Soviet Diplomat Car Fire Stirs Washington Suburbs
An arson attempt targeted a Soviet diplomat’s car in Silver Spring Maryland with two other diplomatic cars damaged in Hyattsville. Police confirmed the blaze and reported no injuries. A caller claimed the act as retaliation for Soviet Jewry, linking to the Jewish Defense League slogan Never again.
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Washington
Silver Spring
Hyattsville
Associated Press
Ross Road
Jewish Defense League
Montgomery County
Louis Farnella
Russia
Milk consumption ranking across nations
Britannica reports milk and dairy product intake peaks in Ireland Finland New Zealand Sweden Australia and Canada. The finding highlights dairy as a staple in diverse diets and suggests cultural and agricultural factors shape consumption levels internationally.
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Ireland
Finland
New Zealand
Sweden
Australia
Canada
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Maryland Considers Slot Machines To Raise State Revenue
Annapolis AP reports a Maryland House committee weighs legalizing slot machines in taverns and restaurants to generate more than 100 million dollars in tax revenue. Officials estimate 1972 gains of about 110 million, with potential 1974 totals near 133 million, as bills seek statewide and local legalization and a charter referendum in Charles County. Proponents tout economic benefits. opponents warn of administrative costs and moral concerns. Key figures include Ray Valianti of the Admissions Tax Division and Delegate Loretta Nimmerrichter with local officials from Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties.
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Annapolis
Maryland General Assembly
Baltimore City
Maryland
House Judiciary Committee
Ray Valianti
Charles County
Valianti
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Marvin Mandel
Pears
Valiants
Charles
St. Marys
Calvert
General Assembly
Del
Loretta Nimmerrichter
Judiciary Committee
David P. Samson Jr
WSMD
Potomac River Bridge
William Barkley Jr
Southern Baptist Churches
Auto Speed Link To Heart Disease
London report in The Lancet links fast driving to heart disease. Peter Taggart of Middlesex Hospital and Malcolm Carruthers of the Institute of Ophthalmology say excitement from rapid driving raises fatty acids in the blood which may accumulate on artery walls and cause arteriosclerosis or heart disease.
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London
The
Lancet
Peter Taggart
Cardiology Department
Middlesex Hospital
Malcolm Carruthers
Institute of Ophthalmology
Suspected Cop Killer Caught in Dallas
Police surrounded an East Dallas apartment house early today and captured Rene Guzman 33, one of two men accused of killing three sheriff's deputies at a Trinity River bottoms location Monday night. Brother Mosses Guzman 35 was jailed with no bond after the shootings. Deputy McCurley escaped gunfire by diving over an embankment and identified the captured man.
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Dallas
Tex
B. L. Senkel
Rene Guzman
Trinity River Bottoms
Mosses Guzman
A. D. McCurley
Protests Bond Measure For Demonstrations At Annapolis
ANNAPOLIS AP Bills to require group demonstrators to post bonds and to ban items made from endangered wildlife in Maryland were ready for introduction. A Baltimore County Democrat proposed a 10000 bond for demonstrations of 10 or more people with fines up to 10000 and up to one year in jail for organizers. A bipartisan list of ten senators supported the animal protection measure. Separately Senator Harry J. McGuirk introduced bills to cut the amusement tax on movie theater tickets and to limit the term of the director of correction to four years, with current scrutiny of Joseph G. Cannon and a planned legislative inquiry next week.
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Annapolis
Maryland
del. Vernon Boozer
Baltimore County
Harry J. McGuirk
Commissioner of Correction
McGuirk
Joseph G. Cannon
Cannon
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Senate
Higher Food Costs Backed By Hardin
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M Hardin told the Senate Economic Committee that housewives should be prepared to pay higher food prices this year. He noted the average family spends 16.7 percent of income on food, calling it a remarkable achievement, while farmers earn only 78 percent of nonfarm incomes, with nearly half of that from off-farm jobs.
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Washington
Clifford M Hardin
Hardin
Senate
House Economic Committee
War murder confession by Tate case defendant Krenwinkel
Patricia Krenwinkel testified she stabbed Abigail Folger and then the LaBianca pair, carving War on the chest of one victim and leaving a fork in the other's stomach. She said Charles Manson was not involved and recalled LSD driven violence with her codefendants during the Tate murder spree.
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Los Angeles
Patricia Krenwinkel
Sharon Tate
Abigail Folger
Actress Tate
Lena LaBianca
la Bianca
Charles Manson
Susan Atkins
Miss Tate
Malibu
Manson
Leslie van Houten
Miss Krenwinkel
Miss van Houten
Charlie
Secretaries of State run many duties for Maryland
The Maryland Secretary of State keeps the Great Seal, records of trading stamp firms, stamps and forms, serves as attorney for nonresident accident cases, holds pardons and death sentences, oversees 40 000 notaries, handles extraditions for the governor, purchases and mounts the governor’s pens, and provides flags to service members in Vietnam, all for 12000 dollars a year.
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Maryland
Viet Nam
Death rate on highways drops across 1970 data
CHICAGO AP The nations traffic death rate for miles traveled in 1970 was the lowest on record. Traffic deaths fell to 55 300 a 2 percent drop from 1969. Five deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled versus 5.3 in 1969. Safer cars and highways cited. Lawlor urged tougher safety standards and broader compliance with the 1966 Highway Safety Act.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
John D. Lawlor
Lawlor
Navy Triton completes submerged circumnavigation in 84 days
The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine Triton circumnavigated the globe in 84 days while remaining submerged, an achievement known as Operation Magellan.
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