Riots erupt in Belfast after internment order by Faulkner
Fresh Belfast rioting follows Prime Minister Faulkner's internment without trial for IRA guerrillas. Four people killed in a long weekend of violence as mobs clash with troops. Protests include hijackings, barricades, and fires amid rubber bullets and riot police. Separately off Hawaii a Coast Guard cutter confronts a hijacked yacht owned by E L Doheny, ordering three armed hijackers back toward Honolulu.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republican Army
Honolulu
Coast Guard
Here
E.L
Larry” Doheny
Los Angeles
Jury Deadlocked in Huey P. Newton retrial
In Oakland California an 11 to 1 hung jury haltedHuey P Newton retrial on charges tied to the killing of a city policeman After six days the 12 member panel voted 11 1 deadlock two days before a new judge would hear whether a third trial will proceed The jurors included 10 women and two men.
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Oakland
Calif
Huey P. Newton
Superior Court
Harold Howe
Defects Are Deadly in Vietnam War Generator Scandal
A congressional report says hundreds of electric generators that failed in Vietnam were sold to the U S government through contractor influence over Marine Corps personnel. The defects allegedly undermined combat capability and may have caused casualties, with the case referred to the Justice Department for possible prosecution. Makers blamed untrained Marine mechanics. the units were built by Consolidated Diesel Electric Co. of Old Greenwich, Conn., and came with missing pistons.
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Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Marine Corps
House Armed Services
Justice Department
Consolidated Diesel Electric Co
Old Greenwich
Conn
Danang
Consolidated
Ross
Jennings McLain
McLain
Marine Corps Procurement Division
Subcommittee
Nader Calls Stans Public-Interest Concern over Policy
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader urged Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans to resign, accusing him of siding with big business over the public and citing delays in environmental guidelines. Nader argued officials fail to enforce acts, harming citizen feedback against corporate influence. He also criticized the Nixon administration's environmental policy and cited unavailable comment from Stans.
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Washington (Ap
Maurice Stans
Ralph Nader
Stans
Nader
CBS
White House
Peter Flanigan
Nixon
Secretary of Commerce
Nagasaki Day protest hits IRS and stock exchange
About 20 protesters dressed in black gathered in downtown New York to mark Nagasaki Day. Demonstrators from the People's Life Fund picketed the IRS offices to protest federal tax money used for war, with a smaller line forming at the New York Stock Exchange.
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NEW York
Nagasaki
Japan
Internal Revenue Service
New York Stock Exchange
IRS
The
People’s Life Fund
Stock Exchange
Prairie Park Bill Advances in Hesitant Washington Effort
Congressman Skubitz reports little change in the Prairie Park bill stalled in Congress. A 14 member committee foresees hearings in Washington and Kansas as it awaits National Park Service answers to earlier questions. The bill likely needs further hearings before House action.
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Washington
Joe Shubitz
Congress
Kansas
Wagner
Governor's Commission For
House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Skubitz
National
Apollo 15 Astronauts Begin Extended Debriefings
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden started a multi week debriefing phase at Space Center Houston to brief scientists engineers and doctors on the 12 day mission that included 67 hours on the lunar surface near Hadley Rille. They opened with medical exams and will continue with technical sessions over roughly three weeks while lunar rock samples are prepared for analysis.
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Space Center, Houston
Lunar
Hadley Rille
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Scott
Irwin
Moon
City Commission Meeting Agenda Focused on Zoning and Utilities
The city commission gathers at 7 30 p m in the Memorial Building Commission Room. On the docket are two tabbed items rezoning Elmer Carder property at 17th and S Edith for business expansion and a change to home occupation rules and sale of service products. New business includes a water plant report by Wilson Engineering Salina a resolution for Burghart Addition sewer temporary note and a certificate of deposit.
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Memorial Building
Elmer Carder
17Th
S. Edith
Wilson Engineering
Salina
Burghart Addition
Intercepted Letter Describes Power Cut During Battle
A wartime communication complains that an ally cuts off electrical power in the heat of battle, highlighting the cruelty of internal sabotage and the hardship faced by troops.
India and Soviet Union sign mutual defense pledge
New Delhi reports the Soviet Union and India signed a friendship and nonaggression treaty pledging aid if either is attacked. Foreign Ministers Gromyko and Swaran Singh signed the pact in a brief ceremony, as Gromyko met Prime Minister Indira Gandhi amid regional tensions with Pakistan and Beijing.
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New Delhi
Soviet Union
India
Andrei A. Gromyko
Swaran Singh
Gromyko
Indira Gandhi
City Budget for 1972 Changes Little from This Year
The Tribune reports Chanute 1972 budget total remains close to 1971 with a 12.536 mill levy and Tangible valuation rising to 15.49 million. Cooper notes Sanborn suggested changes and 1971 to 1972 salary shifts. Public hearing set for Aug 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Building.
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City of
Chanute
the Tribune
Cooper
Kenneth Sanborn
Sanborn
Coffeyville
General Fund
Social Security
Industrial
Kansas
City Commission
Memorial Building
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Wyo
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