Largest Narcotics Raid In U S History Nets Major Seizure
Federal agents arrested 33 in a Miami area sweep described as the largest operation of its kind. The raids, backed by wiretaps, seized about $2.6 million in retail narcotics, $19,875 in cash, 23 cars and 14 weapons, with up to $5.1 million more in drugs recovered in six months. Esteban Mendoza Orama was shot in a car during arrests.
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Esteban Mendoza Orama
Lomita
Calif
New York
Miami
Latin America
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
United States
Mitchell
John E. Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Prin
Talks In Area Strike Set To Resume Today
About 1 600 craft union members at the Test Site face renewed talks as a strike proceeds for roughly 1 520 workers while 8 remain settled. Negotiations focus on wages and fringe benefits, with contractors seeking $2.90 per hour in four years versus unions seeking about $3.95.
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Central Labor Council
Building Trades Council
Atomic Energy Commission
Catalytic Construction Co
REECO
Painters
Carpenters Local
Ironworkers
Carpenters
Labor Negotiating Committee
Associated General Contractors
Las Vegas Builders Exchange
Southern Nevada Homebuilders
Harris Poll Shows Deep Nation Divide Over Abortion Permit
The Harris poll surveys Americans on abortion, asking whether it should be permitted for almost any reason or opposed, highlighting a strong national division on this issue. The results indicate polarization across demographic groups and political affiliations with no clear consensus.
Mother of court martialed sailor seeks Navy answers
Las Vegas mother says she has heard nothing from Navy or government officials about the court martial of Gunner's Mate 30 James Hunsucker, a Las Vegas High School graduate, charged with unauthorized use of a patrol boat and negligence in its loss. Senator Cannon said he is investigating the case details.
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Mekong
Sihanouk
Howard W. Cannon
James Fs. Hunsucker
Las Vegas High School
Albert L. Huns
Hunsucker
Navy
Crescent City Tank Car Disaster Shatters Town
A train derailment near Crescent City Illinois triggered explosions and fires that destroyed a house and several stores. Water supplies were contaminated and residents fled as flames shot 100 feet high and smoke rose 1000 feet. Seven injured hospitalized. highway closures and emergency responses broadened nationwide aid.
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Francis Mowry
Willis Thomas
Crescent City High School
Watseka
Here
Chanute
U.S. 24
Illinois 49
Buses Collision in Mexico Leaves 19 Dead
In Quiroga Mexico two crowded buses collided killing 19 and injuring 25 as one bus crossed into the opposite lane near the lake side resort Zinapecuaro. Both drivers died and wreckage covered a wide roadside area. Ambulances rushed the injured to the village hospital. No Americans were reported harmed.
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Quiroga
Mexico
UPI
Mexico City
Zinapecuaro
Churchmen Urge Ceasefire End to Indochina War
Church leaders from the NCC call for the United States to seek a UN supervised cease-fire in Indochina and to end Viet Namization of the war. They form a National Ecumenical Consultation to reform the NCC, with Dr. R H Edwin Espy optimistic about broader ecumenical ties including Catholic and evangelical denominations.
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United States
United Nations
Indochina
NCC
R. H. Edwin Espy
Iranian Shah’s Nephew Among Hijacked Plane Passengers
An Iranian Airlines Boeing 727 carrying 98 people including Prince Shahriar Sahfigh was hijacked after takeoff from Tehran to Abadan and forced to Baghdad. Iraqi authorities briefly detained the aircraft before allowing release of all aboard.
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Tehran
API
Iranian Airlines
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Baghdad
Foreign Ministry
Abadan
Prince Shahriar Sahfigh
the Shah
Iran
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Seven Political Prisoners Freed In Argentina
President Roberto M. Levingston issued a decree freeing seven political prisoners and lifting arrest orders on three others. The move aims to cool antigovernment unrest in Argentina, with most released being labor leaders linked to Cordoba, a center of protests after deadly clashes last year. The best known released figure is Lucio Garzon Maceda, adviser to the Auto Mechanics Union in Cordoba.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Roberto M. Levingston
Levingston
Argentina
Cordoba
Lucio Garzon Maceda
Auto Mechanics Union
Davis Fired UCLA Professor Draws Support for Reinstatement
Angela Davis, a Black Communist and UCLA philosophy lecturer, was fired by the UC regents for inflammatory speeches. She plans to sue in federal court claiming free speech and due process violations, with the Black Panthers backing her campaign and denouncing the board as hostile to left wing dissidents.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Angela Davis
University of California Regents
Black Panthers
Miss Davis
UCLA
Communist Party
Black Panther Party
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Ronald Reagan
California
John T. McTernan
Davis
McTernan
U.S. Supreme Court
Montgomery Furth
Ucla Philosophy Department
Keith Schiller
Penn Central Seeks Reorganization Amid Financial Turmoil
Penn Central Transport Co. filed for reorganization under the Bankruptcy Act in U S District Court in Philadelphia Judge C William Kraft Jr signed the order allowing the $7 billion firm to retain assets and continue operations As spokesman said this procedure differs from liquidation trains will keep running operations will continue after cash squeeze and failure to secure a $200 million loan guarantee from Congress
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Penn Central
Motel Manager Fends Off Knife Holder With a Club
Walter A. Stewart, a motel manager, thwarted a knife attack at West Motel by swinging a club kept under the counter after the thief demanded cash. The suspect fled with about $78.83. Stewart was treated and released. A second motel, Blair House, was robbed about 1:35 a.m. yesterday with about $100 taken. The report also touches on Penn Central’s merger and financial struggles following the 1968-69 consolidation.
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Walter A. Stewart
West Motel
W. Bonanza
Stewart
North Las Vegas
Blair House
Desert Inn Road
Marine given life sentence in Viet murder case
A Marine sergeant and six other Marines faced a courtroom verdict in the Son Thang killings near Da Nang. The first defendant Schwarz received life imprisonment after a three-judge panel rejected a death sentence and called the act murder. Prosecution argued that following orders was no excuse for killing civilians.
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Marine
Son Thang Village
da Nang
Pfc
Thomas Rboyd
Evansville
Ind
Paul St. Amour
Bedford
Mass
Schwarz
Daniel H. le Gear
Kirkwood
Nandail D. Herrod
Calvin, Oklo
Vietnam
le Gear
Franz P. Jevne
Minneapolis
Minn
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
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