Senator Views Drug Scene in Harlem Shooting Gallery
Senator Harold Hughes and three colleagues toured a Harlem narcotics den and were threatened by an addict while observing addicts preparing heroin. They collected five glassine envelopes bought for $10 as potential evidence and called the scene a national tragedy.
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New York
Harold E. Hughes
D Lowa
Harlem
Hughes
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Senators
Harlem Hospital
137Th Street
Martha Davis
United Harlem Drug Fighters
Iowa
U S Soviet Talk of Joint Space Flights Gathers Pace
U S and Soviet space experts completed five days of talks on a compatible docking system and joint experiments. A joint statement outlined tests linking Apollo with a Salyut type station and later Soyuz with Skylab type hardware, with meetings to continue in Moscow.
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Soyuz
Salyut
Moscow
Screening At Airports Has Results
A 17 month FAA report to Congress shows five hijack attempts foiled and 408 arrests at airports. Marshals screened over 50 million domestic passengers, seizing $1.5 million in narcotics and 130000 in cash along with 110 weapons. Notable incidents occurred at Kennedy International and Los Angeles International.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S
FAA
House Appropriations
Clark Harper
Atlanta
New York
Kennedy International
Los Angeles
Harper
Draft quotas set for July and August as extension looming
Defense Department announces a 16 000 call for July and August while Congress works toward a two year extension of the draft law. Officials say calls will be split evenly between months and may be filled by students whose deferments end. President Nixon aims for a zero draft by 1973 amid debate on an all volunteer army.
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Robert L. Campbell
Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Defense Department
Pentagon
Defense
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Congress
Curtis W. Tarr
Secretary of
Melvin R. Laird
Stanley R. Resor
Supreme Court Hears Pentagon Papers Case Amid Leaks
The Supreme Court moves to hear the administration's claim that publication of classified Pentagon documents jeopardizes national security. The Times and The Post face temporary bans as Ellsberg's arrest warrant circulates. The case tests press rights amid a phased release by multiple papers and continued coverage of the Pentagon study.
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Associated Press
Supreme Court
Pentagon
New York Times
Washington Post
The
Times
the Post
State Department
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
U.S
Indochina
High Court
Newspa
Los Angeles Times
Death Penalty Out Medina Trial Set for July 26
Captain Ernest Medina, once facing a death sentence, will be tried noncapitally on July 26 for leading the infantry unit that killed civilians in My Lai. Col. Kenneth Howard denied motions to dismiss, and Maj. William Eckhardt said the defense would not push death penalty. Medina could face life if convicted. Calley, Medina's former commander, already received a life sentence for 22 killings.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Ernest Medina
My Lai Neraly
Medina
Kenneth Howard
Atlanta
Howard
Maj
William Eckhardt
Eckhardt
3Rd U.S. Army
Albert C. Connor
William L. Calley
Calley
North Carolina Cross Belt Plan Aims Restrict Sales By Weight
The Flue-Cured Tobacco Marketing Committee approved a 1971 marketing plan discouraging cross-belt sales and tying opportunity to belt production. It assigns 60 percent weight to historical sales versus 30 percent for belts selling under production, with other factors like remaining leaf and resale share. Allocation totals about 1.06 billion pounds across Georgia Florida South Carolina and NC belts, with Border Belt to open with Georgia auctions.
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Raleigh, N.C
North Carolina
Georgia-Florida Belt
Virginia Tobacco
Roy B. Davis Jr
Georgia-Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina-Virginia
Mullins
D.C
Redistricting Plan Edits Benefit Several Incumbents
The North Carolina redistricting subcommittee released a revised plan Friday with changes affecting incumbents from the far west and east. Wake County moves into a three seat district with Lee and Harnett counties while Chatham and Orange shift to join Randolph and Moore in a two district arrangement.
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Raleigh
Wake County
Lee
Harnett
Wake
Chatham
Orange
Randolph
Moore
Asheville
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Bobby Combs
D-Catawba
Catawba
Alexander
Iredell
Yadkin County
Combs
Lincoln County
Clyde Norton
D McDowell
Norton
Lamar Gudger
J. C. Crawford
Buncombe
McDowell
Gaston
Cleveland
Burke
Rutherford
Yancey
Combs and
Mitchell, Avery, Watauga
Caldwell
Alexander, Wilkes
Yadkin Counties
Japanese Candidate Takes Ambiguous U.S. Position
Bin Akao, a longtime rightist candidate, tells voters in Tokyo he dislikes America as much as they do but wants to use the United States for Japan’s security. He admits his campaign’s aim is to publicize opposition to communism and to promote nationalism, though his chances of victory are small. The Liberal Democratic party under Eisaku Sato seeks control of parliament in the upcoming election.
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Tokyo
bin Akao
United States
America
Ginga
Akao
Japan
Great Japan Patriotic Society
Asia
Eisaku Sato
Sato
Liberal Democratic Party
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Pentagon Report
da Nang
the Times
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saigon
Wil
Georgia
Florida
Old Belt
McCrea
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