Minnelli and Allen End Marriage With Friendly Separation
Liza Minnelli and Australian entertainer Peter Allen have agreed to a friendly separation after three years of marriage due to career pressures. Minnelli, 24, escorted to the Academy Awards by father Vincente Minnelli, was nominated for best actress for The Sterile Cuckoo but lost to Maggie Smith.
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Hollywood
Liza Minnelli
Peter Allen
Miss Minnelli
Judy Garland
Vincente Minnelli
Britain
Maggie Smith
Prince Charles arrives in Tokyo for five day visit
Britain's Prince Charles lands in Tokyo from Australia for a five day stay to meet Japanese royal family and tour Expo 70 in Osaka. He is greeted by Prince William of Gloucester, a 29 year old cousin and second secretary of the British Embassy.
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Tokyo
Britain
Prince Charles
Australia
Osaka
Prince William of Gloucester
French Miss De Gaulle Public Opinion Poll
A nationwide poll finds 64 percent of French men with definite views would not favor recalling Gen Charles de Gaulle even in a grave crisis. It also shows 68 percent believe current government policy is similar to De Gaulle's approach before his retirement a year ago.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
DeGaulle
Postal Pay Hike Clears Senate
The Senate approved a general pay raise bill by 84 to 1, boosting salaries for postal workers and most federal employees by 6 percent. Amendments to restrict raises, exclude congressional staff, or replace the formula with a $400 cash bump failed. Only Sen. Allen Ellender dissented. Sen. Carl Curtis opposed rewarding strike violators.
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Washington
Senate
House
Allen Ellender
D-La
Carl T. Curtis
Neb
Kirk defies court order in Manatee school takeover
Gov. Claude Kirk suspends Manatee County school board and Superintendent Jack Davidson for the second time in four days and moves aides to Bradenton to run the system and its 17 000 pupils. He plans to assume personal control today as U S District Judge Ben Krentzman had reinstated officials and set a Friday contempt hearing.
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Bradenton
Fla
Claude Kirk
Imanatee County
Jkirk
Manatee
Jack Davidson
U.S. Dist
Ben Krentznan
Kirk
Krentzman
Skirk
Davidson
Kopechne Inquest Record Rights Arise in Boston
The inquest stenographer Sidney Lipman claims sole rights to reproduce and sell the 960 page Kopechne transcript. Lipman and crew produced the notes and typed the testimony into the record during the inquiry into Mary Jo Kopechne's death. A court order barred release of the papers pending directions from the state Supreme Court. News agencies planned to share reproduction costs so copies would reach outlets simultaneously. Lipman has contracts with agencies to sell the transcript.
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Boston
Mary Jo Kopechne
Imo
State Supreme Court
Sidney R. Lipman
Miss Kopechne
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Lipman
Superior Court
Edward V. Keating
Keating
Musical Molars
A Daytona Beach housewife reports she had nearly all metal fillings replaced by plastic after receiving musical radio signals through her teeth. She kept the last metal filling due to a root and possible extraction, with signals ceasing for three days before returning weaker than before.
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Daytona Beach
Fila
Brinks Truck Money Missing After Warm Beach Message
A Brinks executive told San Clemente police by phone that there was no robbery but requested officers relay a message to guards of an armored truck arriving the next day. The truck completed an 80 mile trip from Los Angeles and returned to fetch the money. Police noted the return to LA to pick up the funds.
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Los Angeles
Brinks
San Clemente
Sage
Beach City
Compensation to 99 hijack victims announced by JAL
Japan Airlines said 99 passengers held 79 hours on a hijacked jet will receive 278 dollars each in compensation. Twenty one who left the plane at Fukuoka before it flew to Seoul will get 139 dollars each, the spokesman said.
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Tokyo
Japan Air Lines
Fukuoka
Japan
Seoul
South Korea
Carswell Defeat Sparks GOP Push for Vetting Next Nominee
Washington AP reports the Senate rejected Judge G Harrold Carswell 51 to 45 stirring Republican calls for White House to consult lawmakers before naming a new Supreme Court nominee Senator Dole urged voters be engaged while leaders Scott Schweiker advocated prior talks with senators Vice President Agnew cautioned crowds and Carswell vowed to stay in his post after the vote noting the intense opposition focused on his civil rights record and a 1948 white supremacist remark sauce
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Senate
Supreme Court
Nixon
G. Harrold Carswell
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
Carswell
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Richard S. Schweiker
Ziegler
US. Court of Appeals
Spiro T. Agnew
Marlow Cook
R- Ky
Cook
Judiciary Committee
Judge Relieved Glad It’s Over
In Tallahassee Judge G Harrold Carswell reacts with relief after Senator Marlow Cook’s nay vote seals the fate of his Supreme Court nomination. Carswell, watching on TV amid family and friends, notes no need to depart his home as White House and top officials express concern over the confirmation fight.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Cook
Judiciary Committee
Harrold
Carswell
Fenton Langston
Big Lake Jackson
Peyton Yon
Virginia
White House
Nixon
Florida
Ed Gurney
John
Egypt says Israeli raid killed 30 schoolchildren in Delta village
Egyptian officials display footage and bodies in El Houssaneya hospital after an air raid on Bahr el Bakr in the eastern Nile Delta. Egypt claims 30 school children and 70 civilians wounded, while Israel insists it hit only military targets and offered to show photographic evidence.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Nile Delta
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
Bahr el Bakr
el Houssaneya
Ismailia
Middle East
Backup Astronaut Begins Training For Apollo 13 Substitution
Backup astronaut John L. Swigert Jr. starts crash training to determine if he can replace measles-threatened crew member Thomas Mattingly II aboard Apollo 13. Swigert and teammates Lovell and Haise practice rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit and abort scenarios, with Lovell to decide after trials Friday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
John L. Swigert Jr
Swigert
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
Neuvers
Lovell, Haise
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Gether
Mattingly
Lovell
Haise
Fra Mauro
Enemy Toll Higher Amid New Offensive in Vietnam War
AP reports a new enemy offensive raised weekly battlefield deaths to the highest in six months for Americans and caused the heaviest South Vietnamese losses in over two years. The weekly casualty tally lists 138 Americans and 754 South Vietnamese killed, with 1 179 Americans and 1 716 government troops wounded. The enemy total was the highest in seven months, influencing Nixon's troop withdrawal considerations. The cumulative American casualties reach 41 274 killed and 272 281 wounded. Saigon reports 103 261 military deaths and 212 086 wounded.
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Saigon
Nixon
Vietnam
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