Air Crash Sabotage Tale Refuted
A Caracas Ultimas Noticias report quoted by officials dismissed sabotage as the cause of a disaster that killed 87 aboard and 67 on the ground near Maracaibo. Investigators favored engine fire from overheating at takeoff in very hot, light wind conditions as eyewitnesses described a flaming left turbine and wreckage scattering over Ziruma and nearby working-class districts.
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Caracas
Ultimas Noticias
Maracaibo
Grano de Oro
Roger
Ziruma
la Coruba
la Trinidad
Near Riot Quelled In Clark Jail
A Sunday disturbance at 11 40 p m in Clark County jail sparked by inmate tensions was quelled by night deputies aided by 15 extra Sheriff’s deputies. Those isolated in single cells lose jail privileges including commissary exercise and dining rights. Tank boss Louis Lee Crockett credited with stopping the melee as Eric George 25 awaiting narcotics trial suffered a broken nose during the fracas.
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Ray
Louis Lee Crockett
Eric George
Reds Trade Heavy Blows On Frontier
Reporters describe violence at the frontier as Reds clash with forces. Protesters attack the embassy with rocks and ink while Radio Peking accuses the Soviets of acting like mad dogs. Beijing pledges retaliation and notes Chinese losses amid unclear casualty figures.
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Reds
Radio Peking
Hong Kong
Peking
Russia
China
California lawmaker blames Interior over Pyramid Lake water
Assemblyman Eugene A. Chappie charges the Department of Interior and ex secretary Udall ignored Newlands Project effects on Pyramid Lake. He urges revisiting the California Nevada Interstate Compact and cites Truckee Carson diversions and irrigation contracts expanding water for 10,000 acres at the expense of the lake.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Nevada
Pyramid Lake
Department of Interior
Eugene A. Chappie
Rcool
Interior
Walter Hickel
Newlands
Chappie
Assembly
Hickel
Stewart Udall
Ronald Reagan
Norman B. Livermore Jr
Robert B. Bond
Joint Compact Commission
Sierra
Desert
Reno
Udall
Truckee Canal
Truckee River
Carson River
Department
Truckee-Carson Irrigation
U S Plane Losses Heavy Since Bomb Halt Ordered
U S air力量 raids in Laos have averaged 300 to 400 daily against the Ho Chi Minh trail since the North Vietnam bombing halt on November 1. U S sources say at least 100 aircraft were lost to ground fire, ranging from fighter bombers to light reconnaissance. In South Vietnam, Viet Cong attacks near Saigon leave 10 Americans dead and 15 wounded amid clashes with U S 1st Cavalry and 25th Infantry units. Thai and Thai-aligned forces repulse Viet Cong assaults near Trang Bang with 2 dead and 19 wounded. Laos supply routes show a surge, with about 10,000 trucks sighted monthly since the bombing pause.
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Saigon
UPS
Laos
North Vietnam
U.S
U. S
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
UPI
U.S. 1St Cavalry
25Th Infantry Division
Trang Bang
New York's Lindsay Runs Again for Mayor
Mayor John V. Lindsay plans to announce re election bid in June primary and November race. He told family and campaign aide he has made up his mind to run aided by Governor Rockefeller and Senators Goodell and Javits. Lindsay faces conservative Republican rivals John Marchi and Vito Battista and Democratic challengers in the nominating battles.
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NEW York
UPI
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Richard Aurelio
Mary
Sanitation Department
John J. Marchi
Vito Battista
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Charles Fe, Goodell
Jacob K. Javits
Viet Cong Terror Raids Kill 118
Viet Cong terror raids killed or wounded at least 118 civilians nationwide, with women and children among the victims. U S units reported defeating 98 Communist troops in five battles within 40 miles of Saigon, as shelling taps were noted to ease. A major attack destroyed two taxicabs southwest of Saigon, killing 25 and wounding five.
