NYC firefighters back on job amid ongoing strikes
United Press International reports five hour walkout by New York firemen. Mayor Lindsay condemns delay of hospital worker wage hearing. Nationwide, 140 Milwaukee firemen dutifully reported to duty while 1,400 United Steelworkers strike Kellogg Idaho mines. Trans World Airlines flight cancellations persist as steward and technician picket lines continue.
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New York
New York Times
Daily News
John V. Lindsay
Cost of Living Council
Milwaukee
United Steelworkers Union
Bunker Hill Co
Kellogg
Idaho
Trans World Airlines
Los Angeles
Soviets unveil light tank as parade marks Bolshevik anniversary
Soviets display military might in Moscow with a new light tank boosting airborne unit firepower. Western experts note the tank as the parade’s sole new weapon. In New York, a five hour strike winds down as unions seek arbitration over pay. hospital workers push for a 7.5 percent raise blocked by the Cost of Living Council. Negotiations resume in Washington Thursday as network stations restart operations.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Russia
Red Square
Saigon Warplanes Hit Loc Ninh in Major Strike
Saigon launched mass air strikes against Loc Ninh and surrounding Communist bases in the Central Highlands, branding the actions as punishment for cease-fire violations amid escalating battles. Government officials warned of a larger offensive as Dak Song outpost came under attack and Bu Prang and Bu Dong fell in quick succession.
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Saigon
UPI
Bien Hoa
Dak Song
Ban Me Thuot
Vesco held in Bahamas await extradition hearing
Robert L. Vesco, free on 75000 dollars bail, is under intensive surveillance at his Nassau villa as a U S extradition hearing looms. Indicted on fraud charges tied to I C C and alleged conspiracy with John N Mitchell Maurice H Stans, Vesco faces possible return to the United States for trial while the Bahamian court schedules proceedings next Tuesday.
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the Bahamas
UPI
Robert L. Vesco
U.S
Vesco
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Maurice H. Stans
Emmanual Osadebay
International Controls Corp
Fairfield
N.J
Vesco, Mitchell and
Stans
Secretary of Commerce
Security and Exchange Commission
Investors Overseas Service
United States
Costa Rica
Bahamas
Wilton Hercules
U.S. Attorney’s Office
New York
Voters in Maine reject public power plan
Voters in Maine decisively rejected a public power proposal in a statewide special election. Returns showed strong opposition in rural Somerset County and coastal and western areas, with only a few pockets supporting public power in St John Valley, Bangor Brewer, and Biddeford. Kennebec County and coastal towns like Yarmouth and Wiscasset voted more than 6 to 1 against the plan.
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Falmouth
Maine
UPI
Somerset County
St. John Valley
Aroostook County
Bangor Brewer
Biddeford
Kennebec County
Yarmouth
Wiscasset
Power Authority
Central Maine Power Co
At the Movies and Power Debate Sparked in Maine
The Twin Cinemas program features Costa Gavras political dramas A State of Siege and Z at Cinema I while Cinema II offers The Secretary and All the Young Wives. Ben nington theater pairs A Touch of Class with Soldier Blue. Separate note cites Maine power plant locations Yarmouth and Wiscasset and analyzes public power support across counties. Democratic figures from St John Valley back recent bills, while Lewiston resists public power despite Democratic leanings.
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Costa- Gavras
Minnesota jail escapees seize farm family in hold up
Two fugitives John Morgan and William Winans escaped Wadena County Jail by shooting their way out and later took a northwestern Minnesota farmhouse family of four hostage. They demanded a light plane, two parachutes, tents, helmets and first aid supplies for a dawn getaway from Wadena Municipal Airport as authorities surrounded the scene with multiple counties and federal agents. Morgan faces first degree murder charges linked to summer deaths near Brainerd. Winans was jailed on a burglary count.
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Wadena, Minn
UPI
Minnesota
John Morgan
William L. Winans
Wadena
Randy Hanson
Elmer Wegscheid
Bob Robins
Cass County
John Plattner
Morgan
Winans
Plattner
Ottertail
Cass
FBI
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Brainerd
Minn
Salem
Mass
House of Correction
Wadena County
Manley Erickson
Erickson
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