Powerful Quake Hits Solomon Islands Area
A major undersea earthquake struck 120 miles northeast of New Ireland in the Solomon Islands region early today. Seismologists report magnitudes between 7.8 and 8.1 on various scales with no initial reports of damage or casualties and a tsunami watch later canceled.
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Honolulu
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
Pacific Ocean Laboratories
International Tsunami Center
New Ireland
Solomon Chain
New Guinea
National
Air Force Captain Reprimanded Fined for London Protest
Air Force Captain Thomas Culver was fined 1000 and given a reprimand by a U S court martial in England for joining a Memorial Day antiwar demonstration at the U S Embassy in London. He faced up to four years, loss of pay, and discharge but avoided jail. The eight man panel convicted him on charges tied to presenting petitions against the Indochina war to the embassy.
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Lakenheath
England
U.S. Air Force
Thomas Culver
U.S
London
Culver
Southwest Oklahoma Forecast Slides to Hot and Fair
The forecast for Southwest Oklahoma shifts from sunny to fair and hot. Highs near 105 today and Thursday, with overnight lows in the upper 70s. Lawton downtown hit 100 degrees, marking the ninth day in ten with triple digit heat.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Half Million Union Members Strike Bell System
Up to 500000 AFL CIO Communications Workers walk out at 6 am EDT as phone service largely remains while repair and installation slowdowns loom. Supervisors fill switchboards. strike could last at least two weeks due to labor ratification rules. Local scenes show protesters in New York with yellow shirts.
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Washington
Bell System
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Chuck Dynes
New York
CWA
Allied Uni
Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
C&p Telephone Co
C&p
At&t
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell Telephone System
Seattle
Dango
Hussein Hits At Guerrillas In Jordan Fighting Escalates
Government says northern Jordan fighting is beyond routine as Hussein’s troops clash with festinian guerrillas. Cairo urges delay of Hussein visit and mediators Saudi Arabia and Egypt press for settlement. Yasir Arafat travels to Cairo amid regional tensions.
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Jordan
Cairo
Hussein
Egypt
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Nn
Picket Lines Here Keep 250 Telephone Workers Off Job
Picket lines set up by the Communications Workers of America keep about 250 Southwestern Bell telephone workers off the job in Lawton. Western Electric installers from Oklahoma City began picketing, though the local contract with Southwestern Bell runs until Saturday. The company reports only eight Westerners here, but the strike causes local service delays while offices stay open for essential calls.
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Bill Dixon
W. H. Mann
Western Electric
Oklahoma City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Lawton
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Bell System
Western
Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company
Mike Harman
Harman
Groups File Suit To Block FBI Harassment
American Friends Service Committee and 19 others sue in U S District Court to halt alleged FBI political harassment and surveillance. Plaintiffs name Attorney General Mitchell FBI Director Hoover and Philadelphia FBI head Jamison as defendants alleging illegal intimidation and rights violations beginning around April 1 related to a Metro Media theft probe.
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FBI
Hiladelphia
American Friends Service Committee
Philadelphia
U.S. District Court
Atty
John N. Mitchell
J. Edgar Hoover
Joe D. Jamison
AFSC
Philadelphia Resistance
Media
Washington
GOP Claims Strength To Sustain Nixon Veto
Republicans say they have enough Senate votes to sustain President Nixon's veto of a 5.6 billion public works bill. Democrats doubt they can rally two thirds in the Senate and House. Nixon rejected the plan citing a 2 billion new works program. supporters argue it would cut unemployment.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D- N.J
House
White House
Jennings Randolph
Dw.va
Public Works Committee
Theo
Appalachian
GOP
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Dena Williams
Annette Williams
Rhonda Refsnider
Solomons
West New Guinea
Air Force
3Rd Air Force
Eugene Treandly
Woodside
N. Y
Carl Abrams
THE
Associated Press
By Coy Hobbs
Bors
United States
Alaska
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