Pentagon papers case ends in dismissal with prejudice
The judge in the Pentagon papers trial dismissed all charges against Dr. Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony J. Russo Jr. with prejudice, citing improper government conduct shielded from public view. The ruling, delivered after a dramatic 89th day, chastised the government and noted potential constitutional issues unresolved by the mistrial.
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Pentagon
Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Martin Arnold
New York Times
Los Angeles
Daniel Elisberg
Anthony J. Russo Jr
White House
United States District Court
William Matthew Byrne Jr
Ellsberg-Russo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bank of Canada raises bank rate again to 5 percent
The Bank of Canada lifted the bank rate by one half of a percentage point to 5 percent, the second increase in just over a month. The move aims to curb rapid credit growth while avoiding a full economic slowdown, with banks told to favor small business lending and Canadian borrowers.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Stanley Knowles
Central Bank
Gerald K. Bouey
Bank
Toronto
Gray unsettled by aides' role in Watergate probe
AP reports Gray, former FBI acting director, told Nixon 19 days after the arrests he was disturbed by White House aides shaping the FBI inquiry. Accounts differ on who intervened to cancel a meeting about CIA involvement, with Gray citing confusion and obstacles in pursuing leads. Nixon, at Camp David, offered no comment.
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Washington
L. Patrick Gray III
Nixon
White House
FBI
Gray
Senate
John D. Ehrlichman
Central Intelligence
Democratic
Camp David
New York Daily News
Ehrlichman
CIA
Lalonde Defends Health Plan In Commons Amid Criticism
Health Minister Marc Lalonde argued in the Commons that critics misunderstand his plan to shift financing of health care to provinces with more federal tax money. Opponents warned the move could lower national standards and fragment services, while the NDP motion failed to reach a vote. Debate continues with a moratorium on capital punishment set to resume Monday.
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New Democratic Party
Lalonde
Ottawa
T.C. Douglas
NDP
Nanaimo- Cowichan-The Islands
Commons
Raids net 30 suspects amid Beirut clashes
In predawn raids security forces rounded up 38 Lebanese and foreign suspects accused of being agents provocateurs. Police cited foreigners including two West Germans and a Belgian with a Lebanese girlfriend, three Irishmen, two Syrians, and 200 non-Lebanese Arabs. One German faced spying charges for Israel, with police noting a radio transmitter found during a search.
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Beirut
Araboun
Baalbeck
Israel
Shadra
Arida
Antikiet
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Viet Cong accuse ceasefire breach as U S denies claims
Viet Cong officials say U S bombers hit Communist positions near Cambodia and in April, calling it a grave ceasefire violation. U S embassy rejects the charge as false. An American geologist killed by a Viet Cong mine is identified as Dr William Rasmussen, 55, with two Vietnamese officers. Saigon sources report 252 civilian prisoners of war cleared for release over Thursday and Friday.
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Reuter-Ap Saigon
Viet Cong
United States
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Provisional Revolutionary
Duong Dinh Thao
Xom Mat
Saigon
Loc Ninh
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
William C. Rasmussen
Highway 1
Rasmussen
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Robert Stanfield
Heath Macquarrie
Hillsborough
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