Indians Seize Small S Dakota Town in AIM Protest
About 200 members of the American Indian Movement seized a small town on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, holding roughly 10 residents as gunfire was heard. AIM leaders demanded investigations into federal Indian policy and treaty enforcement, threatening to die if necessary.
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S.D
American Indian Movement
AIM
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Joseph H. Trimbach
FBI
Minneapolis
Carter
Nixon group returns $250000 campaign donation
New York based report states Nixon re election campaign returned $250 000 donated last year by financier Robert L Vesco amid SEC charged fraud case involving Investors Overseas Services IOS. Vesco had secretly given $200 000 cash after new disclosure law.
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Nixon Group
New York
Nixon
Robert L. Vesco
Securities and Exchange Commission
Finance Committee
Washington
Vesco
SEC
Boonton, N.J
Stans
Fee
Nixon Finance Com
Mittee
New Jersey
Harry L. Sears
Sears
Secs
U.S
Investors Overseas Services Ltd
IOS
Bernie Cornfeld
Ag Dept Links Higher Farm Prices to Food Cost Rise
Washington AP report says higher farm prices drove a 2.5 percent January jump in supermarket costs. Beef and pork set records, eggs rose 18 percent as middlemen absorbed part of the increase. The market basket cost a record 1375 for a year, up 37 from December.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Tremors Hit Pa Del Maryland Areas Early Today
An eastern Pennsylvania tremor shook nearby areas in Delaware and Maryland for several seconds around 3 30 am EST. No injuries or major damage were reported. NEIC said no initial measurement of an East Coast quake and ruled out connection to a Kuril Islands event of 7 5 magnitude.
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Delaware
Maryland
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
National Earthquake Information Center
Boulder
Colo
Kuril Islands
Northern
Pacific
Managua
Nicaragua
NEIC
Shemya
Aleutians
Demos Overcome Finances In Troup, New York
State chairman Joseph F. Crangle reported 1972 figures show assets of 918000 and net liabilities of 313000, eight thousand less than last year. He said the party is turning the corner and improving county service with newsletters workshops and research material, while acknowledging a long way to go.
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DEMOS
NEW York
Joseph F. Crangle
Embezzlement Trial Set for Woolbridge in Khaki Cosa Nostra Case
After a one day postponement U S Army former top ranking sergeant William C Woolbridge is to go on trial February 28 as the alleged head of a worldwide Khaki Cosa Nostra scheme. A 21 count federal indictment accuses Woolbridge and two others of masterminding embezzlement from servicemen clubs in Vietnam.
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William C. Woolbridge
U. S. Army
Wooldridge
Vietnam
UPI
POWs Release Hopes Rise Amid Peace Panel Talks
North Vietnam says it will resume freeing American prisoners once the Joint Military Commission in Saigon guarantees security for its members in South Vietnam. Spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le cites a North Vietnamese plan and protests attacks on commission members in Hue and Da Nang. Rogers meets Trinh and Lam at the International Conference Center to seek clarification of the halt in POW releases.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh le
Hue
da Nang
William P
Urgen
Nguyen Duy Trinh
North Vietnam
Trinh
Viet Cong
Nguyen Thi Binh
Rogers
Deputy Health Chief Compared to Inspector General Post
Albany AP Deputy Health Commissioner Daniel Klepak will take a governor office post Thursday at 40 975 a year, a role critics call similar to an education inspector general job. Supporters say it lacks staff or authority, prompting questions of political maneuvering amid other Capitol actions.
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Albany
N.Y
Daniel Klepak
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Klepak
Senate
Rockefeller
Hofstra Students Seized in Major Drug Sweep
Twenty eight Hofstra University students were charged after a Nassau County police raid on campus dormitories in a narcotics sweep. Officers confiscated marijuana hashish amphetamines barbiturates cocaine LSD mescaline and drug paraphernalia. Bail ranged from 250 to 1000. eight were released on recognizance. Potential sentences span four to fifteen years per drug type and amount.
