Tupamaro Guerrillas Execute Mitrione in Uruguay
In Montevideo, Tupamaro forces killed American police expert Daniel A. Mitrione after Uruguayan authorities refused to release about 150 political prisoners. Mitrione’s body was found in a bloodstained car, shot twice in the head, with a bandage concealing a chest wound from his kidnapping on July 31. Police withheld confirmation while noting a second possible body.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Daniel A. Mitrione
Mitrione
Exchange Students Die In Peruvian Plane Crash
A Peruvian Airliner returning from Machu Picchu crashed near Cuzco killing 99 of 100 aboard including 49 American exchange students aged 14 to 19. The International Fellowship Inc sponsor from Buffalo, N Y noted the victims and said 15 youths chose to stay with Lima families.
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JLIMA
Peru
Machu Picchu
United States
Mildred M. Brown
Buffalo
N.Y
International Fellowship, Inc
Lima
International Fellowship Inc. of
International Fellowship
State Department
Lansa
Aviation Department
Cuzco
Alejandro Calegari
San Jeronimo Hill
Marisel Bedoya Vivanco
Mildred Brown
New York
New Jersey
Indiana
Ohio
Maine
Wisconsin
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Burger Proposes Federal Court Council To Modernize System
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger urged creation of a council representing all three federal branches to update the court system. He warned courts need more funding, judges, and trained administrators, and urged streamlining of trials and appeals. He noted high costs of CSA development versus federal courts and called obsolete machinery a problem.
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ST. Louis
Warren E. Burger
Burger
American Bar Association
CSA
America
Congress
Judiciary Council
Bus Driver and Scouts Still Hospitalized After Crash
A bus carrying 37 Boy Scouts and leaders crashed with a truck near Paris Virginia. The driver James Fielding staunton remains in intensive care with little change in condition. Four scouts were admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital along with the truck driver Norman Vickery who was cited for careless driving.
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Paris
Winchester Memorial Hospital
James Lee Fielding
Staunton
Norman Vickery
Hagerstown
L.G. Jett
Warrenton
Scouts Involved In Virginia Bus Crash Tragedy
An August trip by Fairfax area Boy Scouts from Goshen Scout Camp ends in a fatal and multiple injury crash near Marshall Virginia. At Memorial Hospital Winchester emergency crews treat 37 Scouts and leaders after a 11 a.m. collision between a bus and a truck. Hospital staff rush to stabilize victims as details unfold indicating a serious accident with many injured and emergency response in full swing.
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Doug O’connell
Memorial Hospital
Alexandria
Shenandoah
Blue Ridge
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
W. Cork St
President urges national land use policy in state of environment report
President Nixon sent Congress a State of the Environment report urging a national land use policy. The Council on Environmental Quality calls for planned development, scenic area protection, and incentives to curb pollution costs, with emphasis on regional cooperation and local implementation.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Council On Environmental Quality
Capitol Hill
Public hearing on Frederick County vehicle tag ordinance
A public hearing is set for 3 p.m. today before the Frederick County Board of Supervisors on a proposed motor vehicle license tag ordinance. If approved, tags would be required starting May 1 with a $10 fee. Leonard C. Ellis of the Frederick County Taxpayers Assn. chairs opposition. members will attend. In Virginia, a separate AP update notes low pressure systems bringing showers and mild temperatures through Tuesday.
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Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Leonard C. Ellis
The
Richmond
Virginia
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Lexington
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Mr. Murray
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Bucker Service Co
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