Pollution alert prompts federal action in Birmingham
Severe air pollution hit parts of Tennessee and Alabama with a federal push. The Justice Department plans restraining orders against 24 major polluters, while EPA teams study the Birmingham threat. Tennessee's alert expands across the eastern region as a high-pressure, windless system traps pollutants.
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Alabama
Justice Department
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Chattanooga
Gas leak kills six utility workers in Pittsburgh
Six Equitable Gas Co. workers died instantly from acute methane poisoning when a buried valve burst on a methane gas line under repair in the Troy Hill neighborhood. Two others were injured and a large area was evacuated as police sealed blocks and banned smoking while photographers avoided flashbulbs to prevent explosions.
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Senate rejects large Social Security rise in tax bill
The Senate overwhelmingly blocked any major Social Security increase in the 25.6 billion tax reduction measure. Democrats push a plan to add a broad presidential campaign financing scheme, while other policy fights remain unresolved. Tropical storm Laura devastates Cuban provinces, killing at least one and damaging homes and crops as it nears Cozumel. Nixon signs chrome ore import bill despite U.N. sanctions on Rhodesia.
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Cuba
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Wasrington
Nixon
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U.N
British Commonwealth
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Soviet Union
Thai coup suspends constitution in Thanom rule
A new revolutionary party led by Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn seized power in Thailand suspending the constitution and abolishing parliament and cabinet. Martial law imposed nationwide as the monarchy reportedly approves. The move aims to counter national security threats and aligns with U S policy in Indochina.
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Thanom Kittikachorn
Radio Thailand
Lon Nol
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Vhanom
Radio
U.S
Convicts build bulletproof tank to bust Raiford gates
Two inmates Rex Gyger and Wallace McDonald escaped Raiford Prison in Florida using a homemade metal covered forklift tank that deflected guards fire. They entered the furniture factory, tore through two cyclone gates, and fled into darkness as a tower guard fired, leaving the battery of guards baffled and the tank recovered outside the gates.
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Rex Gyger
Wallace McDonald
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Love wins in Russia in Barnard student case
Debbie Brackman Kremniov, a 22 year old Barnard College student, says Soviet emigration authorities will allow her Russian husband Valery Kremniov to return to the United States with her. The pair married in Leningrad two months ago, but OVIR previously denied permission for them to live there. Debbie reports an OVIR official warned they would force the exit, though specifics were not given.
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Leningrad
United States
Debbie
Valery Kremniov
New York City
Soviet Migration Administration
Ovir
Valery
Barnard College
New York
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