Vietnam War pressures rise despite truce talk in 1972
North Vietnamese attacks surged in South Vietnam with 113 actions in 24 hours, while air strikes from the United States increased to 190 sorties. Reports claim peace talks near, but Hanoi and U.S. statements clash over violations and a possible ceasefire next Tuesday. Da Nang police report disrupted terrorist activity and arrests as fighting intensifies along the Mekong Delta and near the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Saigon
Ups
United States
South
North Vietnam
Gpokemnen
Hanoi
Lai Kbe
Rae
Dau Tieng
Savon
da Nang
South Vietnam
Xuan Loi
Cai Lay
Mekong
Bois
Cu Chi
Dong Hoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnams
British experts find no cancer link to birth control pills
London reports that British medical experts conclude after six years of study that birth control pills do not cause cancer. The British Society of Medicine said findings do not support American studies suggesting risk from progestogen only pills or estrogen-containing regimens.
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London
British Society of Medicine
Britain
New York Black Students Fight for School Placements
In New York 31 Black children awaiting first day as 31 white and nonwhite students attend three schools. Parents clash with white opponents at sit ins while the Board of Education weighs appeals to overturn Chancellor Scribner’s order sending most to JHS 211, with tensions rising over safety and overcrowding.
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New York
UPI
Harvey Scribner
Tilden
Board of Education
Scribner
District 18
JHS 211
Miller
JHS 68
Brownaville
Meyer Levin Junior High
Cansesie
Letter bombs found in Israel addressed to U.S. officials
Israeli police said letter bombs addressed to President Nixon Secretary of State Rogers and Defense Secretary Laird were found in Israel. None left the country. Envelopes bore a 23 cent stamp and were mailed from Israel or abroad, triggering maximal security at post offices nationwide.
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Israel
U.S
Nixon
William F. Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
White House
Richard M. Nixon
U.S.A
Washington
Mordechai Tavor
Transport and Communications Ministry
Por
Kiryat Shemonna
London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Yard
Peta
Norman Norell Dies at 72 Top U S Fashion Designer
Norman Norell famed as America’s leading couturier died at 72 after a stroke on Oct. 15. He built a lasting fashion legacy at Carnegie and later on Seventh Avenue, earning Coty awards and a Hall of Fame honor. His clients included stars and first ladies, with gowns selling at premium prices. his work featured simple necklines, no waistlines, sailor suits, pants suits, and shirtwaist dresses as he reshaped American fashion.
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Norman Norell
U.S
New York
UPI
America
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lving
Noblesville
Ind
Nore
Charles Armour Inc
Hattle Carnegie
Carnegie
Norell
Coty
Seventh Avenue
Coty Hall of Fame
Gertrude Lawrence
Carol Channing
Dinah Shore
Lauren Bacall
Lyndon B. Johnson
Campaign 72 Ohio heat shifts from race to tax plan
Ohio voters focus on a November 7 ballot measure to repeal personal and corporate income taxes while campaign battles for state legislature control shape Governor Gilligan’s 1974 bid. Polls show Nixon leading, but Dems and Republicans clash over turnout and coattail effects as McGovern Shriver and Nixon campaign in Cleveland and Toledo.
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Lee Leonard
Columbus
Ohio
UPL
Cary
Buckeye
John J. Gilligan
Keith McNamara
Ohio Committee For
GOP
McNamara
Nixon
Richard Sklar
Moftsovern- Shriver
Sklar
McGovern
Shriver
Cleveland
Toledo
McGovern charges GOP plots to destroy Democratic party
McGovern pressed claims of White House corruption as he assailed Republicans for an alleged “army of sabotage agents” aiming to defeat and destroy the Democratic Party. Nixon aides denied the charges, while McGovern campaigned in Yankee, Cleveland and Detroit linking Nixon to espionage.
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Sen
George
McGovern
White House
GOP
Robert Dole
Nixon
Midwest
Washington Post
Wednesley
H. RB. Haldeman
Staf
Yankee
Cleveland
Detroit
Post
Pole
South Dakota
Dela
Gone With the Wind tops Cinema 1 revival run
Cinema 1 resumes three MGM classics for locals led by Gone With the Wind with Scarlett and Rhett drawing a second generation audience. Newer titles include Bitterflies Are Free with Goldie Hawn. Showtimes vary: Cinema 1 7 30, Cinema II 7 90 and 9 30, College Cinema 7 and 9.
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MGM
Cinema 1
Scarlett
Rhatt
GWTW
Cinema TI
Goldie Hawn
Coast Guard eyes fade of Boggs search as ghosts linger
Anchorage based Coast Guard said its planes and cutters would resume operations with the search for Hale Boggs and three others. The Air Force described chasing a multitude of ghost reports from SR-71s to locals, with no solid sightings. Search in southeastern Alaska to end after rechecking Juneau areas, possibly three days of favorable weather.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Juneau
Nick Begich
D-Alaska
Russell Brown
Don E. Jonz
Air Force
Henry Stocker
Stocker
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