U S agents seize stolen explosives in Danville case
Undercover Treasury agents posing as extremists arrested four Danville youths tied to a scheme to blow up Chicago Federal Building and railroad yards. The group, part of a downstate Illinois gang, sought to trade 700 pounds of stolen explosives for money and weapons. Two agents declined to be named.
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Danville
Illinois
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Michael McMahon
Robert Skinner
William Moore
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Moore
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Ordance
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Material Service
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Pompidou in Moscow for talks on Europe
President Pompidou and Soviet leaders spent nearly three hours debating Europe's political and economic future with a French spokesman saying the talks covered only Europe as a political and economic subject. Pompidou publicly endorsed Moscow's Pan European security idea and noted detente with Paris. Meanwhile, four youths were arrested near Danville with stolen ammonium nitrate and blasting caps linked to a planned bombing plot and a prior Wisconsin university incident.
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Georges Pompidou
France
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Europe
Jean Belierd
Pompidou
Soviet Union
Belferd
Nikoali V. Podgorny
Podgorny
Paris
Cambodian forces under heavy attack near Tang Kauh
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launched mortar barrages and ground assaults targeting Cambodian supply columns supporting the Tang Kauh operation. Prakham 48 miles north of Phnom Penh bore the heaviest pressure with attacks on trucks and vehicles along Highway 6. Cambodian spokesmen said their forces repelled multiple assaults near Tang Kauh, reporting casualties among Viet Cong and light losses for their side.
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Phnom Penh
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Tang Kauh
Prakham
Tang Kauk
Prek Tameak
Mont Krasas Krao
Cambodia
Daily POW MIAs reminder in Congress Record sparks debate
Washington window notes in the Congressional Record remind readers that more than 1,500 Americans are prisoners of war or missing in action. Rep. William J. Scherle inserts the "Man's Inhumanity to Man How Long" item to keep families aware, costing about 10.66 dollars per insertion. Strong personal letters praise the effort.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Congressional Record
North
Vietnam
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Browa
Scherle
Navy Reserve
Coast Guard
Paul Rousseau
Sidney
Ohio
Wilbur Foster
Haddon Heights
N.J
Melrose Evans
Almaneda
Calif
James
Mysterious blast rattles central North Carolina area
A mysterious explosion rocked homes across about a 20 mile stretch near Salisbury North Carolina Tuesday night wounding no one and sparking reports of debris falling from the sky. FAA and military officials said no flights were in the area as 50 officers Civil Defense and rescue teams searched Rowan County for details.
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Salisbury
N.C
UPI
North Carolina
Federal Aviation Agency
Rowan County
Charles Herion
Herion
Fred Shipton
Winston- Salem
Colleges warned on risk to tax exempt status over campus campaigning
A Yale law professor and two tax attorneys warn that allowing student and faculty campaign time off could jeopardize a college’s tax exempt status. The trio, writing for the American Enterprise Institute, say universities may face serious legal penalties if they aid one side in political campaigns by rearranging calendars or providing campus resources.
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Washington
UPI
Yale Law
Robert H. Bork
Howard G. Krane
Chicago
George D. Webster
Nonpartisan
American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
FBI arrests man charged with five Florida murders
Henry Thomas Ashley a 27 year old ex convict was arrested by FBI agents in a Jacksonville bus station on a fugitive warrant for murder in New Port Richey Florida. He is charged with killing Richard LaPlante and four others in a tavern and on a beach. Bond set at 50000.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ashley
Portsmouth
FBI
New Port Richey
Pasco County
Dade City
Richard LaPlante
Andrew J. Dorn
Philip Vaiana
LaPlante
Dorn’s
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