Avalanche Town Evacuated After Deadly Slide in Val d Isere
A relief convoy of 10 buses evacuated about 6 000 tourists stranded since Tuesday in Val d Isere France. The blizzard subsided and officials hoped no further slides. Bodies of 39 victims were recovered as 200 children were moved to shelter. 60 injured. Interior Minister Raymond Marcellin attended, denying preventable disaster claims while a government inquiry began.
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Man Sets Traps On Back Door
DETROIT police arraigned 41 year old Billy Charles Gaskin on a charge of planting bombs in a building. Investigating another burglary they found seven homemade leadpipe bombs gunpowder two cans of gunpowder three boxes of ammunition 319 loose rounds and weapons including an automatic rifle and a pistol. Gaskin pleaded innocent and faced up to 15 years. He was held on a $5000 bond and ordered to undergo psychiatric examination while awaiting pre trial. CHICAGO report notes Peter Henlein ancient watch inventor and debate over its origins.
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UPD
Billy Charles Gaskin
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ABM expansion plan called a mathematical nightmare
Dr. Ralph E. Lapp, nuclear physicist, blasted the Nixon administration's 1.5 billion ABM expansion proposal as a mathematical nightmare. He said Soviet experts must be puzzled by Pentagon nervousness and extreme assumptions about missile launch success and warhead accuracy. Senate Leader Mansfield warned the plan could stall SALT talks in Vienna. Details of the extension to be announced later this month. Nixon framed the system as area defense for cities and regions, not just silo protection.
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Lapp
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