Uruguayan terrorists execute U.S. adviser Mitrione
Dan Mitrione, 50, a U.S. police adviser and former Richmond Indiana police chief, was found shot to death in a Montevideo car after kidnapping by Tupamaros. The body showed two chest wounds and was identified by embassy staff. The group demanded prison releases and threatened further killings.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
UPI
Dan Mitrione
U.S
Mitrione
Richmond
Ind
Monte Carlo
Claude Fly
Fort Collins
Colo
Aloysio Dias Gomide
Dias Gomide
Fly
Union
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Congress
Guatemala
Argentina
Karl von Sprell
U.S. Agency For International Development
AID
Charles Adair
Italy
Floods Hit Carolinas Georgia and Tennessee After Heavy Rains
Severe rainstorms drenched the central and southern Appalachians and the South. Hickory North Carolina received near six inches. Parkersburg West Virginia Greensboro North Carolina Athens Georgia and Birmingham Alabama also saw heavy rainfall. Savannah Georgia recorded nearly six inches and floodwaters overtopped canals in Wilshire and Windsor subdivisions filling streets and homes. Governor Lester Maddox called in state police to guard against looting after a portion of southern Chatham County Georgia was deemed a disaster area.
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Central
Appalachians
South
Carolinas
Hickory
North Carolina
Parkersburg
W.va
Greensboro
N.C
Athens, Ga
Birmingham
Ala
Chatham County
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Savannah
Wilshire
Windsor Forest
Border incident delays return of American students in Germany
Twenty American high school students in a four week German language program in Schwandorf were detained for about 11 hours by Czech border guards after unknowingly crossing the border with three West Germans and their tour leader. They were handed to Bavarian border police near Warzenried and released early Sunday.
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Schwandorf
Germany
UPI
Phoenix International Classrooms Incorporated
Warzenried
Furth- Im-Wald
USS
Munich
Denver
Minneapolis
Panther murder trial resumes with key witness cross exam
In New Haven, Lonnie McLucas faces trial as George Sams Jr testifies he helped torture and kill Alex Rackley to deter informers and please Panther leaders. Sams linked McLucas and Bobby Seale to the 1969 murder amid NY bombing plot fears. 21 arrested in related case, 8 dropped, 13 awaiting trial. Seale denies Rackley was informer, claims Sams was the informer.
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New Haven
Alex Rackley
McLucas
Panther National
Bobby G. Seale
Rackley
New York City
Panther
New York
Sams
Seal
Nudists Hold Open Air Service At 12th Naturists Congress
At Orpington England Rev. Donald Sheriff led a worship for about 100 nudists during the 12th congress of the International Naturists Federation with 1 700 others present. He praised the smooth service while a nude organist played hymns and some worshippers dashed for clothes to pay the collection plate.
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Orpington
England
UPI
Donald Sheriff
Sheriff
International Naturists Federation
Church of England
Colonel Earns Masters Degree From USC Hard Way
Colonel Tom Doyle, deputy chief of staff operations for the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division, earned a Master of Science from USC after guiding Malmstrom AFB to establish the program for his troops. He credits his wife Mary and their six children for support as he pursued education while serving.
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Air Force
Tom Doyle
University of California
Malmstrom Air Force Base
341St Strategic Missile Wing
Malmstrom
Doyle
Pearl Harbor
University of Maryland
USC
Mary
1St Strategic Aerospace Division
23Rd
5Th Bomb Wing
Travis Afb
821St Strategic Aerospace Division
Thomas F. Doyle Jr
University of Southern California
Vandenberg Air Force Base
U.S. Air Force Photo
Environmental ills and remedies in Nixon era briefing
Highlights from the White House Council on Environmental Quality discuss widespread pollution and resource depletion caused by growth and urban shift. Proposals include stricter laws, mass transit, recycling, population training, and global monitoring to curb environmental damage. In Cimarron New Mexico, Philmont Boy Scout Ranch lifted a quarantine after a 12 year old died of an unexplained illness none believed to be plague.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Council
Cimarron
N.M
Philmont Boy Scout Ranch
James Morris
Jackson Mich
Morris
Philmont
Lompoc Record Publisher and Staff Directory Ad
Local newspaper masthead lists Lompoc Record Publications as publisher with Mrs. Kenneth L. Adam as president and J. Donald Adam as publisher and secretary-treasurer. Staff includes editor Gaylen Jackson business manager Tim Conner sports editor Betty Laurent and others. rate shown as $2.25 per month.
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Lompoc
California
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Tim Conner
Clete Lunny
Wesley A. Huffman
Ray McCuen
Robert Pellerin
Betty Laurent
Vallegtin Proctor
Wilma Jack
Dan Duffy
Phnom Penh Battles as Cambodians Repel Infiltrators
Cambodian forces fought Viet Cong and North Vietnamese infiltrators two miles from central Phnom Penh in the capital’s closest penetration to date. Saigon reports cite heavy shelling of 25 Allied sites, 10 Americans killed and 41 wounded in one day, with US troop levels dipping to 406,350 as withdrawal progresses. Cambodian troops recovered Chinese remains near Kirirom and Skoun amid tightened security and checkpoints.
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Phnom
UPI
Phnom Penh
Vet
Saigon
U. S
Vietnam
Air Force
South China Sea
Cam Ranh Bay
da Nang
Tonle Sap
Mekong River
China
Cambodia
Kirirom
Skoun
Reservists punished for hair rule defiance in San Diego
Eight Marine Corps reservists were reduced in rank or forfeited pay for refusing to follow orders to cut their hair. Sentences ranged from $118 to $129 in pay loss, with three men also serving 14 to 21 days hard labor. A ninth was found guilty with no sentence. Five others face summary courts martial after special proceedings.
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San Diego
UPI
Marine Corps
Fourth Tank Battalion
4Th Marine Division
Usmc Reserve
David Lopez
Picketing Begins in California Labor Representation Fight
In Salinas a Teamsters driven dispute with UFWOC over farm worker representation escalates as about 250 Freshpict Foods employees walk out. The National Farm Labor Contractors Association also votes to recognize the Teamsters, including 425 of 850 California licensed contractors.
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Salinas
UPI
Teamsters Union
Afl-Cio
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
California
Cesar Chavez
UFWOC
Freshpict Foods, Inc
Teamsters
Salinas Valley
Freshpict
Chavez
Chavez’ Organization
Fresno
National Farm Labor Contractors Association
Guvin Sinclair
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Nixon
Joe David
California Newspaper Publishers Association
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
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Bos
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Sally Ann‘Howes
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