Indian government reports protests but vows nationwide calm
The government said protests against Indira Gandhi’s emergency order were scattered with marches in Bombay Kerala Mysore and strikes in Gujarat and Haryana. Police used tear gas in Ahmadabad as 676 people were arrested in nine states and New Delhi and Madhya Pradesh saw major arrests including opposition leaders Morarji Desai and Jayaprakash Narayan.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
A. R. Baji
Bombay
Kerala
Mysore
Gujarat
Haryana
Baji
Ahmadabad
Mrs. Gandhi
Madhya Pradesh
Morarji Desai
Jayaprakash Narayan
FBI Agents Die in Pine Ridge Shootout
On the Pine Ridge Reservation two FBI agents were killed when they tried to serve warrants at a house. The incident near Oglala follows an ambush with an Indian victim reportedly killed in the exchange. Authorities described the deaths as resembling an execution and feared up to 30 people waited in the house.
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S.D
South Dakota
William Janklow
FBI
Joseph Trimbach
Jack R. Coler
Ronald A. Williams
Oglala
Wounded Knee
Coler
Denver
Williams
Rapid City
S.C
Joe Robert
Wounded Knee Legal Offense Defense Committee
Robert
Minneapolis Tribune
Little Joe Killsright
Porcupine
Pierre
Richard Kneip
Kneip
Washington
Janklow
Nixon testifies before Watergate grand jury in California
Former President Richard Nixon testified under oath on Monday and Tuesday at a Coast Guard station in San Clemente California for 11 hours to members of the Watergate grand jury. The testimony was voluntary and not under subpoena.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Watergate Grand Jury
Nixon
U.S. Coast Guard
San Clemente
Calif
Herbert J
Miller
Watergate
Henry S. Ruth
US District Court
House Judiciary Committee
Middletown Weather Looks Warm With Possible Showers Tonight
The forecast shows scattered showers tonight in the Middletown area with overnight lows in the mid 60s. Saturday will be sunny with highs in the low 90s. Yesterday’s high reached 88 and the overnight low 64 amid uneven shower coverage.
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Middletown
Amin rounds up more Britons for trial in Uganda
Kampala radio reports President Idi Amin has arrested additional Britons to face possible military tribunals, with cases said to be worse than that of Denis Hills. Hills was sentenced to death for describing Amin as a village tyrant in an unpublished manuscript. Callaghan refuses to intervene without Amin rescinding the sentence.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Uganda
Kampala
Denis Hills
Hills
Amin
James Callaghan
Callaghan
Britain
Defense Council
HEW Orders States to Identify 1.4 Million Ineligible Medicaid Recipients
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare says about 1.4 million beneficiaries may be ineligible for roughly 600 million dollars of Medicaid. States will sample seven million nonwelfare recipients from July to September and every six months after to measure ineligibility and improper spending. Medicaid costs are projected at 13.5 billion next fiscal year with 55 percent federally funded. Senator Proxmire criticizes the sampling approach without sanctions for noncompliance.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Beirut Sees Fourth Day of Sectarian Warfare
Beirut clashes between Moslems and Christians force closures of shops offices and schools. At least 21 people are dead and more than 50 wounded as residents flee battle zones. The American University canceled commencements and exams were postponed.
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Beirut
Lebanon
American University
Suleiman Franjieh
Palestine
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Explosive blast hits BIA offices in Alameda California
An early morning explosion shattered windows at the US Bureau of Indian Affairs offices in Alameda. Police reported no injuries and the FBI opened an investigation to determine if a bomb caused the blast, after a caller claimed NWLF involvement.
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Alameda
Calif
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