Alert Test Suspended After False Emergency Warning
AP and UPI suspend routine tests of the national emergency broadcast system after a false alert aired for 18 minutes caused by a tape mix up. FCC asked to control test wires. services limit tests to Saturday mornings pending safeguards and verification link.
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New York
Associated Press
United Press International
UPI
National Emergency Warning Center
Colorado Springs
Colo
Federal Communications Commission
Colorado
FCC
Atlanta mayor emeritus William Hartsfield dies at 80
William B. Hartsfield, 80, former Atlanta mayor for 24 years before retiring in 1961, died of a heart condition. He was known as a racial moderate and steered Atlanta toward commercial and cultural prominence in the South.
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Atlanta, Ga
William B. Hartsfield
Atlanta
Rights and rumors mix in 1970s headlines across cities
A Cincinnati woman sues singer James Brown for 500000 alleging a broken promise to marry. Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard’s lunar golf shots spark debate after photos show a ball in a crater. Abernathy leads a fasting campaign for a spring “poor people’s march” and welfare reform. Bess Myerson Grant loses a bid for temporary alimony while pursuing separation. The piece also notes political comments on inflation and a social security move notice.
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Swann
New York
Bess Myerson Grant
Arnold W. Grant
Israel forms three panels on future territorial terms
Israel sets up three border panels to draft terms for a peace deal with Egypt Jordan and the United States observers. The panels include a military led plan for Gaza and the Golan, a government minister group on Jerusalem, and a treaties armistice group. Egypt demands full withdrawal from 1967 lands and rejects direct negotiations.
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Associated Press
Middle East
Egypt
Big Four
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Golda Mier
Mahmoud Raid
Donald C. Bergus
U.S
Cairo
Britain
France
Soviet Union
U.N
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Gunnar V. Jarring
Moshe Dayan
Gaza Strip
Golan Heights
Syria
United Nations
al Ahram
World Community
Khalil Abu Hamad
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Workers Due $55.2 Million In Back Wages
The Labor Department reports nearly 270000 workers will receive 55.2 million dollars in back wages for violations of minimum wage overtime equal pay age discrimination and fringe benefits laws. Morán notes more workers were underpaid for age and sex discrimination and a 22 percent rise in underage labor.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert D. Moran
Department
Moran
Youthful Murderer Wanted For Rape
San Antonio report says Patrick Leigh Teague 19, leader of three, fled a Houston rape trial after jumping a $20,000 bond. Teague is charged in Gillespie County with murder in the slaying of Gaynell Newsom, 61, near Fredericksburg. Other suspects Keith R. Hughes 13 and Cindy Lee Horner 12 face related charges including car theft and possible thefts in Galveston County.
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APA
Houston
Patrick Leigh Teague
Harris County Sheriff’s Office
Marvin Zindler
Teague
Zindler
Gillespie County
Gaynell Newsom
Fredericksburg
Keith R. Hughes
Cindy Lee Horner
Kemah
Hughes
Ozona
Tex
Norma Hughes Horner
San Antonio Express
Vietnam War Air Raids and Laos Campaign Update
General Tri and Minh command Vietnamese military areas as a helicopter crash kills Tri’s deputy and a Newsweek reporter in Tay Ninh. An estimated 300 North Vietnamese troops attack an American artillery base near the Cambodian border, with nine enemy killed and U.S. casualties reported. Laos fighting continues with heavy mining, multiple artillery bases bombarded, and new Thieu explanations framing the Laos drive as preventing a northern province seizure.
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Ceed Tri
Cambodia
Minh
Saigon
Tri
Tay Ninh
Newsweek Magazine
Francois Sully
Tri’s
U.S
Laos
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Washington
Thieu
Proposed Penal Code Said Monstrosity
Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade condemns a nearly 500 page revision of Texas criminal laws as a monstrosity and urges the legislature to reject it. He says the code would lessen penalties, complicate applications, and requires broad reforms to be workable. Wade testifies at the first hearing as lawmakers plan weeks of sessions on the issue.
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Gene Toscano
Daniel Casey
Robert Heard
Associated Press
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Henry Wade
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