Rookie cop uncovers anti Statue of Liberty bomb plot
Raymond Wood a 31 year old rookie cop infiltrated the Black Liberation Front to uncover a plan by four conspirators to destroy the Statue of Liberty the Washington Monument and the Liberty Bell. Police and FBI rounded up Robert Collier Walter Bowe Khaleel Sayyed and Michelle Duclos in a lightning Bronx operation. Wood promoted to detective for his actions and praised for his undercover work.
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New York
Raymond Wood
Washington Monument
FBI
Wood
Bronx
Black Liberation Front
Michael J. Murphy
Murphy
Chester
S.C
US Air Force
Germany
Fordham University
Police Bureau of Special Services
Robert S. Collier
Boston
Walter A. Bowe
Philadelphia
Khaleel S. Sayyed
Brooklyn
Michelle Duclos
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Collier
England
U.S
Bowe
New York Harbor
Miss Duclos
West 239Th Street
Riverdale
West 120Th Street
East 10Th Street
Manhattan
Sayyed
West 81St Street
Water system to quadruple output in 50 years
Article notes Athens water system plans to increase capacity by four times over the next five decades. Readers learn of projected infrastructure needs and potential community impact as aging facilities are addressed.
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Athens
Saigon
Viet Nam
Ohio University
Rhodes lays out Ohio role in Appalachia anti poverty programs
Gov James A Rhodes pledged Ohio’s full participation in both the Appalachia and anti poverty initiatives. He told 28 county reps the Appalachia effort is state and federal funded while the anti poverty program is community led, urging local action and coordinated highway planning for southeastern Ohio.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
George Stevens
Appalachia
Kenner Bush
Athens Messenger
William
Bush
Southeastern
Stevens
Congress
United States
Giles
Viet Cong battalion found 32 miles southwest of Saigon
Heavy fighting erupts as Vietnamese troops move to engage a Viet Cong battalion in a 32 mile southwest Saigon area. Air and naval actions target a metal-hulled Viet Cong vessel in Vung Ro Bay amid high casualties reported for American and Vietnamese forces during February 7 to 13.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Vung Ro Bay
J. S. Bowers
Lyndonville
Cmdr
Harvey P. Rodgers
Smithtown
N. Y
Pake
Rodgers
Ranger 8 Launch Aims Moon Photo Bonanza From Cape
Cape Kennedy Florida Spacecraft Ranger 8 lifted at 12 05 p m aboard an Atlas Agena rocket to capture 4000 lunar images and crash land on the moon before the astronauts reach the surface in 1969. The 809 pound payload will perform maneuvers and return pictures from altitudes 1180 miles to half a mile, with the Sea of Tranquillity closer to shadow. Ranger 7 produced 4312 pictures far surpassing land based telescopes.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Ranger 8
Ranger 7
Johnson administration studies new crime package
A thick package of crime laws targets organized crime and youth delinquency. It stresses witness immunity in organized crime probes, with proposed narcotics arson firearms and wiretapping laws and federal funding for juvenile delinquency programs.
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Washington
Johnson
Vatican Barracks Rocked by Dynamite Blast Near Pope’s Sleep
A pound of dynamite exploded against a Vatican wall door near Pope Paul VI’s apartment, stirring Vatican and Swiss Guard damage and prompting police to probe links to protests over The Deputy. A night watchman saw two young men flee in a high powered car. one was bearded.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Paul VI
Vittorio Rivi
Frustrated Father Battles Officials Over Rabid Rabbit
In Springfield Tom Burke pleads as agencies refuse to take his sick rabbit. The Humane Society promises pickup, while county health and sheriff offices cite policy and legality. Burke fears rabies as he confines his family and waits for action.
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Springfield
Tom Burke
Burke
The
Humane Society
Albania Pushes for Formal UN Vote to Force U S Soviet Clash
At the United Nations Albania’s Halim Budo urged an immediate vote to end the voting moratorium and trigger a formal showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. Diplomats privately suspected Chinese Communist pressure, with Adlai Stevenson commenting that it looked like the aim was to wreck the UN.
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United Nations
Peking
Albania
U.S
General Assembly
China
Halim Budo
Assembly
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Budo
Salesman 17 Arrested In Stab Attack
A 17 year old book salesman from Garfield Heights was arrested in Cleveland early today in connection with a stabbing of a pregnant Elyria housewife. He was not charged. Detectives seized him at an East Side hotel. two other crew members were arrested earlier. Mrs. Donald E. Leedy survived a four inch stomach wound. the unborn child is not in immediate danger.
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Cleveland
Garfield Heights
East Side
Elyria
Donald E. Leedy
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Leedy
UAW merger invitation rejected by IUE leader Carey
President James B. Carey of the IUE sharply rejected Walter Reuther's merger proposal with the UAW. Carey said he was surprised and dismayed by the White House staged timing and questioned the manner of outreach. Reuther had floated a union merger to ease internal dissension amid AFL CIO affiliates.
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Washington
James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers of America
Carey
Reuther
UAW
White House
Dearborn Mayor Hubbard Sees Himself a Political Victim
Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard pleads innocent to charges of violating and conspiring to violate federal civil rights laws tied to a 1963 anti Negro demonstration. He calls himself a victim of federal power and says charges stem from political persecution.
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Detroit
Orville Hubbard
Dearborn
Mich
Hubbard
U.S. District Court
Theodore Machrowicz
Garrison Clayton
George W. Lewis
Negro Civil Rights Leader Faces Contempt Trial After Sheriff Beating
In Selma Alabama the Dallas County Sheriff James G Clark strikes Rev C T Vivian of Atlanta in the mouth injuring him. Vivian is jailed and faces contempt of court charges while claiming he was demeaned as an evil man and Hitler by the sheriff.
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Selma
Ala
Dallas County
James G. Clark
Hitler
Senators urges negotiated settlement in South Vietnam
Washington reports Sens. Frank Church and George S McGovern pressed anew for a negotiated settlement in South Vietnam. In Moscow Marshal Vasily Sokolovsky announced the Soviet Union has ICBMs with nuclear warheads equal to 100 million tons of TNT. In Marietta a 23 year old former Columbus teacher Ann Richardson died in a crash when her car collided with an auto transport truck east of town on U S 50.
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Washington
Frank Church
George S. McGovern
Anew Today
South Viet Nam
Moscow
Soviet Union
Vasily Sokolovsky
Marietta —P
Marietta
Ann Richardson
Columbus
Here
U.S. 50
United States Eyes Geneva Disarmament Talks This Spring
Washington signals readiness to resume disarmament negotiations in Geneva possibly in April with the spread of nuclear weapons high on the U S agenda.
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Washington
United States
Geneva
U.S
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