Tanaka Elected Japan Prime Minister in LDP Ballot
Kakuei Tanaka, 54, a pro American industrialist, won the Liberal Democratic Party leadership on the second ballot and becomes prime minister of Japan after Diet certification. He defeated former Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda in a runoff to replace Eisaku Sato and plans to move heavy industry from cities to curb pollution.
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Japan
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McGovern Delegates Set To Trim California Group
Delegates for Senator George S. McGovern meet in San Francisco and Los Angeles to cut the California delegation from 271 to 118 after the Credentials Committee stripped 153 delegates. Henry Weinstein says each congressional district picks one of the new 118 and the rest are chosen in California. Both delegations will attend the Miami Beach convention.
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Democratic Party
Dock negotiations resume in Hawaii over work guarantees
Longshore talks reopen in Honolulu as both sides remain far apart on guaranteed work weeks. The Hawaii stevedoring industry warns it will reduce the weekly guarantee for neighbor island longshoremen, threatening a crisis Friday. A strike deadline was lifted by the ILWU union until a settlement or total breakdown. ILWU regional director Robert McElrath suggests a strike may be necessary to push talks.
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Future of world chess championship in doubt again
Boris Spassky demands punishment for Bobby Fischer after the American failed to arrive for the opening ceremony. Fischer, arriving in Reykjavik, caused further delay by missing events while a British banker pledged $125,000 to top the purse. Spassky cites rule violations and says punishment is needed before resuming the match.
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UPI
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Spassky
Chess Federation of
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Lionesses on Birth Control at San Jose Zoo
Tammy the African lioness and her 3-year-old daughter at the San Jose Zoo are reportedly on birth control pills. Zoo curator Peter Batten has used Tammy in a three year experiment to reduce cubs, noting she has produced five litters from eight years of age. The project aims to help reduce the population of unwanted dogs and cats in the pet food market.
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UPI
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San Jose Zoo
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Zoo
Peter Batten
Beilenson clean air package advances in Senate hurdles loom
Senate backed a three bill package to curb smog in the South Coast Air Basin from Santa Barbara to Riverside. Key measure would require fleet operators to convert to natural gas or propane by 1975 with tests and registration linked. Critics questioned the fuel system mandate amid broader opposition in Finance.
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Nixon to hear military advisor on Paris peace talks
President Nixon to receive a report from Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Haig after a four day fact finding trip to Saigon and Phnom Penh. Haig’s assessment will shape U S negotiating strategy as Paris talks resume on July 13 following a North Vietnamese offensive. Nixon plans further meetings with Kissinger and other advisers to set final instructions for the U S negotiators.
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Belfast UDA plans weekend clash with British troops
Thirteen Belfast area UDA commanders say they will confront British troops this weekend and fire back if fired upon. The group seeks army action against Catholic no go areas while a prior barricade move near Londonderry was halted by a negotiated compromise.
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UPI
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
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California correctional officers deny strike threats
Ken Brown of the California Correctional Officers Association declares there is no strike threat by prison guards. He criticizes Walter Taylor for suggesting a possible walkout while acknowledging officers’ disenchantment over pay versus highway patrol, but says it does not indicate militant action.
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UPS
Ken Brown
California Correctional Officers Association
Brown
Walter W. Taylor
California State Employer Association
Walter Taylor
Grandmas target in Russia moonshine crackdown
In Russia a crackdown on home distilleries targets elderly moonshiners like Anna Sapryshina known as Grannie Furundichikha. Raids smash bathtub vodka stocks as laws impose up to three years for first offenses and five years for repeats.
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UPI
Anna Mikhailovna Sapryshina
Grandma
Anna Sapryshina
Grannie Furundichikha
Kaluga
Sons
Anna
Yur Novikov
Weather in the Nation Hits Cold, Heat and Thunderstorms
A cold wave grips the interior as temperatures dip to the 30s in the upper Midwest. The Southwest swelters with highs around 120 degrees. Thunderstorms roll through the East and Deep South, bringing locally heavy rains and a series of record lows in the northcentral states.
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