Island Wanderer joins Uncle Sam fleet on St Lawrence
A steel replica paddle wheeler Island Wanderer launched May 21 at Blount shipyard Warren Rhode Island and sailed to Oswego then Lake Ontario. The 150000 vessel, 64 foot 10 inch long with 22 foot beam, carries 225 passengers and makes Alexandria Bay its home port alongside the Alexandra Belle.
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Mississippi River
Blount Marine Corporation
Warren
R. I
Lake Ontario
Oswego
Alexandria Bay
Uncle Sam Boat Tours
St. Lawrence River
Clash in Mexico City Leaves Dozens Injured and Fatalities
Police and students battled in Mexico City for hours with four or five youths reported killed. More than 100 arrested as demonstrators occupied the National Polytechnic Institute and police withdrew after midnight. Authorities say arrests will be fined and released.
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Mexico City
National Polytechnic Institute
Luis Echevarria
Anastazio Somoza Jr
Polytechnic Institute
FTC requires advertisers prove claims or face charges
The Federal Trade Commission will demand advertisers document claims or face deceptive advertising charges. The auto industry will be first targeted within 30 days, then other big advertisers. The policy aims to curb exaggerated ads and may require past misleads to be admitted in future ads.
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Federal Trade Commission
Robert Pitofsky
FTC
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Pitofsky
Ralph Nader
New York City Strikes Fuel Revenue Sharing Debate
NYC bridge tenders and sanitation workers struck this week, tying up Manhattan and giving ammunition to opponents of Nixon’s plan to share 5 billion dollars with states and cities. Lawmakers question how cities would use funds to avoid expanding employe benefits and avoid service cuts.
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Washington
Nixon
New York City
Manhattan
U.S
House
Ways and Means Committee
John V. Lindsay
Martha W. Griffiths
Dmich
Mrs. Griffiths
Lockheed Chief Appeals to Congress for Bailout Aid
Lockheed Aircraft Corp chairman Daniel J. Haughton asked Congress for a government loan guarantee to avert bankruptcy. The Senate Banking Committee will grill him as it weighs a 250 million dollar loan to back production of the L 1011 TriStar jet amid reduced defense orders and Rolls Royce engine issues. McDonnell Douglas reportedly offered airlines credit to switch orders, a proposal Sen. Proxmire called sensible if true.
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Washington
Daniel J. Haughton
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Nixon
Lockheed
Airbus
Haughton
Britain
Rolls Royce Ltd
McDonnell-Douglas Corporation
U.S. Airlines
Douglas
William Proxmire
Dwis
McDonnell-Douglas
Proxmire
Rockefeller approves Little Hoover Commission for NYC probes
Gov. Rockefeller signs into law a commission with subpoena powers to investigate New York City management and fiscal controls. The measure, pushed through the Republican led Legislature, aims to curb rising public service costs amid Democratic protests of intimidation.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
New York City
Nixon Opens Suburban Housing to Racial Equality
President Nixon announced the federal government will encourage but not require open housing in suburbs, stressing limits of federal power and relying on court action to combat discrimination. He said aid criteria will favor projects that open nonsegregated housing opportunities without imposing local land use policies.
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Washington
Nixon
U S Bombers Hit New Viet Red Supply Route
U S B52 bombers attacked a newly built North Vietnamese highway from Laos into South Vietnam, as a U S armored column clashed with NVA troops near the DMZ. Nine B52s dropped nearly 100 tons on supply depots and bunkers in the northern quarter, with several bunker complexes hit in the A Shau valley and a new link near Khe Sanh. Saigon reported 12 enemy dead, while U S losses were seven wounded and one armored vehicle destroyed.
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Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Khe Sanh
Henoi
A Shau
Cambodia
Neak Luong
Vietnam
Court reserves decision on $14 million refunds case
The New York Court of Appeals reserved judgment in a case seeking refunds totaling $14 million to New York Telephone Co customers. The appeal challenged a $175 million rate increase approved by the State Supreme Court, a decision later reversed by the Appellate Division.
