Jordanian troops fire into crowd in Amman riot
United Press International reports Jordanian troops opened fire on a crowd of women and schoolgirls in Amman killing two women and wounding three others. Guerrillas denied involvement, saying the crowd protested three days of fighting. The violence followed clashes in Irbid with house to house searches underway.
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United Press International
Amman
Jordan
Muammar Khadafy
Beirut
Hussein
Liberation Front
Libya
Anwar Sadat
Khartoum
Sudan
Egypt
Israel
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
United States
Tel Aviv
Jordan Valley
Ismailiya
Suez Canal
Irbid
Government claims order restored in East Pakistan
East Pakistan declares life returning to normal in Dacca as Pakistan claims control. Rebels led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman report ongoing fighting, with Free Bengal Radio alleging massive civilian deaths and rebel advances toward Dacca. India monitors border unrest and seeks UN involvement.
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East Pakistan
New Delhi
India
UPI
Pakistan
Dacca
Mujibur Rahman
Free Bengal Radio
Shillong
Assam
All India Radio
Rahman
West Pakistan
Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
Indira Gandhi
Awami League
Foreign Ministry
U.N
Thant
Security Council
Radio Pakistan
Jessore
Comilla
Rangpur
Saidpur
Khulna
Chittagong
Zia Khan
Press Trust of India
PTI
Liberation Army
Washington
Tikka Khan
Gauhati
Bhaman
Bengal
Intervenors prepare Vernon case for Vermont Yankee hearing
Intervenors in the Vermont Yankee case mobilize for an April 20 pre hearing conference at Brattleboro Union High School as federal and state agencies raise questions about the plant. The Coalition on Nuclear Pollution and allied groups with Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts agencies plan formal inquiries to probe safety and openness, arguing Vermont Yankee should have welcomed public discussion from the start.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
AEC
Brattleboro Union High School
Coalition On
Brattleboro
Committees For Survival of
Bennington and Marlboro
The
Sierra Club
Conservation Society of
Southern Vermont
Environmental League of the
Connecticut River Valley
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Attorney General’s Office
Coalition On Nuclear Pollution
Anthony Z. Roisman
Roisman
Washington, D.C
Berlin
Irving Lyon
Bennington College
Dartmouth
Lyon
Reston urges substance over slick sales for unpopular policies
Inside columnist James Reston argues that promoting unpopular Presidential policies requires more than Madison Avenue spin. The piece notes that selling tough positions needs credibility beyond advertising tactics.
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James Reston
Madison Avenue
Hoffa Parole Scheme Rejected as Far Fetched Intermediaries Sought Bribe
The Justice Department revealed that several intermediaries worked to solicit up to 1 million dollars from imprisoned Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa to influence Senator John L. McClellan to seek Hoffa's parole. The plan never contacted McClellan, who denied any approach and opposed release. FBI and DOJ noted no laws were broken and no arrests planned. Hoffa remains imprisoned at Lewisburg, with no parole recommendations issued.
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Hoffa
Federal Parole Board
McClellan
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Teamsters
Justice Department
New York Times
FBI
Lewisburg
Justice
Oakes elected Vermont Bar president backs Legal Aid
U.S. District Judge James L. Oakes of Guilford was unanimously chosen to lead the Vermont Bar Association at its annual meeting. He voiced strong support for Vermont Legal Aid and its work for the poor, while addressing prior floor- debate rumors and praising Richard Blum. The two-day gathering remained largely calm with focus on environmental, business, consumer, and human rights committees and youth involvement.
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Woodstock
U.S
James L. Oakes
Guilford
Vermont Bar Association
Oakes
Vermont Lawyers
Vermont Legal Aid
Bar Association
John D. Carbine
Rutland
Legal Aid
Richard Blum
Association
Deane C. Davis
Blum
Franklin County
The
Vermont
Carbine
David Curtis
Burlington
Judge Oakes
Cooper Church II aims for total Indochina withdrawal
Senators John Sherman Cooper and Frank Church plan an amendment to pledge complete disengagement from Indochina. They seek a binding, bipartisan, floor-only proposal to end all forces, including port air and ground, and avoid a residual 50,000 to 100,000 troops. Nixon resists a fixed deadline.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Indochina
John Sherman Cooper
Rky
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Church
Nixon
Vietnam
Cooper
Two Die in Canandaigua Inn Fire
A fire at the Inn in Canandaigua New York killed two people and left five missing as over 100 firefighters battled the four story blaze that began on the third floor around 1 a.m. Twelve residents were treated for minor injuries at F F Thompson Hospital while some occupants escaped or were helped down ladders. Investigators noted the fourth floor burned away and collapsed into the floor below in the historic 1893 brick hotel.
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Canandaigua Inn
Canandaigua
N.Y
UPI
Finger Lakes
F. F. Thompson Hospital
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Kehoe
Sportsmen
NBC
Jimmy Hoffa
Parole Board
Vt. Legal Aid
Cooper Church
White House
Cooper Church II
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Manchester
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