Nude sunbathing ruled nonsexual by California Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that mere nudity on a secluded beach is not a form of sexual activity, allowing nude sunbathing there but not in populated areas. The decision came in a case involving Chari Merril who slept nude on a San Diego beach and faced indecent exposure charges.
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U.S. moves toward near ban on DDT use
A federal order announced by EPA chief Ruckelshaus bans general use of DDT by year end after a 17 month study on its environmental impact. The decision keeps exports for malaria control but halts domestic production for most uses, with methylparathion named as the likely domestic substitute pending training.
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Siege at An Loc Ends Not yet as casualties Rise
The official estimate says about 2,000 South Vietnamese soldiers and an equal number of civilians died during the siege of An Loc which began April 7. About 56 wounded South Vietnamese waited for evacuation from An Loc, as rockets and mortars continued. Helicopter pickups were planned along Highway 13 south of town, though under sporadic enemy fire. Allied officers said the siege would end only after Highway 13 is fully open, a matter of days. Also reported, China and the Soviet Union signed a 1972 trade and credit agreement via the New China News Agency.
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Action Line readers seek refunds and property help
A letters page mix covers a cashier’s refund on a Cambridge Camera order, a Mills Brothers history query, Nat King Cole’s early career, and notes on reporting landlord property tax exemptions. Guidance includes cancelling backordered items, tracking refunds, and steps to add a spouse to a deed with joint tenancy and recording details.
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10 Bridges Destroyed In North Vietnam Raids Across Border
UPI reports Ai force Navy and Marine jets struck into North Vietnam in record numbers on Tuesday, knocking out 10 bridges including four on the Hanoi China rail line. Peking warned raids endangered China’s security as U.S. planes hit a supply dump near the DMZ and struck troop concentrations in Laos Cambodia and Bình Định province near Saigon.
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Rumored Health Crisis Sparks Chinese Leadership Power Shift
A Hong Kong paper, the South China Morning Post, reports unofficial warnings from Chinese authorities on Mao Zedong's health and an urgent Central Committee meeting last week to decide who will rule China after Chairman Mao.
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Kissinger to Make Fourth Peking Trip for Talks
Henry Kissinger will undertake a fourth journey to Peking to meet with Zhou Enlai, continuing a pattern set under the Nixon administration. The article notes China experts nearby, including Commander Jonathan Howe and Richard H. Solomon, a former University of Michigan associate professor who joined the Nixon staff last August.
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Quints Born to Yank Abroad Fine
Frankfurt doctors announced five premature newborns born to an American couple in West Hartford Conn are stable but in incubators. The director of the intensive care unit said the babies are in a critical stage and may be released soon depending on their progress in coming days. The quintuplets include four girls and a boy born six weeks early.
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U N Environment Conference backs test ban urged by unit
UPI reports the United Nations Environment Conference adopted a recommendation to ban all nuclear testing. The vote was 46 to 3 with 29 abstentions including the United States. China and France voted against. Indira Gandhi condemned U.S. policies in Vietnam as the debate highlighted rich versus poor nations. France signaled it will detonate a device in the South Pacific this month regardless of the vote.
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Muskie names Hughes to direct drive for president
Senator Muskie selected Senator Harald Hughes of Iowa as his presidential campaign director and announced a delegate-seeking tour through ten states. Hughes will oversee all convention related activities, work with the campaigns manager, Bert Bernhard, and will meet Democratic governors and supporters during the tour.
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Mail theft nets postman four year term in Spain
Gabriel March, 22, was convicted in Palma de Mallorca of stealing and not delivering thousands of letters over two years. He received four years in prison after prosecutors sought four years. Postal inspectors grew suspicious as residents reported missing mail for about two years.
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Mine blast injures 27 at Concord coal mine near Birmingham
In Hueytown near Birmingham a 2 200 foot Concord mine operated for U S Steel suffered a blast. About 200 of 700 workers were on duty and 27 miners were injured. Witnesses spoke of a sudden expansion and a fireball as one miner Carlos McCaleb described burns to face and hands from the blast.
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