Undercover police shoot in Detroit ends in tragedy
In Detroit on the northwest side plainclothes officer Patrolman Robert Bradford Jr. was killed and partner Robert Dooley critically wounded during a confrontation with two suspects linked to a prior STRESS unit shooting. Two suspects named by police were sought, as streets and alleys were scoured with a helicopter aiding the search.
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Detroit
UPI
Stress
John P. Boyd Jr
Baywood Brown
Robert Bradford Jr
Bradford
Robert Dooley
Roman S. Gribbs
Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies
Knapp Commission links corruption to police cover up
The final Knapp report says high police officials ignored federal charges of misconduct including murder and heroin dealing. It details 72 cases referred by federal agents between 1968 and 1969, and urges that corruption was department-wide by late 1971 with gratuities the most common misconduct.
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New York
Knapp Commission
John F. Walsh
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
New York City
Knapp Brothers
Police Boss Rocco Arella to Resign Next Week
State Police Commissioner Rocco Arella, under fire in a wiretapping controversy, is expected to quit his $25,000-a-year post next week, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
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Philadelphia
Rocco Arella
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mail Subscription Rates Effective May 1 1971
Rates shown for daily and Sunday editions, with separate plans for within and outside New York State. Pricing includes monthly and weekly options, with variations for domestic and Sunday-only subscriptions.
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MAIL
LYR
New York State
Managua Epidemic Fears Eased By Aid And Medical Staff
Foreign doctors say Managua can avert a typhoid or typhus outbreak as relief workers report ample medical personnel and supplies. U.S. officials note grain flour and powdered milk arriving while Managua authorities push evacuations and water delivery continues at 20 million gallons daily capacity. Gen Somoza warns looters are being arrested and shot as quake survivors cluster around distribution points outside the capital.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Juan Jose Chiari
Panama
U.S
Anastasio Somoza
Kitty Hawk sailor testimony on race riot jurist hearing
Defense witness testified he saw white sailors beating black executive officer Cmdr Ben Cloud the night of the Kitty Hawk riot amid a clash that left numerous injuries. Airman Avinger faces six counts rioting and two of assault as a pretrial process proceeds.
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Lee Margulies
San Diego
Calif
Kitty Hawk
Don E. Eibert
Navy
Appren
Terry V. Avinger
Eibert
Avinger
Philadelphia
Willard Anthony
Anthony
John L. Rowe
Anniston
Ala
Willie J. Faison
Cmdr
Ben Cloud
Faison
Los Angeles
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Belinda Green
Australia
Pat Kennedy
Dunkirk
Hope
Midway
Singapore
Frank Simons
Somoza
Dennis Bulger
U.S. 518Th Combat Engineer Co
Kitty Hawk Sailor
Cloud
FLAH
Priscilla
Boston
House of Bianchi
Piccione
Flair’s
Fich’s
Shoppingtown
Fairmount Fair
Jae
FLAHS
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