Newark Mayor Pressured During U S Crime Probe
U S Attorney General John Mitchell warned of massive indictments of public officials as Newark Mayor Hugh J Addonizio faced court pressure to testify before a federal grand jury. The ongoing probe traces to a displaced Essex County investigation into corruption tied to the Cosa Nostra and gambling, with related testimony and potential disclosures shaping the case.
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Newark
N.J
U.S
John Mitchell
Hugh J. Addonizio
Boca Raton
Fla
Mitchell
Cosa Nostra
Internal Revenue
New Jersey
Robert Shaw
U.S. District Court
Addonizio
Anthony
Tony Boy) Boiardo
Boiardo
Shaw
Neces
Western premiers discuss money at constitutional meet
Western premiers clashed over economics and federal aid as Prime Minister Trudeau scheduled a February 16 closed conference on inflation and other issues. Bennett and Strom championed provincial autonomy while Thatcher Schreyer urged central leadership and a guaranteed income plan, warning Ottawa about delays from commissions.
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Trudeau
Ed Schreyer
Manitoba
Ottawa
Thatcher
Saskatchewan
Bennett
Strom
Schreyer
Mr. Strom
Alberta
B.C
Strom would alter BNA act
Premier Harry Strom said there was no urgency for constitutional reform at the federal provincial conference. He noted Ottawa had assured premiers it would not push programs like medical care insurance without prior consultation and called for a clear amending formula for the British North America Act and a plan for Canada to amend its constitution, warning the process would be very slow.
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Quebec
Ontario
W. A. C. Bennett
British Columbia
Marry Strom
Alberta
Thatcher
Mr. Schreyer
Schreyer
Edmonton
Harry Strom
Strom
Ottawa
Canada
Jury acquits FLQ member in bombing death charge
Montreal court acquitted Charles Gagnon, a Front de Liberation du Quebec member, of a non capital murder charge linked to a 1966 bombing that killed Therese Morin at the La Grenade shoe factory. Trial notes debate over his role. two accomplices testified he was not on the central committee.
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Newark
Dominick Spina
FLQ
Montreal
Charles Gagnon
Front de Liberation Quebecois
Court of Queen’s Bench
Quebec
Gagnon
Pierre Vallieres
University of Montreal
Vallieres
Therese Morin
H. B. la Grenade Stee
Eastend
Crown
Central Committee
Hijacked South Korean airliner lands in North Korea
A Korean Air Lines jet with 51 people aboard was hijacked shortly after departing Kangnung for Seoul and diverted to Wonsan in North Korea. Seoul airport sources said the plane landed safely at the port, near where the Pueblo was taken in 1968, marking a second North Korea tracking in 11 years.
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Seoul
Reuters
North Korea
Wonsan
Korean Air Lines
Kangnung
South
Libyan plotters arrested after abortive coup
Crowds marched in Tripoli as the Revolutionary Command Council said a foreign aided plot to topple it was crushed. Two cabinet ministers Lt Col Adam El Hawas and Lt Col Moussa Ahmed were named among those involved. An emergency court will try the plotters for attempting to undermine negotiations with Britain and the removal of foreign bases.
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Tripoli
Reuters
Revolutionary Command Council
Command Council
Adam el- Hawas
Defence
Moussa Ahmed
Vietnam talks face U.S. policy charge amid Vietnamization drive
Paris dispatch reports North Vietnam and the Viet Cong accusing the Nixon administration of downgrading the Paris peace talks while pressing ahead with Vietnamization. Xuan Thuy and Col Ha Van Lau led the attack, with Nguyen Thi Binh accusing efforts to sabotage talks as Habib defended the U.S. negotiating stance and readiness to discuss serious proposals. Phong said Saigon will strengthen and modernize forces to take full defense responsibility.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen Thi Binh
United States
Habib
Philip C. Habib
Lodge
Nguyen Xuan Phong
Pham Dang Lam
Medina says My Lai massacre not ordered by him
Captain Ernest L. Medina, commander of the company at My Lai, says he did not order or see a massacre but acknowledges it could have occurred. He mentions altering actions if the operation were repeated and notes soldiers should know they cannot shoot unarmed civilians. The army probes 100 to 600 civilian deaths on March 16, 1968. Lieutenant Calley faces murder charges for 109 deaths.
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My Lai
Ernest L. Medina
New York Times
Medina
Army
William L. Calley
Washington
L. Mendel Rivers
House of Representatives Armed Services Committee
Rivers
Hugh Thompson Jr
The
Times
Indian leader urges farmers to back Indian problems
Edmonton CP Harold Cardinal Alberta Indian leader told Farmers Union of Alberta delegates that farmers are better suited than most Canadians to understand Indian issues. Cardinal, 24 year old Cree and president of the Indian Association of Alberta, praised farmer courage and free enterprise while noting misunderstandings near reserves. Babey re elected president. Wheat Board official Gibbings warned of tough crop year amid high world wheat production and weak demand. The convention ends Friday.
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Edmonton (Cp
Harold Cardinal
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
Cardinal
The
Indian Association of Alberta
Canada
Paul Babey
Edmonton
Association
Charles Gibbings
Canadian Wheat Board
Gibbings
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Wheat Board
Israeli planes shoot down three Syrian MiGs south of Damascus
In a forceful action, Israeli aircraft engaged Syrian air defenses southeast of Damascus and downed three Syrian MiGs. The raid was described by the Israeli military command as a significant operation.
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Tel Aviv
Syria
Damascus
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Tiny Tim
Victoria May Budinger
Haddonfield
New York
Emma Budinger
Johnny Carson
U.S. Crime Inquiry
Ed Gerhart
BNA
Phong
Saigon
Associated Press
Fua
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Tokyo
China
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