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Saigon
Vps
U. S
War Critics Clash Over Nixon Peace Plan In Senate Debate
Senator Mansfield urged patience with Nixon and urged testing the plan while Dirksen pressed antiwar critics to act. McGovern dismissed options and called for immediate changes, proposing a staged troop withdrawal and defense consolidation as talks begin.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
McGovern
United States
Med School Hurdle Faces Nevada Senate Debate
Northern lawmakers argue over a two year operation grant of 58000 for a Reno health science medical school and 345310 for remodeling, with Clark County officials and Regents backing or opposing the project. The debate centers on cost, location and future legislative control.
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Slattery
Clark County
James Bilbray
Bilbray
Las Vegas
Nevada
University of Nevada Board of Regents
Gibson
D-Henderson
Brown
State
Howard Hughes
University Board of Regents
Reno
Coverup Charges at Hearing Over Health Division Turmoil
Crippen testifies at public hearing about alleged coverup since 1961 and his ouster from the health officer post after six months. He criticizes the state health program and management by Harris and Bergevin, urging greater division autonomy and accountability.
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Edward Allison
Otto) Ravenholt
Mr. Allison
Crippen
Harris
Clark County
Otto Ravenholt
Lillian Bergevin
Miss Bergevin
Denson Arrested In Las Vegas Drug Sting
A 21 year old Las Vegan, David Denson, was arrested at 10 30 p m in a Las Vegas Boulevard restaurant on six counts of sale and possession of narcotics. Police, who had tailed him for more than a week, were alerted by an undercover agent posing as a student at Las Vegas High School, bringing total arrests to 29.
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Las Vegas Boulevard
David Denson
Effinger Lane
Denson
Las Vegas High School
British to seize Anguilla amid gangster rule claim
British paratroopers and Scotland Yard police moved under secrecy toward Anguilla, a Caribbean island governed by alleged U S gangster dominance. Transfers from Aldershot and Scotland Yard headed for Lineham RAF base as Anguilla residents, about 6000, prepared to resist.
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London
UPI
Scotland Yard
Anguilla
Caribbean
U. S
Aldershot
Royal Air Force Base
Lineham
U.S. Says Communists Demand Unilateral Surrender Halts Talks
In Paris a U.S. spokesman said Communist demands for immediate unilateral surrender are deadlocking the Vietnam peace talks. The United States rejects stagnation, seeks serious negotiations, and notes disputes over a de escalation and a clearing definition of the November halt to bombing.
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U.S
Paris
UPI
United States
Vietnam
U. S
North Vietnam
Henry Cabot
Lodge
South Vietnam
Big Four to study new UN peace force in Middle East
U S Ambassador Charles W Yost said the Big Four will consider stationing a new UN peace force in the Middle East when they meet, likely soon. He noted quiet diplomacy is vital and emphasized UN centrality to any solution, with talks aimed at testing positions.
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Big Four
United Nations
UPI
U.S
Charles W. Yost
U. N
Middle East
Yost
U. N. Correspondents Association
Abba
Eban
Mideast
United States
Israel
Security Council
Karoly Osaterday
Hungary
Jordan
Muhammad H. El-Farra
Csaterday
Amman
UU. N
U.N
World Organization
U.N. Emergency Force
UNEF
United Arab Republic
Gamal Nasser
U. S
Smothers Brother criticizes CBS and TV policy
Dick Smothers accused networks of chasing dollars over art and threatened to move to another network if CBS does not change its policy. He lamented TV as dull, praised England for creativity, and noted CBS renewed the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour amid a censorship dispute. He also discussed his Sebring endurance race plans.
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Jacksonville, Fla
UPI
Dick Smothers
Smothers Brothers
CBS
Smothers
National Broadcasting Co
Laughin
Sebring
Fla
Tommy
NBC
John Pastore
D-R.j
Ralph Nader
England
Delta DC9 Hijacked to Havana from Dallas Flight 518
A Delta Air Lines DC9 with 59 aboard on a Dallas to Charleston route was hijacked and diverted toward Havana. The pilot reported a passenger demanding Havana after leaving Augusta Georgia, with the flight making stops in Shreveport Jackson Montgomery Atlanta and Augusta before Charleston.
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UPI
Delta Air Lines
Dallas
Charleston
S. C
Cuba
Delta Flight 518
Augusta
Havana
Shreveport
Jackson
Miss
Montgomery Ala
Atlanta
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