Vietnam Cracks Down On Narcotics In Vietnam
South Vietnam reports encouraging narcotics drive results denying U.S. pressure. Justice Minister Le Van Thu says 15 pounds heroin 6.4 opium 1716 pounds marijuana seized, 1040 arrests since Jan 1, four illegal labs closed, 30 licenses revoked. Authorities probing officials, while Ko Ky denial persists. Cooperation with U.S. noted. probe details pending. Also: beans fall on Joao Pessoa coast as storm allegedly scatters beans from West Africa.
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Lynn Newland
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
le van Thu
Thu
Thailand
Laos
Hong Kong
National Assembly
George McGovern
D-S.c
Nguyen Cao Ky
McGovern
Tho
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Opening of Kennedy Center Big Success Proceeds to the Poor
Washington AP Mary Campbell reports on the Kennedy Center opening a culture showcase with a charity preview. about 3,500 attendees paid 40 to 100 dollars each to support making the center accessible to the young old and poor, ahead of the September 8 Bernstein premiere. Numerous dignitaries and celebrities attended, including Eunice Shriver Rose Kennedy Mamie Eisenhower and Henry Kissinger, as Sen. Hubert Humphrey simply said I love it.
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Kennedy Center
Mary Campbell
Associated Press
Washington
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Leonard Bernstein
National Cultural Center
John F. Kennedy
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Los Angeles
New York
Victor Borge
Denmark
United States
Opera House
Eisenhower Theater
Eunice Shriver
Potomac
William C. Westmoreland
Martha Mitchell
Perle Mesta
Sol Hurok
George Romney
Arthur Goldberg
Lloyd Bucher
Eric Bruhn
Agnes de Mille
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Hugh Auchincloss
Hale Boggs
Henry Mancini
Count Basie
Lawrence O'Brien
Laurence Rockefeller
Otto Preminger
James W. Symington
Henry Kissinger
Birch Bayh
Jack
Valenti
Byron
Janis
Robert Finch
Hubert Humphrey
West German train wreck 45 dead in worst disaster
AP reports forty schoolchildren and five adults were killed in West Germany’s worst train wreck. At least 24 others were seriously injured as officials described the crash.
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Wuppertal
Germany
Anti War Lobby Targets Two Senators
A broad anti war lobbying drive aims at two U S senators and more than 20 others as supporters of the McGovern Hatfield amendment to curb draft extensions. Leading senators including GOP Leader Hugh Scott and Sen Robert Griffin oppose the measure while McGovern Hatfield backers push for a June vote.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Indochina
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
McGovern-Hatfield
Committee For Peace
National Council For
Easier for Gonzalez on Bank Ownership Change
Gonzalez urges requiring advance federal approval for bank ownership changes to curb speculative takeovers. He cites methods banks use to exploit others, such as siphoning chief accounts, consolidating credit life policies, and dumping bad paper. He says current law only requires FDIC reporting with no review power.
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Gonzalez
San Antonio
Wreck kills students and staff in German rail crash
A passenger train from Bremen to Wuppertal collided with a freight train at Dahlerau near Radevormwald killing two teachers, a chaperone, two railroad employees and several students. Parents gathered, rescuers worked through the night, and Federal Transport Minister Georg Leiler visited the scene. Ron Johnson of the New York Giants gained 1,027 yards last season.
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Bremen
Wuppertal
Radevormwald
Dahlerau
Georg Leler
Ron Johnson
New York Giants
Egypt Signs 39-Yr. Treaty With Russia
The Soviet Union and Egypt signed a 15 year treaty pledging military aid and noninterference while expanding cooperation in industry water irrigation and culture. Sadat and Podgorny framed wider ties amid Egyptian power shifts and warned of continued confrontation with Israel. Observers saw possible deeper military involvement if war resumes. The pact includes joint positions on threats to peace and a call for Israel’s withdrawal from occupied territories, plus a separate communique on a lasting peace based on UN Security Council resolution. The visit also featured a communique accusing Israel of expansionism.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Sinai Desert
Israel
Cairo
Podgorny
Moscow
Kremlin
United Nations Security Council
U.N
Tel Aviv
Abba Eban
More Naval Cooperation Is Sought By CARL HARTMANN
Secretary Melvin R. Laird arrived for a one day meeting on greater naval cooperation in the Mediterranean. European allies show mixed commitment while Britain’s Carrington notes no breach. West Germany hints at cool initial response as Paris eyeing NATO participation. EDIP plans to boost spending by 10 European allies, mostly on aircraft shelters.
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Carl Hartmann
Associated Press
Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Melvin R. Laird
Mediterranean
Laird
America
Lord Carrington
Britain
France
NATO
Helmut Schmidt
United States
Europe
Schmidt
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
U.S. Senate
Soviet Union
Carrington
Eurogroup
EDIP
Obituaries for Harry Morgan and Jack Kroll
In Cresskill New Jersey Harry Morgan 41 CBS News documentary producer died after a cancer battle He joined CBS in 1963 winning Emmys for The Wyeth Phenomenon in 1968 and Fathers and Sons in 1970 In Cincinnati Jack Kroll 86 former vice president of the International Union Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America AFI CIO died after a long illness He earlier served as assistant to the director of the CIO Political Action Committee and co director of the AFL CIO Committee on Political Education
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Cresskill
N.J
Harry Morgan
CBS News
Morgan
CBS
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Wyeth
Cincinnati
Jack Kroll
International Union
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Afi-Cio
Kroll
CIO
Aflcio
Bookmaking Indictments Little Rock Five Charged
Five Little Rock men Sloan F Bennett Robert R Bennett Floyd Alexander Hill Albert N DeMers and Stephen C Carroll were indicted for conducting a bookmaking business near the Pleasant Valley Country Club on March 4. They were arrested March 16 on a FBI complaint filed with U S Magistrate Robert W Faulkner.
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Little Rock
Federal
Grand Jury
District of
Arkansas
Sloan F. Bennett
Robert R. Bennett
Floyd Alexander Hill
Albert N. DeMers
Stephen C. Carroll
Pleasant Valley Country Club
FBI
U. S
Robert W. Faulkner
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