U S OKs Indian Refugee Airlift From Tripura
The United States approves a relief airlift to move East Pakistani refugees from Tripura State. Three C130 planes from Pope AFB will carry 1 million doses of anticholera vaccine to Calcutta area, with 125 personnel led by Col Turnipseed. A $17.5 million aid pledge funds the operation amid a wider evacuation plan.
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New Delhi
U.S
Washington
Tripura
Air Force
Pope Air Force Base
N.C
Calcutta
U.S. Strike Command
Macdill Air Force Base
East Pakistan
India-East Pakistan
Madhya Pradesh
Severe storms bring tornadoes across Plains and Midwest
Hog heat and humidity spurred storms from the Southwest to the Ohio Valley. A tornado touched down near Grady New Jersey Friday night causing minor farm building damage. Other tornadoes and funnels were spotted in the Texas Panhandle as winds of 50 to 60 mph battered Indianapolis Terre Haute and Dodge City.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Grady
N.J
Texas Panhandle
Plains States
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Dodge City
Kan
Maddox Backs Wage Hike in Georgia Speech
Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox voiced support for President Nixon's plan to raise the minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.00 per hour. He told the Southeastern Printing Trades Conference that paying people adequately is sensible and reduces welfare costs.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lester Maddox
Nixon
Congress
Maddox
Southeastern Printing Trades Conference
Jacksonville Man Charged in Jewel Robbery Conspiracy
Atlanta FBI agents arrested Stanley Darrell Cochran 22 of Jacksonville on conspiracy and transporting stolen property charges tied to jewels from an $88,000 Mountain, Ga. robbery. Tampa police Major William R. Bland faced a three count indictment and was suspended.
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Tampa. Fla
Atlanta
FBI
Jacksonville
Tampa
Stanley Darrell Cochran
Stone Mountain
William R. Bland
State finds long running printing contract illegal
Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton ruled a 47 year state contract with Harrison Co. for printing Court of Appeals and State Supreme Court reports constitutes an unconstitutional perpetual debt. Officials plan to renegotiate the agreement after Governor Carter’s aide Bill Harper sought the opinion.
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Atlanta
Arthur Bolton
Harrison Co
Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court
Bill Harper
Jimmy Carter
Bolton
New Vietnamese Assaults Tap Cambodian Frontlines
North Vietnamese troops opened new assaults near Saigon lines in Cambodia while Cambodian forces around Phnom Penh held for 16th day. U S supplied helicopters were shot down, one crash reported with crew unknown. South Vietnamese mortars hit the Krek area as armored units clashed with equal strength infantry nearby.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Krek
South Vietnam
Snuol
Vihear Suor
Alcatraz Occupation Ends After Last Indian Occupier Removed
Federal marshals stormed Alcatraz Island, arresting three Indians and removing the remaining occupiers after a copper wire theft sparked the operation. The island, claimed under treaty and prior discovery, had symbolized a heightened Indian rights movement since 1969. Grace Thorpe commented on the occupation’s significance.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
America
General Services Administration
21 Acre Rock
San Francisco Financial District
Grace ‘Thorpe
Jim ‘Thorpe
Miss Thorpe
Sacramento
Tricia Nixon Cox Wedding at White House Rose Garden
Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox prepare for their wedding at the White House with a potential shift to the East Room due to weather. Forecasters call for partly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of rain and temperatures in the mid 80s as final rehearsals wrap up and guests arrive for the ceremony.
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Tricia Nixon
ED Cox
Blair House
Washington (Ap
Edward Finch Cox
White House
U.S. Weather Bureau
Rose Garden
White House East Room
Tricia
Gunman Hijacked Plane In Chicago Shot After Boarding
A gunman demanding to fly to North Vietnam hijacked a T fans World Airlines Boeing 727 at O'Hare. Deputy U S Marshal Joseph Zito crawled into the cockpit through a window and shot the hijacker after the jet had lifted. A passenger was killed during the standoff. The hijacker was Gregory White, 23, of Chicago.
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New York
North Vietnam
Chicago
U.S
FBI
T Fans World Airlines
Kennedy International Airport
Gregory White
O'Hare International
Albuquerque
N.M
Wis
Robert E. Elder
Stamford
O'Hare
Joseph Zito
Zito
Cary
TWA
New
Seven Children Drown as Car Plunges Into Mississippi
Mrs Charles Clark and two children survived after a station wagon with nine aboard slid off an embankment into the Mississippi River near Chester. Divers recovered two bodies, while Norma Clark Becky Clark Cindy Clark Tammy Clark Robin Phillips Becky Roberts and Fammy Canady remained missing. Donna Phillips and Pammy Canady were rescued. Officials suspect brake failure. witnesses described the car plunging 20 feet into swift water.
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Charles Clark
Chester
Hiernan
Tammy Clark
Debbie Canady
Bronside
Norma Clark
Becky Chirk
Cindy Clark
Robin Phillips
Becky Roberts
Donna Phillips
Tor
Carlton Boat and Motor
Pammy Canady
Clark
Chester Memorial Hospital
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Children’s Shelter
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UPI
Howard Ellis Cox
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Nixons
Priscila Kidder
Boston
Lincoln
Priscilla
Miss Rita
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Dwight
Eisenhower
Mamie
Abby
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