Attica Riot Recalled as Nation’s Bloodiest Prison Uproar
The Attica prison uprising began September 9 and ended September 13 with 30 inmates and 10 hostages dead. Interviews with ex-inmates officials guards and residents reveal complex causes including racial activism guard reforms and community dependence on the facility. The piece notes the prison’s maximum security tag masking internal vulnerability and the inmate majority drawn from New York City with a racial mix.
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Joseph J. Sullivan
Mideast truce near collapse sparked by canal fighting
Egypt and Israel traded missiles along the Suez Canal threatening the 13 month cease fire. Cairo said Israeli Phantom jets attacked canalside positions with Shrike missiles. Egypt replied with anti aircraft missiles. Both sides kept forces on alert along the waterway as diplomatic efforts continued in Washington and Tel Aviv.
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Bomb Attacks Hit Saigon Arsenal During Student Riots
In Saigon, anti government students rioted and bombs damaged a large Go Vap ammunition dump, four miles from the city center. No casualties reported. clashes with police continued, with several vehicles burned and three students and two police wounded. American personnel avoided injuries as a U.S. bus was forced off a street and crashed.
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Go Vap
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Nixon poised to name conservative successor to Black
President Nixon plans a law and order nominee to replace Justice Hugo Black, signaling a Supreme Court shift toward judicial restraint. Speculation centers on Rep. Richard Poff and ABA head Charles Rhyne, with the White House weighing seven names after talks at Camp David.
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Ronald L Ziegler
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Ziegler
John N Mitchell
Richard H. Poff
Virginia
Charles Rhyne
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Rhyne
Duke Law School
Mansfield
Lewis Powell
American Bar Association
Weather forecast for Lake Erie region today and tomorrow
Showers likely and mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and little temperature change. Highs near mid 60s to low 70s, lows in the 50s overnight. Small craft advisory in effect for Lake Erie with northeasterly winds 15 to 25 knots today.
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Orbiting Solar Observatory 7 Aims At Sun Power Study
AL ROSSITER JR CAPE KENNEDY UPI reports NASA plans to launch OSO 7 a 28 million solar observatory in a 5:38 am EDT Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy. The 1400 pound satellite carries six experiments to study solar radiation the corona flares and streams of gas forming near the sun. It will monitor long term changes and rotations and assess effects on radio and weather. The mission seeks insights into solar energy and potential pollution free Earth power.
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U5 to Launch 8th Sun-Watching Satellite
NASA plans the 8th OSO mission carrying a hitchhike satellite with a radio to test ground tracking stations. The launch marks the first here since Apollo 15, with scientists studying solar plasma and fusion energy, noting past OSO outcomes and contractor roles by Balls Brothers and Hughes Aircraft.
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Space Agency
David R. Scott
Alfred M. Worden
James B. Irwin
NASA
Balls Brothers Research Corp
Boulder
Colo
Hughes Aircraft Co
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Laird denies date set ending combat role
SAIGON UPI reports U S military sources expect the combat role in Vietnam to end June 30 with a shift to advisory duties. Defense Secretary Melvin R Laird, in Warrenton Virginia, says no basis for speculation and notes remaining goals will be set by President Nixon around mid November.
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Breaks neck mountaineer survives fall near Emigrant Peak
Sam Warfel, 18, fell about 100 feet near the summit of Emigrant Peak, four hours into a solo climb. Despite a broken neck, two operations and traction, he drove to a resort, received first aid, and remains hospitalized in Livingston with no paralysis.
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Francis J. Kelly
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Warfel
Emigrant Peak
Yellowstone National Park
Wartel
Karen Whithorn
Livingston
Paul Warfel
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