Lion Pit Tragedy In Portland Zoo Teasing Youth Dies
An 11 foot lion pit at the Portland zoo claimed the life of a youth named Adams after he leaned over a fence to tease big cats during a city holiday celebration. Witnesses say the youth was dragged into the pit by a lion as guards used searchlights to locate the body. Authorities reported later the boy died from a broken neck and loss of blood. His parents were reportedly vacationing in Alaska and could not be reached.
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Portland, Ore
Roger DB
Adams
Portland
Alaska
Rotterdam
Glenville
Mohawk River
Schenectady
North Bank
Mike Leiko
Black Silent Majority forms to back patriotism and oppose communism
The National Black Silent Majority Committee unites Blacks from 22 states endorsing law and order and opposing busing and communism. It aims to show that millions of Black Americans work, pay taxes, and seek ownership, not riot. A Washington meeting is planned for August to discuss election plans.
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National
Black Silent Majority Committee
Clay J. Claiborne
United States
America
Biscks
Washington
Joe
Maddox Urges Agnew to Target More Sacred Cows
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox told reporters in Boston that Vice President Agnew should expand verbal attacks to include the Supreme Court White House Congress and the Justice Department saying there are too many sacred cows and that the President appears to send different messages to different regions.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Agnew
Nixon
Maddox
Supreme Court
White House
Congress
Justice Department
New England
Boston
U S Troop Levels Fall to 413,900 in Vietnam War
U S military command reported American troop strength in Vietnam dropped to 413,900, the lowest since February 1967, as plans moved to cut another 199,000 troops by mid-1971. A board in Honolulu prepared withdrawal details for 50,000 more by October 16, 1970. Strong actions were noted against Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces with light combat that day.
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Saigon
Honolulu
Vietnam
U.S
Pathet Lay
Cambodia
Kompong Thom
Pimom Penh
Pathet Lao
Laos
Israel Jets Raid Suez 47th Day
Israeli planes bombed Egyptian positions along the Suez Canal for a fourth straight day. An Israeli spokesman claimed nearly 2,000 Egyptian soldiers killed in the past year. Cairo reported Israeli raids at Ballah, Qantara, Et Hirsh, and El Tina with Egypt’s air defenses engaging the attackers. Russian SAM2 missiles reportedly appeared along the canal, with conflicting casualty claims and claims of planes shot down by both sides.
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Suez Canal
Rniloey Fephknashh
Cairo
Ballah
Qantara
Et Hirsh
el Tina
Canal
Taushraoms
Egypt
Nixon winds up busy 12 day western stay
President Nixon returns to the White House after a 12 day western swing filled with action and meetings. Julie Nixon Eisenhower celebrated her 22nd birthday with her husband and family noting the Osaka Expo visit and a lack of anti American demonstrations in Japan. In Pakistan heavy rains have killed about 15 people, mostly children, and swept away primitive bones in Karachi.
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Nixon
San Clemente
White House
Allentein
Julie
David Eisenhower
Japan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
David
Okinawa
Osaka
el Toro Marine Air Station
Karachi
Pakistan
Nixon seeks aid from civil rights leader Whitney Young
President Nixon at San Clemente asked Whitney Young director of the Urban League to join the administration on a temporary basis as an adviser on black minority problems. He would be the first of a group called domestic ambassadors aimed at improving communication with minority groups.
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San Clemente
Apt
Nixon
Whitney Young
Young
Urban League
White House
Mexican President-Elect Echeverria Wins Landslide Victory
Luis Echeverria Alvarez is proclaimed Mexico's president by a wide margin, extending the PRI's 42 year rule. Unofficial returns from 4,822 of 46,901 precincts show Echeverria with about 1.232 million votes to 151 thousand for Estrada Morfin of the PAN, who refuses to concede amid disputed irregularities denied by a government election official.
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Mexico City
Luis Echeverria Alvarez
Mexico
PRI
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Echeverria
Estrain Genzales Morfin
PAN
National Action Party
Gonzalez Morfin
Looting by Troops Charged in Belfast
British army forms a special office to investigate looting and brutality claims in Belfast Falls Road during weekend rioting. Three civilians, all Catholics, were killed in street fighting as troops hunted for arms, amid Catholic UUP warnings of summer Protestant conflict.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Falls Road
Riots erupt at two California sites on Independence Day
In Northern California youths rioted at Telegraph Avenue Berkeley and Yosemite Park. About 500 looters attacked campsites and overturned vehicles in Yosemite, while in Berkeley more than 300 street people smashed 63 businesses. Police arrested nine people as rangers and deputies moved in.
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Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley
Yosemite National Park
Park Rangers
San’ Joanquin Valley
Yosemite
University of California
Camp 18
Stilman Meadows
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