Congressmen warn heroin epidemic among U.S. troops in Vietnam
Rep. Morgan Murphy and Rep. Robert Steele report heroin use among American troops in Vietnam at 10 to 15 percent, about 30,000 to 45,000 men. They blame corrupt South Vietnamese officials and easy drug access, citing Laos, Hong Kong, and Thailand sources, and say Ky could clean it up in two months.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Morgan Murphy
D-Ii
Robert H. Steele
Rconn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Southeast Asia
Laos
Bangkok
Steele
U.S. Command
Murphy
Hong Kong
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thailand
Legislature Still To Act On Big Ones
Jefferson City AP reports Missouri lawmakers return to a packed agenda with hundreds of bills on both chambers calendars. Revenue workers plan a late demonstration urging action on extending the income tax increase for promised pay raises, while the Senate waits on funding bills. Eight weeks remain in the session.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
House
Senate
James E. Schaffner
Senate Appropriations Committee
Pope Urges Moral Ecology during Sunday blessing
Pope Paul VI called on Christians to extend ecological concern to social and moral standards. He spoke in St. Peter's Square urging defense of the heart against a world he described as aggressive, paganized, and permissive of moral corruption.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
St. Peter's Square
Sverdrup Honored by Missouri Masons With Medal
Gen Leif Sverdrup of St Louis receives the Distinguished Service Medal for 1971 from the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Missouri for more than 30 years of humanitarian service. The award will be presented April 27 at the Missouri Royal Arch banquet in Springfield.
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Springfield
Leif Sverdrup
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Royal Arch Masons of
Delno J. Spellman
Sverdrup
Norway
Minnesota State Highway Department
Missouri Highway Department
Spellman
Gen. Sverdrup
Cabanne Royal Arch
University City
Missouri Royal Arch
Ceylon Expels AP Newsman Mort Rosenblum
In Colombo, Ceylon, AP correspondent Mort Rosenblum was ordered to leave within 48 hours as the government objected to his insurgency reporting. Immigration said his visa would expire April 21, short of the issued period, with Information Department officials signaling discontent with AP and BBC coverage.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Associated Press
Mort Rosenblum
Rosenblum
Information Department
British Broadcasting Corporation
Hunt for Civil War Cannon in Flat Creek Mystery
Three Cassville businessmen dig with bulldozers seeking a legendary Civil War cannon buried near Flat Creek on Dave Ware’s farm. They believe it was hidden after a Wheel Road retreat between 1861 and 1864 and plan to blast the barrel if found to reveal a museum piece for Cassville.
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Cassville, Mo
Cassville
Flat Creek
Dave Ware
Y.ware
Hull, Brode
Pottybumb
Ware
Hull
Howder
REA Express Agency Hit By Strike
AP report on nationwide strike action by Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks AFL CIO at REA Express terminals in New York Chicago and Kansas City affects up to 15 000 workers nationwide and 150 175 Kansas City employees. Company cites new overnight shift runs as dispute focus while union officials confirm walkout.
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New York
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
Aflcio
REA Express
Washington
Chicago
Atlanta
Steve Milone
REA
Railway Xpress Agency
Kansas City
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks Union
Unemployment High In Britain
In March Britain's unemployed reached 814,189, the highest since winter 1963, with jobless rates of 3.4 percent across England Scotland and Wales and 7.7 percent in Northern Ireland. The United States reported about 5.2 million jobless and a 6 percent national rate.
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London
Britain
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
United States
Youth Dies During Rescue on Sandia Crest Trail
A 14 year old, Carl Gustafson of Albuquerque, was found alive late Sunday high on the Sandia Crest La Luz trail after a snow storm but died before rescuers could bring him down. Teammate Robert Carter, 16, completed the ascent to the tramway restau rant and alerted others as rescuers brought blankets and capes to the youth. The storm dumped over six inches of snow, with temperatures near 20 degrees as authorities coordinated the recovery effort.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Sandia Mountain
Carl Gustafson
Robert Carter
la Luz Trail
Sandia Crest
Gustafson
Carter
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