Weatherman Bomb Hints Tie to Attica Riot Probed
A bomb damaged Albany building restrooms housing prison offices while congressmen investigate Attica State Prison after a deadly riot. Police see no link to the Attica crackdown and the Weatherman group claimed the threat. The House Crime Committee plans to stay at Attica to press for facts about the deadly uprising and hostage deaths.
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Attica
N.Y
Albany
Attica State Prison
Moone
Black Retires from Supreme Court After 34 Years of Service
Justice Hugo L. Black, 85, in declining health, resigns from the Supreme Court with Nixon accepting the resignation. Black helped shape civil rights and free speech while expanding church state separation and the one man one vote principle, leaving a more liberal court with three members.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Alabama
Black
William C. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Abe
Earl Warren
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Roger B. Taney
John Marshall
Stephen Field
Marshall
Field
Southern Conservative Favored to Succeed Black on Court
With Hugo Black's retirement a Southern conservative is expected as President Nixon's next Supreme Court pick. Speculation centers on Rep. Richard H. Poff of Virginia, a Judiciary Committee member and former vice chairman of a commission proposing a full overhaul of the criminal code.
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Richard H. Poff
Virginia
Black
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Washington
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Nixon
Warren E. Burger
Harry Blackmun
Pottier Stewart
Byron R. White
John M. Harlan
Burger
Clement F. Haynsworth
South Carolina
G. Harrold Carswell
Florida
Fortas
Senate
Haynsworth
Carswell
House Judiciary Committee
Poff
Hearings Set on Extending Wage-Price Controls
Rep. Wright Patman said the House Banking Committee will begin hearings September 27 on extending the Wage-Price Control Act. The panel weighs lengthening the authority used for Nixon’s 90 day wage price freeze and calls for administration officials and private sector witnesses. He urged rate controls and noted high interest costs on public and private debt.
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Washington
Wright Patman
House Banking Committee
Nixon
House
Senate
Patman
Congress
Texas
Vietnam Troops Ambushed Near Saigon by Viet Cong
Government forces suffered heavy losses after a double ambush by Viet Cong on Highway 14 near Tri Tam north of Saigon. The incident left 15 South Vietnamese dead, 25 wounded, three missing, with eight Viet Cong reported killed. Three American advisers were killed and one wounded.
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Saigon
Michelin
Tri Tam
South Vietnam
Lion Woman Unmasked at Wooster Fair Turns Refunds
The Wayne County Fair in Wooster Ohio exposed a so called lion woman as a fraud after customers demanded refunds. Max Kister the fair board secretary ordered refunds to buyers who complained the star of a freak show was not a genuine freak. Investigators found the lion face was a rubber mask.
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Wooster, Ohio
Wayne County
Max Kister
The
Fair Board
Kister
Alert Along the Suez War Tensions Rise Over Sinai Skirmish
Egyptian batteries fired antiaircraft missiles at Israeli planes over Sinai as Israeli jets attacked Egyptian positions on the west bank of the Suez Canal. Cairo said there were no casualties. Egypt and Israel remained on high alert with both sides reporting exchanges and renewed readiness after the Friday attack on an Israeli transport plane.
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Sinai Desert
Cairo
West Bank
Suez Canal
Egypt
Sinai
Moshe Dayan
Suez
Israel
Middle East
Weekend weather for Southern Ohio turns cloudy and cool
A northeasterly flow brings cooler air with night lows in the 50s and daytime highs not much above 75 tomorrow. Expect increasing cloudiness statewide with possible showers Sunday.
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Ohio
Irene Aims At Nicaragua As Edith Fades Inland
Tropical Storm Irene headed for a Nicaraguan landfall near Bluefields as it kept a westerly track. Edith, once a powerful storm causing deaths and heavy rain across the south, moved northeast as a tropical low across the Appalachians.
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Irene
Edith
Carolina Foothills
Nicaragua
Bluefields
Paul Hebert
National Hurricane Center
Louisiana
Carolinas
Georgia
Appalachian Mountains
Medina Charges Reduced in My Lai Case
A judge reduced Capt. Ernest L. Medina's premeditated murder charge to voluntary manslaughter for the My Lai rice paddy killings. The court also granted a directed acquittal on the death of a young boy, with testimony indicating another shooter acted on Medina’s alleged order.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
Kenneth Howard
Medina
Draft Extenders Battle Filibuster in Senate
The Senate debates a draft extension bill after a cloture petition by 22 senators failed to table the measure 47 to 36. Two thirds of those voting must approve to end debate with further petitions anticipated and a Tuesday vote set.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
House
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