Major Drug Ring Nets Massive Bust and Cuba Link Found
Federal raids disrupted a wholesale narcotics network tied to Cuban exiles. Officials said 30 percent of heroin and 75 to 80 percent of cocaine moved through the ring, with major arrests in New York Miami Chicago and other cities.
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United States
Mitchell
John E. Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Narcotics Network
Middle East
Ingersoll
Latin America
New York
Miami
Chicago
Hartford
Conn
Washington, D.C
Los Angeles
Newark
N. J
Pittssburgh
Las Vegas
San
Juan
Puerto Rico
Tax Defiance by Tribe Cited in Navajo Tax Suit
Navajo reservation officials and lawyers urge clients not to pay Arizona state income tax while a 1868 treaty based suit sits in the Arizona Appeals Court. The DNA program argues tribal sovereignty limits state taxation, affecting four-state territory and potential Supreme Court resolution.
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Gallup, N.M
UPI
Navajo Reservation
Arizona
United States
Leo Haven
Haven
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Rosalind McClanahan
Arizona Tax Commission
Gallup
N.M
Independent
Miss McClanahan
St. John’s
Ariz
U.S. Supreme Court
Policeman Responds To Basement Distress On North Side
Chicago police officer William Diaz arrived at a North Side school basement after residents reported shouting for help. The distressed voice pleaded for assistance as officers entered the scene amid uncertain threats and confusion.
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Chicago
UPI
North Side
William Diaz
Pricemen
Abril
Customs Inspector Foils Cocaine Smuggling Ring
A 22 year old customs inspector halted a cocaine smuggling attempt at Kennedy Airport. Jorge Carlos Maco of Guayaquil Ecuador arrived on a Dutch flight from South America with four one pound bags hidden in a false bottom suitcase. The rookie inspector, two weeks on the job, was trained at Hofstra University in smuggling detection.
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New York
U.S. Customs Bureau
Kennedy
Jorge Carlomarco
Guayaquil
Ecuador
South America
Thorrough
Bureaus National Training Center
Hofstra University
Hempstead N.Y
Canyon Cap Burson Lake Dam An Texas Ranch Project
Tony Burson and crew built Burson Lake on his 20 000 acre ranch near Silverton after three months of around the clock work. The 75 foot high dam 350 to 400 feet long creates a 60 foot deep lake half a mile long to water cattle with water pumped two miles to steel tanks. The site includes a camping area swimming area and fishing prospects with a potential big bass.
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Clarendon
Bluff Creek
Burson
Tony Burson
Wen
South Vietnamese Drive Reaches Se Bang River Valley
In Mondolkiri Province Cambodia a 4000 man South Vietnamese unit pressed a new operation into the Se Bang River valley, meeting light resistance. Reports say the mission sought to destroy an untouched enemy base with limited prior U.S. support but American advisers accompanied the ground action. A nearby ship was damaged by shrapnel but suffered no casualties.
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Saigon
Se Bang
Cambodia
Mondolkiri
U.S
U S forces face heavy fighting across Vietnam and Cambodia
US helicopters artillery and first North Vietnamese rocket units press attack toward Baghdad as South Vietnamese forces clash with Viet Cong in Ki?n Hoa and Binh Dinh provinces. Reports say 70 enemy killed in Ki?n Hoa and 30 killed near Da Nang with multiple U.S. casualties.
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U.S
Toi City
Cambodia
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
da Nang
Zij
Helgo
Mekong Justiland
Han River
Prey Veng
Steven
Tee
South Vietnam
Ianoara
Binh Dinh
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
An Khe
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Khe Sanh
Quang Tri Province
Trio Hijacks Iran Jetliner and Forces Baghdad Landing
Three Iranian students hijacked a National Airlines Boeing 727 on a Tehran to Kuwait run with 91 passengers. They diverted to Baghdad after pouring gasoline in the cabin and threatening passengers. An American passenger, J M Critcher of Darlington DC, said one hijacker appeared to be about 12. Iraqi authorities were considering asylum requests as the jetliner returned to Tehran.
