British diplomat kidnapped as Quebec separatists set ransom deadline
Montreal reports say a 1980s Quebec separatist kidnapping case shows no new contact from abductors by the declared deadline for ransom. Justice Minister Jerome Choquette urged release, saying the diplomat bears no fault in Quebec's internal issues as talks remain possible. The abductors threaten James Richard Cross and reference release to Cuba or Algeria.
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Sioner James Cross
Montreal
Cuba
Quebec
Jerome Choquette
Choquette
James Richard Cross
Alge
Cross
Ottawa
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Mitchell Sharp
House of Commons
Sharp
Foreign Ministry
GOP Law And Order Issue Ils Phony, AFL-CIO Told
Labor delegates at the Wisconsin AFL-CIO convention accused Republicans of using the law and order issue to sidetrack workers in the November election. National director Alexander Barken argued Nixon policy hurt workers through tight money and inflation, while Norman Hill urged militant integration and coalition building with black workers. Delegates elected John W. Schmitt as president and approved pay raises, and opposed the Kellett vocational education plan.
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GOP
Law and Order
Afl-Cio
Alexander Barken
Committee of Political Education
Spiro Agnew
Wisconsin
Barken
Nixon
John W. Schmitt
Waukee
John
Giacomo
Jack Reihl
West
Weeks
Bend
la Crosse
Crosse
George W. Hall
Milwaukee
Norman Hill
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Labor Movement
White House
Supreme Court
Congress
Governor’s Commission On Education
Kellett
Gilbert Rohde
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Farmers Union
NFO
Mary E. Sawyer
Celler Pushes Crime Bill For House Vote
Washington AP A sweeping bill aimed at curbing organized crime and terror bombings heads for wide House approval. Emanuel Celler said the Judiciary Committee stripped out repressive provisions and clarified constitutionality. The package includes seven sections tightening procedures against leaders, targeting a seven billion dollar gambling network, and regulating explosives with harsher penalties.
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Washington
House
Senate
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
Celler
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Tribune Carriers Collect This Week
The La Crosse Tribune circulation department urges payment on first call to save time and effort. Collections will occur Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
Tape Voice Predicts Rash of Bombings
A posted tape purportedly by Weatherman leader Bernardine Dohrn predicts a nationwide offensive from Santa Barbara to Boston and Kent to Kansas. The message claims the attack begins with Chicago Haymarket statue bombing and promises attacks across the country. The tape, identified by Dohrn’s sister and released at Youth International Party headquarters, was received postmarked Chicago.
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New York
Radical
Weatherman
Santa Barbara
Boston
Kent
Kansas
Bernardine Dohrn
Jennifer
Youth International Party
Yippies
Chicago
Haymarket Square
The
Voice
Jerry Rubin
Chicago 7
Senate Warned Of Conspiracy Against Police
A Senate Internal Security subcommittee hearing urged swift action on bills to empower the FBI to investigate police and fireman killings within 24 hours if the killer fled across state lines. Police officials from California Omaha and New Orleans testified to a possible national conspiracy by groups including the SDS Weathermen the Black Panthers and others to disrupt law enforcement and arm thefts signal rising violence against officers.
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Washington
Senate
Harrison A. Williams
D-N.j
FBI
Williams
Senate Internal Security
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Richard S. Schweiker
D-Pa
Scott
Bill
California
Omaha
Neb
New Orleans
Murdock J. Platner
Louis J. Sirgo
Black Panther Party
Charles O’brien
O’brien
Weatherman
Students For A Democratic Society
Black Panthers
SDS
Minutemen
Bolivian leftist claims presidency in La Paz rally
Leftist forces claim victory in Bolivia's presidential struggle as Gen. Juan Jose Torres marches into La Paz. Conservative army chief Rogelio Miranda seeks asylum, while leftist groups occupy homes of rightists and El Diario. Workers in tin mines expel technicians from Comibol. People flood streets after the announcement.
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Harold Olmos
LA Paz
Bolivia
Juan Jose _ Torres
Torres
Rogelio Miranda
Alfredo Ovando Candia
el Diario
Mining Corp. of
Comibol
Robbers Flee In Boat From New York Bank
Two masked robbers staged a bank holdup at the Marine Midland Trust Co. branch on the St Lawrence River waterfront in Alexandria Bay and escaped in a motorboat with about 100000 dollars. Police pursued but the robbers eluded capture.
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Alexandria Bay
N.Y
Marine Midland Trust Co
New York
St. Lawrence River
Nixon to unveil major war peace plan this week
President Nixon prepared a comprehensive Vietnam speech signaling a cease fire and renewed efforts for prisoners of war. He aims to wind down the U.S. ground role by mid next year and present a new peace proposal at Paris with enemy envoys on Thursday.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Ing
Ireland
Bruce
Philip Habib
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao
Saigon
Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
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Canada
Michael Balen
Milwaukee Area Carpenters District Council
Ralph E. Bowes
Schmitt
John Beckler
Senate Committee
C. A. O’brien
Bsteenenve
Lawrence L. Knutson
By Lewis Gulick
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Laos
William P. Rogers
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