Racial tensions flare across Michigan City and New Bedford
Twenty people were arrested in Michigan City Ind during a second night of disorders as Black residents hurled bricks at cars on the north side. National Guardsmen joined police to enforce a 9 pm to 6 am curfew and limit gatherings.
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Associated Press
Michigan City
Ind
North Side
Highland Parks
Mich
New Bedford
Mass
Leon Shiparski
Moon Rocks Spur Earth Soil Research Push
NASA reports 120 pounds of lunar samples from Apollo 11 and 12 prompt a search for similar materials on Earth. While the moon samples show no life, scientists seek reasons some plants thrive more in lunar soil than in Earth dirt.
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Washington
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Moon
Lunar
NASA
Cash Bonuses Considered for Guard and Reserve
The Pentagon weighs special cash bonuses to recruit young veterans into the National Guard and reserves. Officials would not specify amounts, but one authority said the bonuses could be large enough for a young man to make a down payment on a car.
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Washington
Pentagon
National Guard
Agnew Sees Slim Chance for Bruce at Paris Talks
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew says there is little hope Nixon’s new ambassador to the Paris peace talks will succeed as long as Hanoi demands the flat abandonment of South Vietnam. He doubts Bruce’s immediate odds but expects an eventual settlement from the conference.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Paris
Hanoi
South Vietnam
David K. E. Bruce
U. S
Associated Press
Tight Controls Planned on Pentagon Research Spending
The Senate Armed Services Committee plans tight new controls on how the Pentagon pays defense contractors for traveling the risky path of research. Sources say the changes could cut about 100 million dollars from private industry research funding, which last year totaled at least 759 million.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Farm population shifts toward Ohio and Midwest states
U S department census experts report the center of the nation's farm population has moved from the western Midwest to Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin. In 1960 these states ranked third among census areas and now contain 2.046 million of the country's 10.3 million people living on farms.
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Washington
Midwest
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Agriculture Department
Miss Universe Marisol Malaret Contreras speaks of judge lover
New Miss Universe Marisol Malaret Contreras says one of the judges who chose her to represent Puerto Rico in the international pageant later became her boyfriend and is now a sad man. He realizes he won't see much of her for the next year.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Marisol Malaret Contreras
Puerto Rico
Airlines clash with space agencies over North Atlantic satellite plan
Washington AP report says major airlines oppose a costly satellite system proposed by American and European space agencies to control North Atlantic air traffic. FAA and NASA invite airlines and trade groups to a special briefing on August 12 to resolve the dispute.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Federal Aviation Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Transport Association
International Air Transport Association
Papyrus Boat Docks in Bridgetown After Transatlantic Crossing
Thor Heyerdahl and seven international crew members plan to haul their water-logged papyrus boat Rall from Bridgetown harbor before shipping it back to Europe. The voyage, a two month crossing, aims to support the theory that Egyptians could have discovered America 4,000 years ago.
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Barbados
America
Thor Heyerdah
Europe
West Virginia Coal Mines Shut by Pensioners Picket
About 11 soft coal mines in Wyoming, Raleigh and other counties halted operations as pensioners group picketed in defiance of a federal restraining order. The action affected roughly 3,000 workers while UMW members were urged to report to work despite the lines.
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West Virginia
United Mine Workers Union
Wyoming County
Robert Payne
Itmann
W. Va
Mullens
Wyoming
Raleigh
McDowell
McDowell County
Raleigh County
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Protests Parades Split Belfast As British Troops Block Flanks
Thousands of Protestant Orangemen parade in Belfast amid long standing sectarian tension. British troops seal off the city with a steel barrier along the peace line while UDR, police, and SAS stand ready near the airport.
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Northern Ireland
Boyne
Order of Orange
Derry
Glasgow
Orangemen
Irish Republic
Nence
Flax Street
Southern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Londonderry
Ulster Defense Regiment
Britain
Special Air Service
Eban proposes unconditonal talks venue with Egypt
Foreign Minister Abba Eban urged Israel and Egypt to send delegates to an agreed place for preliminary talks on procedures for future peace negotiations. Speaking to the Knesset in Jerusalem he said the initial discussions could be of the most unofficial nature.
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Tel Aviv
Abba Eban
Israel
Egypt
Knesset
Jerusalem
Eban
GI Loans Deadline Extended or Reopened in Senate Push
Washington AP reports Congress may reopen the World War II GI home loan program by eliminating existing eligibility deadlines. Bills considered would extend to Korea, Vietnam eras, and postwar service, with Senate hearings led by Sen. Cranston and White House backing.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Congress
Korea
Vietnam
Senate
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
White House
House Debates Major Reform Bill On Floor
A reform measure, backed by Democratic leadership, reaches the House floor with more than 100 rule changes. It aims to end secrecy in votes on amendments, televise hearings, expand information sources, and enable computer use in Congress. A 10 amendment package seeks open voting records and swifter operations.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Congress
Cambodian Forces Clash Near Phnom Penh and Khe Sanh Toll
Cambodian forces fought west and north of Phnom Penh while allied units said over 400 North Vietnamese were killed around Khe Sanh in five days. A relief force of U.S. trained mercenaries battled an estimated 1,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong after Kim Rom fell. Casualties: Cambodian side reported 24 wounded. no other confirmed deaths. In Saigon a grenade wounded a government official and staff. Five French journalists were reported captured near Angkor Wat.
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Cambodia
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Kim Rom
Long Vek
U.S. Marine
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Vietnam
Angkor Wat
Israeli Cross Jordan raid wrecks bunker base
Israeli troops crossed the Jordan River and attacked a Jordanian forward base nine miles south of the Sea of Galilee, destroying bunkers and trenches used by Palestinian guerrillas. Four Jordanian soldiers were killed, one Israeli died, and eight Israelis were wounded in the fighting.
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Jordan
Sea of Galilee
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Dead Sea
Israel
Negev Desert
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