Bombing of Hanoi French Embassy Provokes Global Exchange
Saigon AP report describes U S raids on Hanoi with the French embassy heavily damaged and an envoy wounded. Defense Secretary Laird flags possible American pilot error or faulty bomb drop while Pompidou calls the act deplorable. Viable diplomatic protest filed. Swedish envoy Susini head injury reported. broader North Vietnam air raids noted.
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Hanoi
France
Washington
John W. Vogt
U.S. 7Th Air Force
U.S. Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Georges Pompidou
Paris
Arthur K. Watson
Vort
Pierre Susini
Tass
Embassy Guard Fires on Truck Near Jordanian Embassy
A guard at the Jordanian embassy in Washington fired six shots at a passing truck believing a bomb was being thrown. Three bullets hit the truck but not the driver, narrowly missing a patrolman on Connecticut Avenue near Rock Creek Park. The guard Mohammed Khair fired as the truck turned and dropped off stationery supplies. driver Robert Shelton said he works for an office supply firm.
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Washington
Oliceman
Connecticut Avenue
Rock Creek Park
Mohammed Khair
Robert Shelton
John Brown Celebrates 50th Birthday in Monroe
John Brown of 1507 Park View Drive Monroe marks half a century today with friends noting aging changes. He offered no comment. Readers may wish him well in this birthday milestone.
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John Brown
Parkview Drive
Monroe
John
Prison Riots Put Hostages At Risk In DC Jail
In Washington the DC jail riot left 10 to 13 hostages held under death threat after prisoners dragged a bloody shirt from a cellblock window. Relatives outside talked with inmates as authorities sought to quell the uprising with talks involving inmates from Lorain, Virginia. Chief of Corrections Hardy was captive. reporter Bill Claiborne entered with rebels and said the inmates sought release, not better food or medical care.
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District of Columbia City
Lorion
Patricia Gorham
Hardy
Washington Post
Bill Claiborne
Claiborne
Scientists Link Cigarette Tar to Rat Lung Cancer
National Cancer Institute scientists report they induced a lung cancer type common in humans in rats by introducing cigarette tar into their lungs. The study involved 348 rats with 156 deaths in two years and 75 percent showing cancer or pre cancer changes, while 143 control rats showed almost no precancerous signs. The Tobacco Institute challenged the human relevance of the findings.
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Washington
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Tobacco Institute
Lawsuit Seeks Halt on Land-Grant Aid Programs
A federal suit filed in Washington targets Secretary Butz and Secretary Richardson arguing $750 million yearly land grant funding favors big agribusiness. The complaint seeks an injunction halting federal spending on the land grant complex until new rules include broad consumer and minority representation.
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Nixon Cabinet
U.S. District Court
Earl L. Butz
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Elliott Richardson
National Coalition For
Berkeley
Calif
National Sharecroppers Fund Inc
Washinton
D.C
Georgia Council On Human Relations
Atlanta
Kissinger Extends Vietnam Talks to Fourth Day in Paris
In Paris Kissinger and North Vietnamese envoys Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy enter a fourth day of secret negotiations. Nixon aide Henry Kissinger planned to return to Washington but cabled that talks would continue despite the U S election campaign. White House says timing not connected to McGovern plan.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
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U.S
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Demilitarized Zone
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South Vietnam
Washington
Henry Kissinger
White House
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Xuan Thuy
Kissinger
George McGovern
Ronald L. Ziegler
Senate Defeats Move to End Debate on antibusing Bill
The Senate again blocked cloture on the anti busing measure as Northern liberals led a filibuster effort to block desegregation efforts. A final vote was set for Thursday with no guarantee of passage before adjournment. President Nixon remained committed to pressing the bill.
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House
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Griffin
White House
Capitol Hill
Continued Cool Weather Seen Across Louisiana
Pleasantly cool conditions are forecast to persist through Thursday with Monroe area skies mostly clear to partly cloudy. Highs near 88 and lows around 50s, southeast winds 6 to 16 mph, and no rainfall reported. An extended outlook shows partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures Friday to Sunday, with highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s.
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Monroe
Monroe-Alexandria
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Delta
High Court Turns To Abortion Laws
The Supreme Court heard challenges to Texas and Georgia abortion statutes as new justices Powell and Rehnquist join the bench. The Texas law criminalizes abortion except to save the mother's life. a Dallas panel previously ruled it unconstitutional but not enjoined. The Georgia law allows abortion for rape or defect concerns, challenged by a broad coalition. The court also announced plans to review other issues including jury size in federal vs criminal cases and reapportionment.
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APTI
Supreme Court
Texas
Georgia
Lewis I. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Dallas
Ohio
Connecticut
Mississippi
Defense Department
Louisiana Supreme Court weighs death penalty substitutes
The Louisiana Supreme Court tackles capital cases this week with questions on true life imprisonment as a substitute for the death penalty bail for murder charges jury sequestering and the 9 of 12 verdict rule The justices hear two cases Tuesday and others Thursday with a decision likely by November 6 1969 or sooner in a statewide capital cases context.
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Louisiana Supreme Court
State High Court
Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
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Texas
High Court
Washington
State Supreme Court
Houma
Baton Rouge
Dist. Atty
Wilmore J. Broussard Jr
Dist
Leonard Greenburg
Greenburg
Ellen McDaniel Flood
Elmo
Louisiana Joins In Legislative Study Program
Baton Rouge announces Louisiana will join six states in an in depth legislative improvement program to be completed by end of 1974. Massachusetts New Hampshire Ohio Minnesota Colorado and Arizona participate funded by a $1 million Ford Foundation grant administered by the citizens conference on state legislatures and the state legislative leaders foundation. Louisiana ranked 33rd in a 1970 evaluation of 48 legislatures. Charles O. Davis, executive secretary of the State Legislative Leaders Foundation, commented to newsmen.
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Louisiana
E.L. Henry
Jonesboro
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Ohio
Minnesota
Colorado
Arizona
Ford Foundation
Citizens Conference On State Legislatures
State Legislative Leaders Foundation
Charles O. Davis
Newsmen
HUD Cuts Off New Orleans Housing Projects Over Sewage
New Orleans faces HUD funding cuts as the city must comply with EPA orders to stop discharging 90 million gallons daily of raw sewage into the Mississippi River. Mayor Moon Landrieu and city officials pursue a sewage treatment plant, while HUD officials urge action and suggest negotiating with regional authorities.
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Mississippi River
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Thomas J. Armstrong
HUD
Moon Landrieu
Environmental Protection Agency
Mississippi
EPA
Stuart Brohm Jr
City Sewerage and Water Board
Dallas
Landrieu
Armstrong
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Today’s Chuckle Flirt Quote Reveals Clever Wit
A humorous quip notes that a flirt is a woman who believes it’s every man for herself. The wry line captures a playful take on romance and independence in a breezy daily roundup.
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