Ammunition and zip gun found linked to Jackson escape
San Quentin officials reported the discovery of ammunition and a zip gun barrel in the area where George Jackson was housed. The find supports authorities’ belief of a planned elaborate escape. Investigations continued as guards search for a key witness while normal routines begin to resume.
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San Quentin
Calif
Soledad
George Jackson
James Park
Park
Jackson
California
Raymond K. Rocunier
Bruce Bales
Oakland
Berkeley
Stephen M. Bingham
Bingham
Sabry trial opens in Cairo for treason plot
The trial of former vice president Aly Sabry and 90 Egyptians accused of high treason opened in Cairo. The 91 defendants, including former ministers, face possible death or life imprisonment. The court adjourned to Sept 4 to allow defence for preparation.
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Cairo
Reuter
Aly Sabry
Anwar Sadat
Cairo Radio
Sabry
Hafez Badawi
Mohamed Fawzy
Sharawy Gomaa
Mohamed Fayek
Arab Socialist Union
Fawzy
al Ahram Today
Khaled Mohieddin
Nasser
Sadat
Ditching of Bomarcs Still to Be Negotiated
The defence department set Sept. 1, 1972 as a tentative date for complete withdrawal of 56 missiles and their nuclear warheads from La Macaza Quebec and North Bay Ontario. The decision to remove them from Canadian soil was dis-
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Defence Department
la Macaza
Que
North Bay
Ont
Canadian
Donald Macedonald
Labor leaders vow fight to wage freeze enforcement
U S labor plans a broad resistance to Nixon's wage price freeze using courts Congress and the picket line if needed. AFL CIO says government moves to ease mortgage interest rates do not change the plan to challenge the policy.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Afl-Cio
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
AFL - Cio
George Meany
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers Union
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railway and
Bumper barley glut worries Prairie farmers this year
Prairie farmers fear a bumper barley harvest will fetch fire sale prices or sit in storage as world demand and production shift. Canadian yield may reach 600 to 650 million bushels with 16 million acres planted, but reduced U.S. corn demand and global trends threaten exports and prices.
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Edmonton
Prairies
U.S
Europe
David Walker
Albert Agriculture Department
Walker
Uganda Says Chinese Colonel Killed in Tanzania Clash
Ugandan troops crossed into Tanzania during border fighting near Mutukula, with reports of tanks and artillery. A Chinese colonel fighting with Tanzanians was killed. Amin claimed the Chinese wore Tanzanian uniforms. Uganda closed its border July 7 after asserting heavy casualties from guerrilla clashes.
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Kampala
Uganda
Reuter
Tanzania
Idi Amin
Amin
Mutukula
East Africa
Tan
Milton Obote
U S dollar weakens in Europe ahead of IMF talks
London reports IMF planned London conference for Sept 15 to discuss currency revaluations after Nixon’s gold link cut. Canada’s Benson and Italy’s Ossola back pre-meeting deputies talks. IMF assembly in Washington will consider recommended changes. Dollar rates slide versus British pence, marks, francs, and Swiss francs amid market turmoil.
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London
United States
International Monetary Fund
Washington
European Common Market
Brussels
Nixon
U.S
Ottawa
E. J. Benson
Canada
Rinaldo Ossola
Bank of Italy
Committee of Deputies
Ossola
IMF
France
Zurich
Belfast blast kills one at electricity board HQ
A terrorist bomb at the Northern Ireland Electricity Board headquarters in Belfast killed one man and injured 35, some critically. In Saigon, Viet Cong sappers exploded a major ammunition dump at Cam Ranh Bay, halting U S air operations for nine hours.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland Electricity Board
Saigon
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
My Lai witness testifies in Medina court martial
Louis Martin, a former U S soldier and now a San Jose police officer, testified under cross examination that he saw U S troops shoot Vietnamese women and children as Medina's unit passed but did not see Medina there. Bailey said he would later present evidence that Medina did not witness the murders.
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Atlanta
Reuter
United States
Ernest L. Medina
U.S
My Lai
Medina
Louis Martin
San Jose
Calif
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Alberta leaders sprint to finish in pivotal campaign stretch
The Alberta election race enters the home stretch as Premier Harry Strom and Conservative Peter Lougheed push toward the Aug 30 finish. Both leaders log long miles visiting cities and rural ridings, trading barbs on Social Credit records and promising to win broad support.
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Alberta
Harry Strom
New Democratic
Peter Lougheed
Social Credit
Strom
Mr. Lougheed
Lougheed
Calgary
Red Deer
NDP
National Ndp
T. Douglas
Douglas
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
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