Thailand Named Major Conduits For U S Heroin Trade
A congressional report by Rep. Lester L. Wolff states that 700 tons of the 1,400 tons of annual opium come from the Golden Triangle with Thailand as the key conduit for heroin base and derivatives to Vietnam Hong Kong and the United States. It cites Thai police corruption and slow U S antidrug efforts and notes delays in an aerial survey plan due to uncooperative Thai officials.
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Congressional
United States
Thailand
U.S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lester L. Wolff
Dn.y
Associated Press
Golden Triangle
Burma
Laos
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Pratt Picks Up $1,914 For Steer Lamb Champions
At the La Crosse County Junior Livestock Sale the Pfaff family member Steve Pfaff Mindoro earned $1,914.20 for his champion steer Leo and champion lamb. The steer sold to G Heileman Brewing Co La Crosse for $2 per pound and the lamb to State Rep Virgil Roberts Holmen for $1.70 per pound, both records.
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Russell G. Cleary
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Steve Pfaff
Leo
Heileman
Tribune
West Salem
Wis
la Crosse County
la Crosse
Arlan Pfaff
Mindoro
Farm Progress Building Fund
Jan Radcliffe
Ebner Construction
Barrow
Greg Berge
Schwan
Cindy Steck
Bangor
Batavian National Bank of la
Production Credit Association
Wehrs Chevrolet of
Loading Zone Bar of
Schomberg Custom Farming of
Williams Construction Co
Union State Bank of
Hansen's Iga
Farmers Exchange of
Farmers Cooperative Supply and Shipping
Kleinsmith ‘Trucking of
Holmen
Curly’s Chevrolet
Bob Hammond Shows
Northern States Power Co
Isvans Implement of
Equity Livestock of
Sparta
Garvalia China Shop
la Crosse Concrete
Garvalia
Olson Truck Stop
Garot-Christman Agency
Evans Implement
Farmers State Bank of Bangor
Farmers Cooperative
Strupp
M & M Feeds
Coulee Farm Supply
Krome’s Barn
Buroker Electric
La Crosse Editor Hill Selected for Japan Study Trip
Merle J. Hill of The La Crosse Tribune, with 26 years on the telegraph desk, is one of 11 American reporters chosen for a three week Japan study trip in September sponsored by the International Press Institute. The group departs Sept 10 after a briefing at the Asia Foundation in San Francisco.
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Merle J. Hill
Johnson Sr
la Crosse Tribune
Japan
International Press Institute
Asia Foundation
San Francisco
John Luter
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Tokyo
Japanese Newspapers Publishers and Editors Association
France tests nuclear bomb at Mururoa atoll
France conducted a nuclear test at Mururoa atoll sending a 20 000 foot mushroom cloud into the atmosphere. The Otago New Zealand protest frigate observed the blast reporting a mid afternoon detonation and no detectable radiation. France pressed on amid international protests and court appeals while observers tracked ships in the area.
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Wellington
New Zealand
France
Mururoa Atoll
South Pacific
Otago
Alan Tyrell
Naval Headquarters
Otage
Radio Australia
Atoll
International Court of Justice
Fri
David Moodie
Sausalito
Calif
Defense Ministry
Paris
E.C. Thorne
USS
Corpus Christi
Pacific Basin
Australia
International Court
Hague
Hijackers Demand 5 Million for 143 Aboard JAL Jet
A Dubai hijacking story reports ransom demands of 5 million dollars for 143 people on a Japan Airlines jumbo jet. The attackers threaten to blow up the Boeing 747 if negotiation fails and seek Kozo Okamoto's release from an Israeli life sentence. JAL officials and Shizuo Asada engage in talks, with relief supplies ferried to the scene.
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Dubai
Japan Air Line
Desert
Kozo Okamoto
Red Army
Israel
Lod
Beirut
An Nahar
JAL
Shizuo Asada
Asada
Abu Dhabi
Tokyo
Grocery Bills Rise After Price Freeze Ends
Washington AP An official from the Cost of Living Council says Americans can expect higher grocery prices starting this week as President Nixon lifts the food price freeze. Poultry pork eggs fresh produce are likely to rise first while beer meat ceilings stay until Sept. 12. The move is part of Phase 4 anti inflation. confidence remains that overall inflation will slow later in the year.
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Washington
Cost of Living Councils
Nixon
Kenneth Fedor
Council
Fedor
Treasury Department
Cost of Living Council
GNP
White House aides condemn Watergate hearings as political witch hunt
Washington Post reports Nixon and top aides view Senate Watergate hearings as unfair and politically motivated. They describe bitterness, mockery toward committee members, and internal debate over a hard line versus cooperation. Several aides criticize specific senators and emphasize a political counterattack.
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Washington Post
Washington
Nixon
Senate
White House
Richard Nixon
H. R Haldeman
John de Ehrlichman
Senate Watergate Committee
Ervin
Senate Committee
Sam Jrvin Jr
DNC
Sam
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Watergate Committee
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Weicker
Watergate
Sen
J. Gurney
R-Fla
Garment
Buzhardt
Long-married Darlington couple to mark 78th anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Andres of rural Darlington celebrate 78 years of marriage. They wed July 24 1895 in a log house later covered with asphalt. They have five living children 24 grandchildren 54 great grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren. Despite arthritis they are in good health and live in Darlington area.
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Darlington
Wis
William Andrews
Andrews
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Sunday Digest
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