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Albany, N.Y
State Court of Appeals
New York Telephone Company
State
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Lakes Clean-up Pact Aims for Fall Signing
Fisheries Minister Jack Davis said a formal Canada United States agreement to clean the Great Lakes should be ready for signing early this fall. He had just returned from Washington where a general agreement set a multi billion dollar pollution fight program.
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Ottawa
Canada-U.s
Great Lakes
Jack Davis
House of Commons
Washington
Earth Tremor Shakes Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic
An earth tremor rippled across the north central Caribbean rocking Puerto Rico and parts of the Dominican Republic. There were no reports of victims or heavy losses. Buildings shook in San Juan and other parts of Puerto Rico with some cracks in the Dominican Republic on Hispaniola shared with Haiti.
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San Juan
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Haiti
Papal Reforms Cut Time for Catholic Annulments
Pope Paul VI announced changes to the annulment process aimed at speeding up cases. A canon law expert estimates reducing waiting from years to about seven months. The seven page apostolic letter revises marriage canon law and takes effect October 1.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Thieu Fires Seven Cabinet Members in Saigon Shakeup
President Nguyen Van Thieu dismissed seven cabinet members and redeployed senior military leaders, including division and district commanders, in what observers call a move to clear the decks for the October presidential election.
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Saigon
Phenobarital Pill Thefts Target Shelters Nationwide
Civil Defense officials say about 600 million phenobarbital pills stored in public fallout shelters are being stolen. National Civil Defense Director John E. Davis urges transfer or destruction as pills were not suited for shelter use and thefts have surged, especially from school buildings.
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Washington
National Civil Defense
John E. Davis
Cuba to Try Five Stranded U S Seamen
Cuba says it will try five of the 13 crewmen from three private American vessels detained in Cuban waters in retaliation for U S jail terms for four Cuban fishermen. Havana said U S attorneys were told not to appeal the six month sentences and $10 000 fines.
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Miami
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Havana
Locked wheel blamed for Illinois derailment near Salem
Ten killed and 94 injured as the City of New Orleans passenger train derailed two miles north of Salem Illinois at 90 miles per hour. Officials cited a locked wheel likely caused by an electrical fault as the crash tore 1,200 feet of track and redirected the train off the crossing. Investigators from multiple agencies examined the scene as Amtrak began operations nationwide.
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Salem, Ill
Illinois Central Railroad
City of New Orleans
New Orleans
Salem
Jim Law
Ilinois
Law
National Amtrak
Illinois Central
National Rail Safety Board
The
National Transportation Safety Board
Illinois Commerce Commission
Alan S. Boyd
Chicago
Tonti
Seek Man Who Robbed Bank Teller of 1250 Dollars
Syracuse police and FBI seek a 30 to 35 year old man who robbed Marine Midland Bank Central office by handing a teller a note read Give me money or you will die. He carried money in a brown envelope after the May robbery, with no security camera active.
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Syracuse
N.Y
FBI
Marine Midland Bank
Nixon Ed Cox rehearse wedding amid Rose Garden plans
Tricia Nixon and Ed Cox rehearse ahead of Saturday ceremony with possible Rose Garden site rain plan. Weather is partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of rain and temperatures in the 80s. An indoor arrangement on the mansion stage and a 90 foot white carpet aisle are prepared if needed.
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Tricia
Washington
Tricia Nixon
Ed Cox
White House
Rose Garden
Lem
Eddie
Hugh McKean
Nixon
Howard E. Cox
New York
Blair House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomac River
Volley Ball Classroom Contact Measure Faces Deflation
In Albany the legislature considers a bill to require college faculty to spend a minimum amount of time in classroom teaching. The measure has been nicknamed a volley ball bill due to its back-and-forth maneuvering and may be halted by a gubernatorial veto.
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Albany, N. Y
Capitol
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Calcutta
East Pakistan
India
Pakistan
John Hastings
Bengal
Mohammed Agha Yahya Khan
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
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Awami Leaue
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