Soviets mum on attack on cosmonaut motorcade
Moscow report says shots were fired at a closed car carrying cosmonauts during a triumphant Kremlin motorcade. Five bullets struck a chauffeur and two motorcycle police but did not injure the cosmonauts. Brezhnev and Podgorny were said to be nearby but may have left earlier for an awards ceremony. Official sources describe the shooter as mentally deranged.
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Soyuz
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Moscow
Kremlin
Vladimir Shatalov
Boris Volynov
Yevgeny Khrunov
Alexei Yelisyev
Borovitsky
420 Strikers Arrested At San Francisco State
San Francisco State Police arrested 420 people as riot squads moved in to end a campus rally during weeks of strife tied to a minority strike. Acting President S. I. Hayakawa stated classes would start as scheduled despite the violence and the arson attack on UC Berkeley. Among those detained were Nathan Hare’s slated Black Studies department head candidate, Black Students Union chairman Ben Stewart, and Third World Movement leader Roger Alvarado.
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San Francisco
UPSD
S. I. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
San Francisco State
University of California
Berkeley
Nathan Hare
Ben Stewart
Black Students Union
Roger Alvarado
Confession under duress in Pueblo crisis details
Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher testified at a five admiral court of inquiry that North Korean guards forced him to sign a confession claiming the USS Pueblo was a spy ship and that the United States was imperialist. He described mental torture threatened against his crew as the first man was to be shot.
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Coronado
Calif
UPI
Lloyd M. Bucher
Pueblo
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Bucher
Frank L. Johnson
Japan
Johnson
USS
Banner
Cmdr
Charles R. Clark
Super C
Super
Squint
Four Year-Old Fleeing Boy Tracked From Italy to Rotterdam
AOSTA Italy report says four year-old Maurizio Melotto angrily threatened to lunch with grandma in Rotterdam after a scolding. Police traced him to a train at Point Saint Martin 32 miles away where he was found during lunch hour.
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Aosta
Italy
Maurizio Melotto
Rotterdam
Marked With Red Crosses Foe Downs Chopper On Mercy Mission
In Vietnam, a clearly marked U.S. helicopter ambulance carrying three wounded and four crewmen was shot down by guerrillas in the Central Highlands, killing all seven aboard. It was the 999th American chopper downed. Geneva Conventions rules cited. combats and raids continued nearby with multiple enemy fatalities and several Viet Cong supply dumps seized. U.S. bombers, artillery, and bases faced ongoing clashes as government troops announced deaths of militants and operations in Mekong Delta and around Da Nang, Hue, and Quang Ngai.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Central Highlands
United States
North Vietnam
UHS
Here
Pleiku
Geneva
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Quang Ngai
Mekong
South Vietnam
da Nang
Hue
Dau Tieng
Patman Attacks Walker Confirmation For Treasury Post
Washington (UPI) House Banking Chairman Wright Patman denounced Senate confirmation of Charli E. Walker as Treasury undersecretary as outrageous and not debated. Patman cited Walker’s banking lobby ties, calling him the No 1 lobbyist for commercial banking, while noting Walker and Paul A. Volcker were approved unanimously for the undersecretary posts.
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Washington
UPI
House Banking
Wright Patman
Senate
Charli E. Walker
Treasury
Walker
Nixon
American Bankers Association
Paul A. Volcker
Chase Manhattan Bank
Thousands mourn Palach as Prague buries self sacrifice
Thousands of Czechoslovaks filed past the silver casket of Jan Palach at Charles University as wreaths piled high. The self immolation in January sparked calls for political reforms, elections, and press freedom amid fears of provocations and disorder at the funeral. Leaders and exiles returned to Prague, backing Razl's reform program emphasizing consumer goods, industry shedding unprofitable sectors, and a move toward convertible currency.
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Prague
UPI
Jan Palach
Charles University
Palach
Wenceslas Square
Mlada Fronta
Czech Trade Unions Congress
Ota Sik
Jiri Pelikan
Writers Union
Eduard Goldstuecker
Pelikan
Rome
Czechoslovakia
Stanislav Raz
Sik
Razl
SCLC Aide Claims Ray Is Innocent
In Atlanta the SCLC said it has no hard proof clearing James Earl Ray of King’s assassination. Bevel, who offered to defend Ray, met with Ray and his attorney in Memphis and said Ray asked him to defend him. Abernathy supported Bevel, while SCLC denied any stated proof of innocence.
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Atlanta
UPC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
SCLC
Ray
Percy Foreman
Memphis
Tenn
James Bevel
Shelby County
Foreman
Bevel
Thomas Offenburger
Ralph D. Abernathy
King
Nat
Offenburger
Abernathy
Philadelphia
UPI
Helene A. Spicer
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Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
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Armory
Augus
North ST. Bennington, VT
Shultz
Jewelers
American Gem Society
Foe
Patman
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Bennington, VT
Porterhouse
Scott ¢ Bration
Cold Spring Road
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Cpvamy WallAwe Rt
South St. Dial
Bennington, Vermont
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