Severe quake strikes Central Russia with town damage reported
A strong earthquake shook remote Soviet Central Asia on Monday with casualties and damage described as significant by Soviet television. Seismologist Nikolai Shebalin said the quake reached magnitude nine on the Soviet scale of twelve, indicating severe shaking.
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Russia
Moscow
UPS
Central Asia
Italy
Nikolai Shebalin
Soviet Academy of Sciences
United States
Soviet Union
Bukhara
Samarkand
Tashkent
Gazli
Shebalin
Amu Darya
New tremor jolts quake zone in northeastern Italy
A 4.2 magnitude quake struck northeastern Italy at 5 13 p m sending hospital patients fleeing and causing panic in the aftermath of a May 6 6.9 quake. Seismologists warned of aftershocks as officials mobilized 130 heavy operators and 111 pieces of equipment to clear debris from 40 towns.
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Italy
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Major 7.2 quake rocks Soviet Central Asia near Afghanistan
A strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Soviet Central Asia near the Afghanistan border on Monday. Moscow radio reported serious destruction with no immediate casualty figures. Epicenter was near Samarkand Bukhara and Tamdybulak.
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Soviet Central Asia
Afghanistan
Moscow
Samarkand
Bukhara
Tamdybulak
Court Upholds Plumbers Convictions in Ellsberg Break-in
The US Court of Appeals upholds Ehrlichman and Liddy convictions for conspiring and perjury in the 1971 Watergate related break in at Dr. Ellsberg’s psychiatrist office. Barker and Martinez convictions are reversed. The ruling could yield a 20 months to five year term for Ehrlichman.
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Eugenio R. Martinez
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Ellsberg
Pentagon
Vietnam
Richard M Nixon
White House
Henry Kissinger
Marinez
Felipe DeDiego
Fielding
Beverly Hills
Calif
Ehhrlichman
Court Controls Summa Assets Sequestered in Delaware Case
The Delaware Chancery Court keeps all Summa Corp assets under sequestration amid a 15 year old TWA suit against Howard Hughes. The order, active since 1962, bars sale proceeds from stock held by the court, while a related New York antitrust action seeks damages around 50 million dollars. Meanwhile Lummis seeks temporary stock control, with 29 heirs to answer by June 14.
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New York
Finger
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Mirin Loses Case Against Nevada Supreme Court Justices
U.S. District Judge A Andrew Hauk dismissed Bill Mirin civil rights suit against the Nevada Supreme Court and the Nevada Taxicab Authority of Clark County. Mirin may amend to add new facts. he was seeking to challenge court rules, disclosure of campaign funds, and actions affecting his Strip Cab Co. operations.
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Nevada Supreme Court
Nevada
Clark County
U.S. Dist
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Hauk
Mirin
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Jacobsen Plea Nets Probation in San Angelo Case
Former West Texas savings and loan officer Jacobsen pleaded no contest to stealing $825,000 and received seven years probation. He was linked to an Austin legal figure and a 1970s bribery probe involving John Connally, with federal charges dropped earlier and a co defendant Ray Cowan already serving a term. The case centered on misapplication at the First Savings and Loan Association of San Angelo.
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Tex
UPD
Jake Jacobsen
West Texas Savings and Loan Company
Acobsen
Austin
Treasury
John Connally
Curt Steib
Jacobsen
First Savings and Loan Association of
Justice Department
Ray Cowan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Connally
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Nixon
Special Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Montreal police smash international hashish ring
Police say they disrupted a ring importing at least 60 pounds of hashish monthly into Canada from Bombay via England and Nassau. Sixteen people from Canada the United States New Zealand South Africa and Australia were arrested and face court. Over $530000 in cash and about 20 pounds of hashish were seized joining the Brinks armored car case investigation.
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UPI
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India
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South Africa
Australia
London
Cuillard
Brinks
West End
North Las Vegas Council Delays Two Key Ordinances
North Las Vegas City Council tabled action on two contentious items. An ordinance requiring police and fire employees to move into the city was amended to only apply when a employee sells his home, with a 30 day move window. A referendum may be placed on the November ballot. The other item, docking pay for Municipal Judge Ray Davies over alternate judges, was tabled amid calls of dirty politics as recall talk swirled around mayoral candidates.
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UPI
Henry Kissinger
Ford
Ron Nelsen
White House
Kissinger
NBC
Nelsen
Michigan
Independent Television News
London
North Las Vegas
Wendell Waite
North
Las Vegas
John Squires
Waite
Oith
John P. Fagen
Ray Davies
Davies
Grandmother in Las Vegas Faces Rat Problem
A Las Vegas grandmother, aged about 80, has more than 100 rats after initially caring for ten females and one male. The rats allegedly were raised to feed snakes and multiplied after a divorce. The city’s Business Department is handling the situation, with inspector Sistek visiting her home.
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William Sistek
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