Gas 13 000 Tons Moved From Okinawa To Johnston Island
UPI reports the U S Army began transporting nearly 13 000 tons of mustard gas from Okinawa to Johnston Island in the mid Pacific. A convoy of seven flatbed trucks moved along an eight mile route to a Navy pier where shells were loaded aboard a vessel. Officials cited safety measures and a new road built at Japanese expense to minimize populated areas during the 55 day plan.
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Okinawa
Johnston Island
mid-Pacific
U.S
UPI
Naha
Navy
Chokyo Yara
Ryukyu
U.S. Fligh
James B. Lampert
Two More Guilty Pleas For Manson
Los Angeles, UPI reports Charles Manson seeks to plead guilty to two more killings in a separate trial from the Tate La Bianca case. He tells Judge Choate he chopped a victim’s head and asks to change his plea while firing his attorney, but is denied. The court notes his statements appear tactical. Manson remains represented by Kanarek and Beckler as sessions continue.
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UPI
Charles Manson
Manson
Superior Court
Haymond Choate
Lil
Irving Kanarek
Kanarek
Howard Beckler
Jhe
Beckler
Choate
Gary Hinman
Donald “Shorty
Shea
Spahn Ranch
Death Valley
Sharon Tate
Kanarck
Hassan II says rebels rounded up in Morocco
King Hassan II reported a nationwide manhunt netted all conspirators from the attempted overthrow. Moroccan sources counted over 1,000 civilian arrests beyond mutinous soldiers, with 260 rebels and civilians dead in clashes at the king’s summer palace. Ten officers, including four generals, were executed. Libyan envoy Col Yousef El-Shibani faced house arrest as Tripoli severed ties.
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UPI
Hassan II
Hagsan
Yousef El-Shibani
Libya
Morocco
Hassan
Tripoli
Col. Ababou
Senate Nixon clash over farm subsidy ceilings heats up
The Senate moves into a fresh subsidy fight as the Appropriations Committee backs the Nixon plan for a $55 000 per crop cap on cotton wheat and feed grain payments. Opponents incl Birch Bayh and Charles Percy push to cut subsidies to $20 000, while tobacco battles emerge led by Senator Moss against federal tobacco supports.
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Washington Senate
Nixon
Frank E. Moss
D-Uta
Senate Appropriations Committee
Shute Sentinel
White Blowse
Charles H. Percy
Eml
Birch Bayh
Agriculture Committee
Hernan E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Striking Jews rounded up at Moscow post office protest
In Moscow four Soviet Jews taking part in a hunger strike at the central post office were arrested and moved to an undisclosed location. The demonstration, lasting since Monday, drew attention from Western journalists as protesters demanded exit permits to Israel.
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Moscow
UPI
Central Post Office
Israel
Thieu Says Ky Slurs Won't Prompt Retaliation
President Nguyen Van Thieu declined to retaliate against Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky after Ky accused him of failing to end the war and running a corrupt government. Thieu said responding would be futile and could aid the Communists, in a statement from Independence Palace.
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Talmarge
Thien
Consumer Union finds bus wagons unsafe in crash tests
Consumers Union says its bus wagon tests reveal inadequate crash protection in Volkswagen and Ford models with Dodge and Chevrolet offering only marginal protection. It criticizes brakes on Ford and VW and notes potential lethal exhaust leakage in Dodge Ford and VW buses. The report pending August Consumer Reports publication calls all three unsafe for typical use.
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Consumers Union
Volkswagen
Left
Ford
UPI
Washington
Consumer Reports Magazine
Dodge
Chevrolet
Dock Strike Ends at Newport Piers Saigon
A three week Newport Workers Union strike halted 26 000 tons of cargo and delayed U S Army priority shipments at Newport Piers Saigon. Workers to return Friday restoring operations and freeing 100 soldiers assigned as stevedores.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S. Army
Newport
Newport Workers Union
Italian city erupts in street fighting after railway worker ceremony
Regio Calabria riots flare after a ceremony honoring Bruno Labate, with youths burning cars and shops. One youth injured by a pistol shot, Giuseppe Lavilla, 15, struck in the leg and taken to a hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Italy
UPI
Bruno Labate
Reggio
Giuseppe Lavilla
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