Radford Moves to Exterminate Flock of Starlings
In Radford Virginia the city council voted unanimously to hire wildlife experts and spray a detergent foam solution on a large flock of about 156000 starlings and blackbirds to cause feather matting and death by exposure. A Virginia Tech wildlife specialist likened the birds to flying rats and warned of disease risks such as encephalitis salmonella and histoplasmosis. The plan aims for action within two weeks with no fixed extermination date yet set.
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Radford
Glenn Dudderar
Virginia Tech
Dudderar
Nixon Proposes Public Fee Lists for Health Services
HEW will urge Congress to require doctors hospitals nursing homes and insurers to publish permanent fee schedules after wage price controls end. AMA opposes citing patient choice and limited price impact. Plan aims to curb rising health costs and aid consumer shopping under a broader health insurance push.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
American Medical Association
AMA
Icme
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Robert Blendon
Retail price lists forcing action under Nixon program
UPI reports large Tennessee retailers face court action for failing to post price lists as required by Phase Two of the Nixon price control program. Violations could incur fines up to 2500 dollars per incident.
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Nashville
UPI
Nixon
U.S
Charles H. Anderson
Jayman
Anderson
New Details Link My Lai to Separate Massacre at My Khe 4
Seymour Hersh cites Peers commission transcripts claiming Bravo Company killed 47 civilians in My Lai 4 and a second massacre occurred at My Khe 4 the same morning in Quang Ngai province. He notes CID findings and argues cover up by Army officials.
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CCN
My Lai
New Yorker
Seymour Hersh
Bret
Peers Cmmission
Army
Hersh
William A. Peera
Stanley Resor
Quang Ngai Province
Herah
My Khe 4
Bravo Company
Charlie Company
William L. Calley Jr
My Khe
My Lai 1
Peers Commission
CID
My Lal
Chariie Company
My Lai 4
My Lai'4
Memphis Police Slayings Prompt Black Leaders to Call Boycott
A Memphis civil rights leader announces an all-out boycott of merchants after the third black youth is fatally shot by police in two weeks. Raymond Stewart, 22, was killed fleeing a burglary at a grocery store. Eddie Madison, 14, and Fred Berry, 16, died earlier under similar circumstances. a 1-year-old, Rickey Vaulx, is hospitalized with serious injuries. The incident spurred debate on police brutality and demands for more black officers and competent policing in black neighborhoods.
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Memphis
UPS
Raymond Stewart
Eddie Hugh Madison
Fred Lee Berry
Rickey Vaulx
Stewart
A. L. Williams
Williams
Ezekiel Bell
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Bell
Sickle Slayer Case Details Demons In Woodshed
Clarence Otis Smith testified in Nevada County Superior Court about demons resembling figures in picture negatives inhabiting his home. He described burning the woodshed in December 1970 to kill them, said 40 to 60 percent were destroyed, and noted they later appeared in the house. Smith is on trial for the July campers killings of John Simmons and Donna Fitz Hugh, arguing innocence and insanity.
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Nevada City
Cali
UPI
Clarence Otis Smith
Smith
Garvage Cvollector
Nevada County Superior Court
Sierra Foothills
John Simmons
Colfax
Donna Fitz Hugh
Ontario
Dog Bar
Everett Richardson
FBI Seizes Ancient Maya Stela In California Bust
FBI agents recovered the Machaquila Stela a seven foot tall seven carvings late a home in Santa Fe Springs California valued at 350000 from Guatemala. The artifact dating to 671 A.D. was found in Clive Hollinshead’s unoccupied residence under a federal search warrant and is to be returned to Guatemala. An investigation into its transport continues.
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Santa FE Springs
Calif
U.S
United States
Clive Hollinshead
Los Angeles
FBI
Hollinshead
FSI
Military Shipment Halted By West Coast Strike
West Coast shippers banned movement of all military cargo including gun ammunition to speed settlement of the renewed longshoremen strike. About 70 ships at sea diverted to Vancouver and Ensenada as talks between the PMA and ILWU stalled over wage financing. Officials urge federal action to end the disruption.
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San Francisco
UPS
Pacific Maritime Association
Vancouver
B. C
PMA
Vietnam
U.S. Pacific
Nixon
Kingsport Times Evening Edition Publishing Details
The Kingsport Times Evening, Kingsport News morning edition, and Kingsport Times News are published by Kingsport Publishing Corporation in Kingsport Tennessee. Subscriptions include daily and Sunday editions with pricing listed and service by United Press. Republication prohibited without owner's consent.
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport News
Kingsport Times-News
Kingsport Publishing Corporation
Lyng Garden
Oringsport
Tenn
G. Heiberger
Lima
Poulmeons
Kinase
Tennessee
Mamie
Sunray
United Press
Newn
Enteracise Association
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