Soviets Say Many Killed In Border Clash With China
The Soviet news agency Tass reported an armed Chinese unit crossed into the Soviet Far East near Nizhnemikhai lovka on the Ussuri River and fired on border guards. Beijing denied a Chinese crossing and said Soviet troops entered Manchuria, while both sides issued protests. Casualty details were not clarified.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Peking
Tokyo
Manchuria
Nizhnemikhailovka
Ussuri
Vladivostok
Far East
Nizhemikhailovka
Saigon Shelling Tops Violent Weekend Attacks
Rockets hit central Saigon causing fires in a southern district while a hospital ward near the Grall Hospital was narrowly missed. Casualties include at least four killed and many wounded. Allied forces countered in marshlands east of the city as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese offensives continue.
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Saigon
4Th Precinct
Grall Hospital
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Campus Life In 1969 Underscores Campus Turmoil
In the fourth installment of a six part series Robert Betts explains the role of underground newspapers in the movement to disrupt college life. The full story, weeks of research, appears on page 5 of this morning's paper.
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Robert Betts
Betts
Snow Falls Across Panhandle With Travel Warnings
Snow and light rain swept the Tri-State region, with Amarillo recording 2 inches of snow and about three inches in Pampa. Moisture totals reached .22 and .20 inches in areas like Memphis, prompting hazardous driving advisories and highway travel discouragement on U.S. 287 north of Amarillo toward Dumas. Local police logged about a dozen minor traffic incidents as conditions persisted. Highs in the mid 40s with overnight near 20 degrees and diminishing winds are forecast.
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Tri-State
Texas Panhandle
U.S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Pampa
Quanah
Memphis
U.S. Highway 287
Dumas
Infant mauled to death by family dog in Cheektowaga
A one month old girl died after a German shepherd mauled her in her crib in Cheektowaga suburb outside Buffalo. Mrs. Gabriel S Babiarz found the dog with the infant during a feeding check as three brothers slept in the same room.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Cheektowaga
Gabriel S. Babiarz
Susan
Ceausescu Dances Hora at Polling Station in Romania Vote
Romania's president Nicolae Ceausescu danced the hora outside a polling station as leadership sought to show unity and support for an independent foreign policy during a routine election. The hora, a Romanian folk dance, has ties to Israel through immigrant culture.
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Bucharest
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
Communist Party
Israel
Laird Considers Antimissile System Shifted From Cities
Congressional sources say Defense Secretary Melvin Laird favors an antimissile system moved away from U S cities. It would still defend against a Red Chinese attack and offer some protection for U S missile and bomber bases. The plan was outlined to key lawmakers last week.
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Washington
Melvin Laird
U.S
Laird
Sealab 3 project tampering suspected after aquanaut death
San Diego AP reports Navy investigators probe mysterious tampering of oxygen valves on Sealab 3 beneath the California coast near San Clemente Island. Cmdr J M Tomsky cited multiple valve incidents while eight aquanauts decompressed, as Cannon died from carbon dioxide poisoning.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Cmdr
J. M. Tomsky
Berry L. Cannon
Tomsky
Cannon
San Clemente Island
California
Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Office of Naval Operations
Nixon Returns to Washington After European Trip
President Nixon flies home from a 10 500 mile journey through Britain West Germany France and Italy. He meets de Gaulle in Washington next January or February and aims for a broader Middle East Four power talks. Nixon’s Vatican conference with Pope Paul VI closes a trip officials call a diplomatic advance.
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Rome
Nixon
Washington
Britain
West Germany
France
Middle East
Charles de Gaulle
United States
de Gaulle
Vatican
Paul I
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Harold Wilson
U.S
Wilson
Drag Racer Roars to Crowded Crowd Killing 11 Near Atlanta
Huston Platt of Atlanta drove a Funny Car at 180 mph when it spun off the Yellow River Drag Strip and plowed into 5,900 spectators in Covington Georgia killing 11 and injuring about 50. Hospitals reported overload as ambulances ferried the dead and injured to Covington and nearby towns.
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Covington
UPI
Atlanta
Caldwell and Cowen
J. C. Harwell
Newton County Hospital
Huston Platt
Doug Slaughter
Bernd Nagy
Yellow River
Nagy
Apollo 9 Liftoffs Today Amid High Risk Flight
Apollo 9 crews receive an all clear for a 11 a.m. EST liftoff at Cape Kennedy on a complex 10 day mission. Commander James McDivitt and David Scott with Russell Schweickart face demanding rendezvous tests between the command ship and the lunar module as Vice President Agnew watches. The crew expects no 100 percent success but holds confidence in the operation.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James A. McDivitt
Air Force
Berry
McDivitt
Schweickart
Spiro T. Agnew
Moonport
Apollo
The Story of Tommy Diddit
The tale follows Tommy Diddit an 18 year old who had minor run ins with the law prior to a break in at the Boozer bar. A police flashlight beam interrupts the crime signaling a new turn in his actions and consequences.
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Tommy Diddit
Tommy
Law the Tommy and the cigarette machine caper
Tommy had just taken about twelve dollars from a cigarette machine and fled through the back door. He collided with a policeman, then was placed in a squad car and read his rights as officers proceeded with the case.
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Tommy
Tommy Deviates After Rights Read In Cash From Machine
After officers read Tommy his rights he offers to surrender the cash from the cigarette machine. Police seize the money and book it as evidence while Tommy is jailed. At dawn he faces Justice of the Peace I Seth Bond whose remarks echo familiar lines from earlier.
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Tommy
Justice of the Peace
Seth Bond
Judge Bond
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George Turner
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