House passes weakened antihijacking bill in 354 to 2 vote
The House approved a diluted antihijacking measure giving the President authority to suspend U S air service to nations aiding hijackers and allowing the secretary of transportation to withhold foreign carriers. The bill includes a death or 20 year prison penalty for hijackers and faces Senate pressures.
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Washington
UPI
House
Nixon
United States
Phillip Burton
D-Calif
John Conyers
D-Mich
Transportation Secretary
Senate
Federal Aviation Administration
Commerce Committee
Harley G. Staggers
D-W.va
Congress
BART Suffers First Accident In Fremont California
The Bay Area Rapid Transit system recorded its first accident as a train at 30 mph ignored computer stop orders and crashed through a sand barrier into a parking lot ten feet below. Five people were injured in the first car, including the attendant who can override the computer. The rear car uncoupled before the drop and later hauled back on the tracks while investigators blamed train equipment rather than the computer. Regular service was halted for investigation.
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Fremont
Calif
BART
Young mother carves grave markers for infant children
Cynthia Frederick, 21, spent 100 hours shaping concrete tombstones for her two infant children in Des Moines. Park Board ordered removal since the markers violate city policy requiring bronze or granite stones. Cemetery Committee chair Richard Delmege suggested publicity might push for an exception.
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Des Moines
Lompoc Record Admits Legal Notices and Staff Details
This legal newspaper notice from Lompoc records publication details including its office at 126 North I Street Lompoc California and executive roster led by President Mrs Kenneth L Adam Editor Harry J Crompe and others. It lists associations and a monthly home delivery rate of 2.25 and notes daily publication except Sundays and Christmas Day.
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Lompoc
California
Act of Menaees
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
North I St
Kenneth L Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Lawrence C. Grossman
J. Donald Adam
Rennie L Adam
Gaylen Jackson
Tim Conner
Clete Lunny
Wesley A. Huffman
Ray McCuen
Betty Laurent
Scott Ostler
Steve LaRue
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
Stan Tulledo
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
California Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Defense opens in Juan Corona mass murder trial
Defense attorney Richard Hawk begins his opening statement arguing the killings of 25 itinerant farm workers in 1971 were not the act of a homosexual killer. Hawk plans expert testimony to portray Corona as not homosexual and refute the prosecution. jurors were shown bloodstains and weapons tied to Corona.
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Corona
Hawk
Bart Williams
FBI promises probe of grain sale by large dealers
Acting FBI Director L Patrick Gray III pledged the agency will investigate the grain sale case tied to the US Soviet wheat deal. Gray said the FBI would probe thoroughly with no holding back facts after the case was assigned by President Nixon. The disclosure came at the 1972 UPI Editors and Publishers Conference in Washington where other speakers included George Bush and Arthur Okun.
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UPI
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Nixon
Gray
J. Edgar Hoover
UPI Editors and Publishers
George Bush
United Nations
Robert Theobald
Arthur M. Okun
Council of Economic Advisers
Brookings Institution
IRA threats put truce in doubt in Belfast violence
The Official IRA warned of merciless reprisal if attacks continue after an ambush killed a British Army agent, Ted Stuart, and a patron was slain at the Lower Falls Social Club. A 200 pound bomb wounded ten downtown as gunfire and bombings escalate amid sectarian tension.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional
Army
Ted Stuart
Lower Falls
Marlborough Street
Harold Wilson Faces Crucial Speech at Labour Convention
In Blackpool England Harold Wilson prepared for the first of two major Labour speeches seen as pivotal to his leadership and potential return as prime minister Aides described the address as a policy review thick with Tory criticism of Prime Minister Edward Heath.
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Blackpool
England
UPI
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Britain
Wilson
Edward Heath
Reconstruction Planned After Parlor Tragedy and Market Debate
The Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour site will be rebuilt within four to five months after the fatal jet crash. Edwin Kade, architect for Crossroads Shopping Center, notes the damaged area will be restored as 1 200 delegates at the party conference weigh Wilson’s strategy. Wilson seeks terms on the European Common Market and a possible referendum or general election when Labour returns to power.
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Edwin Kade
Crossroads
Farrell
Wilson
Labor Party
Travel bill defeated by House amid travel and censorship debate
The House defeated a bill requiring presidential approval for travel by Americans to North Vietnam or nations in armed conflict, 229 to 141, after opponents argued it unconstitutional and a press freedom violation. Proponents cited antiwar trips by Jane Fonda and Ramsey Clark as justification. sponsor H. Schord planned to refile.
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Washington
UPI
North Vietnam
United States
House
Richard H. Schord
D-Mo
Rules Committee
Jane Fonda
Ramsey Clark
Hanoi
Roger Zion
R-Ind
Clark
Miss Fonda
Robert F. Drinan
D-Mass
Internal Security Committee
Drina
Steam bus passes faultless nine day test in region
Oakland passengers praised the steam bus developed by William M. Brobeck engineers after a nine day fault free trial in the AC Transit District. The vehicle covered 3403 miles in paying service and met California emission standards. Passengers said it felt like a plane and a cushion with smoother operation and quicker pickup.
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Oakland
UPI
AC Transit
William M. Brobeck
Berkeley
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Brobecker
Anne Carvalho
Denmark Votes to Join European Common Market
Denmark approved joining the European Common Market by 63.5 percent in a national referendum with an 87.2 percent turnout. Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag hailed a historic victory, while Per Haekkerup noted Norway's earlier rejection may have influenced Danish voters.
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Copenhagen
UPI
Denmark
Norway
Jens Otto Krag
Christiansborg Castle
Europe
Greenland
Krag
Social Democrats
Socialist People’s Party
Per Haekkerup
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