Nasser Receives Brezhnev Message Amid Middle East Crisis
The Cairo paper Al Ahram reports Soviet leader Brezhnev sent a message to President Nasser about the Middle East crisis after Kremlin talks. Alexander Shelepin delivered it and discussed its contents with Nasser. Beirut’s new government won a confidence vote 60 to 30 after a 13 hour session. Six Al Fatah members began prison terms 25 to 40 years in Tel Aviv for infiltration and saboteur acts. The UN Security Council’s outgoing president said Big Four talks on the Middle East would begin soon. Iraq defended harsh executions of 14, including nine Jews, as spies. Sisco moves to Middle East post. Arab diplomats had refused contact with Goldberg in 1967. Israeli minister in St Louis questioned if the hanged were spies for the U S.
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Massive North Vietnamese base uncovered near Saigon
U S air cavalrymen discovered a vast base four square miles northwest of Saigon within War Zone C. Officials say it could house 750 to 1,000 bunkers, an underground hospital, dining halls and a command post, with 5 000 or more troops possible. Lt Col Frank Henry cited 354 bunkers found and noted preparations for a winter spring offensive.
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Food costs higher in city than suburbs memo finds
A Cuyahoga County Welfare Department survey shows food prices higher in Cleveland than in surrounding areas with the steepest rises at large supermarkets serving many welfare recipients. The study notes price jumps align with welfare check releases.
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Fatal 180 proof drinks from car in Ohio deaths
Ohio agents joined Columbus and Gahanna police in a search for a man distributing what authorities said was 180 proof grain alcohol from a metal container inside a parked car in a Gahanna lot. Two men died of acute alcoholism, according to Coroner Robert A. Evans.
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National Airlines DC8 Hijacked to Cuba
A National Airlines DC8 carrying 63 aboard was hijacked off Louisiana by a man with a gun and diverted to Cuba. The flight originating from San Francisco to Miami with a Tampa stop landed in Havana at 6 58 a.m. EST, carrying 55 passengers and eight crew.
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Oil leak hits Santa Barbara shores and sea life
Oil leaked from a subsurface well near Santa Barbara at about 21 000 gallons daily. The slick spread over 200 square miles of the Pacific as pilots prepared chemical dispersants and crews labored to seal the leak.
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Ohio Solons Mark Time Awaiting Rhodes Proposals
Ohio lawmakers slow in 108th General Assembly as they await Gov. Rhodes proposals. Session enters fifth week after Burr Oak workshop. 80 House and 64 Senate bills filed. Key actions include lowering voting age and abortion bill, with focus on governor budget and education, welfare, tax effects. Leadership notes awaiting administration specifics before advancing bills.
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Violence Blamed on Youth by Federal Commission
The Presidents Commission on Violence released an interim report placing much of the blame for rising violence on the nation's youth. It notes youths commit a growing share of crime disproportionate to their population and calls for focused action while acknowledging the report answers few questions. Final conclusions due in spring.
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Anticrime Drive Set for Capital
President Nixon's advisers draft a package to crack down on crime in Washington. Proposals include hiring about 1,000 more police, adding judges and court staff, and possibly allowing preventive detention for those deemed likely to commit crimes if released on bail.
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New Pueblo Probe Broad in Scope Under Laird
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird orders a wide range study examining all policies and procedures behind US intelligence effort ships starting with the Pueblo incident. David Packard will lead the inquiry and a parallel review will examine the Pentagon's proposed defense budget for the coming fiscal year.
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Question of Bucher authority debated in Pueblo court
In Coronado California the court of inquiry into the USS Pueblo capture weighs Cmdr Lloyd M Buchers authority over intelligence ops as Lt Stephen R Harris testifies behind closed doors. Bucher has attended most sessions while a court recess extends over the weekend.
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Nixon proposes end of draft and wide reform agenda
President Nixon orders a commission to draft a plan for ending conscription as he campaigns for an all volunteer armed force after Vietnam. He also urges Congress to curb crime with more police and prosecutors, and outlines studies on electoral reform, banking deposit rates, a supersonic airliner, postal cost cuts, and revising the fiscal 1969 budget. Postmaster Blount seeks ways to avoid raising the six cent first class stamp.
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