National Park Tragedy Reveals Park as High Risk Zone
Ranger Rick Smith described Yosemite as a danger zone where nontraditional urban campers bring drugs theft and assault. In a decade park visitors rose 51 percent while major crimes surged 253 percent including 3 homicides 3 rapes 7 robberies 18 assaults 142 burglaries and 624 thefts in 1972.
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National Park
Rick Smith
Yosemite National Park
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Smith
Yosemite
Chicago
New York
America
Kenya Faces Major Elephant Poaching Crackdown
Kenyan authorities seized ivory worth over 100000 in Nairobi as part of a broad crackdown on elephant poaching across East Africa. The case involved Distribution Services Ltd directors and an American linked to the firm, Richard William Harvey, with 1480 pounds of ivory seized and multiple arrests.
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Kenya
Nairobi
East Africa
Richard William Harvey
Harvey
Distribution Services Ltd
Ken
Tanzania
Zaire
United States
Illinois
Ronald Ziegler
Onser
Famine Threat Pushes India Toward Crisis Says Washington New Delhi
Washington and New Delhi agree a major famine could hit India within months with millions at risk. Critics say poor agriculture policy and low fertilizer priority hinder relief, while New Delhi allegedly withholds full shortages from the public to avoid panic. The piece contrasts postwar unity with Vietnam veterans neglected at home.
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India
Washington
New Delhi
Mid East tensions loom with Fulbright plan and Libyan risk
The piece analyzes U S military and political options in the Middle East sparked by Fulbright May speech. It notes Iran's weapon orders and Gulf stability aims, Jordan 1970 hijack anniversary fears, and Libyan Qaddafi facing possible U S backed action as August September turmoil looms.
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Southeast Asia
U.S
Middle East
Senate
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Persian Gulf
Fulbright
Iran
White House
Military Strain Marks U.S. Society and Defense
A critique notes a "crippled society" fueling a weakened military amid cuts in spending and public distrust. Essays edited by Barber and Ambrose discuss liberal and conservative pressures, deterrence gaps, and political use of the military from Nixon era policy to televised analyses and personnel moves involving Vernon Walters and others.
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MacMillan Publishing Company
the Free Press
James A. Barber
Stephen Ambrose
Rudyard Kipling
Southeast Asia
America
Army
Nixon
Air Force Herald
White House
Vernon Walters
CIA
Robert Cushman
Marine Corps
L. Patrick Grey
FBI
Israel holds territories as war risk rises and peace stalls
In a candid view of the Middle East, Israeli leaders insist on secure borders while Arab territories remain under occupation. The piece notes a static situation, with Egypt’s role muted, Soviet support shifting, and internal Labor Party debate over concessions amid a broader climate of caution about war and peace prospects.
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Bright
Libya
Lebanon
Kuwait
Fulbright
Col
Maammar el - Qaddafi
Washington
Tel Aviv
Qaddafi
Egypt
Yitzhak Rabin
U.S
Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
Syria
Shimon Peres
Berlin
Golan Heights
Sinai
West Bank
Jordan’s
Middle East
United States
Hussein
Iraq
Mordecai Gazit
Golda Meir
Galia Golan
Hebrew University
NPC condemns Nixon era press policy and secrecy
Washington report on the National Press Club attack on government secrecy and a press covering campaign. The NPC denounces a government wide effort to control information and discredit the press while noting internal debates over the Nixon years reporting and the broader Fourth Estate verdict.
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Washington, D.C
Richard Nixon
National Press Club
NPC
Dick Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Battle of the Alamo
Board of Governors
Fourth Estate
Monroe News-Star Publisher Lineage and Office Details
The Monroe News-Star outlines its publishing history from 1929 to 1972 with editors and owners listed, and provides its address at North 4th and Olive Streets, Monroe Louisiana. It notes second class postage, contact numbers, staff roles, and AP association status, describing itself as an independent paper.
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John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William}. Bronson
News-far—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th
Olive Streets
Monroe
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing 111
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Wynne
Kenneth C.barranser
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
Paula Wray Ewing
Virginia Clay Hill
John A. Hendrick
Harrison Kelly Wynne
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Mar
Jack C. Gates
William _C. Hardin
Associated Press
Branham-Moloney Company
National Advertising Representatives
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Atanta
Detroit
St.Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
Monroe News-Star
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Jane’s Fighting Ships
British Naval Index
Soviet Union
Alsop
Norway
Cape of Good Hope
William Proxmire
Les Aspin
Wisconsin
Secure Borders Watchword
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Sam Ervin
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