Capitol Bomb Blast Hits Senate Wing in Capitol Attack
An early morning bombing ripped the Senate wing of the Capitol linking to Laos war protests. No injuries reported but extensive damage. a warning call cited before the blast. Police and FBI investigate the male caller while President Nixon condemns the act as violent and shocking.
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Laos
Senate
Capitol
Senate Republian
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert G. Dunphy
U.S
Scott
Capitol Switchboard
Capitol Police
FBI
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Senate Chamber
House of Representatives
Scotti
District of Columbia
Army
Capitol Switch Board
Capitol Building
Supreme Court to rule on birth control devices ban
The High Court agreed to hear if Massachusetts may bar distribution of contraceptives to unmarried people, part of a 491 year old law declared invalid by a Boston court. The case also tests residency voting rules and Idaho estate law favoring male administrators, with ACLU arguing Fourteenth Amendment discrimination against women.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
US Circuit
Boston
William R. Baird
Boston University
Tennessee
District Court
Idaho
Ada County
Cecil M. Reed
Sally M. Reed
Richard Lynn Reed
Soldier Burns to Death in Northern Ireland Firebombing
A British soldier was burned to death in Londonderry when attackers in Bogside threw 16 petrol bombs at his patrol. Earlier a Belfast hospitalized teenager and ongoing exchanges with IRA snipers marked a violent weekend, with 45 killed officially since 1969 and unofficially higher overall.
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North Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Slot Machines Barred by Air Force Overseas Bases Move
Senate investigators report Air Force will ban slot machines at all overseas bases by July 1 1972 amid corruption charges in military recreation. Testimony cites losses and kickbacks with one third of receipts alleged to go to a private distributor in Vietnam and Saigon port shipments.
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Air Force
M L. Boswell
Rubicoff
Vietnam
Thomas J Whalen
New York
Saigon
Army
Earl Cole
Sarl Electronics
Whalen
Sarl
Four Killed In Court By Gunman In Sweden
In Soederhamn a man ordered to pay a sum to his ex partner opened fire during a court session, killing judge Yngve Carlsson and both lawyers. Police captured him three hours later in a downtown department store as authorities combed the industrial city of 15,000 with armed officers. The victims were identified as the judge and the two lawyers. the ex partner had previously won a financial settlement from the gunman. Police said the courtroom was empty when the shots rang out and that the man’s appeal to the supreme court had been denied earlier Thursday. The four bodies were found when officials reached the room.
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Soederhamn
Sweden
GPI
Stockholm
Yngve Carlsson
Tmne
Supreme Court
South Viets Abandon Another Base in Laos
South Vietnamese troops abandon base Hotel 2 as heavy antiaircraft fire stops supplies and evacuations. The base near Route 9 and Hill 31 was evacuated by two battalions carrying wounded, amid ongoing fighting as reinforcements rush into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail with American air support.
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Saigon
API
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Hotel 2
U.S
1St Infantry Division
Hill 31
Ameliin
James W. Sutherland
Khe Sanh
Route 9
United Sates
Laotian Panhandle
Weather outlook says cloudy and cold tonight
The forecast notes mostly cloudy skies and a not so cold night with overnight lows near 15 degrees. Details are on page 8.
Nixon Seeks Farm Support For Rural Development Plan
President Nixon urged support for a 1.1 billion rural development proposal viewed as a new American revolution to return power to the people. He spoke in Des Moines amid opposition in Congress and argued for direct rural benefits and greater local control over spending and services.
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Nixon
America
Congress
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Agriculture Department
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Rail Unions Persist in Bargaining as Strike Threat Lingers
Washington AP reports about 190,000 United Transportation Union members working amid ongoing talks with railroads after Congress let a strike ban lapse. Final sticking points include work rules and job carving, with federal mediators guiding negotiations. No nationwide strike expected tonight though other unions settled earlier, wage deals averaging 4.4 percent over 42 months.
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Lmited Transportation Union
Congress
National Railway Labor Conference
W J Usery Usery
George Ives
National Mediation and Conciliation Service
Labor
James D. Hodgson
UTU
Brotherhood of
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Siake
Nixon
Laién
Brotherhood of Signalmer
American Train Dspatchers Union
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Bailey Aldrich
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