Swiss Officials Fear More Killer Slides
Swiss authorities issued a general avalanche alarm across the Alps as new snow and west winds raise risk. Two avalanches left 21 dead and 19 missing, with major roads closed and villages evacuated. Rescue efforts continue as warnings urge staying off exposed slopes and closing risky roads.
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Geneva
UPI
Alps
Swiss Snow and Avalanche Research Institute
Reckingen
Switzerland
Lanslevillard
France
Brenner Pass
Austria-Italy
Bristen
Zermatt
Val d’Isere
St. Sigmund
Austria
Humphrey Speech Disrupted by UMass Protesters
Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey faced hostile protest at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. About 100 militant students and a 4,000-strong crowd interrupted his address on foreign affairs and the Chicago 7 trial, shouting and throwing. he left after 20 minutes but later spoke to supporters at a restaurant. UMass Chancellor Tippo apologized for the disruption and Humphrey criticized Nixon’s missile defenses at a pre-address news conference.
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Amherst
Mass
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
University of Massachusetts
Chicago
Chicago 7
Umass
Oswald Tippo
Tippo
America
Nixon
Cairo Claims Israel Behind Plane Blasts
A Cairo newspaper alleged Israeli agents may have caused two in flight explosions. One crash killed 47 aboard a Tel Aviv bound Swissair jet. the other damaged an Austrian plane that landed safely. Al Gomhouria cited Golda Meir threatening reprisals, linking the Swiss disaster to Zionist involvement.
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Cairo
al Gomhouria
Israel
Golda Meir
Tel Aviv
Middle East
Tito
Yugoslavia
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
William P. Rogers
Lebanon
Britain debates test tube baby attempt with Sylvia Allen
Sylvia Allen a 34 year old childless woman seeks motherhood by implanting a fertilized egg created from her own egg and her husband’s sperm. Doctors Dr Edwards and Dr Steptoe plan to place the embryo in her womb in Cambridge within weeks as controversy grows over the experiment.
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Britain
London
Sylvia Allen
Allens
George Beck
Liverpool
Douglas Bevis
Sheffield University
Allen
Bevis
BOAC Ground Crew Strike Ends Amid Security Assurances
British ground crews end their stoppage against eight Arab airlines and El Al after pledges of improved sabotage security. BOAC decision comes as pilots weigh a possible nationwide strike due to aerial piracy and sabotage fears following recent bombings over Europe. Officials from Arab carriers held crisis talks on retaliation while Heathrow services resume with crews reassured of safety.
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London
Wps
el al
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Europe
Heathrow Airport
New England Governors Meet on Ripton Center and Rail issues
Six New England governors and counterparts from across the nation met to lobby for federal programs. Maine seeks disaster-area designation after storms and $2 million in damage. They plan to oppose a 50 cent per ton rail freight hike while Rhode Island tests passenger service improvements and Massachusetts discusses rail transportation.
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Washington
UPI
New England
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
New England Governors Conference
Curtis
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Eng
Ripton
Walter Peterson
New Hampshire
Commerce, Transportation and Technology
John N. Dempsey
Connecticut
Rural and Urban Development
Rhode Island
Frank Licht
Congress
Penn Central Railroad
House Judiciary Committee On Law Enforcement, Justice and Public Safety
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Supreme Court to Rule on Libel of Private Citizens
The Supreme Court will rule this fall on whether its 1964 standard for actual malice in libel cases should apply to private citizens. The cases involve former New Hampshire Senate candidate Alphonse Roy and Philadelphia nudist-book distributor George A Rosenbloom.
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Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
New Hampshire
Alphonse Roy
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Roy
Monitor Patriot Co
Concord, N.H
Daily Monitor
Rosenbloom
WIP
Hanoi Troops Capture Muong Suoi Airfield in Laos
North Vietnamese forces seized the airfield at Muong Suoi near the Plain of Jars after a day of heavy bombing by U.S. and Laotian aircraft. About 600 Communist soldiers moved in as royal Lao defenses retreated amid rocket fire. The capture follows a broader offensive pushing toward Luang Prabang with steady North Vietnamese supply convoys and B52 bombing of convoys along Highway 7 toward Highway 13.
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Vientiane
VPI
Muong Suoi
U.S
Plain of Jars
Royal Laos
Luang Prabang
Saigon
Laos
North Vietnam
Highway 7
Highway 13
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N.E
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Lee Acle
Tom Bell
Wilmington, VT
THE
Bennington Banner Telephones
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corporation
Hanoi
Coree Cinema
Williamstown
CHONE
Anavision
Amner Bros
Jayson
Buxton
Burt Bros
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