U S and Mexico Drug Pressure discussed in task force report
A declassified task force memo urges Mexico to elevate eradication of marijuana and opium production as a national priority. It critiques Mexican enforcement resources, notes limited border inspections on Highway 15, and proposes remote sensing and chemical eradication funded by U S agencies and international bodies. It warns that Mexico must act to curb northbound narcotics traffic and outlines border policy ideas.
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Arto Departme Bilo
Mexico
Nexon
Jute Department
United States
U.S
Federal Judicial Police
Highway 15
Santa Ana
Sonora
U.S. Border
Pan American Union
Huana
Secretary of the Treasury
Juarez
Nogales
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
East
Lester
Johnson
Sae
Jolson
Nixon Sees Mississippi Dam Aid and Coast Storm Damage
President Nixon toured Gulfport and coastal areas after Camille’s wreckage along the Mississippi coast. At the border Del Rio ceremony with Diaz Ordaz, he and the Mexican leader unveiled a monument at the Armistad Dam and stressed cross border friendship. The trip included views of damage from Louisiana to St. Louis Bay and the coast. The storm roared in with hurricane force winds and 20 foot seas, the most violent in a century of records.
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del Rio
Nixon
Diaz Ordaz
Armistad
Amis
Gulfport
Louisiana
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Bay St. Louis
Air Force One
Essen
Ermany
Niven
Meany Charges Haynsworth Conflicts In Nomination Fight
In a prepared statement George Meany AFL-CIO president says Haynsworth is not fit to be an associate justice. He accuses the judge of ethical lapses and cites a 1963 Deering Milliken case and a Carolina Vend-A-Matic investment as major conflicts of interest. Meany's intervention marks labor and civil rights opposition to the nomination amid Senate hearings.
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Fred P. Graham
Washington
Senate
Cealement I. Taynsworth
Supreme Court
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Haynsworth
Meany
Senate Judietary Committee
Mverent M. Dirksen
Maynsworth
United States Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit
Deering Milliken & Co
Deering
Darlingtan Manufacturing
Textile Workers Union
Carolina Vend-A-Matic
Deering Milliken
Vend-A Matic
Iorest
Greenville
S.C
Judson Mill
Race On for Dirksen's Job in Senate Leadership Shuffle
Washington reports a wide open race to succeed Everett Dirksen as Senate Republican leader. conservatives back senators Tituska or Allott. Tower vies for support, with Scott as liberal pick. Possible compromise candidates include Pearson, Griffin, and Baker. Dirksen’s future remains unsettled as party factions weigh options.
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Washington
WPI
Senate Republican A
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Scott
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Robert Griffit
Michigan
Howard H. Baker
Tennassee
Dirksen
Mfate
Shooting Suspects Sought After Gardena Home Raid
A gun battle on Compton Boulevard left Gardena residents Mrs Mary Hendricks 32 wounded and several suspects fled in a stolen pickup. Officer Ronald Peterson was hurt but not seriously. Suspects fled into a house where Mrs Hendricks and her daughter Denise were held before officers blocked exits and a chase continued through the alley.
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Mary Diana Hendricks
Gardena
Gardena Community Hospital
Torrance
Ronald
Peterson
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Haven
Hawthorne Community Hospital
Williams
Central Jail
Clapp
Volkswagen
Nepro
Compton Boulevard
van Ness Avenue
Wenl
Sisson
Anta
Spinning Avenue
Hendricks
van Ness Ave
Denise
Lixey
Fitzgerald
Cycle Gang Frees Police Prisoners in Haight District
A mob of Hell's Angels overpowered four policemen in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district and took three prisoners. Reinforcements stormed the gang's headquarters, leading to the arrest of 35 persons.
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Cycle Gang
San Francisco
UPL
Hell’s Angels
Haight-Ashbury
Youth Accused of Killing Kin Still Critical
A 3 year old youth, Geoffrey Mann King, is in critical condition after allegedly stabbing his mother Ruth Mann King 47 and grandmother Margaret King 80. Police say the family assault followed a party with 20 motorcycles and a birthday cake.
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Geoffrey Mann King
Ruth Mann King
Margaret King
Palmdale Brush Fire Contained After 175 Acre Blaze
About 200 firefighters battled a brush and grass fire that scorched 175 acres in dry heat 17 miles southwest of Palmdale. Three helicopters and crews from Ely Sands aided the effort in sparsely populated Soledad Canyon in northern Los Angeles County.
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Palmdale
Ely Sands
Soledad Canyon
Los Angeles County
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Nan
Sen
High Scott
Pennsylvania
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van Ness
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ARTEC
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Long Beach
Lakewood Blvd
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Kel, Alondra & Arteria
Song Beach
Compton-Lynwood
Lakewood-Bellflower
EL Monte
Covina
Glendalt
Crenshaw
Imperial
Fullerton
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