Guerrillas explode Israeli home near Lebanon border
Arab guerrillas blew up a house in El Kosh close to the Lebanese frontier, killing a 32 year old mother of seven in the second foray in a week. A mine near Hebron damaged two Israeli vehicles and an electric pylon was struck east of Gaza City with no casualties. The Tel Aviv bound Swissair crash dominated headlines as Israel weighed special action while Palestinian groups disputed responsibility for the airliner incident.
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Jordan and PLO reach security accord avert Jordan crisis
In Amman Jordan the government and Palestinian guerrilla leaders said they would cooperate to prepare people for the coming struggle against Israel while preserving security and unity. Yasser Arafat led the guerrilla delegation and Prince Mohammed attended, as Hussein tried to curb guerrilla activity amid clashes that left 18 dead. In Philadelphia three children died in a ranch style home fire, George Lucas Jr 2 Christopher 4 Debbie 8 found on the second floor.
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Jordan
UPI
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Yasser
Philadelphia
George Lucas, Jr
Christopher
Debbie
Finch warns second veto on HEW bill to cut spending
Secretary Finch told Senate appropriations chair Magnuson he would recommend a second presidential veto unless HEW funding is cut further. He urged deleting school desegregation busing provisions and freedom of choice plans while only threatening a veto on the money section. He proposed allowing Nixon to withhold some spending to avoid a veto.
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UPI
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Appropriations
Finch
House
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Magnuson
Nixon
HEW
Labor Department
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Hanoi raps Nixon over peace talks in Paris
The North Vietnamese Army newspaper Quandot Nhan Dan accuses President Nixon of using Paris peace talks as a smokescreen to prolong the war and labels his policy a counterrevolutionary global strategy. It cites alleged White House shifts from flexible to selective response and criticizes Nixon for downgrading the Paris Conference.
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UPI
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Nixon
Paria
Quandot Nhan Dan
White House
Vietnam
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Rogers ends African tour in Liberia after Ghana loan pledge
Secretary of State William P. Rogers wraps up a 10 nation Africa trip in Monrovia saying progress surprised him and that the United States will help Ghana with a $15 million development loan. He met President Tubman and stressed non Cold War aims while distance from China concerns. US has previously extended $35 million to Ghana.
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UPI
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Liberia
William ¥.S. Tubman
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Kofi Busia
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Vacationer’s home robbed second time in three weeks
Union City police report Richard Minudri’s home at 237 Appian Way was burgled for the second time in three weeks after a six day vacation. Valued at 1700 dollars, items taken include a color television, a stereo, a set of gold clubs, and a men’s suit and jewelry. Entry was gained through an unlocked downstairs patio door and a rear upstairs door latch was broken.
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Richard Minudri
Appian Way
Flivers
Burger slams TV crew over manners at ABA speech
At the ABA midyear meeting, Chief Justice Burger denounced newsmen as lacking manners and threatened to bar TV coverage. A CBS team pressed to cover his address and the exchange led to the microphone being removed from the speaker’s podium.
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NBC
ABC
CBS
Burger
Phil Jones
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Explosion and crash linked with suspected mail bomb
Pilot reported an explosion aboard the Swissair Coronado four engine jet before it crashed near Zurich two hours after an Austrian Airlines mail bomb incident. Investigators recovered the black box but only older tapes initially. Swissair would tighten security on Middle East flights and stop mail freight to Tel Aviv. Names of five Americans among the dead were released, with other passengers from several countries.
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Knesset
Safeguards
Israel
Swissair
Austrian Airlines
Trankfurt
Vienna
Frankfurt
Warenlingen
Mall
Coronado
Theo Kaesling
Federal Investigation Commission
Zurich
Middle East
Switzerland
Tel Aviv
Laos Plain of Jars battle seen obscure by Lao commander
Laos and North Vietnamese forces clash on the plain near the Plain of Jars with many troops unaccounted for. Laotian officials revised casualty and strength estimates, while asserting communist control of the 60 mile plateau key to the region. An American civilian pilot was killed by sniper fire during a cargo mission and the co pilot landed safely.
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Pathet Lao
Laos
Vientiane
Markl
John Ward
Maerkl
Ward
American planes divert to Laos as clashes widen
American aircraft flew to Laos before dawn Sunday with two over Tay Ninh province near the Cambodian border and two more over Chau Doc. In the Mekong Delta South Vietnamese forces killed 22 Communists and seized arms in a predawn ambush. Reports say Communist units search for rice while U.S. and South Vietnamese forces skirmished near Saigon, with 10 Communists killed and American casualties of two dead and eight wounded. Mortar fire hit a 25th Infantry Division outpost northwest of Saigon, wounding four Americans.
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Saigon
Chau Doc
Mekong
South Vietnam
U.S
25Th Infantry Division
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