Leary Escapes California Prison During Term
Timothy Leary former Harvard psychology instructor and drug culture figure escapes from California Men's Colony after a March 16 sentence of six months to ten years for marijuana possession. He was last seen two hours before a midnight bed check and a clue is a pair of blue denim inmate clothes found at a service station rest room.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Timothy Leary
Harvard
Leary
California Men’s Colony
Agnew Resumes Campaign Trail with Las Vegas Stop
Vice President Spiro Agnew resumes his political tour with a Las Vegas stop aiding William Raggio, the Reno district attorney challenging Sen. Howard W. Cannon. He taping a San Diego TV appearance earlier and urged Raggio to run.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Spiro T. Agnew
San Diego
Las Vegas
Nev
William Raggio
Reno
Howard W. Cannon
Raggio
Agnew
Texan Phyllis George Wins Miss America Crown
Phyllis George, 21, of Denton Texas, wins Miss America and says she views American youth as wholesome. She believes 95 percent are on a straight path and only 5 percent into drugs and violence. Her message to youth: avoid violence to achieve results.
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Atlantic City
N.J
United States
Phyllis George
Denton
Tex
Primary races span six states as voters pick governors and senators
Six states hold primaries Tuesday with a four way race for Massachusetts Democratic governor nomination and Maryland Senator Joseph D. Tydings seeking renomination. Five Senate seats and five governorships are at stake. Also notable are three Roman Catholic priests running for Congress in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
Massachusetts
Joseph D. Tydings
Maryland
Senate
Congress
Rhode Island
Largest LSD haul in Texas history seized in Grand Prairie
Undercover agents bought 7 000 LSD tablets for 36000 dollars at a Grand Prairie home early Sunday. Five people were arrested including a 22 year old woman. Officers seized marijuana and barbiturates along with the drugs.
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Grand Prairie
Tex
Texas
Ella Relief Delayed by Rains After Hurricane Ella
Storm halted aid to thousands trapped by flooding in a 65 mile Soto la Marina area. Helicopters and boats faced delays delivering food and medicines as roads from Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo suffered damage and high winds battered coastlines. No official damage estimates yet.
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Tampico
Mexico
Ella
Abasolo
Soto la Marina
Mexico City
Nuevo Laredo
Mexican Coast
U.S
Boy Feared Kidnapped in San Antonio
Police search the northeast area for 7 year old Robert Lewis Dunn II, grandson of Joske's vice president, who vanished Sunday night from a washateria while helping his mother. Civil defense volunteers, about 30 officers, and a Ft. Sam Houston helicopter joined the hunt. a Canadian plated car sighting was ruled out as a lead. His father, Robert Dunn Jr, works for a heavy equipment firm. No ransom demand has been received.
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San Antonio
Civil Defense
Ft. Sam Houston
Robert Lewis Dunn II
Robert. Dunn Jr
Joske’s
Young Dunn
Cambodian Drive Fails in Heartland Offensive
Cambodian government troops suffer heavy losses as an abortive effort to reopen Route 6 from Skoun to Kompong Thom fails. In Taing Kauk, 55 miles north of Phnom Penh, more than 400 mortar shells pound forward positions before ground assaults. government reports 40 dead and about 50 wounded, while enemy casualties exceed 20 dead with up to 200 more wounded. The operation aimed to reclaim 1,000 square miles of rice country and reestablish vital supply routes amid wider Vietnam-era fighting.
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Phnom Penh
Taing Kauk
Skoun
Kompong Thom
Cambodia
Tonle Sap
O’ Reilly
South Vietnam
U. S
Saigon
Central Highlands
Laos
Plain of Jars
United States
Marine Air Base Squadron 13
Chu Lai
da Nang
Camp
Port Arthur Bridge Fire Kills One as Bar ge Collision Occurs
A gasoline loaded barge struck a drawbridge over the Intra coastal Canal in Port Arthur killing one man and burning five others. The Coast Guard searches for two missing crewmen as six crew members jump to safety and motorists divert on a lengthy detour.
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Port Arthur
Intracoastal Canal
Coast Guard
Buddy Howell
Panama City
Fla
Floyd Eubanks
Columbia
Harold Gifford
Brigham, Ala
Jim Millican
Pulaski, Tenn
Joe Shaver
Pasadena
St. Louis
Texaco
Gulf
Delta Cities
National Marine Service of Houston
Johnny Broughton
Dan Lake
David Ford
Gregg Turner
Tommy Hightower
Sabine Pass
Weather West of the Pecos Forecast
Considerable cloudiness and warm conditions with a chance of showers or thunder showers, mainly east through Tuesday. Lows tonight near 16, highs Tuesday ranging from 88 to 100.
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Pecos
Strike Looms as GM UAW Talks Collapse
A GM UAW strike seems certain with a midnight deadline and 344000 workers in 145 locals at risk in the United States and Canada. Negotiations resume at 10 a.m. EST after a two hour session described as unproductive. Ford and Chrysler were spared as targets.
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Detroit
General Motors
Mammoth Corporation
United Auto Workers
UAW
United States
Canada
Ford
Chrysler
U.S
Canadian
Leonard Woodcock
Earl Bramblett
UAW International
Woodcock
Guerrillas Promise Retaliation Over Hostage Situation
Israel warned Palestinian guerrillas it will impose the death penalty on 450 sympathizers in occupied Arab territories if the remaining hostages in Jordan are harmed. An Arab emissary disclosed the threat today.
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Associated Press
Israel
Jordan
Wazi Qamhawi
Nablus
Amman
Jerusalem
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Popular Front
Nicosia
Zurich
London
Cyprus
Trans World Airlines
Britain
West German
Switzerland
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Geneva
Railroad Strike Threat Looms as Negotiations Stall
Washington reports little progress to avert a nationwide rail wage dispute set to trigger a 12:01 a.m. Tuesday strike. Labor officials warned of limited gains though talks continue, with a potential 60‑day delay under the Railway Labor Act. Unions seek three year hikes and cost of living pay for about 500,000 workers. a separate deadline looms for locomotive firemen jobs.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Labor Department
W.J. Usery
Nixon
United Transportation Union
Bloody clash leaves 12 guerrillas and 2 soldiers dead
Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian troops fought near the Israel Jordan cease fire line with 12 militants and two soldiers killed. Al Fatihah militants and Palestine Liberation Army units implicated amid wider Middle East tensions ahead of the UN General Assembly session.
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Associated Press
Middle East
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Army
Iraq
Tel Aviv
Radio Baghdad
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