Largest marijuana seizure on a ship in U.S. history
Armed federal officers chased and boarded the shrimp boat Mercy Wiggins off the Golden Gate finding five tons of marijuana with a retail value near 1.4 million dollars. Two people were arrested on the Mercy Wiggins while a companion yacht Andiamo was halted in San Pablo Bay, and four others were arrested at a San Francisco Marina camper.
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Philadelphia drops plan to host world fair in 1976
After four years and about 2.4 million in planning, the Philadelphia Bicentennial Corporation steering committee recommended scrapping plans to host a world's fair in 1976. Jon P. Bracken resigned as chairman, saying only miracles could revive the project as no suitable site or funding guarantees could be secured.
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congressional report attacks B1 bomber budget
A renewed congressional attack on the Pentagon budget claims the B1 bomber could cost up to 75 billion and be obsolete by flight. Critics say it will fail missions, escalate arms race, and be outgunned. propose scrapping it for missile-launch platforms. Senator George McGovern led the panel.
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Congress For Peace Through Law
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Muong Phalane Falls Again To North Vietnamese
Muong Phalane in Laos, a key eastern Laotian base on Highway Nine, reportedly fell to North Vietnamese forces for the second time in 24% months. Government troops suffered heavy losses and retreated under air cover as North Vietnamese aimed to guard the Ho Chi Minh trail flank.
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Younger faces in Cabinet New Cambodia leaders named
Phnom Penh Cambodia AP reports a restructured government headed by Lon Nol in name but led by Lt Gen Sisowath Sick Matak. The multitiered cabinet features younger, better trained officials. A confidence vote was expected in the National Assembly. Lon Nol, crippled by a February stroke, would be named president of the council of ministers. Sirik Matak to run the government as president I delegate.
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Sirik Matak
Nixon proposed independent Legal Services Corp for the poor
President Nixon sent to Congress a plan for a bipartisan independent Legal Services Corp to provide civil legal aid to the poor, superseding current programs. About one million cases yearly are handled by over 2,000 lawyers in neighborhood offices. The plan seeks three year funding, freedom from local vetoes, and broad authority to sue, but not to mix civil and criminal work by the same lawyers.
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