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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1969
Page
1
Arab saboteurs attacked near the Haifa oil refinery under cover of darkness blowing up a pipeline and damaging an electric pylon. The blast lit a 500 yard area, fire crews fought flames for 45 minutes, and six Arabs were detained while police increased roadblocks.
Indonesia orders suspension of Warta Berita after its July 27 issue urged U.S. withdrawal from Korea. Maj. Gen Makmun Muad says the attorney general will decide whether to prosecute the paper, amid embarrassment in government circles during President Nixon's Jakarta visit.
In a four day period Allied forces report over 1,000 enemy troops killed in the Cambodian border region north of Saigon. Attacks shifted from large offensives to harassing probes as U.S. analysts warn of high but potentially unsustainable enemy losses amid nightly shellings and ground engagements.
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, the chief peace negotiator, will consult with President Nixon during a 10 day home visit at the western White House. No date for talks was set and other government officials will attend. In Chile, a missing Navy C4 plane with 16 aboard was abandoned search after disappearing Aug 4 in the Andes during a maintenance flight to Buenos Aires.
Tokyo reports the National Personnel Authority urged a 10.2 percent monthly wage rise and a 12 to 14 percent lift in starting salaries for government employees. The plan, if Cabinet and Parliament approve, would raise the average public service wage to about 168.53 dollars monthly. Camp Drum, N Y AP Gov Francis W Sargent will review 11 000 troops of the 26th Yankee Infantry Division Massachusetts National Guard at the annual division review and parade.
The Melbourne captain Captain John P Stevenson will stand trial for failing to transmit a positive directive after determining a collision course with the U S destroyer Frank E Evans during a Southeast Asia Treaty Organization exercise in the South China Sea. The court martial is set for August 20 in Sydney with the Evans crew bearing primary responsibility per the joint investigation.
Belfast trembles after street fighting draws in British troops. Gunfire, bricks and firebombs kill one youth and wound dozens more as two factories burn and streets lie in rubble. Cross-community blame shifts between Catholics civil rights leaders and Protestant loyalists amid calls for an international peace force.
U S Marines and Navy Seabees near the DMZ oversee a 10-building Dong Ha hospital project and a Saigon- bound noodle factory to feed refugees. Col. Kerrigan manages brickwork and logistics while Hong Kong contractor relief funds and a noodle priest plan help feed thousands.
In Budapest the Communist party newspaper Nepszabadsag reports that morality is lowering among youth as venereal disease rises due to group sexual relations. It cites concern over the spread of group sex and the rise of irresponsible loveless sex relationships among young people.
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