Labour gains sweep local elections in Britain
Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour party won sweeping local election gains across Scotland England and Wales. Scotland saw Labour regain Glasgow and win 33 extra seats while Conservatives won seven. England and Wales delivered 40 Labour gains. Polls hint at improved standing ahead of a likely 1971 general election.
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London
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Scotland
Glasgow
Britain
Labor
Conservatives
England
Wales
Soviet Fleets Complete Okean Ocean Maneuvers
Tass reports mass Soviet naval drills in Atlantic and Pacific oceans ending. All fleets participated in the April 14 exercise showing enhanced postwar naval strength and command.
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Moscow
Atlantic
Pacific
Tass
Okean Ocean
Volcano erupts near Mt Helka in Iceland village evacuations
Villagers on Mt Helka's southern slopes flee as lava streams pour down the 4747 foot volcano. Ash and debris rain on farms and Burfell hydro plant, 30 miles away, causing workers and families to evacuate by car. No casualties reported. Mt Helka last erupted in 1947.
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Rekyjavik
Iceland
Mt. Helka
Burfell
Libyan Oil Tax Aims at Gaza Aid Fund, Says Engineer
American oil engineer Hall Green said Libya imposes a 4 percent tax on foreign oil profits and a 3 percent tax on employees to fund a special Gaza fighters fund. Green, 33, left Libya in protest upon learning of the tax tied to a law enacted April 1 by the military regime. A BP spokesman confirmed the taxes took effect April 1.
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London
Libya
Special Fund
Hall Green
Geophysical Service International Dallas
Green
British Petroleum
Fed lowers margin requirement to 65 percent in stock loans
The Federal Reserve Board reduced the margin on stock purchases to 65 percent from 80 percent, the lowest in nearly seven years. Convertible bond margins were cut to 50 percent from 60 percent for new trades, easing credit for investors and boosting Wall Street activity.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
Fed
New York
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Federal Reserve
Another Pretty Day Across Texas Forecast
Texas enjoys another bright day with minimal cloud cover as summer weather starts. Morning temps range from 46 degrees in Midland Odessa to 65 in El Paso and Dallas with light winds and patchy clouds in Panhandle and Northwest Texas.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Midland- Odessa
el Paso
Dallas
ICC Allows Santa Fe Passenger Trains To Continue
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered Santa Fe Railroad to keep running daily passenger trains between Chicago and Los Angeles and between Chicago and San Francisco. The agency gave at least six months before reapplying to discontinue the Grand Canyon and at least a year before seeking to discontinue The Chief. The Grand Canyon links Los Angeles and Chicago while The Chief runs between San Francisco and Chicago.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe Railroad
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Grand Canyon
Wallace and Taft Advance to Runoffs in Key Primaries
George Wallace and Albert Brewer failed to secure a majority in Alabama's Democratic gubernatorial primary, forcing a June 3 runoff. In Ohio, Robert Taft narrowly defeated James Rhodes for the Senate nomination, with Metzenbaum topping Glenn to join Taft in the Senate race. John Gilligan won the Democratic governor nomination in Ohio. John J. Gilligan will face Republican Roger Cloud. The election also noted Kent State shootings as a backdrop to campaign debates on campus guards.
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Walter R, Mears
George C. Wallace
Albert Brewer
Alabama
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
James A. Rhodes
GOP
Senate
Taft
Howard Metzenbaum
John H. Glenn
Wallace
Brewer
Gage
Rhodes
Metzenbaum
Glenn
John J. Gilligan
Roger Cloud
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
National Guards
Kent State University
Berkeleys
South
Six Fronts Opened in Cambodia By U S and South Vietnamese
Thousands of U S and South Vietnamese troops opened six fronts in Cambodia driving along about 250 miles of the border. They reported taking enemy bases and munitions and killing more than 2,500 enemy troops as heavy ground fire slowed the operation.
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Associated Press
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Cambodia
U. S
Fishhook
Snuol
Central Highlands
David Rosenzweig
Pleiku
4Th Infantry
Que So
da Nay
Henderson
Demilitarized Zone
U. S. 25Th Division
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U. S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Nationwide student strikes spread as Kent State protests surge
Students at campuses nationwide join protests against Nixon Cambodia policy after Kent State killings. National Guardsmen guard Wisconsin campus. police clash in several cities. Rallys, vigils, and vandalism reported. Princeton faculty suspend classes and Boston University cancels exams and May commencement speaker.
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Associated Press
America
Nixon
Kent State
Cambodia
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Senate
Rhodes
S. T. del Corso
Seton Hall University
South Orange
N. J
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo State University
State Capitol
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Princeton University
Southeast Asia
Boston University
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Capitol evacuated as bomb threat and antiwar protest loom
Guards began evacuating capitol building employees Wednesday morning amid a bomb threat and fears of a relapse of Tuesday’s antiwar demonstration. If protesters try again, the capitol will be locked and defended, Ollie Green said.
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Austin
Capitol Building
Capitol
Ollie Green
Preston Smith
Senate Moves Toward Pass After Rail Finance Bill
The Senate nears final approval of a plan to create a profit making corporation to take over much of the nations troubled rail passenger service. Sen Vance Hartke says the plan has Nixon administration backing as debate opens on a single corporation approach.
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Washington
Senate
Comsat
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Senate Commerce Committee
Nixon
Claiborne Pell
D-R.l
Hartke
Commerce Committee
Committee
Hanoi Boycotts Talks In Protest Warning At Paris
Hanoi accuses the United States of daily air raids on North Vietnam and withdraws from the 66th plenary session of the Paris peace conference. North Vietnam says the bombings violate a pledge to halt bombing and vows to resume talks on May 14. Viet Cong supports the boycott while the U S delegation rejects the charges and defends ongoing negotiations.
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Paris
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh le
Vietnam
U. S
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
Democratic Republic of
Ence
Ly van Sau
Indochina
Phillip C. Habib
H Rap Brown Added To Most Wanted List
The FBI expanded its 10 Most Wanted list to 11 to include H. Rap Brown the 26 year old black militant who failed to appear for his riot and arson trial in Maryland Brown is considered armed and dangerous. A federal warrant was issued for interstate flight to avoid prosecution. Brown former SNCC chairman faced charges from a 1967 Cambridge Md speech.
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FBI
H. Rap Brown
Brown
Maryland
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Cambridge
Howard County
James MacGill
Ellicott City
Bel Air
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