Call to halt nuclear tests passes at U.N. conference
At the United Nations Environmental Conference in Stockholm, a majority approved a universal halt to nuclear weapon testing, labeling it a global pollution threat. The vote was 48 to 2 with 14 abstentions, as the United States and Britain opposed and France and China dissented. The Soviet Union boycotted the meeting. China and South Vietnam clashed as Le Van Loi accused China of puppet aggression, while China walked out of the debate.
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Stockholm
U.N
United States
China
South Vietnam
U.S
Russell Train
Vietnam
United Nations
Britain
France
Soviet Union
le van Loi
Ilegally
Belfast Gun Battles Roil Northern Ireland as Refugees Flee
In Belfast and nearby towns hundreds of residents fled amid sectarian fighting between Protestants and Catholics with British soldiers, as 800 more troops were deployed. Bombs damaged town halls and other sites. 13 injured in Belfast.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
William Whitelaw
Britain
Londonderry
Lisburn
British Army
Senate debates cut-off funds for Vietnam troops
The Senate began debate on Mike Mansfield's amendment to halt U S military funding in Vietnam by Aug 31 1972 attached to a foreign aid bill. It seeks absolute removal of all American personnel with no preconditions. Also House backs rehabilitating drug addicted GIs and New York Daily News faces possible shutdown amid guard strike.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Vietnam
Mansfield
U.S
South Vietnam
Bangladesh
House
Pentagon
New York
New York Daily News
Teamsters Union Local 820
News
W.H. James
Noted radical Alinsky dies and others in news
Saul Alinsky a longtime poverty fighter and community organizer dies of heart failure at 68 in Carmel. He built Chicago based Industrial Areas Foundation and challenged city agencies as a reformer. Also reported are Soviet detentions of Gavriel Shapiro and other political incidents and legal actions in Florida and Washington.
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Saul Alinsky
Carmel
Alinsky
Chicago
Jean
Monterey County
United States
Jacques Maritain
Industrial Areas Foundation
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AP Wirophoto
Combined News Services
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Tokyo
Henry Kissinger
Japan
Kissinger
Nixon
Bolivia
LA Paz
Treasury
John Connally
Connally
el Alto
George Schultz
Treasury Department
Texas
Gromyko
Paris
Andrei Gromyko
Georges Pompidoau
Middle East
Alaska
Unalaska
Unalaska Island
Aleutian
Jess Burton
Senate Finance Committee
Bullock’s Lakewood
Combined. News Services
London
Moscow
Judy Shapiro
Mrs. Shapiro
Heathrow
Gavriel Shapiro
Lake County
Fla
Willis McCail
Tommy Vickers
Miami
Heubin Askew
Orange County
McCall
Edmund Wilson
America
Talcottville
N.Y
Wilson
Richard Kleindienst
Kleindienst
George Shultz
Caspar Weinberger
Office of Management and Budget
Warren Burger
White Hole
S “Tong
International Telephone & Telegtaph Corp
Sony Color
Lieba
Clack Avenue
Lakewood
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