Nixon Trudeau Lake Cleanup Pact Signed
President Nixon and Prime Minister Trudeau sign a pact to clean up the Great Lakes by 1975. The accord calls for more than 2.5 billion dollars in outlays with joint US Canada funding and deadlines by December 21 1975. Demonstrators opposed the pact as Mounties and Ottawa police keep order on Parliament Hill.
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Ottawa
Nixon
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Great Lakes
Parliament Hill
Canadian Liberation Movement
Canaian Mounties
Trudeau
Five Lakes
United States
U S Industrial Output Rises 0 6 Percent in March
The Federal Reserve reports March factory, mine, and utility output up 0 6 percent keeping momentum of economic recovery. Production climbs across business equipment steel textiles and paper while consumer goods rise modestly. Administration officials defend Phase 2 controls before the Joint Economic Committee noting efforts to curb excess profits via price increases.
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Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Capitol Hill
Administration
Nixon
Joint Economic Committee
Herbert Stein
Council + Econoc Advisers
Marina Whitman
Car Crash Kills 19-Year-Old Driver Near Gouverneur
A car left a rural road near Gouverneur in St. Lawrence County late Friday, struck a tree and fatally injured Henry Haskins, 19, of Belmat. He was alone in the vehicle according to state police.
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Gouverneur, N. Y
St. Lawrence County
Henry Haskins
Belmat
Despondent teen kills himself after school aid efforts
Bruce S Phillips 15 of Revere Road Washingtonville New York telephoned school psychiatrist Friday saying he would die by his own action. He shot at school official and nurse two times then killed himself at home. Assistant principal Joseph Horan and nurse Joyce Cook escaped injury. Authorities ruled death a suicide.
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Washingtonville
N.Y
Bruce S. Phillips
Revere Road
Washingtonville High School
Joseph Reddener
Reddener
Joseph Horan
Horan
Joyce Cook
Phillips
Orange County
Roy L. Lippencott
ITT Official Details White House Meetings Over Suits
An ITT senior vice president said he met with White House aides in 1969 and 1970 to protest three antitrust suits against ITT and to seek regulatory relief for balance of payments matters. He claimed no commitments were made and noted changes in rules in the ninth inning.
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White House
ITT
Washington
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Richard McLaren
KE. J. Gerrity
Herb Klein
Charles Colson
Gerrity
McLaren
Klein
Colson
United States
Kleindienst
Peter Flanigan
Charles Mathias
Rmd
Flanigan
Wallace Plans Counterattack Against Midwestern Democrat
In Detroit Gov. George C. Wallace launches a counterattack on Midwestern Democrats challenging his appeal to the little man. He schedules a rally opposing a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner he was not invited to, and a news conference to showcase support.
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Detroit
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund §. Muskie
George McGovern
Nixon
Michigan
Democratic
James McNeely
Ogden Reid
D-N.y
Lansing
Humphrey
Muskie
McGovern
Nixon to spend days in Salzburg before Moscow trip
The White House announced President Nixon will spend one or two days in Salzburg Austria before departing for Moscow on May 22. The halt aims to help him relax and adjust to time changes prior to the Soviet capital visit.
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Washington
Nixon
Salzburg
Austria
Moscow
White House
United States Seeks UN Budget Reduction
State Department official Samuel DePalma said the U S will push in the U N General Assembly next fall to cut the U N annual budget assessment from 31.52 percent to 25 percent amid growing public disenchantment with the organization and its actions.
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Harriman
N.Y
State Department
United States
U.N. General Assembly
U.n.’S
Samuel DePalma
International Organization
United Nations
Iran Earthquake Toll Rises With Thousands Dead
Casualties reported at 5044 dead and 1336 seriously wounded after a south Iran earthquake. Authorities say 714 homes were destroyed in the disaster. Paris talks notes say North Vietnamese delegation proposed resuming weekly sessions on April 27 after a pause since March 23.
