Tremors Rampage Syria Iran Death Toll Estimate Soars
Tehran University Geophysics experts report thousand tremors in southern Iran after Monday's major quake. Landslides block roads in Fars Province severing telegraphs as unofficial death tolls range from 2,000 to 4,000 with claims of up to 9,000. Rescue work continues amid blocked towns and damaged communications.
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UPI
Iran
Geophysics Department
Tehran University
Fars
Pars
Amir Abbas Hoveida
Nixon
Juliana
Netherlands
Hassan II
Morocco
Shah Mohammed Reza
Britain
Canada
Hoveida
Nanmachet Pirouz
Clean Air Deadline Feasible Says Report
Washington based EPA head says a new report finds some firms can meet the 1975 emissions deadline under the 1970 Clean Air Act. It notes that motorists may need periodic catalytic converter replacement and maintenance of exhaust gas recirculation systems to sustain devices for 50,000 miles.
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UPI
William D. Ruckershans
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ruckelshaus
Miller defends timely plan for Richmond area school merger
Attorney General Andrew P. Miller says charges that the state board is dragging its feet on merging Richmond with Henrico and Chesterfield are unfounded. He told the 4th U.S. Circuit Court clerk the merger planning is on schedule as ordered by Judge Merhige, with NAACP and county officials contending otherwise. State Superintendent Woodrow Wilkerson promised all necessary decisions will be made in time to meet the court’s autumn completion target.
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UPI
Andrew P. Miller
State Board of Education
Henrico
Chesterfield
Miller
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U.S
Robert R. Merhige Jr
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Appeals Court
Woodrow W. Wilkerson
Court of Appeals
West Virginia Primary Set to Define Democratic Rift
Washington report notes New Hampshire Florida and Wisconsin primaries have primed voters for a clean Wallace Humphrey clash in West Virginia. May 9 ballot offers two names, Wallace and Humphrey, in a pivotal race seen as a litmus test for liberal versus conservative within the party and a possible Miami convention indicator.
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Probe Focuses On Campaign Funds
Washington and Congress take the lead in a Senate Judiciary Committee inquiry into illicit campaign contributions tied to Nixon’s 1968 bid. Witness Henry Peterson, head of the criminal division, testifies as ITT under scrutiny over a San Diego convention underwrite linked to a billion-dollar antitrust suit.
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UPI
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Richard G. Kleindienst
ITT
Nixon
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Life Magazine
Reindienst
Harry Steward
San Diego
Calif
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Kleindienst
International Telephone & Telegraph
Jack Anderson
TTT
Dita D. Beard
W. R. Merriam
Merriam
Anderson
Side Brit Hume
Sheraton Hotel Corporation
Psychiatric Exam For Suspected Plane Pirate
Stanley H. Speck, a San Francisco resident and suspect in an air piracy case, faced a March psychiatric evaluation to determine competency to stand trial. Magistrate Harry R. McHugh ordered the exam after Speck’s arrest at a San Diego airport and denied bail, citing potential death-penalty implications.
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Calif
UPI
Stanley H. Speck
Speck
Miami
FBI
U.S
Harry R. McHugh
San Francisco
Wall of Silence Guards Irish Areas Breaching British Rule
In Belfast and Londonderry, Catholic districts like Ballymurphy Andersonstown Bogside and Creggan refuse local taxes and rents, facing IRA authority. Army patrols are scarce. a no go zone persists with fortified posts, frequent sniper fire, and a tense standstill as IRA outlines plans for a free government amid warnings of heavy casualties if retaken.
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Northern Ireland
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Irish Republican Army
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Wall of Silence
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Ballymurphy
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Bency Taggart
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Creggan
Provisional Ira
IRA
Bogaide
Common Market faults wine quality and fraud in Europe
The European Common Market executive commission reports that prices and quality suffer from a flood of wine production in 1970 71 led by France Italy and Germany. It accuses vintners of deceptive labeling and concealing origins to portray higher quality wines.
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European Common Market
Executive Commission
France
Italy
Germany
Russian Submarines for India Reach Indian Waters
New Delhi reports Soviet aid to build naval repair facilities at Vishakhapatnam the eastern fleet hub in the Bay of Bengal and to manufacture submarines. Sergei Gorshkov visited the city last week as India, having acquired four subs from Russia, seeks four more with two reportedly in Indian waters.
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UPI
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Soviet Union
Vishakapatnam
Bay of Bengal
Sergei Gorshkov
Vishkapatnam
Russia
Indian
Cultural exchanges set under new US Soviet pact in Moscow
The United States and the Soviet Union signed a two year cultural agreement in Moscow to boost music and dance exchanges and academic exchanges. Ambassador Beam and A. A. Smirnov signed in Spiridonovsky Palace. officials cited growth from five groups per country to six over the term.
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UPI
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Soviet Union
America
U.S
Jacob D. Beam
A. A. Smirnov
Scotty
Spiridonovsky Palace
Beam
Pentagon denies ground troops move to Vietnam readied for duty
Pentagon spokesman denies plans to move ground personnel to Vietnam saying only troops arriving from Vietnam are being stationed at U S bases. Reports from Vietnam cite hundreds of infantry airlifted toward Hue to guard Da Nang Phu Bai and Tam My bases as U S forces increase in response to North Vietnamese offensive.
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UPI
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Vietnam
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedhelm
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Southeast Asia
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da Nang
Phu Bai
Tam My
Hue
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Closed-Door Meeting on New Virginia Cabinet
Governor Gay and Linwood Holton with a panel of legislative leaders met in a closed informal discussion to outline cabinet appointments. They described selecting the type of person and the guidance needed for six deputy governors created by the cabinet bill. Vacancies must be filled by July 2 when the bill becomes law.
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UPI
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Linwood Holton
General Assembly
Kingsport Newspaper Subscription Rates and Notices
A fragmented 1920s Kingsport publishing notice lists subscription options for Morning and Sunday or Evening and Sunday, rates for within 100 miles, and yearly pricing. It notes republication restrictions and ownership permissions, referencing United Press and Chicago Daily News.
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