Heroin Death Ruled Murder By Coroner
Yellow Springs Ohio AP Alexander Sloss 18 died from a four story fall at Antioch College administration building. Coroner Justin Krause ruled homicide due to heroin in bloodstream and a permissive drug attitude at the college. Police investigate. no charges filed. Sloss was visiting a brother. leukemia noted but not controlling.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Alexander Sloss
Antioch College
Sloss
Greene County
Justin Krause
Indiana
Antioch
John H. Sloss
Cleveland Heights
Krause
California Sues Automakers Over Smog Control Delays
California has filed a civil suit in U S District Court accusing major automakers of conspiring in 1961 1962 and 1964 to delay smog control devices. Deputy Atty Gen Charles A O'Brien estimates California smog damage to citrus crops at 25 million to 100 million annually with additional health and property costs cited.
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Los Angeles
U.S
California
Charles A. O’brien
U.S. District Court
O'Brien
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Tonkin Repeal Gains Momentum in Congress
Washington AP reports supporters of repealing the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution gain momentum as the Nixon administration drops opposition. Sen. Charles Mathias says administration mood supports passage. hearings begin next week with Undersecretary Elliott Richardson to explain stance. The State Department had opposed the repeal in December but now says it neither advocates nor opposes action.
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Congress
Sen. J. W. J. D-Ark
State Department
Fulbright
Senaors’ Committee
Elliott Richardson
Mathias
Fullbright
Gulf of Tonkin
Johnson
Vietnam
Celler Faces Dilemma Over 18-Year Vote Change
The Senate pushes to lower the voting age to 18 as part of a voting rights package, opposing Rep. Emanuel Celler who chairs the House Judiciary Committee. The measure, backed by Democrats including Mansfield and Albert, complicates Celler’s bid to shape conference discussions on the bill.
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Washington
Senate
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
House
Dem
Ocratic
Mike Mansfield
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Albert Friday
Administration
Cambodia demands Viet Cong exit by Sunday dawn
Cambodia warns North Vietnamese and Viet Cong to leave by Sunday dawn in notes to embassies in Phnom Penh. protests widen from Svay Rieng to the capital as demonstrations attack embassies and call for removal amid calls for a larger Cambodian army and foreign support.
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Cambodia
Bangkok
Thailand
Phnom Penh
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
United States
Hanoi
Svay Rieng
Sirik Matak
Two Attendants Killed By Robbers At Station
At Star Service Gasoline Station near Charlotte's downtown area two attendants were shot and killed. Victims were 65-year-old John P. Freeman and 21-year-old James Hedrick. Police seek two young men. a wrecker crew near the scene reported seeing suspects flee. A private guard at the nearby hospital heard shots but saw no one.
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Charlotte
Star Service
John P. Freeman
James Hedrick
Charlotte Community Hospital
China Mates War Call On People
In Hong Kong report, China shifts from war rhetoric to urging rapid agricultural production. The piece argues Beijing uses past war-talk to mobilize the population for a new economic leap forward and unite a weary public through nationalistic momentum.
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China
Hong Kong
Peking
Pest Birds Roost In Scotland Neck Threaten Crops
Three million blackbirds roosting in Scotland Neck NC cause noise odor and droppings harming 40 acres of forest. Federal and state officials discuss control options including birth control chemicals while testing repellents and deterrents. The flock moves seasonally to breeding grounds in Ohio Pennsylvania and Canada.
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Scotland Neck
N. C
North Carolina
Interior Department
United States
Scotland
Jack L. Berryman
Berryman
Division of Wildlife Services
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Canada
Arkansas
Tennessee
Michigan
Alabama
Wildlife Service blasts flock of blackbirds near Scotland Neck
Donald Harke of the Interior Department fires an exploding shell over a forest to scare a blackbird infestation. L. H. Fountain, a U.S. congressman, and Scotland Neck Mayor Fred Harrison observe the operation.
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Donald Harke
Carolinas
U.S. Wildlife Services Division
Interior Department
Scotland Neck
L. H. Fountain
Fred Harrison
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Laos
Plain of Jars
Ronald B. Fleming
Atty
Robert Warren
Tonkin
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