1100 Homeless In Boston Fire
A wind fueled blaze in Chelsea, Boston suburb, left about 1100 people homeless as 20 blocks of tenements and small business buildings burned. Four firefighters were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. no deaths reported. National Guard secured the area while residents sought shelter with relatives or in makeshift dormitories. The fire began in an abandoned rag storage building and spread along 66 industrial blocks, leveling half the area before containment.
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Robert Medeiros
Associated Press
Chelsea
Mass
Boston
National
Industris
Inotnne
Mghis
Nixon Faces Test as Justices Weigh His Appointees
Washington AP Five years after Nixon began reshaping the Supreme Court to fit his view of separation of powers and executive privilege, the court's stance on his nominees nears. The appeals court upholds Coxs grand jury power and the notion that the President is not above the law, while the court debates presidential immunities and constitutional limits.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Washington
Richard MM. Nixon
Supreme Court
Nixon
U.S. ‘District
John J. Siriea
U.S. Court of Appeals
Grand
Appeals Court
Cox
Democratic Chairman Cites GOP Lawlessness
Democratic National Chairman Robert F. Strauss warned against expecting a windfall in 1974 elections citing Watergate and the Agnew case. He predicted Democrats could gain two to four Senate seats and five to six House seats, arguing the party seeks to broaden majorities to curb Nixon veto power. He blasted the White House as lawless and condemned Agnew’s resignation as self serving.
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Bill Stall
Associated Press
T.O. Angeles
Watergate
Spiro T. Agnew
Robert F. Strauss
Strauss
Western States
Congress
Nixon
Agnew
White House
Aganw
Avhen Agnew
Miracle Drugs May Fail Against New Strains Across Diseases
The CDC warns that drugs once effective against plague cholera and other diseases may not curb evolving strains. Resistance is noted in typhoid gonorrhea malaria shigellosis and other infections. Mexico faces a drug resistant typhoid epidemic complicating treatment. Doctors report rising penicillin resistance in gonorrhea and higher doses needed.
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Atlanta, Ga
Althnuzh Gangarosa
Eta
Center For Disease Control
CDC
Eugene Gangarasa
Mexico
Cost Of Dying Up 41 Per Cent In Ten Years
Raoul Pinette of Maine notes living costs rose 41.2 percent in the last decade while funeral costs climbed 32.5 percent. He speaks as the National Funeral Directory Association opens its 92nd annual convention in Cincinnati with over 3,000 funeral directors from the United States Canada and Mexico in attendance.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
National Funeral Directory Association
Raoul Pinette
Lewiston
Maine
United States
States
Canada
Mexico
Three Sought In Slaying Of Elderly Man
Cambridge Maryland police seek three suspects in the fatal holdup of Earl Bratneck age 67. Bratneck died at Dorchester General Hospital after being beaten and robbed of about 59 dollars and his wallet. Chief Russell Wroten said the assault followed a recent wave of similar Eastern Shore incidents and noted another unsolved case two weeks earlier with no suspects.
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Cambridge, Md
Cambridge
Earl H. Bratneck
Dorchester Generall Hospital
Brannock
Russell Wroten
Wroten
Wrolan
Batista Advisor Dies In Florida At 75
Edrnand Chester, 75, retired radio and TV news director for CBS and a Batista adviser, died Sunday in Florida. In the 1930s he led AP Latin American Department and later was vice president of La Prensa Asociada, AP's Latin American unit.
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Mgunt Dora
Fla
Edrnand Chester
CBS
Thai protests persist after civilian premier promise
In Bangkok, a street war between student dissidents and regime forces continued into the second day after the appointment of a civilian premier promising a new constitution and elections. Casualties rose as soldiers and police faced volleys, with hospitals reporting over 15 deaths and widespread injuries.
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Richard Blystone
Bangkok
Thailand
Fars
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Sanya Thammasak
Thammmasak Universy
Tha- Nom
Mandel Sees Intended Bride At Oyster Shuck
Gov. Marvin Mandel and the woman he plans to marry attended an oyster shucking contest in Leonardtown Maryland on Sunday. A spokesman said Mandel attended the annual event but did not confirm whether he and Jean Dorsey were together or separately.
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Leonardtown
Mad
Marvin Mandel
Frank DeFilippo
Mandel
Jean Dorsey
Unreliable Health Claims on Shrinking Hemorrhoids
Fragmented text promotes dubious methods and unverified formulas to reduce hemorrhoidal swelling. It references a supposed exclusive formula and preparations, claiming painless relief without proper medical backing and urging readers to obtain a product.
Communists Seize Post in Bach Ma Hue Area Vietnam
In Saigon the Viet Cong claimed capture of a government post in Bach Ma near Hue, saying about 200 troops held the position. A South Vietnamese spokesman said the outpost was abandoned by roughly 60 men after 11 hours of shelling. Government casualties listed six dead and 11 wounded.
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Tor
Democracy Monument
Bangkok
Navy
Chilalongkorn
Saigon
Bach Ma Wroa
Hue
Huey
Tier
Phuong Nem
Bach Ma
Tam Quan
Kantum
Central Highlands
Phnom Penh
CambModian
Tam
High Political Council
Public mood grows more pessimistic in Gallup poll
Princeton based AP report notes Americans' satisfaction with the future fell 11 points in a decade from 64 percent to 54 percent. Declining trust in honesty, institutions, and government, plus Watergate, drive unease with national problems and leadership.
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Princeton
Gallup
Irish Freedom Walk Protests UK Rule Across Nation
About four people walked 45 miles from Baltimore to Lafayette to protest British policy in Northern Ireland. The marchors gathered near the White House area for a rally where Ulster MP Frank J. McManus urged Irish Americans to mobilize for their cause. They condemned the Nixon Administration for aiding British troops and rubber shipments.
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Washington
Britain
Baltimore
Tafayette
New York Times
Frank J. McManus
Ulster
McManus
Nixon
Stock Market Drops Sharply on Fed Policy Doubt
The stock market fell sharply as a technical correction follows Arthur F. Burns' signals that the Federal Reserve Board might not ease policy further. The Dow slid 10.61 to 968.02 at 10:30 a.m. with declines leading advances in heavy NYSE trading. Analysts cited profit taking after weeks of gains.
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Ty Deborah M. Rankin
NEW York (Ap
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
New York Stock Exchange
Martin I. Goodfriend
Bruns, Nordemann& Co
McGovern Seeks Delay of Nixon Impeachment Plan
Detroit AP reporting Sen. George McGovern told an American Civil Liberties Union meeting that any move to impeach President Nixon should wait for the Senate Watergate investigation outcome. He urged not to blame the Republican Party and said impeachment should proceed only if the Supreme Court orders tape recordings or Congress gains power to act.
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Senate
George McGovern
American Civil Liberties Union
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ACLU
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