British commandos reinforce Belfast amid sectarian violence
In Belfast, 4P British commandos joined 3,000 troops to curb a wave of arson and street clashes between Catholics and Protestants. About 100 Marines arrived from England after midnight, with 500 more expected. Weekendriots left 10 injured as fires burned a bus and a store. two men were arrested by the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
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Northern Ireland
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England
Royal Ulster Constabulary
China Silent On Nuclear Test Amid Health Rumors
Chinese leaders gave no comment on reports of a ninth nuclear detonation or illness of Mao Zedong and Lin Piao. Washington said seismic readings from Sept. 22 near the Tien Shan could indicate an underground test while China prepared for its Oct. 1 20th anniversary celebrations.
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China
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Tien Shan
Toledo Train Overpass Collapse Disrupts East Toledo Traffic
A Baltimore and Ohio overpass collapsed onto Fassett Street in East Toledo early today. No injuries were reported as the structure was demolished and detours rerouted morning traffic on the busy artery into downtown. Several freight cars overturned and one fell onto the street.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Fassett Street
Toledo
Montreal
Jean Drapeau
Nixon Stand On Rights Attacked In Ohio Speech
Cleveland Democrat How ard Metzenbaum charged that President Nixon has moved the civil right movement backward for the first time this century. He spoke to the Federated County Democrats of Ohio in Toledo and cited Nixon’s nomination of Judge Clement Haynsworth to the Supreme Court as evidence of growing anger and discontent.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Howard Metzenbaum
Nixon
America
Metzenbaum
Ohio House and Senate
Federated County Democrats of Ohio, Inc
Clement Haynsworth
U.S. Supreme Court
Europe Withdrawals Outlined Through 1971
BRUSSELS P Fewer than 10 000 noncombat U S troops will be withdrawn from Europe through the middle of 1971 American sources said today The United States has about 320 000 combat and support troops in the European area Reports from the Pentagon last week indicated U S combat strength in Europe would not be diminished.
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U.S
Europe
United States
Pentagon
Daley Attacks Radio TV Coverage of 1968 Convention Trial
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley told the Catholic Lawyers Guild that radio and television coverage of eight defendants accused in violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention is unfair. He said broadcasts distort facts by reporting fragments and incite violence, shifting focus from the courtroom to demonstrations outside.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago
Tingler Jury Selection For Murder Trial Resumes
The jury selection continued in Franklin County Common Pleas Court for Richard Tingler, 25, accused of killing two teens during a Lawson Milk Store holdup on October 20 and also charged with beating and robbing the night manager.
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Columbus
Ohio
Richard Tingler
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Tingler
Lawson
Border Searches Continue Indefinitely Amid Intercept Program
Los Angeles reports border searches to curb Mexico drug smuggling will persist despite a massive weekend traffic jam near Tijuana. Operation Intercept checked 2,384,079 people first week. 26 drug arrests and 4051 units seized. Caliente race track attendance fell 45 percent as tourism declined.
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Mexico
Tijuana
Intercept
Treasury Department
Caliente Race Track
Brandt to Seek Coalition to Form New German Government
West Germany faces a post election shift as Willy Brandt of the SPD says he will seek Bundestag approval to become federal chancellor and form a coalition with the FDP, replacing Kiesinger's CDU in a historic SPD-led government. The SPD won 42.7 percent, CDU 46.1 percent, FDP 5.8 percent.
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Free Democratic Party
Kurt George Kiesinger
Christian Democrats
Brandt
Kiesinger
Social Democratic Party
SPD
CDU
Walter Scheel
FDP
Free Democrats
Bundesta
Scheel
Bundestag
Evacuation After Corning Derailment Tied to Toxic Fumes
Sixteen families near Corning were ordered to evacuate as a Penn Central freight train derailed near Route 13. Fumes from a chemical tanker spread, with officials uncertain of the substance though one source cited carbon bisulfide. No injuries were reported and highway traffic was rerouted while firefighters cooled the car and officials worked to reopen the line.
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Route 13
Penn Central Railroad
Ervin
State Highway Patrol
New York Central Roundhouse
Columbus
Charleston
K. E. Scherer
A. F. Bowshier
Hanoi Seizes Document on Vietnam War Strategy
Saigon reports USS Command captured papers north of Saigon on Sept. 5 outlining Hanoi’s aim to inflict heavy U.S. casualties to block de-escalation while Washington holds strength. The document notes U.S. withdrawal of 25,000 troops and halting bombing, with plans to de Americanize the war and pressure negotiations in Paris.
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USS Command
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Adlai E Stevenson III Plans Senate Bid in Illinois
Adlai E Stevenson III, son of the former governor and two time Democratic nominee, plans to seek the Illinois Senate seat left open by the late Everett Dirksen. He may face a March primary challenge from Rep Romar C Pucinski, who is weighing a bid for the seat currently held by Ralph T Smith. Pucinski's office reports heavy mail urging a run from Chicago and downstate.
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Adlai E. Stevenson III
Illinois Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Chicago
Romar C. Pucinski
Ralph T. Smith
Republian
Dirksen
Stevenson
Pucinski
Illinois
Downstate
McNamara urges broad development plan for starving and uneducated
World Bank President Robert S. McNamara tells governors at a joint meeting that grim conditions in underfed, undereducated regions require a comprehensive strategy. He cites population, education, and agriculture as key aims, plus tackling unemployment urbanization and industrialization.
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Washington
World Bank
Robert S. McNamara
International Development Association
The
International Finance Corporation
International Monetary Fund
McNamara
U.S. Secretary of Defense
Latin America
Asia
Africa
Apollo 11 Astronauts Begin 22 Nation World Tour
Apollo 11 crew Armstrong Aldrin and Collins depart Houston for a 38 day tour visiting 22 nations starting in Mexico City. They will deliver moon plaque replicas and metal pins bearing messages from 73 countries. No lunar samples will accompany the trip. President Nixon conveyed good wishes and invited the team to the White House on return November 5.
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Nixon
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Edwin Hk. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Mexico City
United States
Yugoslavia
Middle East
Iran
Turkey
Frank Borman
Soviet UN
Armstrong
Aldrin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Seabrook
Tex
Purge Spreads In Czechoslovakia Ousting Dubcek Allies
Weekend purge reaches Prague from eastern Slovakia to northwestern Bohemia removing reform allies. Nine cabinet members dismissed, Dubcek ousted from Presidium and National Assembly presidency, Smrkovsky removed, 29 former backers leave Central Committee.
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Dubcek
Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Communist Party
Slovakia
Bohemia
National Front
Ludvik Svoboda
Presidium
Josef Smrkovsky
National Assembly
Murder Suspects Caught On New Mexico Highway
Cincinnati police flew to New Mexico to extradite John Leigh 20 and Watterson Johnson 22 who are charged with four counts of first degree murder in an Ohio robbery and killings. They were arrested near Gallup while hitchhiking with driver David Carl Randolph. Bonds set at 500000 each.
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Cincinnati
John Leigh
Ohio
Watterson Johnson
Gallup
N.M
David Carl Randolph
Memphis
Tenn
U.S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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