Uruguayan Kidnapping Ends With Executed Advised Dan Mitrione
In Montevideo American police adviser Dan Mitrione, held against his will by Tupamaro extremists since July 31, was found dead in a stolen car. Police say he was struck in the chest and likely died earlier, as Uruguay refused ransom demands to release 150 political prisoners. Two other captives remain missing.
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Nixon Condemns Killing Of U.S. Adviser In Uruguay
The White House condemned the killing of U.S. adviser Daniel A. Mitrione in Uruguay as the act of wanton assassins. President Nixon pledged aid to secure the release of another American aide, Claude Fly, while maintaining contact with Uruguayan authorities.
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UPI
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Jorge Pacheco
Army Starts Shipping Nerve Gas to Coast
A 24 car freight train loaded with nerve gas rockets left Richmond Kentucky bound for Sunny Point North Carolina to be dumped at sea off Florida after 37 hours of travel. A second 46 car train from Anniston Alabama was scheduled to begin today. Col. Jack Curry defended the routine operation amid public concern, noting extensive safety measures including monitors and disaster teams with antidotes aboard. Local officials and residents expressed mixed reactions as pilots and helicopters led the convoys.
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Anniston
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Florida
Kentucky
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Nixon Seeks to Avert Ecological Disaster in Major Environmental Report
President Nixon urges Congress to adopt sweeping reforms to protect land air and water in a 326 page White House plan. The report rejects halting growth while promoting taxation higher prices and stronger national land use and energy policies. It calls for mass transit cleaner engines and tougher pollution enforcement.
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Time says Hoover lectured King on morals after tape proofs
Time magazine reports in connection with John Williams book that in 1964 J Edgar Hoover met Martin Luther King Jr in the FBI director's office and warned him about damaging private tapes and urged him to tone down criticism of the bureau. The tapes began in 1963 amid FBI suspicions of Communist links.
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Time Magazine
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Time
John Williams
Rockefeller proposes seven mile park along Hudson in Albany area
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller unveiled a plan for a seven mile water oriented park along the west bank of the Hudson from downtown Albany through Watervliet. The proposal includes a large Albany recreation center near Patroon Island Bridge, three marinas, two launch sites, picnic areas and a central park with pools and skating facilities. Planned by Capital District State Park Commission with Albany Menands Colonie and Town of Colonie, the project would cost about 9.7 million and serve over 8,000 people daily.
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Inside Page Four Editorial On Spanish Bases Deal
Inside the paper an editorial critiques the deal for Spanish bases and questions its costs and strategic logic. Columnist James Reston embraces environmental concerns, urging policy caution and sustainable approaches. Page 10 notes a ski team adopts new travel and training methods and an SVAC art exhibit is described as disappointing.
48 U S Students Die In Peruvian Air Crash
A LANSA airliner carrying 100 people including 48 American high school students crashed near Cuzco Peru after taking off from the tourist city. One student pilot survived. The group was in Peru under International Fellowship Inc. studying Spanish and visiting Machu Picchu.
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Macchu Picchu
New Deal Sought for Dogs protest by Bennington youths
Five Middle Pownal Road children sat outside the Town Office with cardboard placards to protest a new townwide leash law. Town Manager Edward R. Lamb spoke with the peaceful demonstrators as passersby watched, the scene unfolding with smiles and quiet discussion about pets’ rights.
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Dion Brace
Irasema DeJesus
Kathy Paligo
Suzanne
Ann
Middle Pownal Road
Davis Seeks Federal Help for Pollution Funds
Vermont Governor Deane Davis urged fellow governors to back higher federal funding for water pollution control, arguing states cannot meet commitments alone. He cited prefinancing burdens, urged full funding of the Federal Water Quality Act or a targeted funding increase with longer deadlines, and said mercury contamination underscores federal partnership needs.
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White House
Train wreck near Bilbao kills dozens on holiday return
A head on collision between a loaded passenger train and an empty train near Plencia, Bilbao, Spain, at about 8 p.m. left 38 bodies recovered and 183 injured. Authorities said a signalman error may have caused the wreck, described by volunteers as chaotic with children among the dead.
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UPI
Plencia
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Murcia
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