China Attacks US in Indo China at Stockholm Conference
The Chinese delegation condemned U S ecological warfare in a key Stockholm environmental meeting. Tang Ke urged a strong UN condemnation while noting potential risks to a consensus declaration, as delegates weigh language on pollution and population growth amid a broader debate. Also reported, delegates backed a 10 year ban on commercial whaling by a 14 nation commission meeting in London.
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California voters reject broad pollution controls proposal
California voters crushed a citizen-initiated proposal to enact sweeping pollution controls opposed by business and Governor Reagan. The measure, backed by the People's Lobby Inc, would have banned offshore oil drilling, imposed a five year moratorium on nuclear plant construction, aimed to phase out hard pesticides, cut diesel sulfur by 90 percent, and tightened rules for industrial pollutants. Heavy industry contributed over 51.2 million to defeat it and Reagan labeled it hysterical.
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Peru Condemns All Nuclear Testing At Stockholm Conference
At the Stockholm environment conference Peru urged an end to all atmospheric and underground nuclear tests. New Zealand pressed France to halt Pacific testing near Mururia. Australia warned against hasty decisions and urged disarmament efforts.
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African summit puts Rhodesia on agenda in Rabat
In Rabat the African summit opens tomorrow with plans to urge Britain to aid Rhodesia’s majority blacks toward independence and to push for a constitutional conference. The OAU spokesman said the political commission would present four days of proposals on Rhodesia Zimbabwe South West Africa and African refugees. Portugal’s African colonies also face discussion as hammering out continues.
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Irish judge defers ruling in contraceptives case
Dublin High Court heard two days of arguments as Mrs Mary McGee, a 27 year old housewife and fisherman's wife with four children, sought the right to use contraceptives after customs seized material sent from England. Doctors warned further pregnancies could harm her health.
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Barricades enclose Belfast as sectarian unrest grows
Belfast police report barricades ring the city center with 160000 UDA supporters blocking major roads and cancelling bus services. An Army spokesman said no action would occur unless protests disrupt public life. violence has already killed five people in two days, including a six year old girl.
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Diplomat and merchant jailed for heroin smuggling
A Philippine diplomat Domingo Canieso and Chinese national Shou Siu Tse’en were sentenced in New York to one year in prison for smuggling 4 pounds of heroin into the United States. Canieso served as a senior aide in Vientiane and Tse’en arrived from abroad with about US$13 million worth of heroin.
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McGovern Shrugs Off Muskie Move Amid Bomb Hoax
In Washington McGovern returned after Muskie refused to endorse him and a bomb scare forced an emergency landing of Muskie aide Bouring’s plane en route to Oklahoma City. Four TV crew members were injured as evacuees fled through a chute. McGovern said they were winning without Muskie and would continue to win. The New York primary is June 20.
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Bomb damages West German Embassy in Dublin
A bomb blast damaged the West German Embassy in Dublin near the main door. A caller claimed the attack was by the Red Army Faction group Hader Meinhof, tied to a string of bombings in West Germany and the U S. In Manila the Philippine National Security Council moved to renegotiate security and economic treaties with the United States, including a contentious military bases agreement.
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British expedition reaches Tierra Del Fuego after 18000 mile drive
London reports a Roman British expedition traveling along the Americas has reached Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip after an 18000 mile drive from Alaska announced by the Defence Ministry. A Yugoslav president Tina left Moscow after a state visit heavy with ceremony aimed at smoothing ideological differences between the two communist nations per AP. Passengers on the liner Elizabeth II embarked for New York through a doorway with electronic screening devices following a recent mid Atlantic bomb hoax. A 15-year-old boy scaled the Berlin Wall and fled to the American sector, unseen by East German guards, according to West Berlin police.
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Cohn-Bendit Given Suspended Jail Term in Peace Breach Case
In Frankfurt a former French student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit received a nine month jail sentence suspended for three years after being found guilty of breaching the peace and urging attacks on police during a Black Panther march in Frankfurt fourteen years earlier. Sitmar Line’s Fairsky sails to Cornwall on Tuesday to join other unemployed liners in Southampton. Carmania Franconia and Southern Cross will be laid up there, known in Australian waters.
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Nigerian soldiers and a civilian executed for armed robbery
Two Nigerian soldiers and a civilian were publicly shot in different parts of the country for armed robbery, pushing executions over two years to nearly 120. Other items note threats of retaliation against foreign pilots, Soviet dissidents forced to leave, a parcel bomb in Lusaka, and Bermuda election results.
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