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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1973
Page
1
Waves of American B52 bombers carried out their heaviest strikes in weeks near Phnom Penh. The flights dropped about 30 tons of explosives just before dawn, waking residents and rattling windows as they aimed to ease Communist pressure on the Cambodian capital.
A federal appeals court in Richmond dismissed a challenge by four Charleston men convicted on casino gambling charges to the wiretap provisions of the Crime Control Act of 1968. The Fourth Circuit ruled that the Fourth Amendment tolerates some surveillance in pursuit of law enforcement needs and upheld the district court decision.
The high court will decide if court ordered school integration may cross city county lines in a Richmond Virginia case. NAACP and Richmond school board argue for cross boundary consolidation while Virginia and federal officials oppose erasing lines to admit more white students. Similar suits are pending in eleven other cities.
In Shanghai the Chinese government declared it would sign the treaty banning nuclear weapons from Latin America without reservations after President Luis Echeverria’s visit. It also said it would oppose the limited test ban.
The Rev Edward L Merrow of Grace Church in Alexandria has withdrawn his name from consideration as suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. He told Bishop Robert F Gibson Jr in a letter after addressing his congregation that he lacks a vocation to be a bishop. Remaining nominees include Revs John A Baden A Theodore Eastman John R Frizzell Jr and W Holt Louder.
The 65 crew of the minesweeper Force were rescued by the Scottish freighter Spraynes eight hours after the ship caught fire and sank in the Philippine Sea. All survivors were in good condition aboard Spraynes as it heads to Okinawa with the crew.
The Supreme Court upheld the Federal Reserve Board four installment rule under the Truth-In-Lending Act, protecting consumers by requiring disclosure of credit costs on items paid in more than four installments. The ruling centers on magazine subscriptions but affects the $100 billion plus consumer credit industry. Burger led the majority with three other justices concurring. Powell dissented.
Howard Clark of American Express told shareholders at the annual meeting that a weaker dollar has made travel within the United States more appealing to Europeans. He noted overseas office travel sales at the end of March were over 18 percent ahead of the previous year.
In New York Henry Kissinger charged North Vietnam with systematically breaking key ceasefire clauses, including troop withdrawals from Cambodia and Laos. He urged that a signed agreement cannot be treated as irrelevant when violated, and noted broader questions about Watergate's impact on U.S. policy.
Senate sources say President Nixon aware of a coverup and aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman tied to it while records on secret 1971 72 campaign spending surface. McCord testified of possible executive clemency and pressure on officials as probes expand, with Sirica ordering further checks and FBI review of sources.
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