White youth aid case links to Detroit riot and Algiers Motel
A 1967 Detroit riot case ends with a suspended white policeman acquittal on murder charges. he faces a federal conspiracy charge for the Algiers Motel killings. The jurors’ two-verdict option drew criticism from the victim’s mother and state lawmakers. Separately, Minneapolis elected Charles Stenvig, a reform-minded police detective, as mayor, defeating Dan Cohen amid a strong law and order platform. Stenvig vows to empower police while Cohen warns of unresolved city problems.
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Dan Cohen
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Stenvig
Harold LeVander
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Cohen
U.S
Apollo 10 crew hear apologies on profanity in space
Bible college head in Miami says Apollo 10 astronauts have set themselves right with God by expressing regret for profanity aired during their lunar flight. Dr. Larry Poland sent telegrams to President Nixon and NASA protesting the crude language, while Gene Cernan, with Stafford and Young, offered a simple apology to offended audiences.
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Miami
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Larry Poland
Bible School
Nixon
Space Agency
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Thomas Stafford
John Young
Mailed Package Explosion Kills Two in Vancouver
A mail carrier delivered a package that exploded in a Vancouver apartment killing Ralph Burdick 44 and Mark Harris 1. Mark’s mother Lila Harris 34 was in critical condition after surgery. Police said no leads yet. the blast occurred around 1 p.m. in a ground floor unit, tearing the ceiling and walls.
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Wash
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Camas
Mark Harris
Mark
Lila
Burdick
Davenport
Nurses Strike Shuts Cedars Heart Care Unit
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles closed its coronary care unit and barred new admissions as a two day nurses strike reduced staff to 20 of 226 patients. About 200 of 295 registered nurses walked out beginning Tuesday over recognition of the California Nurses Association. The walkout followed a Monday meeting with hospital management and a state labor conciliator. A Bay Area CNA-led strike threat involving about 1,000 nurses looms for Thursday over wages and patient care proposals.
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Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
James Ludlam
Hospital Council of Southern California
California Nurses Association
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CNA
L A Markets Protest Warehouse Shutdown
Los Angeles market workers vow legal action over shutdowns of two meat packing plants and three warehouses after a 12 000 clerk strike. Teamsters and butchers deny coercion claims while warning of extended pickets into Northern California potentially affecting food supplies amid the May 28 strike over wages and conditions.
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Teamsters and Meat Cutters Union
Teamsters and
Butchers
Robert K. Fox
Food Employers Council
Seee
California
Josephs de Silva
Retail Clerks Union Local 770
Safeway
Lucky Stores
Richmond
San Leandro
Teamsters
Bill Passes Assembly on Minimum 45-Day Prostitution Jail Terms
The Assembly approved 47 to 12 a bill to require a 45 day jail term for a second offense by prostitutes with no probation. Assemblyman Lea Mec Carthy said amendments in the Senate will consider punishing customers. Critics questioned fairness of penalizing only women while men go free.
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UPS
Assembly
Lea MecCarthy
San Francisco
Senate
Teo Ryan
Burlingame
Willie Brown
Ryan
Brown
McCarthy
Arm Reimplanted Arm Amputee Reports Growing Fingernails
In Golden Colorado, Jack Marzo's severed left arm was reimplanted after a mine accident. Six weeks later the fingernails are growing and the arm appears viable with phantom fingertip pain. Marzo, 57, survives on 354.29 weekly workers compensation while Marta drives with his right hand. The procedure occurred at Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge on April 30. In Oxford, England, Princess Margarethe of Sweden welcomed her third child, a son, late Tuesday night.
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Oxford
England
UPI
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Sweden
Cambodia Reopens Ties With United States
Prince Norodom Sihanouk announced Cambodia will resume diplomatic relations with the United States at the chargé d affaires level. He also cut ties with West Germany after recognizing East Germany in May and condemned West German protests as unfriendly. The move follows a U.S. note on Cambodia’s frontiers, with U.S. officials declining to unreservedly recognize Cambodia’s borders, citing Thai and South Vietnamese claims.
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Cambodia
United States
Norodom Sihanouk
West Germany
East Germany
Willy Brandt
Sihanouk
Washington
Thailand
South Vietnam
U.S
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