Rail strike paralyses Britain and hits hospitals nationwide
Britain faced a second rail walkout in seven days as all trains stopped and health services were disrupted by a 220,000 hospital workers strike. Union leaders warned of possible deaths if demands for pay rises remain unmet, with hospitals delaying routine and emergency care as gas and other services faced pressure.
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London
UBT
Britain
Edward Heath
Ray Buckton
Buckton
Railways Board
Joe Sandford
Reginald Gordon
Sheffield
Gordon
Exchange of 7,550 prisoners begins in Vietnam
Saigon and the Viet Cong started a prisoner swap involving about 7,550 captives. Five C 130 transports ferried roughly 500 prisoners from Phu Quoc Island to Camp Evans near the Thac Han River as part of a multi site operation north of Saigon. The Joint Military Commission offered no release date for the next group, while 6,300 Communists were planned to be freed for 1,250 South Vietnamese.
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UPI
Balgan
U.S
Camp Evans
Thact Han
Quang ‘Tri City
Phu Quoc
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Bui Tin
Hanoi
Quang “Tri City
Senators blast postal service after 20 months of reorg
At a Senate Post Office Committee hearing, Senators including Cranston Chiles Gurney and Dole criticized the U S Postal Service for deteriorating service since its 20 month move to a public corp status. Cranston cited complaints from more than 5000 Californians and described the system as a national joke while calling America’s grand experiment in quasi private mail service a failure.
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UPI
Cranston
T. Klassen
Senate Post Office Committee
Lawton Chiles Jr
Dfils
Edward J. Gurney
Chiles
Santana
Fla
Ormand Beach
White Plains
N.C
Ernest F. Hollings
Ds.c
Klassen
POW says Nixon could have settled war earlier
A former North Vietnamese prisoner Maj. Hubert K. Flesher argues Nixon could have settled the Vietnam War four years earlier on the same terms. He criticizes U S involvement as meddling, recalls two POW factions, and says the peace terms of 1972 mirrored the 1969 offers. He supports amnesty for those opposed to the war and urges readjustment for returning servicemen.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Air Force
America
Hubert K. Flesher
United States
Flesher
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Antiwar Leaders Say History Will Vindicate Them
Leaders of the antiwar movement agree history will judge their actions. They say POWs misjudge the war’s course due to limited information and early anger. Tom Hayden Jane Fonda and Father Berrigan dispute claims that antiwar activity prolonged the war and emphasize diverse POW views.
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Frederick M. Winship Ups
Corn Weiss
Nixon
Tom Hayden
Students For A Democratic Sociaty
SDS
Jeader
Jane Fonda
Hanoi
Peking
Sid Haygen
Hayden
North Vietnam
Senate
Miss Fonda
Vietnam
Philip Berrigan
Telford , Taylor
Columbia University
U.S
Mrs Irving jailed in Switzerland over Hughes autobiography hoax
Edith Irving, 38, is sentenced by a Zurich court to two years in jail for fraud and using false documents related to a fake autobiography. Her husband Clifford also faces a two year sentence in the United States for selling the fake memoir.
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Zurich
Switzerland
UPI
Edith Irving
Howard Hughes
Irving
Clifford
United States
Helga Hughes
Draft lottery to test 1974 conscription order
Washington UPI reports the Selective Service will hold a draft lottery today to assign birth dates from 1954 to determine the order of future inductions if needed in 1974. Although no new drafts are planned, the system remains on standby for possible action if Congress acts.
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Washington
UPI
Selective Service
Commerce Department
Congress
Local cinemas feature Burt Reynolds double billings and more
CINEMA I adds Fuzz with Burt Reynolds alongside Shamus with Reynolds. Paul Newman stars at CINEMA II in Judge Ray Bean with Stacy Keach and Jacqueline Bissette. Harte Theatre sustains Deliverance through another week despite age restrictions. Williamstown College screens Walkabout and Mars 1 in a double feature with set times.
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Cinemait
Paul Newman
Stacy Keach
Jacqueline Bissette
Ray Bean
HARTE
Harte Theatre
Burt Reynolds
Jon Voight
James Dickey
Fing
Xen Brothwell
Williamstown College
Shamus
Williamstown
Bomb found outside Scotland Yard near Parliament
Explosives experts dismantled a one and a half pound time bomb in a car parked outside Scotland Yard near Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. Senior officers suspect Irish extremists linked to Northern Ireland referendum or a Heath Cosgrave meeting. Police warned of possible additional bombs but no confirmed reports.
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London
UPI
Uilding
Scotland Yard
Buckingham Palace
Parliament
Northern Ireland
Edward Heath
Liam Cosgrave
Boratis
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