Britain Prepares To Invade Anguilla Overthrown rule fears
London reports Britain has mobilized 240 paratroops and police in combat gear for a possible Anguilla invasion to restore colonial rule. Self proclaimed President Ronald Webster defends the island with a 250 man force and a handful of old cannons and rifles. Diplomatic sources say two main aims are restoring law and order and reinstating British authority over Anguilla, part of the St Kitts Nevis Anguilla federation.
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Anguilla
Caribbean
United States
Royal Air Force Base
Lyneham
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London Daily Express
Express
Raymond
Sherman Haskins
the Express
Webster
St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Federation
Puerto Rico
Pentagon plans no changes in military code of conduct
Washington reports the Defense Department will keep the 1955 Code of Conduct unchanged amid scrutiny after the Pueblo incident. Frank Bartimo notes the code aids 334 prisoners and 987 missing in Vietnam, with adherence seen as best for POWs, despite past brutality.
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Washington
UPI
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Pueblo
North Korea
Frank Bartimo
Defense Department
Vietnam
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United States
Prosecution Seeks To Impeach Sirhan Witness Reliability
Los Angeles UPI. The prosecution sought to impeach psychologist Dr. Martin M. Schorr who testified Sirhan B. Sirhan is a paranoid personality. It contends Schorr copied passages from Dr. James A. Brussel in a book and used them as his own. Cross examination is planned to challenge Sirhan’s alleged abnormalities and lack of premeditation in Kennedy’s murder.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Martin M. Schorr
New York
Atty Lynn Compton
Schorr
James A. Brussel
Robert F. Kennedy
Emile Zola Berman
John Howard
Kennedy
Gas Tanker Derailment Triggers Piedmont Town Evacuation
In Powder Springs, Georgia, a Seaboard Coast Line freight derailment spilled 30,000 gallons of liquid propane gas. More than 1,100 people including 625 students were evacuated while crews cut power and kept a safe perimeter. Officials cited a broken rail as the cause and expected gas to clear by today.
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North Georgia
Seaboard Coast Line
Clarksdale
SCL
Cobb County
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Sharp questions on Pueblo action suggestion disclosed
Adm Ulysses Grant Sharp, in charge of Pacific forces during the 1968 Pueblo seizure, testified he suggested possible action but did not endorse any specific plan. The House Armed Services subcommittee heard details behind closed doors and said the exact action remained secret.
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Pacific
Pueblo
North Korea
House Armed Services
Ulysses S. Grant Sharp
U.S
Subcommittee
Sharp
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Girl Scouts Win Land Near Worland for National Center West
Washington reports Pat Nixon smiles as Interior Secretary Walter Hickel signs a deed transferring a square mile near Worland Wyoming to the Girl Scouts for their new National Center West. The group will lease an additional 5 060 acres from the Interior Department.
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Washington
UPI
Pat Nixon
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Worland
Wyo
Girl Scouts
Interior Department
Delta Flight Hijacked to Cuba Returns to U S
Delta Flight 518 from Dallas to Charleston diverted to Havana then returned to the United States, landing at Miami after a hijacker claimed links to communism and demanded a Havana destination. The incident followed another hijacking to Cuba earlier in the day, marking a double hijacking spree in 1969.
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Cuba
Havana
Ecuador
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Charleston
S.C
Shreveport
Jackson
Miss
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Augusta
Carolyn Wooley
Roland F. Wassenberg
Wassenberg
Miami International Airport
Pay Increases for Congressional Leaders Stalled No More
On Capitol Hill a bill would raise top leaders pay to 62 500 a year plus a 10 000 expense allowance while others gain to 55 000. Senate and House leaders like Agnew McCormack Mans field Dirksen and Russell stand to benefit, as part of a broader government pay comparability package costing about 3 billion and lifting total personnel costs near 50 billion annually.
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UPI
Capitol Hill
House
H.R. Gross
Iowa
Spiro T. Agnew
John W. McCormack
Carl B. Albert
Gerald R. Ford
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
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