multiple threatening calls to the line.
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Los Angeles
UPI
FBI
Princess
Gerald E. Priddy
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Baja California
Mexico
San Diego
Calif
Coast Guard
Princess Cruses Steamship Lines
Guadalupe Islands
Eric Bjurstedt
United States
Norway
Mexican
Agnew Favored for 1976 GOP Nomination in Early Line
The early betting line on the 1976 Republican nomination lists Vice President Spiro T. Agnew as the favorite at 3-3, ahead of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Gov. Ronald Reagan. Las Vegas oddsmaker Jimmy Snyder notes Reagan may not run and could back Agnew, with Percy also among contenders.
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Stateline, Nev
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Jimmy
Snyder
Las Vegas
Agnew
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Agnery
Tessup
Charles Percy
Ill
Sandman defeats Cahill in New Jersey GOP primary
Rep. Charles W. Sandman Jr. wins the New Jersey Republican nomination against Gov. William T. Cahill in a Watergate era turnout, claiming reform demands. With 4,306 of 5,372 districts reporting, Sandman leads 159,120 to 110,533, heading to a November clash with Brendan Byrne. Byrne led Democrats with Ann Klein stressing a breakthrough for women.
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Trenton
N.J
UPL
Charles W. Sandman Jr
Wiliam T. Cahill
Cahill
New Jersey
Sandman
Brendan T. Byrne
Byrne
Ann Klein
State League of Women Voters
United States
Olathe Criterion Folds Amid Community Apathy
In western Colorado town of Olathe population 1000 the weekly Criterion prints its obituary as its last edition publisher Damon A Hubbard cites lack of readers and advertising revenue. Circulation fell from 500 to 330 and main street buildings sit empty as Rotary Club turns away.
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Olathe, Cola
UPI
Olathe Criterion
Olathe
Damon A. Hubbard
Rotary Club
Hubbard
Colorado
Rotary International
Criterion
Water rights battle favors Ice Age pupfish survivors
In Las Vegas US District Court Judge Roger Foley ordered Francis Cappaert to limit eight wells within 2.5 miles of Devil's Hole in Death Valley after pumping lowered the habitat's water by over four inches. The ruling protects the Cyprinodon diabolis pupfish, a species cited as living on the edge of extinction.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Devil's Hole
Death Valley
Roger Foley
Francis Cappaert
Cappaert
Vicksburg
Miss
Cappaert Enterprises
Huerdon Industries
Nye County
Devil's Hale
Governors urge condemnation of Phase III plan at Nevada meeting
Democratic governors at Stateline Nevada urged the National Governors Conference to condemn Nixon’s Phase III plan and revenue sharing proposals. They pressed for strict wage price and rent controls and energy crisis measures while Agnew attended privately. GOP members warned against politically embarassing votes as energy, inflation and unemployment fates hung on the conference outcome.
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Stateline
Nev
UPI
National Governors Conference
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Lake Tahoe
GOP
Agnew
White House
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