Ten Killed In DC-3 Crash Off California Coast
A chartered DC3 carrying 23 Californians including 19 real estate salesmen crashed while taking off near Eureka California. Ten bodies recovered, seven survived, six missing as high winds and four foot seas hampered searches. Survivors include the stewardess and six salesmen. one rescuer used a surfboard to aid two others.
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Congress Debates Space Station and Shuttle Plan
Washington AP reports Congress weighs a space station and shuttle amid budget talk. Sen Mondale warns of spending up to 25 billion, while Sen Gurney touts the shuttle as a vast earth monitoring and management system. The plan is tied to NASA's 3.2 billion yearly budget.
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Atty General Warns Parents About Drug Samples Sent By Mail
New York State Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz cautioned parents to watch for unsolicited medical samples arriving by mail that could harm children. He noted many complaints involve cough medicines with as much as 25 percent alcohol.
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Supreme Court Delays Ruling On Pentagon Papers Case
The Supreme Court extended its term to decide the Pentagon papers dispute after hearing Saturday arguments on government efforts to stop The New York Times and The Washington Post from publishing parts of the secret Vietnam War study. The court’s unusual session signals urgency while a ban on excerpts remains in place. The case revolves around First Amendment protections versus national security concerns and ongoing war-related disclosures.
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Red Gunners Bombard Firebases Below DMZ Again
North Vietnamese gunners hit American and South Vietnamese bases below the DMZ as U.S. and South Vietnamese troops conduct jungle sweeps. Charlie 2 and Charlie 1 plus Alpha 1 and Camp Carroll faced rocket fire with light casualties reported. Fuller base, abandoned after major shelling, was being reoccupied by a South Vietnamese unit as two battalions plus a U.S. armored element swept northwest and a similar operation moved south of the post.
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le Trung Hien
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Colombo shot at unity rally in New York
Joseph Colombo Sr., linked to organized crime, was shot in the head during an Italian American unity rally he helped organize in New York City. A Roosevelt Hospital spokesman said he is in critical condition.
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New York
Joseph Colombo Sr
New York City
Roosevelt Hospital
Satos Liberal Demos Win Japan Upper House Polls
TOKYO AP Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's Liberal Democratic party kept control of the upper house with 57 of 105 counted seats. Socialists won 32, Komeito 10, Democratic Socialists 3, Communist 1, Independent 1. Turnout around 60 percent, government faced questions on popularity. Sato headed to Karuizawa to form a new Cabinet after a Cabinet tenure since January 1970.
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House May Have Set 5 Day Spending Record by July 4 Weekend
Washington AP reports the House planned to set a five day spending record during the July 4 weekend recess by passing five appropriations bills totaling 41 billion in new obligational authority. The bills cover Agriculture Commerce State Justice Housing HUD Veterans Interior and other agencies, with total funding slightly under and over president requests. Senate action pending.
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Court Upholds Church-Affiliated College Grants
Supreme Court affirmed multimillion-dollar federal construction grants to church affiliated colleges in a 5 to 4 ruling. The court also agreed to hear next term challenges to capital punishment from California, Georgia, Illinois and Texas, with the death penalty review beginning in October.
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Supreme Court Reverses 35 Death Sentences Including Speck
The Supreme Court reversed the death sentences of 35 inmates, including Richard F. Speck who was convicted of murdering eight nurses in Chicago in 1966. Speck had been sentenced to death by a Peoria jury for killing the nurses one by one in their South Side apartment.
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Pakistan President vows transfer of power within four months
In a nationwide broadcast President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan announced plans to transfer power to elected representatives of Pakistan within about four months. He said the exact timing would depend on internal and external conditions at that time.
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Two Guys Discount Store Robbed in Irondequoit
Two armed men robbed the Two Guys discount store in Irondequoit suburb of Rochester of about $12,000 today. They fled on foot and carried the loot in a plastic garbage bag. Police converged on the area. one suspect reportedly wore a silencer on his gun.
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Irondequoit
Thunderstorm Triggers Flooding in Arcade New York
A sharp storm drenched Arcade Wyoming County with more than 4 inches of rain in an hour, causing flash floods that swamped streets and floodwaters reached the ground floor of a Motorola plant. Women workers were sent home while men stayed to clean up. Clear Creek overflowed its banks forcing several families to evacuate.
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Ellsberg Surrenders to U S Authorities
Dr Daniel Ellsberg turned himself in to federal authorities in Boston after admitting to providing The New York Times with secret Pentagon papers. He faced warrants for unauthorized possession of top secret documents and failure to return them, saying he acted as an American citizen in the public interest.
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Nixon aides discuss Pentagon Vietnam report in upstate New York
The Republican National Committee chair and a top Nixon aide visited upstate New York and discussed the Pentagon study on Vietnam made public. Herb Klein urged declassification by the Times, while Robert Dole criticized Democrats like Kennedy, Humphrey, and Muskie for escalating the war and predicted Nixon’s 1972 victory with Agnew on the ticket.
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Senate End of War Deadline Faces House Rejection
The nine month Indochina war deadline faces near certainty of House rejection as Congress races toward Thursday’s draft expiration. Rep. Whalen pressed for a vote on the Senate deadline, but leaders say approval is unlikely. The Pentagon plans a July August 16,000 man call if needed, while antiwar forces vow to filibuster any compromise.
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Agnew Signals Korea Troop Moves Won’t Alter US Pullout
Vice President Spiro Agnew said South Korea's possible 15,000 troop reduction in Vietnam would not affect the Nixon administration's Southeast Asia withdrawal plan. He noted the issue is primarily between Seoul and Saigon and that talks in Korea are likely to raise the subject. Agnew spoke aboard Air Force Two en route to Guam after a long trans-Pacific flight from El.
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