Israeli air strike hits Cairo suburb. civilian factory hit
Israeli warplanes bombed Cairo northern suburbs killing 70 factory workers and wounding 49. Egypt and Israel offered conflicting explanations with Dayan citing a delayed action 850 pound bomb. The attack targeted a metal works factory near El Khanka, employing about 1,000, and other jets hit Dashur base south of Cairo.
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United Press International
Cairo
Israel
Egypt
Abu Zabal
Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
International
Red Cross
Odd Bull
U.N. Truce Observer Mission
Dayan
el Khanka
National Metal Works
U.S. Relief Goods for Nigeria Sit Unused in Lagos
UPI reports $12 million in American relief supplies sent by President Nixon remain at Ikeja airport in Lagos. Most of the 63 trucks 50 jeeps seven portable hospitals and 4 900 tons of food are unused as Nigerian authorities cite logistics problems delaying distribution to Biafra war refugees.
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Lagos
UPI
Nixon
United States
U.S
Ikeja
Nigerian Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Commission
Port Harcourt
Nigerian Commission
Date set for Calley court-martial
Military judge sets May 18 as the start date for Lt. William L. Calley Jr. court-martial on charges of murdering 102 South Vietnamese civilians. Pretrial motions due May 15. jurors to be questioned starting May 18 amid extensive publicity concerns.
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Ft, Benning, Ga
UPI
Army
William L. Calley Jr
Reid W. Kennedy
Kennedy
Miami
Public hearing set on water quality standards at Lompoc
Central Coastal regional Water Quality Control Board schedules a public hearing in Lompoc at 1 30 p m on water quality standards for the Santa Ynez and Lompoc valleys. The session follows last fall’s Santa Barbara meeting and reviews a revised recommendations list amid Stetson’s request to extend the hearing.
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Central Coastal Regional Water Quality Control Board
Lompoc
Santa Ynez
Santa Barbara
Thomas Stetson
Santa Ynez River
Lake Cachuma
Stetson
Youth brigades sail to Cuba on cattle boat voyage
Bus loads of young Americans boarded a Cuban cattle boat at Saint John bound for Cuba to aid Fidel Castro's harvest. About 300 to 500 outbound youths and 216 returnees from a prior shift traveled from Maine to New Brunswick with cheering spectators calling for peace as the Luis Arcos Bernes docked for the Venceremos Brigade rendezvous.
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Saint John
N.B
UPI
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Pier 14
United States
Luis Arcos Bernes
John Mitchell
Worcester
Mass
University of Oregon
Notable mix of youths on city buses sparks questions
Officials limited departing passengers while reporters spoke to a diverse group from across the country. Carol Brightman of Boston described a mix of students street kids and minority group members, with about one third students and another third from Puerto Rican Mexican American or Black communities.
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Carol Brightman
Boston
Webster retirement opens sheriff race
Santa Barbara County sheriff coroner James Webster will retire after his current term, ending a 25 year career in law enforcement. Possible successors include Carpentaria Police Chief John Carpenter and Sheriff Detective Harry Looney, with other rumors of FBI agents or DA staff considering runs. Webster praised the department and urged qualified candidates to enter the June primary.
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Santa Barbara
James Webster
John D. Ross
Webster
Posi
Tion
John Carpenter
Carpinteria
Harry Looney
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Governor’s
FBI National Academy
Washington
Mathematician shoots professors at Penn lecture
Robert H. Cantor, 33, described as quiet but erratic, opened fire with a .45 pistol at Dr. Walter Koppelman, 40, and Dr. Oscar Goldman, 45, during a University of Pennsylvania mathematics lecture. He then shot himself, dying in a hallway near the David Rittenhouse Laboratory.
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Philadelphia
UPI
University of Pennsylvania
Robert H. Cantor
Walter Koppelman
Oscar Goldman
Cantor
David Rittenhouse Laboratory
Polaris missile fuel leak prompts Brenham evacuation
Military police evacuated residents within a mile of an overturned truck carrying a Polaris booster stage loaded with explosive fuel. No nuclear warhead was aboard, but a diesel fuel spill and igniters posed blast risk as responders halted radio transmissions as a precaution.
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Brenham, Tex
UPI
Washington County
Elwood Goldberg
James D. Blackmore
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Tex
California
South Carolina
Brenham
Order to desegregate LA schools could wreck district
LA officials warn that court ordered total integration would effectively destroy the Los Angeles city school district, the second largest in the nation, unless the federal government covers costs. The plan hinges on mass mandatory busing of about 240000 students, doubling daily transport needs.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Los Angeles City
United States
Arthur Gardner
Alfred Gitelson
U.S. Supreme Court
Gardner
Giedlson
the American Civil Liberties Union
Unruh accused of backing Schrade for Senate leader
Sacramento reports Assembly Democratic leader Jess Unruh helped elect conservative Jack Schrade as Senate leader. Beilenson and other legislators corroborate, noting Unruh urged Democrats to vote for Schrade while denying involvement in Reagan-era agenda conflicts. Unruh claims no knowledge of the governor's program.
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Sacramento
UPS
Assembly
Jess Unruh
Jack Schrade
State Senate
Unruh
Schrade
Anthony C. Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Beilenson
Ronald Reagan
Senate
Way
San Diego
Reagan
Sen. Schrade
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Pine Canyon
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Jay Hillstrom
St. Stephen
Maine
New Brunswick
Mathematican
Polaris
Robert E. Kelly
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