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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1970
Page
7
Fractured text suggests Irish concern over government plans to assume internment powers without trial. Mention of secretary-general and Europe hints at wider administrative actions and urgent government proposals amid turmoil.
Dublin absorbs shock as Prime Minister Jack Lynch seeks emergency powers under the Offenses against the State Act. Police warn of a covert armed plot aimed at kidnapping leaders and bank robberies, with possible murders. Detention centers authorized. rights curtailed, amid IRA and Saor Eire activity and a memory of past bank raids.
In East Pakistan the storm and tidal wave killed up to 500000 people with some estimates reaching a million. Pakistanis blamed the army for slow mobilization though once deployed soldiers bore the major burden of moving supplies and burying the dead. The Air Force took over logistics at Dacca Airport and naval and ground units moved into devastated areas to deliver relief.
The AP reports the government seeks Supreme Court review of a ruling reversing journalist Earl Caldwell’s contempt conviction for defying a grand jury. The 8th Circuit said reporters cannot be subpoenaed without a compelling government interest, leaving scope for future cases. The decision does not set a universal rule and lacks a precise definition of compelling interest.
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