Six Die as Miami Federal Roof Collapses
Six people crushed to death and a seventh feared dead when the roof of a downtown Miami federal office building collapsed. Three women were recovered, with more bodies believed buried beneath rubble. A special agent and several others were missing as rescue operations continued.
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Drug Enforcement Administration
Ann Pope
Ft. Lauderdale
Anta ¥. Mounger
Charles H. Mann
Seth Coren
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Ben Hickman
Ronald Mayer
Nixon Signs Pact to Curb Aircraft Hijacking
President Nixon signed legislation implementing The Hague Convention to suppress unlawful seizure of aircraft. The treaty targets hijackings by suspending air service to countries failing to meet minimum security standards, as stated by White House officials.
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Nixon
White House
House votes to cut Turkey aid over heroin safeguard
The House, by voice vote, demands cutting off foreign aid to Turkey unless safeguards stop heroin from poppy crops entering the United States. The resolution heads to the Senate after Turkey lifted a ban on poppy growing to plant fall crops five weeks earlier.
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Turkey
United States
Senate
Student aid gains in emergency health service corps funds
The House approved a $135 million one year extension for National Health Service Corps scholarships and loans for health profession students in a 871 to 9 vote. The Nixon administration opposes the loans arguing no direct federal loan program is needed to attract students into health careers. The same session advanced a separate drug control bill.
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World Today marks Hiroshima anniversary with peace prayers
The World Today notes the 20th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing as tens of thousands gather in peace park for a memorial at 8:15 a.m. The article recalls 78,000 U.S. fatalities and reports on Brussels bombings, Berlin tensions, a Rome train explosion, and related political reactions.
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Hiroshima
Peace Park
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Notable Figures Face Career Changes and Tragedies Across Cities
John Lindsay loses WCBS-TV election commentary job after backing a Democratic governor candidate. Actor Walter Brennan remains in fair condition with pneumonia. Pio Pico, California governor’s grandson, dies at 64 in Santa Monica. A Harlem girl survives a 10 story fall after her mother locked her out. An 18 month old dies from a fall in Baruch Housing. Mob hit on Steven Cirillo at a Brooklyn synagogue cited as internal Gallo strife. Abba Eban urges land-for-peace talks in Jerusalem. Mama Cass Eliot’s coroner cites heart attack linked to obesity. former Army Capt. Levy’s court martial upheld and he’s discharged.
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Sharay Vaughan
Harlem Hospital
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Baruch
Lower East Side
Steven Cirillo
Brooklyn
N.Y
Gailo Crime Family
Cirillo
Las Vegas
Congregation
B’nai Israel
Sheepshead Bay
Gallo
John Cutrone
Mama” Cass Eliot
London
Keith Simpson
Westminster
Mama Cass
Streaker at Shea Stadium Fined After Nudist Walk Across Diamond
A Queens judge sentenced beer truck driver Charles Fleming to a $150 fine or 60 days in jail after he streaked naked across the Shea Stadium baseball diamond before 12,509 fans. Judge Marvin Berger mused about punishing him by streaking around the bases every quarter hour, but chose the fine instead.
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New York
Shea Stadium
Marvin Berger
Charles Fleming
Berger
Fleming
Shea
Hunger strike by two San Francisco taxi drivers in Calcutta jail
Two American men, Richard Winn Harcos and Anthony Allen Fletcher, enter the eighth week of hunger striking in Calcutta jail over spying charges. Held for over 15 months without formal charges, they demand an immediate public trial under the Indian Official Secrets Act. Their lawyer cites dangerous weight loss, with each man having shed about 35 pounds. They had claimed they came to India to smuggle hashish but kept silent amid strict drug laws.
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Calcutta
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Anthony Allen Fletcher
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Asad
India
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