Interior says rule would ease limits on oil imports
An Interior Department official said the proposed change published in the Federal Register would ease the oil import limits set earlier this year by Secretary Rogers Morton. The Interior Department called McIntyre’s claim about tighter controls coincidental and noted the proposal aims at public returns from a month-long recess.
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Washington
Nixon
Federal Register
Thomas J. McIntyre
Interior Department
Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Thieu’s grip on Saigon assembly narrowed by election
Thieu still controls the National Assembly but his smaller lower-house majority signals a new era of activism in South Vietnam. Two thirds of incumbents failed to win re election as voters showed dissatisfaction with their rubber stamp image. Before the new 55 undecided deputies convene on November 1 pro and anti government factions vie for influence.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
National Assembly
Thieu
Engle Says Apollo 17 Setback Still Hurts
Houston space center report quotes astronaut Joseph Engle who trained six years for the moon mission but was bumped from Apollo 17 in favor of Harrison Schmidt. He compares the loss to saying goodbye to someone dear, noting he knew it was possible yet the pain remains strong.
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Engle
Greek Ferry Heleanna Crew Defended After Fire
The Greek Marine Ministry defends Heleanna operators and crew, saying the ship met top international standards and the crew acted well during the emergency. Italian police arrest Captain Dimitrios Antipas, 43, for culpable homicide and for sailing without adequate firefighting equipment and for leaving the ship with many passengers aboard.
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Athens
Greece
Greek Marine Ministry
Heleanna
Dimitrios Antipas
Italy
Quiet killer Nathan Leopold dies in Puerto Rico
Nathan Leopold, who gained fame as a thrill killer decades ago, died in San Juan after moving to Castaner thirteen years earlier. The former social worker lived with his Puerto Rican wife in a high rise and kept a low profile while working as an assistant to a pharmacist and an X ray technician at a church-run hospital.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United Church of the Brethren
NTSB urges tighter supervision of young drivers
The National Transportation Safety Board says highway crashes are the leading killer of youths aged 15 through 24, accounting for about half of all deaths, and calls for closer supervision of young drivers.
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Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Bomb blast damages 10 Pontiac school buses
Ten empty Pontiac school buses were blown up in a Board of Education lot late Monday night as the city prepared to integrate its schools. No one was injured. The attack came amid a fight over busing 8,000 pupils to achieve racial balance and threats of a “foreseeable disaster.” Entry was gained by cutting a hole in the chain link fence and six charges were placed under buses.
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Associated Press
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Alabama
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Lee County
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Robert F. Jackson
Opinon
U.S. Court of Appeals
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Desegregation Busing Sparks Protests and Debates in South
Across Georgia and Florida protests arose on opening day as districts implement court ordered desegregation with increased bus routes. In Pontiac Michigan a violent arson targeted school buses amid court fights over racial balance and white flight fears.
California high court voids local property tax for schools
The California Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that the public school finance system tied to local property tax is unconstitutional because wealthier districts provide better education. The decision challenges the 5 percent local funding share and could push state wide tax reforms to equalize financing for 1,200 districts and K-12 plus community colleges.
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Bill Stall
Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
California
Supreme Court
Sanford Gruskin
U.S. Supreme Court
Raymond L. Sullivan
Ronald Reagan
Sudan to join Arab federation amid Egypt Syria bloc
President Anwar Sadat announced Sudan will soon join the Arab federation with Egypt Libya and Syria to strengthen Egypt against Israel. He urged unity ahead of a referendum on the federation, while Syria's Assad vowed the group will not negotiate peace with Israel.
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Anwar Sadat
Sudan
Egypt
Libya
Syria
Israel
Sadat
Hafez Assad
Damascus
Wasfi Tell
Jordan
United States
Gaza Strip
Suez Canal
Algeria
Alexei N. Kosygin
Ahmed Hassan el Bakr
Baghdad
Crime up 11 percent in 1970 ends decade of rising crime
FBI Uniform Crime Reports 1970 show 176 percent rise in serious crimes from 1960 to 1970, with 5.3 million offenses. Yet the rate per 100000 people grew 144 percent as population increased 13 percent. One hundred officers were killed in the line of duty in 1970, up from 1969.
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Washington
FBI
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Dollar slides below 340 yen as Japan floats currency
The U S dollar closed at 338 90 yen on the Tokyo market marking a 3 86 decline from 360 yen after Japan let the yen float The Bank of Japan reported interbank volume at 3137 million but gave no clear sign of intervention A record July trade surplus of 3783 million was announced as Nixon suspended the gold standard and ordered a 10 percent surcharge on imports with exports at 32 116 billion and total imports at 1 328 billion
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Tokyo
U.S
Bank of Japan
Finance Ministry
Japan
Nixon
Desegregation Moves North Spread Across Cities
AP reports slow but expanding desegregation in Northern schools as cases spread to 14 states outside the South. Courts and private suits push busing plans in Philadelphia Detroit Boston Indianapolis San Francisco Seattle Denver Tulsa Oklahoma City Las Vegas Pasadena Oxnard Pontiac Mt. Vernon with attacks and delays shaping the pace.
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Associated Press
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