Government may pay informers over fifty thousand dollars
John E. Ingersoll told a House appropriations subcommittee that high level drug conspiracies require high level confidential informants. He testified about a $439000 informers fund for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and noted information may fetch more than $50000 in some cases. The closed-door transcript was made public today.
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Washington
John E. Ingersoll
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Ingersoll
Apollo 14 Launch Delayed At Least Two More Months
NASA administrator Thomas Paine said Apollo 14 cannot launch before December 3 due to the Apollo 13 explosion and funding cuts. The mission will target Fra Mauro, the scientifically rich region Apollo 13 could not reach, on the Moon’s Ocean of Storms.
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Washington
NASA
Thomas C. Paine
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Fra Mauro
Screwworm Outbreak Ends Record Livestock Safe Streak
Washington AP reports the U S Agriculture Department confirmed a screwworm case ending a 126 day record stretch without infections in livestock. The first case appeared April 20 in an El Centro California rancher’s specimen, signaling renewed threat to Southwest cattle.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Southwest
el Centro
Calif
Hoover Defends FBI In Panther Confrontations
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a House appropriations subcommittee that law enforcement was not to blame for clashes with the Black Panther party. He said police in several cities had been wrongly accused of harassment and warned propaganda could threaten the rule of law.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Black Panther Party
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Hoover
Panthers
Unemployment rate jumps to four decade high in spring
Washington sources report the unemployment rate rising from 4.4 to 4.8 percent the largest monthly increase in a decade. Total unemployed nears four million, with a seasonal adjustment showing a rise of 291000 to 3,948,000 despite a raw decline of 181000 to 3,552,000.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Panther arrests spike in nationwide AP survey
The Associated Press report shows over 230 Black Panther arrests in the past year across many cities since May 1, 1969. About 40 convictions occurred, more than 60 acquittals or dropped charges, with remaining cases pending.
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Associated Press Washington
Associated Press
Governors Cancel Spring Meeting Amid Crisis
Republican governors cancel their spring meeting due to a critical crisis and will instead meet with President Nixon at the White House. Governor Shafer of Pennsylvania says it is no time for a partisan conference as Democrats join in the plan.
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Santa FE
N.M
Nixon
White House
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Republican Governors’ Association
Protests Spread Across Campuses Halting Classes
Across the nation some 227 colleges and universities closed as antiwar protests widen after the Kent State shooting. In Washington thousands of students gathered while clashes erupted at several campuses including Wisconsin Madison and Southern Illinois University where police and guards used tear gas. injuries, damaged property, and disrupted transit were reported.
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Indochina
Kent State University
Washington
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National Guardsmen
Carbondale
Ilinois
Ilinois Central
University of Washington
Nixon
Cambodia
Maryland
Capitol Hill
White House
Ohio National Guardsmen
Lafayette Square
Viet Cong Rockets Hit Northern South Vietnam Front
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched a large rocket and mortar assault on South Vietnam’s northern provinces. In Cambodia operations a South Vietnamese task force suffered 50 killed and 200 wounded. Saigon claimed 234 Viet Cong killed and 106 captured as U.S. and South Vietnamese troops pressed bases in Cambodia.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
High Point
Svay Rieng
da Nang
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
United States
U.S
U. S
Cambodia
Panhandle
Laos
Allied
Navy reports Soviet ships spotted near Puerto Rico
The U S Navy said three Soviet vessels entered the Mona Passage and are under surveillance by U S planes. Submarines and a submarine tender were observed around 2 a m. Amid a large Washington protest, officials consider local authorities and National Guard first, with a demilitarized zone around Lafayette Square and disputed protest sites near the White House.
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P. R
U. S. Navy
Carribbean Sea
U.S
10Th Naval District
Mona Puter Rico
District of Columbia National Guard
Washington
U. S
National Guard
Lafayette Square
White House
Executive Mansion
Lafayette
Eliase
Justice Department
Washington Monument
Austin Braced For March By Thousands Of UT Students
About 5000 UT students voted Thursday night to march downtown without a permit in protest of the Cambodian war and Kent State killings. Activists warned of peaceful rally attendance and several campuses planned demonstrations in sympathy with Kent State.
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Associated Press
Austin
University of Texas
Kent State University
University of Houston
Philip Hoffman
Kent State
Trinity University
San Antonio
Trinity
Live Nixon News Conference Carried By Major Networks
Spokesmen for ABC CBS and NBC say President Nixon will hold a news conference aired live tonight on radio and television starting at 7 p.m. EDT. The networks will provide simultaneous coverage across their outlets.
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Nixon
American Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
Arab Guerrillas Make Another Israeli Raid
Arab guerrillas in Lebanon struck across the border wounding four Israeli soldiers north of Metulla as Defense Minister Dayan vowed retaliation The violence coincides with a deadly rocket attack that killed a Israeli man and his daughter in Kiryat Shomna The Associated Press reports from Tel Aviv and Beirut
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Lebanon
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Metulla
Dayan
Kiryat Shomna
Isra
Beirut
Charles Helou
Christians For
Palestine
Helen
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