Government cites limited access to consumer data after survey
After a yearlong survey the government reports test and experience data are readily available on only three items hearing aids surgical soap and tree marking paint. President Nixon commits to releasing some of the information the government gathers in its purchasing of goods. A Pan American 747 bound for London caught fire after landing nine passengers unharmed by foam extinguishers passengers slid down chutes in panic
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Washington
Nixon
London
Los Angeles
Bearded suspect denies mansion murders in Santa Cruz
Public defender James Jackson says John Linley Fra zer, 24, who was arrested near his cowshed home, told him he did not kill the five people found shot and dumped into a swimming pool at a hilltop mansion four days earlier. The case unfolds as authorities investigate the shocking slayings.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
James Jackson
Jackson
John Linley Frazier
Frazier
Glass Used In Paving In Fullerton Cal
More than a million used glass bottles and jars collected by Southern Californians have become the nations first glasphalt street. The 600 foot concrete lane in an industrial area results from federally sponsored university research begun three years ago at the University of Missouri.
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Fullerton
Calif
University of Missouri
Housing Upturn Begins Says MBA Experts
Mortgage bankers at the MBA convention in Miami Beach say the housing upturn has begun and may continue. They foresee rates staying high with possible slight easing and expect increasing government involvement in housing.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Mortgage Bankers Association-Mba
Lindsay accuses Nixon of fear tactics in campaign
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay charged that President Nixon is personally accountable for using fear driven tactics to wreck foes. Lindsay spoke Monday night at the Family of Man dinner at the New York Hilton Hotel, saying Nixon’s 1970 strategy spreads suspicion and mistrust across the nation.
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NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Nixon
Lindsay
New York Hilton Hotel
History of man in America traced to early migrations
Dr Louis S B Leakey states new archaeological finds show humans reached North America 30 000 to 80 000 years earlier than thought. He asserts Man has been in the Americas for more than 50 000 years and calls the discovery a new chapter in American history.
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Los Angeles
North America
Asia
America
Louis S. B. Leakey
Newsmen
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Alfven and Neel
The 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics was shared by Hannes Alfven, Swede at UC San Diego, for magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics, and Louis Neel of Grenoble University for antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism with solid state applications.
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Stockholm
University of California
San Diego
Hannes Alfven
Louis Neel
Grenoble University
Alfven
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Neel
Viet Drive Aims to Expand In Cambodia Action
Lt Gen Do Cao Tri announced that South Vietnamese forces will push deeper into Cambodia to force North Vietnamese units to fight. His 6,000 man task force recaptured Snuol and plans moves west toward Kompong Cham, claiming near 100 percent pacification in 11 provinces and a shift to spoiling offensives.
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Cambodia
Do Cao Tri
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Snuol
Fish Hook
Tri
Kompong Cham
Seoul
Vietnam
Chub
Nixon Goes Politicking in Florida
President Nixon resumes active campaigning in Florida after the voters clear the way in an off year election. The Phoenix style coverage notes his energetic push and the heads I win tails you lose verdict anticipated from the November 3 vote.
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Washington
Nixon
Nixon Signs New Drug Bill Shifting Focus to Dealers
President Nixon signed the Drug Abuse Control Act of 1970 cutting marijuana possession to a misdemeanor and boosting penalties for pushers. The law funds education and study of marijuana effects while permitting no knock warrant entries for federal narcotics agents. Nixon also campaigns nationwide, aiming to rally GOP candidates as congressional elections approach.
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Nixon
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
White House
Senate
House
Congress
John N. Mitchell
Florida
Palm Beach
Miami Beach
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Zachary Taylor
Taylor
Eban Questions UN Debate Right During Middle East Crisis
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban challenged the UN General Assembly’s right to discuss the Middle East while the Security Council handles the issue. He spoke after Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad’s opening address and criticized Egypt and the Soviet Union for arming and blocking peace. Gen. Aharon Yariv warned of a large missile deployment in the Suez Canal zone, reinforcing Israel’s boycott of UN mediated talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
Abba Eban
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Security Council
Mahmoud Riad
Assembly
Eban
Riad
New York
Aharon Yariv
Tel Aviv
Egypt
Soviet Union
Suez Canal Zone
Israel
U.N
Montreal Mayor Warns Political Kidnapping May Spread
Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau says political kidnapping could spread to the United States if Quebec FLQ violence continues. He notes the FLQ list targets includes government figures and recounts Cross and Laporte kidnappings and murder. Drapeau warns a small determined group could topple a government amid fear.
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Montreal
Quebec
United States
Jean Drapeau
Quebec Liberation Front
FLQ
Drapeau
Rome
FLAQ
James Cross
Pierre Laporte
Laporte
Bomb blasts hit two synagogues in Rochester amid coordinated attack
Bombs exploded near the Light of Israel Sephardic Center and Temple Beth Sholom in Rochester New York injuring no one but damaging property. Police tied the incidents to a series of pre existing blasts claiming no motive yet and noting similar attacks earlier in the month.
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Rochester
N. Y
John Masterella
Light of Israel
Solomon Cohen
Temple Beth Sholom
Cohen
Ecuador Air Force Chief Kidnapped in Quito
The Ecuador Defense Ministry reports Gen Cesar Rohn Sandoval was abducted at 1 15 am by unknown captors. Police describe the incident as a formal kidnapping tied to political unrest in the capital.
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Quito
Ecuador
Defense Ministry
Cesar Rohn Sandoval
Bomb Explodes at Wausau Bus Depot Injuring Worker
A bomb in a suitcase exploded in a downtown Wausau bus depot injuring Terry Treader, 19, who was hospitalized in fair condition. Police say the device used black gunpowder triggered by an electrical device, with no warning or clear motive. Glass fragments shattered a hallway window and a nearby parking lot.
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Wausau
Wis
Terry Treader
Everett Gleason
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