Moroccan Caravelle crashes near Nouasseur Airport
A twin-jet Caravelle crashed within two miles of Nouasseur Airport during approach. Of 82 aboard 25 survived as a fire hit the front of the aircraft. The flight from Agadir to Paris with a Casablanca stop carried 76 passengers and six crew, including 26 tourists from Club Mediterranee at Agadir. Debris strewn over nearly a mile, wings 350 yards apart, tail 300 yards from the fuselage.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Nouasseur
Royal Airorac
Agadir
Paris
Club Mediterranee
Wisconsin approves four year plan for crime prevention
The Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice approved a four year plan focusing on juvenile delinquency and police training and communications. The program totals 115 million dollars with state funds of 4.2 million and 8 million more from matching state and local appropriations.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Council On Criminal Justice
Atty
Robert Warren
Wisconsin UW ratifies contract with 2800 staff in Madison and Green Bay
The University of Wisconsin confirms a substantially improved contract with Local 171 covering 2,800 employees in Madison and Green Bay, adding stronger union rights, grievance procedure, workloads, and sick leave. Ratification was by the union two weeks prior, as talks continue with the Teaching Assistants Association. The union declined immediate statements to avoid confusing the ongoing negotiations.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Green Bay
Senators Praise Mansfield Warning On Cambodian Involvement
Two veteran Republicans, George D. Aiken and John Sherman Cooper, joined Democratic leader Mike Mansfield in endorsing his warning against deeper U S involvement in Cambodia. They expect Nixon to resist pressure and Mansfield urged no intervention while noting constituents oppose any further Southeast Asian engagement.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U. S
George D. Aiken
Vermont
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Nixon
Mansfield
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
Medina Charged Over My Lai Killings
AP reports Captain Ernest L. Medina, commander at My Lai, charged by the Army with responsibility for murders of Vietnamese civilians by his unit. The charge adds to earlier allegations that Medina murdered four people, maimed another, and committed assault with a deadly weapon.
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Washington
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
Vietnam
Army
Medina
Federal court has jurisdiction in Wisconsin wage suit
U.S. District Judge James Doyle ruled the federal court can hear a lawsuit by migrant workers Arthur Bastardo and Manuel Baldez and the United Farm Workers against Wisconsin minimum wage law. The state attorney general had argued a lack of jurisdiction, but the motion was dismissed. The plaintiffs alleged they harvested cucumbers in central Wisconsin in 1968 for less than $1.30 per hour and were rejected on complaints filed with the department.
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Madison
U. S. District Court
James Doyle
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Wisconsin
Doyle
Atty
Robert Warren
State Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Arthur Bastardo
Manuel R. Baldez
Eviction Sparks Stones as Deputies Face Crowd in Chicago
In Chicago a crowd of over 300 opposed 12 families' eviction for unpaid mortgage, bricks and stones flew at a police line of about 100 deputies. Reinforcements arrived, 25 arrests made, two officers injured. One suspect faced aggravated assault and weapon charges.
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Chicago
Living Corpse Protest At Milwaukee Draft Office
A mock corpse was hauled to the Selective Service in Milwaukee to protest the draft. Mourners in a black 1940 hearse carried the body to the federal building and faced a locked draft office while shouting that the protest targets the capitalist military system. They distributed literature and departed peacefully.
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Milwaukee
Selective Service
Federal Building
Dowdy Charged With Bribery Over Construction Firm Probe
U S Representative John Dowdy from Texas is charged with taking a 25 000 bribe to influence a federal fraud investigation of a defunct construction company. If convicted on all eight counts he faces up to 22 years in prison and 80 000 dollars in fines.
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Washington
John Dowdy
East Texas
Congress
Truckers Walk Off and Picket Terminals Nationwide
Truck drivers left cabs and picketed terminals in several cities as nationwide trucking contracts expired. About 10,000 St. Louis Teamsters stayed away from work while Denver’s 5,000 walked off and Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose saw picket lines. Nationally no strike call exists yet, but pressure at the bargaining table continues.
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Washington
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Teamster
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Jose
Calif
Chicago
Teamsters
Teamsters Union
PATCO Refuses Call to Return to Work Amid Sickout
PATCO controllers persist in a week long sickout despite a union call to end the action. A U.S. district judge delayed a Bailey contempt hearing to Thursday as thousands remain off duty. FAA reports partial returns in New York Chicago and elsewhere, with flight delays continuing. Bailey says he opposes a strike but seeks dialogue. Carpenters Local 314 strike in Madison after failed contract talks with builders and council.
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Washington
Bailey
PATCO
Federal Aviation Agency
New York City
Chicago
FAA
O’hare
Aurora Control Center
Carpenters Strike
Madison
Carpenters Union
Madison Home Builders Association
Madison Employers Council
Tide Turns in Carswell Supreme Court Nomination Fight
Senate Republicans claim momentum for Judge G Harrold Carswell with backing from Senators Griffin Dole Williams and Aiken. Opponents rally as supporters predict a three to four vote confirmation margin despite a key deadline vote looming. McIntyre joins against recomit for Carswell as 43 senators back the nomination and 35 oppose.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Robert P. Griffin
Carswell
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
Tallahassee
Fla
John J. Williams
Delaware
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Williams
Aiken
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fighting Flare Across Asian Fronts in Vietnam Cambodia Laos
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacked Cambodian forces near Phnom Penh as demonstrations for Prince Sihanouk erupted. In South Vietnam the enemy conducted the heaviest coordinated attacks in seven months, hitting over 100 bases with many casualties. Laotian Cabinet rejected a halt to U S bombings and sent a counterproposal for unconditional negotiations while U S aid teams assessed Sam Thong damage.
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Phnom Penh
Sauol
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Vive Sihanouk
Phnom Preyslek
South Vietnam
Sam Thong
Census Day 1970 Underway Across United States
Census Day 1970 marks nationwide counting as 175 census takers, sworn in this morning, begin visits in Green Lafayette Iowa and Rock counties. Questionnaires circulated by the Post Office will be collected over three to five weeks, with fallbacks for households yet to receive forms.
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United States of America
Aroostook
Maine
Niihau
Hawaii
Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Key West
Florida
Cathryn Turner
LaCrosse
Green
Lafayette
Iowa
Rock
Olson Declares Run for Wisconsin Governor
Lt. Governor Jack B. Olson announces bid for governor citing unity and confident leadership. He tours Milwaukee Madison Green Bay Wausau Eau Claire La Crosse in a one day air schedule and lists pollution control tax relief redistribution and law enforcement as key issues.
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Jack B. Olson
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Madison
Green Bay
Wausau
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Olson
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