Firemen fight Gulf Oil nitrate plant blasts in Michigan
A Gulf Oil nitrate plant in Quinnesec Michigan suffered four violent explosions after a gasoline fire. Firemen worked through the night to prevent more blasts while rescuers treated injuries and mourned a dead driver James Olson 18. Local youths Steve Peters and Scott Sparapani were hospitalized with minor injuries.
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Gulf
James Olson
Steve Peters
Olson
Scott Sparapani
Bomb kills part time soldier in Belfast area blast margin
A car bomb exploded outside a downtown garage in a Northern Ireland town near Belfast, killing a part time Ulster Defense Regiment member and injuring four others. Police warned residents and cleared the area as the blast occurred about 3:45 a.m. local time. The incident marks the 1,049th death in nearly five years of sectarian violence.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Ulster Defense Regiment
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional
Laetrile trafficking linked to multistate racket says investigator
Grant S. Leake of the California Health Department’s fraud unit calls Laetrile an illegal anticancer drug tied to a multimillion-dollar trafficking network. He notes production shifted from Tijuana to Germany Monaco and Yugoslavia, with a $50 000 to $100 000 shipment seized in Chula Vista. He warns the operation preys on desperate patients, despite panels finding no cancer benefits.
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Bob Corbett
Copley
Grant S. Leake
California Department of Health
Food and Drug Fraud Unit
Leake
Mexico
Tijuana
Germany
Monaco
Yugoslavia
Chula Vista
Calif
United States
Ernst Krebs
Ernst Krebs Jr
Krebs
Cadet Lt Col Maxon joins International Air Cadet Exchange
Cadet Lt Col Stuart B. Maxon son of Harold and Mary Maxon of 8508 E Hazelwood participates in the International Air Cadet Exchange in Great Britain. He was among 200 youths nationwide selected for the three week program. a 1974 Saguaro High graduate and Civil Air Patrol member since 1969.
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Stuart B. Maxon
Harold F. Maxon
E. Hazelwood
International Air Cadet Exchange
Great Britain
Maxon
Civil Air Patrol
Saguaro High
Frankie Laine Tops Charts and Plays at Playboy Club
The versatile singer Frankie Laine, famed for 14 gold albums, shows enduring fame. He and Ruth Smith once set a marathon dancing record of 3501 hours over 145 days, winning $1,000, and Laine heads to the Playboy Club in Great Gorge New Jersey June 18 23. In bridge news Laine contests a no trump bid with careful play to secure nine tricks and a club entry to dummy.
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Frankie Laine
Laine
Ruth Smith
Great Gorge
New Jersey
South
North
Land fraud trial heads to jury deliberations in 33 counts
A Phoenix superior court jury prepared to hear final arguments in a 33 count land fraud case tied to the defunct Great Southwest Land and Cattle Co. Defendants J W Lippar, Anthony Serra and Gerald Brewer face accusations of scheming to defraud investors of up to 5 million dollars before the firm was shut by the state in 1972. Four co-defendants pleaded guilty and one was dismissed from the indictment.
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Phoenix
UPI
Great Southwest Land and Cattle Co
J.W. Lippard
Great Southwest
Anthony N. Serra
Scottsdale
Gerald F. Brewer
Tempe
Serra
State
Rufus C. Coulter Jr
Candidate glad dinner ignored in Detroit gubernatorial race
Jerome P. Cavanagh, a Democratic candidate for governor, held a no show fundraiser dinner in Detroit suburban restaurant. Tickets cost 25 dollars for a no show and 50 dollars for attendees as supporters skipped summer events. Cavanagh trails Sander Levin and James Wells in the Aug 6 primary.
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Detroit
UPH
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Wally Long
Sander Levin
James Wells
William G. Milliken
Nixon vows veto of Consumer Protection Agency bill
President Nixon declares the Consumer Protection Agency bill unacceptable in its current form in a letter to Senator Carl Curtis. The Consumer Federation of America condemns the veto as contempt for average citizens, while the measure would create an independent consumer lobbyist to influence government decisions.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
Consumer Protection Agency
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Consumer Federation of America
Elderly man killed in Phoenix shootout during robber attempt
John Henry Carr, 72, was fatally shot at his home in Phoenix Monday as a would be robber, Luther Lee Young 21, lingered wounded nearby. Carr’s revolver lay by his body and was fired several times during the attempted robbery. Young remained in serious condition at Maricopa County Hospital under guard. Carr had previously sold beer and wine from his home and suffered prior robberies.
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Phoenix
UPI
John Henry Carr
Luther Lee Young
Carr
Young
Maricopa County Hospital
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Dana Evans
E. McKellips
Pensacola
Fla.) Naval Air Station
University of West Florida
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Robert L. Hahn
Valentine H. Hahn
E. Earls Drive
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
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Jean van
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Cheery Lynn
Ft. Polk
Hal .M. Nevitt
Howard Nevitt
E. Starlight Way
Marine Corps
San Diego
John Newnam
E. Berridge Lane
Air Force
Lackland Afb
Texas
Navy
Ens
Roger H. Morrison
Robert H. Morrison
E. Valley Vista Lane
Valdez
Charleston, S.C
John M. Finn
Robert E. Finn
E. Palm
Greg R. King
Bar J. Luster
Granite Reef Rd
Jerry L. Morgan
Charles Norton
E. Vineyard
Army Ordnance Center
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Air National Guard
Thomas M. Sims
Ardath M. Sims
E. Via de Los Libros
Tex
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Clayton E. Hilliard
E. Portland St
Aschaffenburg
Gregory S. Newnam
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Seven of Hearts
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N. Central Ave
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Joe McNamara
Kool Radion
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