22 Jun 1970
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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1970
Page
1
A freight train carrying liquified propane derailed in Crescent City Illinois and six tank cars exploded, wiping out 15 businesses and 15 homes. No fatalities. about 70 injured, most firefighters, with the town evacuated and water mains ruptured.
Federal agents conducted a nationwide operation named Eagle involving 350 personnel to disrupt a major narcotics distribution ring. The raids yielded 33 pounds of cocaine and heroin valued at about 259000 on the wholesale market, with 123 arrests across New York City Miami Chicago Hartford Washington Los Angeles San Juan Newark Pittsburgh and Las Vegas. Two suspects were wounded during confrontations in New York and Miami.
A Sunday session at the American Medical Association annual meeting devolved into a loud hearing as consumer groups pressed for direct access to the AMA House of Delegates. Beulah Sanders of New York nominated Jim Wagner of Chicago for chair, sparking clashes while a consumer indictment criticized AMA policies and access to care for the underpaid.
Obituaries brief list five deaths including Edith C. Meadows 82 Shenandoah and Alvin Basil Cline 87 Keezletown with ages and locations. details continued on page B10.
The Indochina war erupted on a dozen fronts Sunday in the heaviest weekend since fighting spread to Cambodia in April. Allied forces reported more than 220 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, with 70 enemy troops slain in a single Mekong Delta battle. Fighting continued between Cambodia and Communist command forces in north central Cambodia.
The story notes a Marine is sentenced to life imprisonment for the killings of twelve Vietnamese civilians. The report also details ongoing combat around Kompong Thom and Kompong Cham, plus U S and allied actions in South Vietnam and Cambodia with multiple provincial engagements and rocket attacks.
Indonesians packed the Slipi mansion in Jakarta to bid farewell to Sukarno the former president and national hero who died at age 69 after a long illness. He had been under house arrest until Tuesday and died at 7 am with five wives and eight children at his bedside.
More than 220000 pounds of donated relief for Peruvian earthquake victims sit idle as volunteers seek an airlift to Lima. Only about 9000 pounds reached Peru last week due to limited cargo space and airline shortages.
Britain faces a summer risk of civil unrest in Northern Ireland as religious factions prepare marches amid a new Conservative government. Prime Minister Heath’s home secretary warns of the most urgent issue, with Paisley calling for the Northern Ireland premier’s resignation and protests planned as July 12 looms.
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