Mitchell touts big narcotics operation arrests
Atty Gen John N Mitchell hailed Operation Eagle as the biggest of its kind after 190 people mostly Cuban refugees faced complaints or warrants in a six month undercover sweep. The Justice Department said 137 were arrested in 10 cities with two wounded in New York and Miami. Leaders of AMA discuss a minority and poor complaints committee after confrontations at the annual meeting.
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John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
United States
Justice Department
New York
Miami
Chicago
American Medical Association
Malcolm Todd
California Medical Society
AMA
Five Explosions Devastate Town After Propane Derailment
Crescent City Illinois faced massive fire from a derailed freight train carrying 15 propane gas cars. Five explosions ripped through the center of town, flames lighting the dawn sky. No deaths were reported though 700 residents evacuated as authorities allowed partial returns later Sunday.
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Crescent City
Ill
Chicago
Debating Cambodia Policy Nears End in Senate
The six week Senate debate on U S policy in Cambodia tightens as the Cooper Church amendment to restrict actions heads for approval likely next week. Both sides agree the debate will influence President Nixon if further action is needed such as a Cambodia attack.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
House
Nixon
Sukarno Rites Mark State Funeral in East Java
Sukarno founder and first president of Indonesia is flown from Jakarta to his East Java birthplace for a state funeral. About 100000 mourners line the route from his Jakarta residence to Halim Air Force Base, with 20000 at the base viewing the wooden casket of Bung Karno as the nation mourns.
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Sukarno
Indonesia
East Java
Halim Air Force Base
Bung Karno
Brother Karno
Soybean boom moves Brazil toward third in world output
The Agriculture Department notes Brazil’s soybean production rose from 7.6 million bushels in 1960 to about 35 million last year with estimates over 51 million for 1970. While far behind the U.S. one billion plus bushels, Brazil’s gains lift it to the world’s third-largest producer behind the United States and Red China, per Foreign Agricultural Service.
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U.S
South America
Agriculture Department
Brazil
United States
China
Foreign Agricultural Service
Penn Central Wins Court OK to Reorganize Under Bankruptcy Law
Penn Central Railroad secured court permission to reorganize under Section 77 bankruptcy as it battles a severe cash squeeze. The order keeps trains running and directs the railroad to operate its properties while trustees are sought, with the parent company and several subsidiaries not involved.
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Lee Linder
Associated Press
Philadelphia
U. S
C. William Kraft Jr
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Pennsylvania
New York Central
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Penn Central Co
Buckeye Pipe Line Co
Great Southwest Corp
Arvida Corp
Realty Hotels, Inc
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
United States
Penn Central
Withdrawal Begins as U S Forces Pull from Cambodia
U S and South Vietnamese report their hardest fighting weekend in over two months while beginning a major pullout from Cambodia ahead of a June 30 deadline. About 9,700 Americans were still across the border as combat ebbed in Kompong Thom and surrounding areas. 220-plus enemy killed, 27 in Binh Dinh and 8 in Cambodia, with helicopters lost and overall strength down to 419,600.
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Mekong
A Shau
Arab Leaders Discuss Coordinating Activities in Libya
Arab leaders met in Libya on Sunday and reportedly discussed ways to coordinate activities among their nations. The Associated Press notes the gathering aimed at aligning regional efforts and shared concerns across member states.
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Associated Press
Libya
U S Planes Raid Deep Into Cambodia and Middle East Meeting
U S fighter planes have been striking deep into Cambodia to disrupt enemy supply lines and troop concentrations moving from Laos. The raids are conducted with Cambodian military authorities and aim to interdict guerrilla and supply movements. In Tripoli, Arab leaders and Palestinian guerrilla figures gathered to discuss the Palestinian question and possible action.
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Washington
U. S
Cambodia
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Laos
Jury Links Five Salons In Query
A Baltimore grand jury report names six political figures including Sen Russell Long Rep Hale Boggs and Speaker John McCormack in a case about contractor Frenkil alleged to press Office of the Architect of the Capitol staff. The Times cites sources while a public presentment remains undisclosed. The inquiry concerns Frenkil of Baltimore Contractors Inc and a 35 million government claim.
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U.S
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Times
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Grand Jury
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Daniel Brewster
Maryland
Hale Boggs
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Samuel N. Friedel
Clarence Long
Baltimore Contractors, Inc
Rayburn House
Washington
Albanian Hijacker Surrenders After Toy Pistol Hijack
A Pan American 707 from Beirut to Rome was hijacked to Cairo by a 30 year old Albanian wielding a toy pistol. He rammed the captain’s back before surrendering to security. There were 114 to 133 aboard and all survived arrival in Cairo. A second Middle East hijack occurred within 24 hours involving an Iranian National Airlines Boeing 727.
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Middle East
Cairo Dispatch
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Paris
New York
Pan American
Mediterranean
John Burn
Iranian National Airlines
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Iraq
Tehran
Iran
Supreme Court splits over jury trials and six month crimes
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 that New York City must provide jury trials for crimes punishable by more than six months in prison, even if labeled misdemeanors. Justice Byron R. White stated such offenses are serious and warrant a jury trial.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York City
Byron R. White
Ecuadorian Proxy Now Dictator
President Jose Velasco Ibarra seized dictatorial powers after a week of street clashes between Quito Central University students and police. The move, backed by the military, followed a tense night on campus with gunfire heard nearby and a government sweep targeting leftist leaders.
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Ecuador
Jose Velasco Ibarra
Central University
Velasco Ibarra
Jorge Acosta Velasco
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