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Hempstead
N.Y
Hofstra University
New York
Hofstra
Nassau County
Nassau Couny
Miller
Mineola
Irish election shapes five year government battle
Dublin voters end a long Fianna Fail era as Fine Gael and Labor challenge for power in a national election. The campaign centered on taxation prices and social benefits amid Northern Ireland tensions. Counting begins Thursday with results due within 48 hours.
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Dublin
Irish Republic
Jack Lynch
Fianna Fail
Soldiers of Destiny
Fine Gael
Irish Party
Labor Party
Lynch
Northern Ireland
Republic
FBI Nominee Gray Denies Political Speeches For Nixon
Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray II told the Senate Judiciary Committee that his speeches last year were for department business and not political or campaign in intent. He argued a fair reading shows no political motivation and rejected charges of aiding Nixon's re election effort.
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FBI
Quiz L. Patrick Gray III
Nixon
Washington
L. Patrick Gray II
Gray
Senate Judiciary Committee
Department
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
U S Suspends Troop Pullouts From Vietnam
Saigon reports the United States halted troop withdrawals from Vietnam over Hanoi delays in releasing American POWs. The North Vietnamese were pressured to dismantle an antiaircraft site near the DMZ, with cease-fire violations cited over SAM batteries at Khe Sanh. The UN-backed cease-fire commission grounded all helicopters due to ground fire, with two shot and one American pilot wounded. A protest letter to the Joint Military Commission was prepared for Thursday. No progress at senior commission talks, POW subcommission meetings adjourned. No further meetings set until Friday.
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Saigon
United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Commission
Joint Military Commission
North
United Stat
Britons Hit By 24 Hour Rail and Gas Strikes
Strikes by rail engineers gas workers and teachers disrupted transportation and daily life across the country. Thousands of students stayed home as teachers walked out demanding higher pay to cope with rising prices and government wage curbs. Nationwide traffic jams followed the 24 hour stoppage by about 29 000 engineers.
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London
Dollar slips in Europe as gold gains in early trading
The dollar weakened on European markets while gold gained strength. In Tokyo the dollar rose for a second day, closing at 269.60 yen after 266.90 previously. European sessions showed the dollar losing ground in London Paris Zurich Frankfurt Brussels Milan and Amsterdam amid nervous money markets after February 12 devaluation.
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London
U.S
Japan
Tokyo
Europe
Paris
Zurich
Frankfurt
Brussels
Milan
Amsterdam
New York Blue Collar Wages Hit Record Gains 1971 72
New York private industry wage data show unskilled plant workers rose 13.7 percent and skilled trades 9.9 percent in 1971 72, both record increases over 11 years. Clerical salaries climbed 5.6 percent, down from 6.9 percent the prior year.
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New York
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rogers presses North Vietnam on POW release request
Paris AP report states Secretary of State William P. Rogers urged North Vietnam to resume the liberation of American prisoners of war, but no indication of a satisfactory response was given.
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Paris
William P. Rogers
North Vietnam
Employment Down in NYC in 1972 Report
The U S Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that New York City lost 68 000 wage and salary jobs in 1972 the third straight decline while the rest of the metropolitan area and nation added new positions. City total jobs were 252 000 below 1970 levels and nearly every industry felt the drop.
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New York
New York City
U.S. Bureau of Labor
Tistics
Proxmire Blasts Nixon Over Economic Policy Mistakes
Senator William Proxmire charged President Nixon with grave economic mistakes that will raise prices for Americans. He cited weak policies that led to a second dollar devaluation and a proposed $19 billion budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Nixon
Wisconsin Democrat
Rockefeller signs tax relief bill for Agnes damaged property
Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller announced the approval of tax abatements for owners of property damaged by Hurricane Agnes. The relief covers about 25,000 parcels across 25 counties with an estimated private real property loss of 150 million dollars.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
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