ARVN Push Into Cambodia Under U.S. Air Support
ARVN units with three columns and US air power pushed into Cambodia from a 100 mile Mekong Bassac corridor toward Phnom Penh. Troops landed by ships and helicopters near the Parrot's Beak and Krek area as U.S. helicopters flygunship missions supported the operation. Casualties reported include 25 guerrillas killed and 20 ARVN wounded, with thick jungle fighting and riverbank patrols ongoing.
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Can Tho
China Takes Seat on U.N. Security Council
China moves into its second influential seat on the U.N. Security Council joining the five permanent members and extending veto power. Huang Hua will lead Communist China in the council with Chiao Kuanhua as permanent representative. Welcome ceremony by Polish Ambassador Kulaga in November. First business includes Senegal’s claim of aggression against Portuguese Guinea and discussion of South Africa’s Namibia stance.
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Guinea
Senegal
Meany says Nixon lacks the ability to manage the economy
AFL-CIO President George Meany declared Nixon has lost American public confidence in his economic leadership. He told the AFL-CIO convention in Miami Beach that the public, including businessmen, doubt Nixon's ability, intelligence, and knowledge to run the economy, and urged Congress to take over economic management. Meany reaffirmed the union's stance against the Pay Board’s wage policy and pledged abstention from related votes until preexisting contracts are honored.
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Freed POW John Sexton Jr Returns Home for Thanksgiving
S. Sgt. John Sexton Jr., freed after 26 months with the Viet Cong, arrived in Warren Michigan and was welcomed by a crowd of 500 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. He survived injuries, spent weeks in Denver hospital, and planned a Thanksgiving gathering with 100 relatives at a local restaurant.
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Baltimore mass shooting by factory worker stuns city
Raymond D. Ferrell-El, 30, armed with two rifles, killed five co workers at PPG Industries paint brush plant in southwest Baltimore. A sixth was critically wounded and a patrolman shot, as Ferrell-El was wounded in the abdomen. Police say no motive is known and no supervisory staff were among the victims.
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Allen Ringley
Edward Yienger
William Cook, Sr
Martin Gilbert
Robert Lock
Lock
Kenneth Hayden
Richard Miodziewski
Phony bills trigger fatal heart attack in Turin
In Turin a 71 year old retired auto worker Franco Fornengo died of a heart attack after a sack of counterfeit lire banknotes fell from a window, showering him with 17 600 worth. Police arrested Edoardo Aria and two friends, Luigi Rossero and Vasco Lesinin, after Aria confessed to tossing the sack as a prank that spiraled out of control.
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Aria
Caselle
Luigi Rossero
Vasco Lesinin
Genoa
Rossero
Anna
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich at College Cinema
Tom Courtenay delivers a stark performance in the film adaptation of Solzhenitsyn novel. The drama is tense and relentless, praised for human will and indomitable soul. Also showing Catlow with Brynner Nimoy Crenna, rated GP. Showtimes in Williamstown.
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Price board rules push firms to absorb pay hike costs
The Price Commission signaled that firms granting higher wages may bear part of the added cost rather than pass it to customers. The panel reviewed coal price requests but issued no decision, noting that full pass through of labor costs might not be allowed. The Pay Board delayed further action to Nov. 30 amid broader economic debate.
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Sadat to Meet African Leaders for Middle East Peace Efforts
President Anwar Sadat planned a meeting with four African leaders including Leopold Senghor of Senegal and Yakubu Gowon of Nigeria to discuss peace in the Middle East, following Egypt's threats of war and renewed Israeli warnings. The group aims to present suggestions on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 242.
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Yakubu Gowon
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