IRA Leader Cahill Heads to U.S. for Supplies
Dublin reports Joe Cahill, a Belfast IRA provisional wing leader, departs for the United States to obtain funds and cans for guerrillas in Northern Ireland. An AP dispatch notes Cahill's militant role and recent IRA activity in the British province.
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Dublin
Joe Cahill
Irish Republican Army
United States
Northern Ireland
Cahill
Belfast
IRA
Provisional
Burger warns race balance varies by school in desegregation plans
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger says desegregation plans may vary by school as he denies a stay on a plan for Winston Salem and Forsyth County North Carolina. The ruling allows busing of about 15 16 thousand of 46 thousand pupils and sets district level oversight when the Supreme Court is not in session.
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Associated Press
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Winstone Salem
Forsyth County
N.C
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Washington
Denmark
Presidential Pornography Commission
John S. Sampson
Commission
U.S
Sampson
Commission On
Vietnamese general condemns Bunker over election report
Saigon General Duong Van Minh rejects a published report that the United States would organize and supervise Vietnam's October 3 election. Minh calls the source a colonialist and says no Vietnamese leader could ask the US to run his state’s election.
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Saigon
Duong van
Minh
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker Jay
Bunker
United States
Finh
Notable Trials Span Motives and Violent Crimes
A defense witness testifies about a son’s early life before his alleged link to the Tate murder case. Separately, a Marin County case ties an attorney to a prison escape gun smuggling, and Chicago authorities challenge a grand jury indictment in a Panthers raid, with multiple deaths noted.
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Los Angeles
Charles
Tex
Watson
California
Charles Manson
Elizabeth Watson
Capeville
Sharon Tate
Manson
San Rafael
Calif
Stephen M. Bingham
San Quentin
Marin County
Bruce Bales
Bingham
George Jackson
Chicago
Atty
Edward Hanrahan
Trade bills demand quick action in new economic climate
House Democratic Leader Hale Boggs urges prompt Congress action on three trade priorities as it reconvenes September 8. He marks renewal and extension of bargaining authority, Nixon’s tax package, and extending presidential wage price control authority as urgent items amid President Nixon’s sweeping proposals.
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Congress
United States
House
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Nixon
House Ways and Means
U S asks Cuba extend six year refugee airlift
State Department says the United States has asked Cuba to continue the Cuba refugee airlift from Varadero to Miami, delaying a shutdown. About 246000 Cubans have flown since 1965 with $600 million spent. 100000 relatives await travel, while Cuba considers ending the twice daily flights amid political uncertainty.
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State Department
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Havan
Varadero
Miami
America
Havana
U.S
New suits filed over wage freeze
Labor groups and Boston police sue to challenge the 90 day wage price freeze claiming it unconstitutional for deferred raises and government workers. The Justice Department defends the act as constitutional and essential to curb inflation and unemployment.
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Washington
Boston
Nixon
Justice Department
Catholic University
Congress
Executive Branch
California school finance ruling may start national trend
Public school officials nationwide see the California Supreme Court ruling as precedent shifting. The decision finds local property taxes unconstitutional for funding schools due to poor districts, sparking forecasts of future suits and broader reform while provoking praise and opposition from state leaders.
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Bob Monroe
Associated Press
California Supreme Court
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Michael J. Bakalis
Illinois
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
M. Carl Holman
National Urban Coalition
Hawaii
Utah
NIC
Holman
A. Federic Leopold
Beverly Hills
Calif
Roman Pucinski
D-Ill
House General Subcommittee On
Califfornia
Pucinski
America
Ohio
Public Instruction
Martin W. Essex
South Dakota
Donald Barnhart
Reagan aide calls statewide tax a Robin Hood idea
Verne Orr described a statewide school tax as a Robin Hood concept taking from about 20 percent of wealthy districts to aid 80 percent of poorer ones. The California Supreme Court ruled local funding unconstitutional and insurers a possible nationwide impact if appealed.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Verne Orr
California Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Hawaii
Utah
California
Reagan
Nixon withholds military data from Senate panel
President Nixon invokes executive privilege for the second time to deny the Senate Foreign Relations Committee access to a document detailing a five year plan of military aid. Secretary Laird says no such plan existed, while Comptroller Staats says Pentagon does have a plan and could affect funding approvals. Nixon cites need for privacy of executive deliberations to protect candid policy discussions.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Elmer B. Staats
Pentagon
Fulbright
Egypt Syria Libya Union Referendum Outlook
Egypt Syria and Libya voters faced a nine hour referendum to form a Federation of Arab Republics. Leaders touted unity as crucial for victory against Israel though observers noted weak details and Palestinian guerrilla silence as a doubt signal.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Syria
Anewar Sadat
Hefez Assad
Muammar Kadafi
Israel
Middle East
Federation
Union
Campbell recalls soup over botulism concern
The FDA and Campbell Soup Co recall 1100 cases of vegetarian vegetable soup after tests show bacteria could allow botulism toxin to survive canning. A chicken vegetable batch at the Paris Texas plant was tainted earlier. No toxic soup or illnesses reported. nine states affected.
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Food and Drug Administration
Campbell Soup Co
Campbell
Paris
Tex
FDA
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Louisiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kansas
Texas
Camden, N.J
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Joint Economic Committee
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