Reporters Find Guards Ignoring Package Checks at Most Federal Buildings
Washington AP reports that guards, citing a misunderstanding, exercised discretion in denying entry to suspicious packages. After GSA orders to require examination, an AP reporter passed eight of nine buildings without challenge, including the Pentagon. Supreme Court guards demanded inspection. The GSA spokesman said judgments based on looks must end and all packages must be opened for examination.
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Washington
General Services Administration
GSA
Associated Press
Pentagon
Supreme Court
Canada moves to ban FLQ under War Measures Act
Ottawa announces the War Measures Act in peacetime to curb the Quebec Liberation Front after kidnappings of a British diplomat and Quebec labor minister. Trudeau seeks a ban, 238 arrests across Quebec, with raids seizing firearms and FLQ literature as police hunt leaders including Robert Lemieux.
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Ottawa
Canada
Quebec Liberation Front
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
House of Commons
Liberation Front
Quebec
Robert Lemieux
Michel Chartrand
Montreal
Trudeau
James R. Cross
Pierre Laporte
FLQ
Lemieux
Kent State riot verdict indicts 25 and clears guards
A grand jury indicted 25 people for Kent State violence and exonerated National Guard troops who fired on students on May 4. The panel blamed university laxity and permissiveness, said the campus riot began May 1 to May 4, and criticized the administration for failing to regulate students and faculty.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Kent State University
National Guard
Common Pleas
Edwin Jones
Taylor Hall
Kent
Kent State
Philippine Typhoon Devastation: 300 Dead, 300000 Homeless
Government officials confirm more than 300 killed and up to 300000 homeless after a Pacific typhoon striking Southern Luzon. Winds reached 150 mph, aid ferried rice, food, and medical supplies to Naga as officials assess damage from the 500 mile stretch. President Marcos declared a disaster as flooding swamped Naga and surrounding areas.
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Naga
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Marcos
Luzon
Manila
GROSS PRODUCT UP Both Parties Cite New Economic Data
With election looming, the Nixon administration and Democrats both claim political advantage from fresh economic figures. GNP rose 6 percent in July-September, signaling possible recovery, while industrial production fell 1.7 percent in September largely due to the United Auto Workers strike at General Motors.
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Washington
Nixon
Commerce Department
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Federal Reserve Board
Madison Mayor Attacks Campus Unrest Report
Madison Mayor William Dyke criticized the President's Commission on Campus Unrest calling the report naive and simplistic. He told reporters the findings miss the depth of the problem and said recovery will take a long time, in a letter to commission chair William Scranton.
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Madison
William Dyke
Commission
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Bomb Blast Reward Fund Tops $100,000
Madison University of Wisconsin regent spokesman said the reward fund after the August 24 bombing of the Army Mathematics Research Center on the Madison campus has surpassed $100,000.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin Regent
Army Mathematics Research Center
La Crosse budget cuts trim over $520000 in levy
La Crosse Common Council finance committee reduced more than 520000 from the tentative 1971 tax levy during budget deliberations. Cuts hit requests for new equipment and personnel, with a $300 annual alderman expense account eliminated to lower the levy. A 60.90 per thousand rate is set for now, while revenue and school funding remain under review.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse Common Council Finance Committee
L. Peter Groves
13Th Ward
Budget budget cuts and wage bumps in city finances
City committee backs small raises for crossing guards deputies and judges while trimming departments. Highway budget slashes new equipment and staffing, airport trims equipment but keeps a profit, and park and engineering positions are eliminated with overtime added. City Engineer Mullenbach may revisit if a problem arises.
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City Health Department
Highway Department
James Cote
Cote
Park Department
Bernard Mullenbach
Groves
Mullenbach
Police Center Bombed in Kansas City Patrolmen Injured
A bomb damaged a police storefront center in Kansas City injuring Officers Kenneth Fleming and Charles Robinson who suffered multiple lacerations and were treated at Menorah Hospital in good condition. Police detained three men for questioning but found no link to radical groups claimed for recent bombings elsewhere.
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Kansas City
Kenneth Fleming
Charles Robinson
Menorah Hospital
California
Washington State
New York
Massachusetts
Fleming
Robinson
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Economic Report
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GNP
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
McCracken
Eatadetace Daily
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