Panthers Lead Marches for Inmates Protests spread in two cities
Demonstrators in Los Angeles and Norman rally in support of Attica inmates amid ongoing reaction to the riot. Black Panthers and defense groups call the inmates heroic and demand prison reform. In Buffalo, Assemblyman Eve laments hostages’ fate and condemns Gov Rockefeller.
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Associated Press
New York
Attica State Prison
Los Angeles
Black Panthers
Angela Davis Defense Committee
Attica
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Buffalo
Arthur C. Eve
State University
Eve
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
California
Sacramento
William L. Kunstler
Stout State University
Menomonie
Wis
John N. Mitchell
Millburn
N.J
Two Soldiers Shot and Killed in Ireland
Belfast and Dungiven saw the killings as a wave of violence grips Northern Ireland with two British soldiers dead and five wounded. Attacks targeted army posts across Belfast Londonderry and Dungannon while a civilian in Londonderry fired at an army post and was shot by troops. The bloodshed pushed yearly deaths in the province to 104 with IRA threats and political tension framing the crisis.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Dungannon
Creggan
Bogside
Dungiven
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Brian Faulkner
Gerry Fitt
Ulster
Social and Democratic Labor Party
Fitt
Dublin
Public relations spending by Arkansas constitutional officers
Arkansas constitutional officers rely on a state funded public relations expense account for gifts, travel, entertainment and publications. Reports show six of seven officers use the fund, with amounts varying by office, while Governor Bumpers uses a travel allowance. the Legislature and Supreme Court have weighed whether these costs supplement salary and require itemized accounting.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock (Ap
Little Rock
Arkansas Razorbacks
Arkansas
Ray H. Thornton Jr
Thornton
Kelly Bryant
Sam Jones
Nancy Hall
Jimmie “Red” Jones
Bob Riley
Riley
Dale Bumpers
Bumpers
Bryant
Jimmie “Red’’ Jones
State Supreme Court
Japan builds sea lab for undersea living test
A boiler shaped sea lab designed for underwater research will host aquanauts in Japan's first undersea living experiment by the Science and Technology Agency. Constructed at Kawasaki shipyards, the 33 by 13 by 21 foot vessel contains air conditioned interiors with compact living and work facilities for a four man crew.
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Japan
Science and Technology Agency
Kawasaki
Crucial Vote Thursday on Draft Bill
Washington AP report on a key Thursday vote to extend the draft amid Senate debate. Sen. Stennis and Sen. Smith press for renewed authority as top Pentagon officials warn of manpower crisis. opponents demand larger pay raises and threaten filibuster. House and Senate compromise seeks a path without full troop withdrawal.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Pentagon
Armed Services Committee
Sen
John Stennis
Mississippi
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Army
Navy
Air Force
Senate
House
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Capitol
Sens
Stennis
Smith
Melvin R. Laird
Selective Service
Gordon Allott
R-Colp
Allott
Cleanup at Greers Ferry Lake
Heber Springs Ark AP reports the second annual Greers Ferry Lake cleanup day set for Saturday. About 300 boaters and hundreds of volunteers will comb the 277 mile shoreline and some submerged areas for debris.
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Heber Springs
Ark
Greers Ferry Lake
Ebris
Blevins Church Plans Revival
The Bruce Memorial United Methodist Church at Blevins will host a revival meeting from Sunday September 19 through Friday September 24. Evangelist Rev. Gerald Fincher of Prescott’s First United Methodist Church will lead services at 7 p.m. Sunday and 7 30 p.m. on subsequent weeknights. John W. Rushing serves as the local pastor.
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Bruce Memorial United Methodist Church
Blevins
Gerald Fincher
First United Methodist Church of
Prescott
John W. Rushing
Tito and Brezhnev eyes Yugoslav path in discord with Moscow
Brezhnev plans a Belgrade meeting with Tito amid Moscow doubts about Yugoslavia’s national communism. The talks hint at applying Brezhnev doctrine pressure to preserve Soviet influence while Europe and Japan pressure Moscow to accept Yugoslav autonomy. Moscow views Yugoslavia Romania and Albania as likely anti Soviet allies in countering Beijing’s influence.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Belgrade
Tito
Brezhnev
Moscow
Europe
Japan
Kremlin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Stalin
League of Communists
Yugoslavia
Romania
China
Albania
Peking
Trial testimony on My Lai bodies inquiry and Henderson
AP report from Ft Meade details Col Oran Henderson's court martial as testimonies reveal a pilot with no orders to inspect bodies and discuss whether mass civilian murders were properly investigated. Key witnesses include WO Hugh C. Thompson Maj Frederic Watke and WO Charles Mansell who described finding 50 to 65 dead.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
FT. Meade
Henderson
Hugh C. Thompson
Frederic Watke
Thompson
Charles Mansell
Explosion Wrecks Tu Do Night Club in Saigon
An explosion wrecked the Tu Do night club in downtown Saigon, setting cars on fire and injuring several. Police sealed the area after a series of fire-bomb attacks targeted American military vehicles, as Sen George McGovern stayed nearby at the Caravelle Hotel.
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Saigon
Tu Do
Tu Do Street
U.S
Caravelle Hotel
Sen
George McGovern
South Dakota
Inmate Charged With Murder At Cummins Prison Farm
A Cummins Prison Farm inmate T C Jefferson, 23, is charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of inmate Terry Strain, 28, a 10 year for forgery from Sebastian County. The stabbing occurred Sept. 5 at the Cummins dairy barn while Strain was a trusted inmate. Jefferson was serving 10 years for burglary from Cross County.
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Associated Press
Star City
Ark
Cummins Prison Farm
Atty
Joe Holmes
T. C. Jefferson
Terry Strain
Sebastain County
Cummins
Jefferson
Cross County
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