Strict new drug law brings life sentences and bounty
New York enacts a sweeping antidrug measure making sale or possession of hard drugs punishable by life imprisonment in many cases and offering $1000 bounties for informers. The law ends plea bargaining, expands jail terms for heroin cocaine morphine and opium, and seeks harsher penalties for LSD certain prescription drugs and other substances.
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Fire Kills 26 at Overseas Hotel Disaster
Survivors recount a deadly hotel blaze in a port city as police search for missing guests. Among the rescued are Americans on a Scandinavian cruise aboard the Vieturia. A survivor from Fort Lauderdale describes women and children crying for help, while others use ladders to escape.
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John Ford dies at 78 after cancer battle
Hollywood director John Ford, famed for Westerns and six Academy Awards, died at his Palm Desert home after a long cancer illness. The 78 year old, a towering figure in film with over 200 credits, mentored stars including John Wayne after casting him in Stagecoach.
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Record heat lingers with sixth 90-degree day in August
In mid August the city logged its sixth 90 degree day of the month, five of them in the past week. The high reached 96 on Monday, a non record compared to the 97 degree peak on July 1, 1970. The month remained oppressive overall despite a cool spell on the 23rd when temperatures stalled at 65.
Nixon Agnew to discuss probe at White House
Washington UPI report says President Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew will meet at the White House to discuss the Maryland bribery investigation. Officials deny any talk of Agnew’s resignation and say the meeting is to update on case status.
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Two trapped in sub rescued from Atlantic near Cork Ireland
Rescue vessels freed two crewmen from the disabled Pisces sub after a 3 hour 3 minute operation. Roger Chapman 28 and Roger Mallinson passed their 35th birthdays during the ordeal and were reported in good health. The Pisces I had been on the ocean bed 1,575 feet down for 176 hours 20 minutes before rising.
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U.S. Navy
Antiwar veterans acquitted in 1972 convention plot case
Eight antiwar activists, seven women and five men, were found innocent by a federal jury in Gainesville after a four week trial. The defendants faced charges linked to an alleged plot to use guns and explosives to incite rioting during the 1972 Republican National Convention. Jurors cited lack of evidence as the reason for the acquittal.
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End of rail strike in Canada seen
Ottawa government action ended the nine day Canadian rail walkout by law, with trains expected to roll again by noon Sunday. Rail unions planned a meeting to decide whether to return or face penalties, while railroad spokesmen anticipated crews reporting at 12:01 a.m. Sunday as services resume gradually.
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Cloudy Hot and Humid With Showers Forecast
Weather forecast notes continued heat and humidity with a chance of showers. Overnight lows near 70 degrees. Details on page 2.
Bill to roll back Wisconsin license fee hikes faces hearing
A public hearing is set for September 16 before an Assembly committee on a bill by Rep. Lloyd Kincaid to roll back Wisconsin hunting and fishing license increases. The move aims to reverse rises from the 1973-75 budget, which raised resident licenses from 3 to 4 dollars and nonresident licenses from 6 to 12. Attorneys and residents testified against the hikes, with many urging a short term five day nonresident license option.
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UPI
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U.S
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Steve Henry
Heat wave spawns widespread storms
United Press International reports that a continuing heat wave raising city death rates in the East also triggered widespread thunderstorms and some tornadoes from the northern Appalachians to southern New England and along the Gulf. Tornadoes touched down in South Dakota and Minnesota, with one in Miami Florida, as winds up to 60 mph and hail up to two inches affected several cities. Des Moines youths hospitalized after lightning strike. New York City faced continued heat with power reductions and high death tolls, while midwest and western temps fluctuated.
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