Smog Crisis Hits New York and Major Cities Worldwide
Air pollution blanketed the East Coast with New York near City Hall as authorities activated emergency measures. Mayor Lindsay ordered incinerators to cut burning 20 percent and urged hospitals and housing projects to halt on-site burning. traffic restrictions and car pooling were considered.
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Billy Penn
Philadelphia
William Penn
City Hall
Lindsay
Emergency Control Board
Con Ed
Manhattan
59Th Street
London
Ruhr Valley
Germany
Singapore
Madrid
Rome
Appian Way
Tokyo
Montreal
St. Lawrence River
St. Mark’s
Venice
New York
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Pittsburgh
Milan
Aviv
Fuel shortage crisis prompts calls to boost gas prices
Witnesses warned of dwindling reserves and urged market-based price hikes to spur exploration. Texas officials including Crawford Martin and Mar tin Dies pressed for limited or no federal intrastate regulation, citing investor risk and long term supply fears.
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Bush
Texas
Crawford Martin
Commission
FPC
Martin
Texas Sec
Martin Dies Jr
Preston Smith
Dies
George Mahon
O. Clark Fisher
Omar Burleson
Ed Foreman
Rep.n.m
Pollution area spans seven states under dangerous air conditions
A seven state region faces atmospheric conditions described by the U.S. Weather Bureau as capable of causing severe air pollution problems. The AP Wirephoto caption notes the wide area affected and underscores potential health and environmental impacts.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Investigators End Arctic Ice Floe Shooting Probe
The shooting death of Bennie Lightly, an ENV R researcher, on an Arctic ice station is handed to the Justice Department for possible prosecution. A Pentagon team recovered the body and concluded the probe, with details unclear as officials cite radio silence. Lightly commanded a 19 member Arctic weather study team for the Navy. the station lies 325 miles from the North Pole, offshore Canada.
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Washington
UPI
Arctic Ocean
Justice Department
Pentagon
United States
Bennie Lightly
Environmental Science Services Administration
Benehtsy
Tce
North Pole
Navy
Lightly
Point Barrow
Alaska
Suesmunications
Canada
Raniier
Norma
Woman Suffers Minor Injuries in Two Car Collision
In the 2900 block of Fourth Street at about 6 30 p m Wednesday Mrs Janice Ellen Link 18 a passenger in a car driven by her husband Air Force sergeant Larry 21 was taken to Reese Air Force Base Hospital for observation after a collision with a car driven by Marvin 58 of 4802 W 16th St Police said neither Armartong nor Link were hurt
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Arerate Et Wees
Baltimore Health Department
Maryland
Janice Ellen Link
Reese Air Force Base
Link
Air Force
Larry
Marvin
Armartong
City Cleanup Clears 1 750 Property Pieces North Of Loop 289
Asst. City Atty. Jim Brewster reports 1 750 pieces of property cleared on owners signed requests in a city cleanup effort north of Loop 289 and west of University Avenue. Debris from thousands of lots was hauled to the curb before signed releases letting contractors onto private property.
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Loop 289
University Avenue
Asst
Jim Brewster
Two Newsmen Beaten After City Protests in Houston
In Houston AP reports desk pounding and shouting as City Council heard protests sparked by a Sunday night gunfire death of a black militant leader. Two television newsmen were beaten amid the incident and ongoing demonstrations.
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Houston
Carl Hampton
Black People’s Party II
Hampton
Jothers
Council
Frank Mann
Roger Armstrong
Council On Human Relations
Armstrong
Dowling Street
Manny
Ovide Duncantell
People’s Party
Duncantell
Ttry
Mann
Club Rule Affects Guests at Texas Bars and Private Clubs
Texas lawmakers consider amendments to tighten private club operations and guest rules for serving mixed drinks, plus mandates for complete food service and bookkeeping changes. ABC plans near term enforcement, with notices to clubs before strict action starts amid rising tensions from a Houston protest and violence at the Dowling Street area.
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Texas
Martin
ABC
O. N. Humphreys Jr
Humphrey
Underground telephone cables expand in Lubbock after tornado
Southwestern Bell accelerates burying aerial lines in a five square mile zone north of downtown Lubbock. McCandless notes underground cables, already common since the 1930s, now receive more investment as tornado damage drives replacement. About 51 miles of aerial lines and 600 poles were destroyed. 45 miles of underground cable are being installed along with buried drop lines.
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Lubbock
Southwestern Bell
Larbbock
McCandless
4Th Street
Weber, St
Country Club
Avenue N
Mackenzie Park
Southwestern. Bell
B52s Switch Targets in South Vietnam Raids
The Strategic Air Command dispatched seven B52 raids totaling over 1000 tons on Viet Cong lairs in the Mekong Delta and four frontier provinces. Deep strikes 27 to 32 miles south of Rach Gia and 150 miles southwest of Saigon marked a shift from the Ho Chi Minh trail focus.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Strategic Air Command
Tthe
Rach Gia
Delta
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Vietnam
U.S
Upper
Panhandle
Cambodia
Do Cao Tri
Tri
3Rd Corps
Parrot's Beak
Fishhook
Krek
Lubbock asks voters to back Disaster Recovery Bond package
City leaders framed a 22.5 million recovery effort funded by 13.6 million local funds 4.7 million federal first year costs 8.6 million in HUD money and 3.2 million potential state federal support The plan aims to rebuild the Memorial Civic Center and library and lure larger conventions to Libbock city officials urged approval saying Lubbock is back and rebuilding strong
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Memorial Civic Center
Blackwell
Lubbock
Bass
Teddy Roosevelt
Red Raider
Kobo Palace
Libbock
James Granberry
Bill McAlister
Granberry
UT Regents Chairman Denies Silber Dismissal Reports
Frank C. Erwin Jr. rejected anonymous press claims about the firing of Dr. John C. Silber as unfounded and vicious. He denied statements suggesting Silber was asked to resign and refuted reports about deans Kee ton Taniguichi and Kozmetsky being in jeopardy. A witness described a confrontation in which Erwin allegedly told Silber to resign or face firing. The Ford-funded grant under Silber headed a major undergraduate education project.
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Waited Preen International
Austin
University of Texas Regents
Frank C. Erwin Jr
John C. Silber
Erwin
College of Arts and Sciences
Page Keeton
A.Y. Taniguichi
George Kozmetsky
Vicious
Ibeloun
Repora Tath
Ing
Silber
Charles ‘LeMaistre
LeMaistre
Res
University
University of Texas
Ford
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Batley
Flazar ‘Belmares
45Th St
Highland Hospital
Yugoslavia
Besta Crostia
Slovenia
Macedonia
Mortenegro
Bosnia-Hercegovin
Clah Ge
Corps of Engineers
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J. M. Dodson
James H. Granberry
Bill Blackwell
Club
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UT Regents
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