Boy Scouts apologize for joke at Idaho jamboree
The Boy Scouts of America apologized to the Japanese American Citizens League after a joke by Bob Hope at the Jamboree West opening session used the term Jap. Alden Barber spoke to Ben Nakagawa in Seattle and asked that the apology reach Seattle Scout Troop 53 of the Japanese Baptist Church. Ward Grant noted the script intended Hope to say Japanese.
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Seattle
Wash
UPI
Boy Scouts of America Organization
Ward Grant
Hope
Multinational Corporations Threaten Sovereignty Warn U.N.
A U.N. report by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs warns that multinational corporations, with vast economic power, can threaten national sovereignty by influencing policies and evading direct accountability to voters. The group of eminent persons will study their impact in Geneva and at an upcoming session.
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UPI
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U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Kurt Waldheim
Economic and Social Council
Geneva
Vigilantes May Chase Rustlers Again In California
Rancher Will Gill reports multiple cattle losses across fields with 23 of 500 cows missing and others totaling three from 225 head and two from 120. State officials call the rustling serious and say efforts are underway to protect ranchers and alert local authorities. California holds 4.7 million cattle and a $1.2 billion industry last year.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
Will Gill
Madera
Gill
Hans van Ness
Food and Agriculture Department
C. B. Christensen
Panic rice hoarding hits Chinatown as prices jump
In San Francisco Chinatown panic buying leaves shelves bare as elders haul 50 to 60 sacks of rice home. Prices rise from 10 to 14.50 per sack while wholesalers report no actual shortage and note many buyers are Hong Kong immigrants recalling famine.
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UPI
Chinatown
Hong Kong
Patna
Texas
China
Kwangtung
Capital punishment vote expected in California Assembly
In Sacramento UPI reports a key Assembly committee will vote on death penalty legislation Tuesday. The Criminal Justice Committee plans a final hearing on nine death penalty and life imprisonment bills as five weeks remain in the 1973 session. Speaker Moretti says chances are better than even to approve some form of capital punishment with freshman Julian Dixon seen as a swing vote and possible amendments to soften mandatory police officer death sentences.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
California
Assembly Criminal Justice Committee
Bob Moretti
Libya Takes 51 Percent of Occidental Oil in Nationalization
Beir ut reports Libya nationalizes 51 percent of Occidental Oil Co after paying 135 million dollars in cash for a transfer to the Libyan National Oil Co. Occidental board chairman Armand Hammer confirms the deal as acceptable. Tripoli authorities warn other foreign firms to meet Libyan demands or face action.
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Beirut
UPI
Libya
U.S
Tripoli
Occidental
George M. Williamson
Tripoli Radio
Ezzedin Mabrouk
Ground air search for missing New Mexico boy called off
A search for a seven year old boy believed lost in the Central New Mexico mountains has been canceled after officials found no definite evidence the distress calls were authentic. Four radio listening stations had been set up to locate a signal but authorities remain uncertain.
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N.M
UPI
New Mexico
Martin Vigil
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