Vietnam Debates Emergency Bill on Drug Rehab and Death Penalty
Thieu presents a National Assembly bill emphasizing rehabilitation and harsher penalties for narcotics peddlers and imports. The measure targets drug use among GIs and Vietnamese youths, with death penalty for organized groups. U S policy shifts to fly confirmed hard drug users to the United States after detox at Cam Ranh Bay for follow up treatment.
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National Assembly
Thieu
U.S
United States
Cam Ranh Bay
South Vietnam
Fire roars through Oxford Masonic Building. two dead
A major blaze in Oxford and Hamilton left Stanley Meyer dead and two firefighters critically hurt. The collapse of the Masonic Building wall destroyed several shops on High Street and caused extensive damage to multiple downtown businesses. Dozens were treated for smoke inhalation and eye injuries as fire crews fought hot flames and searched for survivors.
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Hamilton
Arrow
Oxford
John Wood
Masonic
Jack Baker
Francis Murphy
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital
Murphy
Stanley Meyer
McCullough Hyde Hospital
Larry
C. Kent Shoemaker
Mary
Shoemaker
John Woods
Tile Center
Dick Taylor
Oxford Press
Oxford Hospital
Daryl Herron
John Swift
Gene Rhodus
William Spegal
Miami University
Apothecary Shop
E. High St
Oxford Shoe Shop Inc
Town and Ae Cleaners
E. High
Arthur Deiss
Masonic Lodge
Capitol Dry Cleaning Company
Elms
John Minnis
Mather
Jack’s Corner
High St
University
Bruno’s Pizza House
Cahill
Desertion rate in Vietnam tops WWII high says Army
Washington AP reports the Army desertion rate in the Vietnam era rose to a peak near World War II levels. Through April 1971 the rate stood at 62.6 per 1000, with 68 449 desertions in the first 10 months of fiscal year 1971. Officials link the rise to combat fear and Vietnam orders, but note numbers have begun to ease monthly since January.
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Washington
U.S
Navy
Air Force
Army
Marine Corps
Marines
Vietnam
Congress
Walter T. Kerwin
German widow's peace doves impounded at Miami airport
Gerda Ewert, a German widow, arrived in the United States with peace doves for President Nixon. Officials prohibited poultry imports from 16 countries due to Newcastle's Disease, so the doves were seized at Miami International Airport and face return to Bonn or destruction. The case followed a Bonn incident where a dove landed on Nixon's shoulder.
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Miami
Gerda Ewert
America
Nixon
Bonn
West Germany
Newcastle
It is all-out war now in Northern Ireland violence
The Belfast flareup left 13 dead as gun battles bombings and looting swept Northern Ireland. Prime Minister Faulkner ordered internments of suspected terrorists while Irish tension surged. The conflict drew in civilians and soldiers with heavy property damage and sectarian clashes across Belfast and Ardoyne.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Brian Faulkner
IRA
Irish Republic
Faulkner
Ardoyne
Local Thunderstorms Bring Slightly Cooler Air Tonight
Thundershowers and cooler temperatures are forecast for tonight and tomorrow with highs in the mid 80s after an overnight low near 70. Yesterday's high reached 88 and this morning's low was 72.
Dollar Shows Slight Recovery Amid Global Forex Flurry
European dealers noted a small dollar rebound after it slipped to 620.50 lire in Milan while the Bank of Italy bought modest amounts to support the greenback. In Zurich Swiss banks discussed the 10 day freeze on dollar equivalents as a flood of hot dollars moved into Switzerland. A Washington report urged a re alignment of the dollar with world industrial currencies.
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Milan
Frankfurt
Italy
West Germany
France
Switzerland
Bank of
Zurich
Swiss National Bank
Swiss Telegraph Agency
National Bank
Washington
House Senate Economics
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