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Tehran
Iran
Rin National Airlines
Baghdad
Iraq
Damascus
J. M. Critcher
Darlington
D.C
Damaged Crescent City Fire Toll and Tanker Blaze
Fire chiefs battled a tanker explosion in Crescent City with 40 plus departments sending foam units from Chanute AFB. Emergency power ran a hospital unit at the high school while water supply was contaminated. Damaged town estimated at $2 million. State Police described debris and metal tank cars hurled into the air. Governor planned to visit.
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Chanute Air Force Base
Richard B. Ogilvie
National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Springfield
Sterrenberg
Crescent City
Francis Mowry
Inferno Loss Knocks Out Town Telephones In Crescent City
A major fire and explosion destroyed long distance lines into Crescent City. Illinois Bell rushed emergency generators and mobile radio units. By late afternoon residents roamed the eastern edge and Crescent City High School opened for evacuees. Seven injured were hospitalized at Watseka and more than 60 treated for burns.
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Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Crescent City
Watseka
Here
Saudi warns Syria on oil pipeline link to aid
Beir ut Saudi official on Sunday warned that Syria's refusal to allow repairs to the trans Arab oil pipeline would end Saudi Arabia's annual 130 million dollar contribution to Egypt and Jordan war chests.
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Beirut
UPD
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Jordan
Relief Supplies Need Airlift From Los Angeles To Peru
More than 220000 pounds of donated relief items sit in a Los Angeles airport hangar as volunteers search for cargo space to ship to Peru after the earthquake. Airlines donated some space but insufficient capacity hinders delivery efforts with a million more pounds expected by month end. Salvation Army and other groups seek chartered jets but no planes are available despite offers of funding from sources like the OAS.
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Stuart Saunders
Paul A. Gorman
American Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Penn Central
Defense Department
Nixon
Penn Central Co
New York Central
Pennsylvania
America
Gorman
U.S
Peru
la Mabanitings Los Angeles
Anairport
Los Angeles
Lima
Richard Martinez
Peruvian Airlines
Ree
Washington
Salvation Army
Lincoln Upton
OAS
Lubbock
Lubbock Christian College
Air Force Reserve
George Mahon
Air Force
Norfolk
Virginia City
Peru Earthquake Relief Efforts Struggle Amid Shipping Delays
An estimated 50,000 Peruvians were killed in the May quake that disrupted utilities and left many homeless. Los Angeles Airport received large donations of food medicine and clothing while efforts to transport supplies stalled. OAS officials proposed aid and free shipping, but local officials reported little progress.
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Los Angeles International Airport
United States
Japan
New Zealand
Hong Kong
iCaration Co
Houston
Laws Curb Fireworks Fatalities
AP survey shows fireworks deaths declined but bootleg and harm less varieties still injure thousands. States regulate manufacture and sale with wide variation. model laws adopted by 18 states cover 46 percent of the population, while eight others modify rules for sparklers.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Florida
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Oregon
Utah
Wisconsin
Tornadoes Hit Texas and Alabama Regions Amid Storms
Thunderstorms moved from northeast of Tyler to Texarkana with a 50 mile wide line. A tornado touched down three miles north of Cisco just before 6 pm uprooting trees near Interstate 20. In Alabama a two and a half mile tornado path in Cullman County damaged over 20 structures with no injuries reported. Light rain fell east of Pecos Valley and far West Texas while a cold front stirred severe weather along the Mid Atlantic to the Southland.
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Tyler
Texarkana
Cisco
Interstate 20
Pecos Valley
Texas
Mid Atlantic
Southland
Seaboard
Cullman County
Ala
Sheriff's Office
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John N. Mitchell
Patman
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Great Southwest Corp
Arvida Corp
Realty Hotels, Inc
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Emer
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Woodlawn
Penn
MTA
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Caprock
Silverton
Mesa
Indochina
BTACS
Winch Liuws Uwirvugn
Trio
Jin
Abadan
New Orleans
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Navy
Shah of
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Das
Organization of American States
Louis D. Fife
Grace Lines
Albert H. MacLean
MacLean
State Department
Air Force Csa
11 Airlines
George Grass‘Mack
International Affairs
Robert H. Finch
American Medical Association
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AMA
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