Prison Hostage Crisis Shocks New York City
Five guards and a cook were held hostage by rebellious inmates at Queens House of Detention after a riot tied to the Black Panther 13 case. Mayor Lindsay refused to attend, while corrections officials negotiated amid demands on the judicial system, overcrowding, and prison conditions.
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New York
UPI
John V. Lindsay
Queens House of Detention
Lindsay
Black Panther 13
Manhattan
George McGrath
McGrath
Barry Gottehrer
Lumumba Abdul Shakur
Shakur
Afeni Shakur
Queens
Communists push toward Phnom Penh severing key roads
UPI reports North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces advancing as major highways to Phnom Penh including Highway 4 toward Kompong Speu and the capital's access to Kompong Som oil refinery are attacked or blocked. Battambang reinforcements are rushed as region braces for new fronts.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Saigon
Barney Seibert
Kompong Speu
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Battambang
Thailand
Koas Krala
High Command
California brush and timber fires rage across state
A 40,000 acre blaze near Brush and timber fires rages 14 miles long five wide on a 10 mile front forcing 4500 student evacuations at Chaffey Junior College. Destructive winds up to 70 mph, backfires, and scattered thunderstorms complicate firefighting as seven homes are destroyed and forests near Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests face risk. In northern California another 43,000 acre fire 90 percent contained on a five mile front. Laguna fire in San Diego County fully controlled. Hearst Castle distant from immediate danger.
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Cucamonga
Calif
UPI
San Antonio Canyon
Chaffey Junior College
Mount Baldy Village
Angeles National Forest
Here
San Bernardino National Forest
California
Hearst Castle
San Simeon
William Randolph Hearst
San Diego
Laguna
Cuyamaca State Park
Boulder Canyon
Homemade beats store bought in Ellen Cronan Rose column
Ellen Cronan Rose argues homemade food is cheaper and tastier than store bought in today’s food column on Page 3. The feature cites cost comparisons and flavor notes to persuade readers to cook at home.
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Ellen Cronan Rose
Sam Ogden
Guilford and
Vernon
Nixon welcomed by Spanish crowds in Madrid
More than a million Spaniards greeted President Nixon in Madrid in a lavish show of friendship as he and Franco rode through a sea of supporters. The leaders discussed the Mediterranean security, Middle East, and economic issues before Nixon headed to private talks at the Palacio de Moncloa.
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Madrid
UPI
Nixon
America
Mediterranean
Francisco Franco
Franco
Middle East
Spain
The
Pardo
Yugoslavia
Ireland
Alfredo Sanchez Bella
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Christopher Columbus
Plaza del Marques del Duero
Palacio de Moncloa
Air Force One
Tito
Vietnam
Nixons
Belgrade
Jobless rate soars to 5.5 percent in September
The unemployment rate rose to 5.5 percent, the highest in nearly seven years, lifting jobless Americans to 4.3 million. Most increases were among men aged 16 to 24, with teens and young adults bearing the brunt as non farm payrolls held at 70.4 million after seasonal adjustment. The report precedes congressional elections and cites post-Labor Day dynamics.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Safety precautions urged for 747 jumbo jet engines
The National Transportation Safety Board urged the FAA to mandate cooling measures for Pratt & Whitney 747 engines including water injection to reduce fire risk. Water adds weight and could lower passenger capacity, but would boost thrust for faster takeoffs. The board also called for an improved turbine blade and cites incidents on American Airlines and Air France 747s.
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Washington
UPI
National Transportation Safety Board
Pratt & Whitney
American Airlines
San Francisco
Air France
Montreal
Paris
New York
FAA
John H. Shaffer
Vermont AG Jeffords presses IPC over Lake Champlain sludge
Vermont Attorney General James Jeffords pressed International Paper Co to remove about 300 acres of sludge off Ti conderoga on Lake Champlain. At a luncheon he set a October 15 deadline for assurances and outlined possible legal action. Company officials offered no comment.
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Ticonderoga
N.Y
UPI
Vermont
James Jeffords
Lake Champlain
Jeffords
International Paper Co
IPC
New York
New Hampshire Seeks Partial Say Over Vernon Nuclear Plant
At a Vermont Water Resources Board hearing New Hampshire asked for partial jurisdiction over the Vermont Yankee plant at Vernon. Attorney Peter Shapiro urged delay of Vermont certification until the company seeks clarification from New Hampshire about interstate water impact.
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George) McGrath
Michael Dontzin
Dontzin
Chuck Shafer
Hoosick Falls
Mt. Anthony
Nasser
Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Israel
Airport
United States
Labor Department
Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Bennington
Ohio
South Street
Albert Johnson
Main St
N.H
Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont Yankee
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