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Tehran
Iran
Paris
Tax Deadline Extended for Northeast Residents
Taxpayers in the six New England states and New York receive a one day extension as Patriots Day moves the filing date. Returns are due by midnight Tuesday April 18 at the IRS processing center in Andover, Massachusetts.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New England
New York State
Internal Revenue Service Processing Center
Andover
Steel price freeze expands to major U.S. firms
New York AP reports three top steelmakers including U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel joining the rolled steel price freeze for the year. Jones & Laughlin followed Bethlehem and Republic Steel and U S Steel soon after to hold prices steady for rolled steel used in autos and appliances.
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New York
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Republic Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
New York Assembly Passes Over 150 Bills in 5-Day Week
In Albany, the New York State Assembly concluded its first five-day session of 1972 by passing more than 150 bills. About half the members were present, with routine measures favored and a few defeated bills later set aside on votes.
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N. Y
State Assembly
Albany
N.Y
New York State Assembly
Reds Retake An Loc in Central Highlands clash
Saigon reports North Vietnamese tanks breached An Loc with Viet Cong rockets and mortars striking Saigon and Da Nang. The offensive killed 51 and wounded 48 amid air strikes. a U S C130 was hit, one crewman killed and two wounded. Government says An Loc mostly under control again.
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An Loc
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
U. S
Central Highlands
Fugitive Laning Disappears After TV Prison Story
Kent Laning, 33, fled a New Jersey prison farm on March 26 after telling a WNEW TV audience about his escape. He walked off the studio set with detectives present and was last seen driving away with publisher Joe Grant. Authorities planned legal action if he is found.
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New York
Kent Laning
New Jersey
Repec
Laning
Trenton State
Wnew-Tv
Joe Grant
Penal Digest International
Dren
Grant
Trenton
Harlem clash at Black Muslim mosque sparks citywide disorder
New York AP reports police top black officer led probe into a three hour Harlem disturbance outside a modern mosque. Three patrolmen were trapped and wounded after a phony tip lured them inside. One civilian, Philip Cardillo, critically wounded. Two Muslims charged with assault. Bricks and bottles flew as police cars and scooters were damaged.
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New York
Harlem
Philip Cardillo
Cardillo
Louis Farrakhan
Victor Padilla
Vito Navarra
Bette
Pentagon Orders Global Probe Into USO Activities
The Pentagon launches a worldwide investigation into USO staff in Vietnam over fraud and black market allegations. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird disclosed in a Friday letter to Rep. F. Edward Hebert that special investigators have been sent to Vietnam, expanding an October start. The USO, funded by private contributions, runs a $6 million budget and sends about 1,000 entertainers on tours annually. The letter cites substantial fraudulent activity and currency manipulation by some personnel, contra to U.S. and Viet Nam interests.
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Washington
USO
Vietnam
Pentagon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
House Armed Services Committee
Laird
United Service Organization
U.S
Republic of Vietnam
House Panel Calls for Renewed Fire Research
Washington reports the House Science Committee presses for renewed fire research under the 1968 Fire Research and Safety Act. The legislation would authorize new funds, likely about 1.32 million dollars yearly for five fiscal years, to curb deaths injuries and property losses estimated at billions annually.
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Washington
Congress
House Science Committee
Launch Pad Activity Quickens Ahead of Apollo 16 Lift Off
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP with Apollo 16 astronauts John W Young Charles M Duke Jr and Thomas K Mattingly II taking a day off launch preparations quicken at the launch pad for Sundays 12 54 p m EST liftoff of Americas fifth moon mission Final checks on the command and lunar modules are planned as crews ready the Saturn 5 rocket and fuel loading begins early Sunday Experts rehearse the crucial maneuvers including detaching the ship docking and ascent to rendezvous with the command module
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Fla
John W. Young
Charlies M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Chester M. Lee
Moon
Spaceship Sims
Young
Duke
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