Northeast storm buries region with fatalities and heavy snow
A fierce Northeast storm dumped up to three feet of snow in places and killed nearly a dozen as it swept from Canada to the Carolinas. Chicago area deaths total 55 with O’Hare stranded travelers. storms spread to Vermont New Hampshire and Maine with 12 to 32 inches of snow. Blizzard warnings issued and some service restored after a 24 hour shutdown.
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New Hampshire
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Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Rhodesian leader to free militant activist Sithole
Prime Minister Ian Smith announced the release of Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole from prison to attend an Organization of African Unity meeting in Tanzania next week. Sithole, a leading black nationalist, was arrested March 4 for allegedly planning assassinations of rival leaders and later charged with failing to order a cease-fire in the guerrilla war.
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Ndabaningi Sithole
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Sithole
Organization of African Unity
Tanzania
Africa
Butler County Jury Returns 111-Count Indictment in Easter Family Murders
In Hamilton Ohio a Butler County grand jury indicted James Ruppert on 111 counts for the Easter Sunday killings of 11 family members. The indictment allowed seeking the death penalty due to multiple victims in the same incident.
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Ohio
Butler County
James Ruppert
Subway bomb scare traced to New Jersey suspect
Edward Williams of Madison, New Jersey, claimed under truth serum that bombs were placed in multiple Manhattan subway stations. Trains bypassed stations and thousands evacuated during rush hour. no bombs found after a 40 minute search. Williams was arrested earlier with gunpowder in a mayonnaise jar.
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FBI
Goldberg calls for overdue reform of legal system
Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg told Chicago educators and law enforcement officials that Watergate and discrimination against the poor in legal services show the need for reform. He warned that many youths may face only minutes in court and urged frank education about flaws in the legal system and bar ethics.
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Arthur Goldberg
Chicago
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Washington
Law In American Society Foundation
Watergate
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Expelled Cambodian government expels AFP chief Nerciat
Phnom Penh authorities expel Charles Antoin Nerciat 33 not notified of reason, likely for post Lon Nol departure reporting. Nerciat says he was ordered to leave Cambodia on the next plane after attempts six weeks earlier. He plans to depart promptly. Esther Williams found guilty of drunken driving in Oxnard California. She received two years probation and a $315 fine. Williams, 53, was detained after a Christmas night weaving incident. husband Fernando Lamas not charged. Deposition cites perforated ear drum causing dizziness. blood tests show alcohol well above legal limit.
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Lon Nol
Cambodia
Esther Williams
Oxnard
California
Fernando Lamas
OPEC Plans Could End Oil’s Dollar Benchmark
Members of the OPEC economic commission drew up proposals to replace the dollar with Special Drawing Rights or baskets of currencies for setting oil prices. The plan aims to shield the 13 members from revenue losses tied to dollar depreciation, seen as cutting oil revenues by at least 10 percent in recent months.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
World Oil Cartel
OPEC
Opec Economic Commission
Two Killed in Belfast Bar Feud Between IRA Factions
Gunmen killed two men in a Belfast bar in a clash linked to IRA faction fighting. A hospital report noted serious injuries. Officials say Provisional IRA claimed the victims were from its wing. The Provisionals had declared a ceasefire aimed at unifying Northern Ireland with the Republic.
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Irish Republican Army
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Provisional
Provisionals
Northern Ireland
Fulbright Honor for Fulbright Set to Travel to Japan
First class the order of the rising sun will be conferred on J W Fulbright when he travels to Japan on April 12. The Japanese government announced the decoration honors his work with the Fulbright Scholarships and his efforts to return Okinawa to Japan.
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Japan
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Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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