Pot Sources Evaporating Intercept Spokesmen Say
Intercept reports reduced black market marijuana and rising heroin prices as operation drives up cross border drug flow costs. Officials note limited supplies in Los Angeles San Francisco New York Chicago and Dallas Fort Worth with prices climbing and arrests small in number.
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U.S
Treasury Department
Bureau of Narcotics
Intercept
Los Angeles
U S
Mexico
United States
New York
Chicago
Dallas-Fort Worth
LV Drug Rings Shaken After Crackdown
Las Vegas narcotics officers arrest a key supplier and transmitter known as Austin after finding seven bags of heroin in a car. The capture sparks panic among West Side dealers as border blockade relief and Mafia tied heroin flow reshape the local market. Marijuana use also regains pre blockade levels, signaling a broad drug rebound.
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Austin
Las Vegas
West Side
John Sleeper
Beatty
U.S
France
Vietnamese Widow Receives 6473 In Berets Case
The U S government paid Mrs Phan Kim Lien Chuyen 6473 to settle the disappearance of Thai Khac Chuyen, a Green Beret interpreter. Eight Green Berets faced charges later dismissed by Army Secretary Stanley Resor. The payment covers about 40 months of his 160 monthly salary.
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UPI
U.S
Green Beret
Phan Kim Lien Chuyen
Thai Khac Chuyen
U.S. Army
Green Berets
Chuyen
Army
Stanley Resor
Washington
Doors Open Here Without A Hitch In Las Vegas
The Doors concert at the Ice Palace in Las Vegas proceeded with no incidents as deputies watched for alleged lewd behavior. Sheriff Ralph Lamb had sought to block the act with a business license denial, while District Attorney George Franklin said the tactic illegal.
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Las Vegas
the Doors
Ice Palace
Jim Morrison
Clark County
Ralph Lamb
Doors
George Franklin
Lamb
Army General To Meet Press On Slot Scandal
Senate subcommittee says Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner will testify about alleged cover up in the Wooldridge liquor smuggling case from Vietnam. Turner is accused of hampering the investigation and ordering a probe of a tipster sergeant. Cunningham III was offered a chance to testify.
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Senate
Carl C. Turner
Army
Subcommittee
Turner
Wooldridge
Vietnam
United States
Creighton W. Abrams
WO Reis R. Kash
Air Force
Justice Department
U.S
LSD Blamed By TV Star For Tragedy
The death of Miss Linkletter, 20, occurred Saturday morning in her Hollywood apartment after a troubled night. Diane Linkletter had reportedly used LSD and described fear and mind destruction, while her friend Edward Durston said she was extremely emotional and despondent before the fatal event.
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Miss Linkletter
John Zketerm
Linkletter
Dawn
Hollywood
Norman Hamilton
Hamilton
Diane
Times
Heavy Communist attack hits American outpost near Saigon
Communist forces struck a U S Army outpost in the Central Highlands and attacked 33 shells across South Vietnam, killing two Americans and wounding six at the 4th Infantry Division camp. Civilian deaths and Vietnamese injuries were reported in the Mekong Delta region.
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Saigon
Aps
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
4Th Division
Mekong
Public's Faith in Nixon Deteriorates Over Vietnam War
A Harris survey shows rising public doubt about ending the Vietnam war and waning confidence in President Nixon. Ratings on handling the war and negotiations fall from June to September, with notable declines across Midwest, small towns, and middle America.
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Vietnam
IEEE
White House
North Vietnam
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Johnson
Harris
Midwest
America
South
Mr. Nixon
Firebombings and Looting Erupt in West Vegas
A West Vegas night of violence began after an argument with an officer and intensified with a shotgun incident. About 150 people gathered as officers and a SUN photographer faced rocks, while Davis brothers and a cab driver were arrested for disturbing the peace and speeding. Mike Davis faced assault charges. Fire crews arriving at Monroe Street were pelted. three firefighters were bruised. Looting broke out at the Golden West Shopping Center and an auto was firebombed at H and Owens, injuring a woman driver. Police senior leadership rerouted resources, with Chief Pete Witcher ordering extra shifts after conferring with Mayor Grayson and Dist. Atty. Franklin. Last night marked the area’s first large-scale black-on- black violence in the city, though other cities have faced similar disorders.
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Davis Brothers
Mike Davis
Jerry Miller
Owens Street
Golden West
R&r
Owens Streets
Pete Witcher
Oran Grayson
George Franklin
Witcher
Rival Paper Defends Keeler Memoir Publication
A rival newspaper defended News of the World right to publish Christine Keeler memoirs as the second installment ran. The Sunday Telegraph echoed censorship concerns over bans on TV ads and a BBC interview with Keeler, suggesting Profumo allies seek to silence debate.
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London
UPI
Yesterday
News of the World
Christine Keeler
Miss Keeler
Sunday Telegraph
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
John Profumo
Laxalt declares retirement from public office
Gov. Paul Laxalt issued a press statement denying any May to seek higher office. He affirmed he would not be a candidate for governor or United States senator and explained his decision amid GOP pressure and speculation.
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Paul Laxalt
United States
Carson City
Laxalt
Ed Alison
Howard Cannon
Nixon
GOP
Cannon
Nevada
Texas Floods Strain Hill Country After 10 Inch Deluge
Flash floods swept the Texas hill country between San Antonio and Del Rio after a 10 inch rain. The Leona River rose its banks and flooding was forecast near Batesville and downstream at Derby. One man, Jimmy L. Spangenberg, 25, of Fredericksburg, drowned in Barrons Creek on the city limit when his car was swept away. A cold arctic air mass cooled the west while midsection saw 70s and 80s.
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Texas
San Antonio
del Rio
Weather Bureau
Leona River
South
Batesville
Derby
Jimmy L. Spangenberg
Fredricksburg
Tex
Barrons Creek
Portuguese Crowds Clash With Police on Republic Anniversary
In Lisbon police swung clubs and rifles to contain student demonstrators marking the 59th anniversary of Portugal’s republic. Officers confiscated film from an American and a West German photographer while crowds mostly dispersed peacefully as the government held its first large official ceremony in four decades with several hundred troops in attendance.
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Lisbon
UPI
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