Capital Crime Crackdown Outlined by Nixon Aides
President Nixon's top advisers drafted a crime crackdown package for Washington, proposing about 1,000 additional police, more judges and possible preventive detention for some detainees. Bank robberies rose dramatically with 102 in 1968, amid rising overall crime and a nationwide campaign to restore safety near the White House and federal buildings.
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Flood Death Toll Rises in Arkansas Storm
The death toll from floods in Arkansas rose to six with more bodies found in swollen streams and a seventh missing feared drowned. Heavy rains caused about $1 million in damage as at least 30 families evacuated from Little Rock and towns across the region.
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Two Sessions Deadlocked In Vietnam Peace Talks
Paris AP reports the Vietnam peace talks, in their second session, remain deadlocked with both sides trading accusations and rejecting each other’s approach. A Friday meeting lasted over seven hours with no progress, and a Thursday resumption was planned amid insistence on military versus political settlement terms.
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Protests and political shifts amid Middle East crisis
Lebanese Parliament grants Karami government a 60 to 30 vote after a 13 hour session, ending a monthlong crisis following Israel's raid on Beirut airport. An Israeli court jails six Al Fatah saboteurs for 25 to 40 years amid rising saboteur sightings on the Lebanon frontier. Haaretz cites Syrian commanders in southeast Lebanon near Mt. Hermon. At the UN, outgoing Security Council president Max Jakobson of Finland, urges caution as tensions continue.
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Weather Station Report for 24 Hours End Friday
Arkansas cloudy with little temperature change and possible rain through Saturday. Thunderstorms mainly in south tonight and Saturday. North lows 30s to 40s, south 40s. Highs 40s to 50s north and south. Louisiana mostly cloudy with no major temperature changes through Saturday. Showers southeast and rain elsewhere. Lows tonight 40s north extreme, 50s to 62 elsewhere. Highs Saturday 50s north to 70s south.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Louisiana
Authority and authority gaps in Harris case and Middle East talks
Testimony described disputed authority over Harris staff and a commander’s reliance on the research department for crypto needs. The article notes plans for Middle East consultations among the Big Four and ambiguity whether talks would include all four or just U.S. and Soviet delegates.
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