Japanese sign treaty to halt nuclear spread
TOKYO (UPI) — Japan, the only nation in the world ever to be atom-bombed, signed the treaty banning the spread of nuclear weapons Tuesday, but with open reluctance.
The government made clear that final ratification of the treaty by parliament will not come in the foreseeable future. Such approval is necessary before Japan can formally bind itself to the pact.
The nuclear nonproliferation treaty limits the number of
nuclear nations to the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France and Communist China. It will prohibit other nations from manufacturing or possessing nuclear weapons.
In announcing that Japanese ambassadors in Moscow, London and Washington had been instructed to initial the treaty, the government issued a special statement expressing its reservations.
The statement said the treaty "must in no way restrict non-
nuclear weapons states in their research, development, or implementation of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, or in their international cooperation in these fields, nor must it subject them to discriminatory treatment in any aspect of such activities."
The statement also said Japan reserved the right to pull out of the treaty if it decides that "extraordinary events, related to the subject matter of this treaty, have jeopardized the supreme interests of the country."
Sheriff claims government sabotaged law enforcement
OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI) — A sheriff whose territory includes the Berkeley campus area of the University of California charged Tuesday that the federal government allowed radicals to carry on five years of disturbance in his county and then sabotaged law enforcement.
Sheriff Frank Madigan of Alameda County spoke out angrily at a news conference against indictment of 12 of his deputies Monday in San Francisco Federal Court because of their handling of the "People's Park" rioting in Berkeley last May 15.
County Supervisor Joseph Bort of Berkeley said outgoing U.S. Attorney Cecil Poole had set a "terrible example of law enforcement." Poole, whose resignation became effective Monday, had been the nation's only Negro U.S. attorney.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to ask Poole's successor, James
L. Browning, Jr., to order a new grand jury hearing that "would be fair and without prejudice."
The Oakland City Employees Association and the County Deputy Sheriff's Association asked the county to provide defense funds for the 12 men.
The federal grand jury accused the deputies of violations of civil rights in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man, the blinding of another, and alleged beatings of prisoners following the disorders.
"It's a terrible thing when a U.S. attorney goes out in a blaze of glory at the expense of individuals and justice."
He said Poole has "taken these men and thrown them to the wolves."
The presentations to the grand jury were handled not only by Poole but by two special Justice Department attorneys from Washington.
Madigan said for five years radicals had disrupted Berkeley
and Oakland, stopping troop trains, besieging the Oakland induction center, and carrying on waves of demonstrations at the University of California's Berkeley campus.
"Three of those on trial at Chicago have been active in demonstrations at Berkeley and yet nothing was done here by the U.S. attorney's office," he said.
"The Justice Department has taken this action against law enforcement officers ignoring completely the violation of citizens rights by the mob in Berkeley."
Supervisor Robert Hannon said Poole "took the side of the criminal element."
"The only witnesses called were the criminals involved," he said.
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Millionaire campaigning to free American POWs
DAYTON, Ohio (UPI)—Texas millionaire H. Ross Perot said Tuesday he would sponsor a nationwide letter writing campaign in an effort to free American servicemen from North Vietnam prisons.
caravan of trucks throughout the nation to pick up the mail then send it to North Vietnam.
Perot told a luncheon gathering here he has commissioned the Gallup Poll to sound out the feelings of the American people on U.S. servicemen being held captive in North Vietnam.
He said after receiving results of the poll he will sponsor the letter writing campaign, send a
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"My efforts alone can't do it, but the prisoners will be free if the American people demand it," Perot said.
Perot said chances for release of the POWs was good if North Vietnamese leaders can be convinced the American people really care about the prisoners.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (UPI)—The capital city of New Mexico is the oldest seat of government in the United States, dating to its Spanish founding in 1610.
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