Weight overload blamed in Maracaibo disaster and regional tensions rise
Preliminary findings on the Maracaibo air crash say Viasa Airlines DC-9 carried excessive weight contributing to the worst aviation disaster with 158 dead. Separately Soviet Polish and East German plus Warsaw Pact forces end eight days of exercises in Poland, while Middle East fighting and Suez Canal cease fire blame exchange intensify.
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Nixon proposes 60 day hold without bail for violent offenders
The Nixon administration urged federal courts be allowed to detain dangerous defendants up to 60 days pre trial without bond. Target groups include repeat violent offenders and those threatening witnesses or jurors, with current law allowing no bail only for capital cases.
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Pruitt quits SBA minority program amid protest
Philip Pruitt resigns as assistant administrator of the SB A minority enterprise program after expressing frustration with the Nixon era handling of black capitalism. He plans to return to Wall Street and says the issue is not voting rights or desegregation but the program’s direction. Sandoval accepts the resignation with regret. Lyn Nofziger may take a White House lobby role. final offer pending.
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California
Nixon and Rogers greet former caddy and youth leader
President Nixon and Secretary Rogers welcomed Howard K. a former Eisenhower era caddy who rose from poverty to work with DC recreation youths. Nixon praised his achievements and presented a presidential golf ball during the Friday office meeting.
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William P. Rogers
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Johnson to Attend Apollo 11 Launch Event
President Nixon phoned Lyndon B. Johnson inviting him to watch the Apollo 11 lift off at Cape Kennedy Florida next Wednesday. Johnson accepted and discussed a wide range of subjects during the 15 minute call with Nixon.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Senate
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Canteen Returns to WWII Veteran with Camp Notations
Jack Bender, once held at multiple camps during World War II, had a battered canteen inscribed with camp names and dates. Freed in 1945, it was lost, found in a Casablanca flea market, traced by U. S. authorities, and returned in a San Diego Navy ceremony to the 56 year old veteran. Brown Stages City Hall Exit Over Scroll Mixup. Gen. Lemnitzer awards three medals in one ceremony after Nixon pins them on.
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Mboya Buried in Rites After Assassination
Tom Mboya, Kenya's rising political figure and potential Kenyatta successor, was laid to rest in a mix of Luo tribal rites and Catholic ritual at a lakeside burial site in Lake Victoria. Thousands of Luo mourners and political peers attended the 38 year old's funeral.
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Jomo Kenyatta
Humphrey Tours Leningrad Education Exhibit In Cold War Visit
Former vice president Hubert H. Humphrey spent hours in Leningrad on Friday visiting a U S education exhibit open to Russians. He said in an interview the exhibition is mobbed by Russians daily.
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Leningrad
U.S
Cong calls vote offer trick at Paris talks
The Viet Cong PRG rejected Saigon's Friday election proposal calling it a new trick. A PRG communique issued in Paris described Thieu's plan to appease world opinion and did not detail the reasons for rejecting the offer, while renewing demands for total changes.
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Roy Hamilton Stricken In Hospital After Stroke
Recording star Roy Hamilton was in critical condition and unconscious in intensive care at New Rochelle Hospital after suffering a stroke. A hospital spokesman said he was brought from his New Rochelle home and it was too early to know if his speech or singing would be affected. Hamilton rose to fame with Ebb Tide and recorded You'll Never Walk Alone Don't Let Go and You Can Have Her.
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New Rochelle Hospital
Hamilton
New Rochelle
N.Y
Melvin Newton Named Afro-American Studies Head
Merritt College announced Melvin Newton 31 brother of Huey P. Newton as head of Afro-American studies. Newton is national finance chairman of the Black Panther Party and is serving 2 to 15 years for manslaughter in the slaying of a white Oakland police officer.
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Melvin Newton
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Black Panther Party
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Huey P. Newton
Oakland
San Luis Obispo
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