Tidal wave toll and storm damage in Bay of Bengal region
Reports from New Delhi and Bhubaneswar state at least 2 500 people killed as a 16 foot tidal wave struck villages along the Bay of Bengal with up to 100 mph winds. The Times of India estimates over a million homeless amid widespread devastation.
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Bay of Bengal
Cuttack
Belasore
Calcutta
Ganges River
Pakistan
New Delhi
Biju Patnaik
Bhubaneswar
Orissa
Times of India
Senate Unit To Discuss Aid Program Rebuild
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets to decide how to restore the foreign aid program. Chairman Fulbright backs a stop gap program while drafting a new plan, with Scott urging interim funding to keep the peace and salvage major parts of aid. Nixon opposes piecemeal funding, and a full new act may follow the temporary extension.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Congress
White House
William Timmons
Fatal shooting at Wilberforce University campus disturbance
Mantel Crenshaw a 20 year old freshman from Canton was shot and killed during a campus clash between Wilberforce and Central State University students after a movie on campus. Deputies were driven from the campus hours later by firebombs according to Greene County authorities.
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Wilberforce
Ohio
Wilberforce University
Mantel Crenshaw
Canton
Central State University
Greene County Sheriff's Department
Central State
Crenshaw
Tax Showdown Seen Likely in Ohio Legislature
In Columbus observers expect a tax showdown this week as a $217 million interim budget and an income tax package face House and Senate action. Speaker Kurfess and Senate Minority Leader Gray expect a vote, though committee holds and defections among Republican and Democratic members cloud passage. The bill includes personal and corporate income taxes plus severance and bank tax provisions backed by labor groups but controversial among lawmakers.
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Ohio
House
Charles Kurfess
Senate
Theodore Gray
Kurfess
Vene
Conference Committee
Gray
Republican House
Ohio Afl-Cio
U S plans further withdrawals from Vietnam
Thirteen U S Army units totaling 1 335 men were phased out as American troop strength in Vietnam fell to 196 700 last week. Secretary Laird travels to Saigon to outline Nixon plan to speed disengagement and leave a residual force perhaps 40 000 to 50 000 by July 1. He will meet with Bunker Abrams Thieu and other officials during a three day visit.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Laird
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Nguyen van Thieu
Nationwide Coal Strike Enters Second Month
The nationwide coal strike against the soft coal industry enters its second month as talks aim to resume in Washington. Welfare offices in West Virginia report food stamp applications surge with over 10,000 processed. 39,000 strikers are in West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Washington
West Virginia
Edwin Flowers
Welfare Department
Flowers
Kentucky Department of Economic Security
Norfolk & Western Railway
Roanoke
N&w
Virginia
Ohio
Wyoming
McDowell
Raleigh
New China Flag Raised At U N
The flag of Communist China was hoisted at United Nations headquarters for the first time. Two American guards raised the flag with 10 colleagues, as photographers watched under light rain. The flag sits 23rd in the alphabetic row alongside other member nations.
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Scotland Yard
Britain
Royal Tank Regiment
Post Office
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
Dublin
China
U.N
United Nations
N.Y
Willard Bodie
George Baldwin
Chi Peng-fei
U Thant
People’s Republic of
Peking
General Assembly
Chile
Colombia
P’s
Chiang Kai-shek
New York
Rockefeller Center
Secretariat
Chad
Buffalo Station's War of the Worlds Show Triggers Wide Calls
WKBW in Buffalo aired a Halloween night local War of the Worlds style program prompting about 100 calls to police and media, with 18 to state police and eight to sheriff offices. Residents, mostly frightened women, pressed for details while others complained. The promotion warned the fantasy nature after a mock Martian landing narrated by newsmen.
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Buffalo
N.Y
WKBW
Orson Welles
Earth
Erie County
Rochester
Providence
R.I
State Police
Grand Island
Kaplan
Welles
New Jersey
Mercury Theater
CBS
Albert aims to move 1.5 billion desegregation bill
Speaker Carl Albert seeks to push a 1.5 billion school desegregation bill through the House to avoid forcing Northern liberals into a tight vote on busing. The plan aims to dodge politically dangerous choices by Northern lawmakers amid long-standing busing and anti-busing pressures from Southern and civil rights groups.
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Washington
Carl Albert
House
Nixon
Albert
How to Make Extra Money From Daily Finds
A quick guide to turning unused items into cash with local tips. The piece also mentions a $2 Action Act coupon and notes thousands of area families awaiting the classifieds section today.
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Mittee
Jay Tepper
Kentucky
United Mine Workers
Vines and Minerals
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Kirkpatrick
Astern Kentucky
UMW
Eastern Kentucky
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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