70 Killed In Cambodian Raid Amid War Escalation
The Phnom Penh raid killed at least 70 people and wounded 120 as rockets hit three city districts. Refugees suffered heavily with a riotous casualty toll. Lao and Thai forces recaptured a helicopter pad while North Vietnamese shelled the Tay Ninh base. No American casualties were reported. The assault marked a major expansion of the war into Cambodia.
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Vientiane
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CIA
Tay Ninh
ITT Claims Beards Memo Is Fraudulent Hoax
ITT says it has found a June 25 1971 memo by Dita Beard that it calls genuine but insists Jack Anderson’s Beard memorandum is a fraud. ITT presented the memo as new evidence to the Senate Judiciary Committee amid antitrust settlement and GOP convention funding questions. The company argues the memorandum is inconsistent with the Anderson memo and beyond doubt a hoax.
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Beard
ITT
National Telephone - Telegraph
Fice
Corp
Anderson
Dita Beard
Jack Anderson
Senate Judiciary Committee
San Diego
Conglomerate
Brit Hume
Sid
Memo controversy and school move debate in Cedar Rapids
Our report details a split Cedar Rapids school board vote to move grades four through six from Palo Elementary to Jackson next year after a lengthy meeting with about 150 Palo area residents opposing the plan. Residents cited promises made during district merger in 1966 and fear of bus travel, while officials cited Jackson’s facilities and broader student integration benefits. The article also touches ITT affidavits challenging a memo’s authenticity and updates on Mrs. Beard’s hospital status with planned judiciary questioning.
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Jackson
Cedar Rapids
Stock market slips then recovers amid devaluation concerns
The Dow Jones 30 fell 7.15 to 994 by 2 p m amid active trading after dropping more than 11 points earlier. NYSE declines outpaced advances about five to one as investors weighed possible dollar devaluation. Separately, Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport will spend 50000 on enhanced security measures funded locally, following guidance from Transportation Secretary Volpe after recent airline bombings and hijackings.
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Roy Jameson
Gazette
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Volpe
Jameson
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United
Ozark
Jamal New York
Storms lash Japan force mass deaths and security h
Tokyo dispatch reports at least 118 people killed and 22 missing after weekend storms and blizzards across Japan, with nine climbers dead on Mt Fuji and traffic fatalities rising. Government orders tighter airport security, locked terminal doors, restricted ramp access, and a master plan developed with FBI guidance, to be followed by a June submission deadline.
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Japan
Mt. Fuji
National Police Agency
Jameson
State faces financial pickle as Iowa lawmakers near adjournment
Iowa lawmakers head toward adjournment amid uncertainty over the state treasury. A recent comptroller report shows seven months of receipts $5.6 million above estimates but February results trim that gain to $2.7 million. Revenue trends are mixed with shortfalls in county treasurers and income tax offset by gains in sales, corporate taxes, and other sources. Reinforcement from optimism on a potential year end close to black hinges on cautious remaining appropriations and possible new revenue.
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Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Des Moines
State Department of Social Services
Selden
Revenue Department
Sekten
Relden
Today's Chuckle About Teens and the Dollar Value
A humorous line notes teenagers grasp the dollar's value, saying it covers roughly three gallons of gas. The fragment end hints at more wordplay or a punchline.
Prisoners Escape Cincinnati Jail Five Caught
Twenty four prisoners including four men charged with murder and four women escaped from a downtown Hamilton County jail in civilian clothes. Police say four pistols and a ten gay gun were seized as guards were overpowered. By today five escapees were recaptured and a massive manhunt continued with about 400 officers.
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Hamilton County
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Supreme Court Ends One Year Residency Rule for Voting
The U S Supreme Court struck down Tennessee’s one year voting residence requirement for state and federal elections in a Marshall opinion, saying it did not serve a compelling state interest and hindered citizens moving to new states. Burger dissented. The ruling follows a string of major voting decisions expanding equal voting rights, including 18 year olds voting for President and Congress.
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Tennessee
Thurgood Marshall
Warren E. Burger
Florida
Tower Court
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Mao
Marshall
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Congress
Mother Cool Plan Stirred Mixed Feelings at Iowa Campus
Iowa City report says four University of Iowa students donated dormitory meal tickets to feed four needy children as publicity for a nationwide plan. A mother questioned the publicity called it a put up job though university officials indicated willingness to help a good cause. Details mention student donors Jerry Thomas Craig Hunt Rich Wischmeier and Lawrence Zamora and potential housing meal contract issues.
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University of Town
Patricia Holderness
Dnto the Currier
Ior
U Inf Towa
Towa U
Jerry Thomas
Indianola
Craig Hunt
Decorah
Rich Wischmeier
Burlington
Lawrence Zamora
Childen
University View
Philip Hirbbard
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