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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1970

Page

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Israeli Jets Strike Cairo Area Bases and Radar Site

Israeli pilots attacked Egyptian military targets north and south of Cairo and a radar installation west of the Suez Canal in two raids. Strikes hit El Khanga 12 miles north of Cairo and Jebel Awobed radar site, then a camp near Dahshur 23 miles south of Cairo. The command cited accurate hits, while Egypt claimed cross-canal activity and casualties. A curfew was imposed in Gaza amid ongoing regional tension.

Aviv Cairo Suez Canal el Khanga Jebel Awebed Cairo-Suez Dahshur

Rogers Turns To Black Africa After The Talk

Secretary of State Rogers shifted focus to Black Africa after outlining U S Middle East policy for Nasser. He met Yugoslavia’s Tito in Addis Ababa and both sides urged an embargo on arms to Israel and Arab states. Amman streets were patrolled as Al Fatah clashes left soldiers wounded.

Addis Ababa Ethiopia William P. Rogers Africa Nixon Middle East Gamal Abdel Nasser Rogers Yugoslavia Tito Kenya Sudan Egypt Libya Israel Nasser Amman al Fatah Cairo Syria Iraq Baghdad Jordan

Pay for Locked Out Workers Survives House Vote

In Boston the House rejected a move to re consider the jobless pay bill tied to labor disputes, keeping it on track for enactment. Gov. Sargent warned he may veto, citing labor management balances, as lawmakers split along party lines over the measure and broader labor issues.

Boston House Francis W. Sargent Labor and Management Sidney Q. Curtiss R Sheffield Anthony J. Scalli Commerce and Labor Committee Curtiss Joel Greenberg Pittsfield Berkshire Kenneth P. O'Donnell Massachusetts Committee On Election Laws Senate

Pollution Warning Plan Aims Global Environmental Alarm System

A proposed global monitoring network would use representative sites from grasslands deserts and alpine regions plus coastal and sea stations. Computers would store and compare data while living indicators like canaries monkeys and sensitive crops warn of dangerous changes. The plan cites experts from the Smithsonian Soviet Academy Sweden and the United States stressing the need to monitor vegetative production and climate impacts including sonic jet effects on the stratosphere.

Dale Jenkins Smithsonian Institution N. N. Smirtov Soviet Academy of Sciences Bengt Lundholm Sweden W. Frank Blair United States

Baird Seeks U S Appeal to Avoid Jail Term

William KR Baird of Hempstead New York opened a new drive to dodge a three month jail sentence for violating state contraceptive laws. He filed an appeal in federal court asking the statute be declared unconstitutional after the state high court upheld conviction and the U S Supreme Court refused review. Laird must report February 26 to begin serving.

Boston William KR Baird Hempstead N.Y US District Court State Supreme Judicial Court Supreme Court of the United States Laird

Los Angeles Judge Rules on School Segregation Case

Judge Gitelson declares Los Angeles schools de jure segregated by failure to desegregate and affirms equal educational opportunity as an unalienable right. He criticizes district funding and site choices that sustain segregation while noting residential patterns cause minority enrollment in biased schools.

South Giteison Los Angeles ACLU Gitelson California State Board of Education Board of Education

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