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(HONG KONG)--NORTH VIETNAM HAS TERMED THE STONING OF FOUR OF
ITS DIPLOMATS IN THE CAPITAL OF LAOS YESTERDAY ''A PIRATE ACT
OF THE VIENTIANE (VYENTY'AHN') AD INISTRATION.' THE STONING
PY LAOTIAN TROOPS AND P0! ICE OCCURRED WHEN THE DIPLOMATS WALKED
OUT ON A pUBIC SPEECH BY LAOTIAN PREMIER SOUVANNA PHOWUA
(SOO-VAH'-NAH FOO' -MAH).
(WASHINGTON) --SENATOR SAM ERVIN SAYSNHE'S DISTURBED THAT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HASN'T YET R SP0INDEDC T0 A SEVEN-MONTH-OI.
REQUEST 'FOP ITS VIEWS ON HIS BILL SEEKING SPEEDY TRIALS OF FEDERAL
CRIMINAL CASES. THE NORTH CAROLINA :KOCRAT SAYS THE DEPARTMENT
HAS MArINTAINED '' A STOLID SILENCE'' ON THE PILL.
ERVIN ALSO URGES THE DE ATMENT TO ABANDON WiHAT -HE TER;S THE
VAIN AND FALSE PANACEA OF PREVENTIVE DETENTION. ERVIN LED THE
FIGHT LAST YEAR AGAINST PREVENTIVE DETENTION I EGISLATION.
(WASHI iGTON)--THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND OF THE -A-A-C-P HAS ASKED
THE SUPREME COURT--ON BEHALF OF 27 CONDEMNED PRISONERS ON DEATH
RO' I EIGHT STATES--TO EXAMINE THE CO'TENTIO.N THAT CAPITAL. Pt+NTSHVF-TT
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL . THE FUND CALLED THE SITUATION PERIl OUS.
SINCE STAYS OF EXECUTION FOR MANY O_' TE NATION'S S4 O DE{'NED
PRISONERS WILL NOW BE RISSOLVED.
(HOLLYWOOD, FI.ORIDA.--IHPISO TED TEAMSTERS PRESIDE NT JAMES
JOFFA IS EXPECTED TO PASS THE. WORD TODAY TO TOP UNION OFFICERS
ON WHETHER HE INTENDS TO RU FOR RE-ELECTKE1 FROM HIS FEDERA,
.PRISON CELL. ABOUT ONE DOZEN NEMPERS OF THE TEAMSTERS' EXECUTIVE
BOARD ARE MEETING IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA TO ELECT CANDIDATE
FOR THE UNION'S PRESIDENCY AND OTHER HIEG-RANKING POSTS.
(WINNER , SOUTH DAKOTA : --A IOX INDIAN HAS WN A HEAR ING IN
FEDERAL COURT IN RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA ON HIS CHA'rES THAT
THE POOR INDIAN TOWN SECTION O A PURAL NARKETINC CENTER IS
BEING DEPRIVED OF ITS SHARE OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES. THE MAYOR
OF THE TOWN DENIES CITY .OFFICI ALS HAVE IGNORED THE DISTRICT'BECAUSE INDIANS LIVE THERE.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: News summary], script, May 12, 1971, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1426425/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.