Committees move to block bombing funds
In Washington two Senate committees moved to block funds for U S bombing in Cambodia. The Foreign Relations Committee approved an amendment 16 to 3 to force complete U S disengagement from military operations. Eight congressmen filed suit seeking a ruling that the bombing is illegal.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Indochina
Senate
Defense Appropriations
House
Pentagon
U.S. District Court
Cambodia
Congress
Lawrence R. Vel
United States
Laos
Vietnam
Six adults save 32 students from burning Fresno bus crash
A head on collision 20 miles south of Fresno on U S 41 left the bus drivers dead. Six adults pulled 32 sixth graders from the burning bus by breaking windows and guiding children to safety. Teachers helped evacuate as flames rose from the bus bottom amid the crash.
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Fresno
UPI
U.S. 41
Hearst Castle
Morro Bay
California Highway Patrol
Richard Norman
Nixon summons leaders on election reform plan
President Nixon called a White House meeting with 13 Democratic and Republican leaders to discuss a proposed partisan commission for election law reforms. Ziegler said details would be released later this week following his April 30 speech on DNC bugging.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
House
White House
Apartisan Commission
Ronald L. Ziegler
Commission
Tornado Watches and Odd Weather Across the Nation
Widely scattered thunderstorms stretched from Arizona into Nevada California and Oregon as unseasonably cool air chilled the Northeast while warmth persisted in the Northwest. Central Plains to New England saw near freezing temperatures, with 90s in parts of the Northwest. Tornado warnings and sightings were reported in Texas high plains, though no damages or injuries followed. Inez Downing from Levelland Police described funnel clouds around the area.
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Arizona
Nevada
California
Oregon
Northwest
Texas
New Mexico
High Plains
National Weather Service
Lubbock
Inez Downing
Levelland
Teen pays record price for first Superman comic
Mitchell Mehdy of Carmichael paid 1801.26 dollars for a dog-eared June 1938 Superman issue. The 18-year-old, nicknamed king of the comics, values the book highly as other stores report the sale as a record price.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Mitchell Mehdy
Carmichael
Mehdy
Theodore Holstein
Arizona
Berkeley
Hollywood
Reagan dismisses Alioto Watergate persecution claim
Gov Ronald Reagan calls Aliotos Watergate style charges far fetched and backward looking while Alioto affirms he was targeted by Nixon era politics over Look Magazine ties and bribery cases later dismissed.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Hiram Johnson
Reagan
Alioto
United Press International
Nixon
Look Magazine
Little legislatures and the reach of administrative rules
State boards and departments can craft binding regulations that function like laws, often adopted with 30 day notices and vague informatives. Senator Alfred Long calls the proliferation of filings and pages alarming, urging possible mandatory legislative ratification of regulations to restore separation of powers.
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Office of Administrative Procedure
Alfred Long
Senate Judiciary Committee
Long
Hostage drama ends with gunman killed atop fuel tank
At Portland International Airport a Vietnamese veteran, William H. Abernathy, 25, held two hostages atop an 840000 gallon aviation fuel tank. FBI sharpshooters killed him as he descended after hours of threats. One hostage was released. the other remained. authorities cited protecting the hostage and potential explosion risk.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
William H. Abernathy
FBI
Loren Pankratz
Abernathy
Nancy
Portland International Airport
Oriskany
Vietnam
Bellingham
Wash
Vincent Glaudin
Julius L. Mattson
Steve Dalling
Reagan and Moretti at Union Forum on Tax Cap Plan
Governor Reagan and Assembly Speaker Moretti spoke at the state AFL CIO conference backing and denouncing the proposed constitutional tax and spending limit. They urged supporters to gather 520000 signatures for a November ballot, aiming to cut total state tax burden by 20 percent in 15 years.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Reagan
Moretti
Afl-Cio
Truth Squad
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