Drug traffic in Vietnam tolerated by generals
An AP report details a July 26 seizure at Rach Gia where South Vietnamese navy boats clashed with infantry over narcotics. The investigation cites a Thai police official and notes that a month-long Asia narcotics study found drug traffic aided by some South Vietnamese generals, with opium and heroin produced in Burma, Thailand, and Laos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Arnett
Associated Press
Saigon
Rach Gia
Vietnam
Asia
Southeast Asia
Burma
Thailand
Laos
Navy
Pramual Vanigbandhu
Bangkok
Tap Vinh
Shan State
Col
Pramual
Koomintang
KMT
Ban Houei Sai
Envoys debate Berlin future as four powers seek progress
The Big Four ambassadors met for a second day in Berlin amid 17 months of talks on the divided city. They discussed narrowing the gaps, with a Thursday session and a pause to refer disputes to experts or capitals. Debates included West Berlin ties to West Germany and access guarantees amid Western fears of concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Bonn
Washington
Moscow
Paris
London
Pyotr Abrassimov
West
Abrassimov
Communist Party
Erich Honecker
West Berlin
West Germany
Germany
Teachers and student build adobe house by hand near Roswell
Three Roswell teachers and a Portales ENMU senior are constructing a pueblo style adobe home two miles north of East Grand Plains School. They produced about half the 3500 bricks, using traditional methods with modern cement floors, planning move in by November 1, and citing adobe’s insulation and originality.
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East Grand Plains School
Leslie Harris
Roswell
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
Alton Isbell
Isbell
John Dickinson
Dickinson
Montains
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Gaylon Bobo
ENMA
Bill Rodden
Marsha Southwick
New Mexico
Southwest
Isbel
Daniel
Victor
FHA
Birth control lecture ends with charges on Long Island
Police arrested William R. Baird Jr. and Nancy Manfredonia after a birth control lecture in Huntington during which a 14 month old baby was said to be exposed to birth control devices. Officials defended the arrests as legitimate and not implying abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Huntington
N.Y
Long Island
William R. Baird Jr
Nancy Manfredonia
Baird
New York
Boston
Manfredonia
Suffolk County
H. Lee Dennison
John L. Barry
Dennison
Mercury emissions from Four Corners plant estimated at 4000 pounds yearly
A study for New Mexico's Environmental Improvement Agency estimates the Four Corners Power Plant releases about 4,000 pounds of mercury annually. An EIA specialist cautions the report offers no proof of serious fish impact in Navajo Lake without further study. The emission rate is tied to a 1.79 gram per minute measure from a large stack, assuming 80 percent operation over a year.
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Santa FE
N.M
State Environmental Improvement Agency
EIA
Four Corners
Aaron Bond
Navajo Lake
Environmental Science Associates, Inc
Massachusetts
Bond
Candidate arrested in Saigon protest during election campaign
Saigon police arrest Tran Tuan Nham a candidate for the lower house after he staged a protest for another jailed candidate. The Vietnam Guardian reports Nham carried a cartoon poster of Nixon with a Hitler style mustache and an X over it. Government confiscates three opposition newspapers citing content harmful to national security.
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Saigon
Tran Tuan Nham
Vietnam Guardian
Nham
Nixon
U.S
Nguyen Xuan Lap
Lao
An Quang
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Bernard Gavzer
South Vietnam
Gene Kramer
Nong Kai
Paknam
Gulf of Thailand
Polonangant
Rodden
Vegas
John R. Morganthaler
Mexico
Isabell
Bobo
Main St
Albert A. Stubbs
Jerry McCormack
Leland Markward
Jimmy Cox
Chaves County
Trade
Hondo Lodge No. 74
Af&am
Devree
Rudolph Blome
Thre
Tin Sang
Ngo Cong Duc
Nguyen van Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
Interior Ministry
Great Western Monument Co
Georgia
Beat Western Monument Co
Curtis R. Haskins
S.E. Main
Fostoria
Roswell Savings and Loan
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