Israel Claims Downing Four Egyptian MIGs
Israel says its planes shot down four Egyptian MIGs over the Gulf of Suez in a dogfight. Cairo reports two Israeli Mirages down. Egypt claims its MIGs intercepted the Israeli formations. The clash follows prior raids and regional tensions as Cairo condemns Israel’s status change in East Jerusalem.
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Wald Calls Odds 50-50 on Nuclear Holocaust by 2000
Nobel laureate George Wald of Harvard warns in New York that the chance of a nuclear holocaust by the year 2000 is 50 percent if the United States and the Soviet Union keep pursuing arms buildup and threaten each other with escalation.
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George Wald
Harvard
United States
Soviet Union
50 50 for N War Race at Present Pace
Wald warned at the annual convention of the American Advertising Moderation on Tuesday that the nation faces a terror without name or identification as the pace of the race toward Norman War 50-50 continues.
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Prince Rests As Bombings Continue In Wales
Caernarvon scene after investiture as Prince Charles, 20, resumes engagements amid bomb scares. A military policeman dies after a Molotov attack near Caernarvon Castle and a bomb is found beside the Prince’s road route to Holyhead. The murder scene prompts police to keep crowds back.
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Holyhead
Sargent Doubtful on Signing 90 Million Pay Raise Bill
Boston AP reports Governor Sargent may veto the 90 million dollar state employee pay raise, passed 37-2 in the Senate and backed by the House. The plan raises 50,000 workers by 20 dollars weekly or 12 percent retroactive to Jan 1, with a dispute over retroactive timing and funding. The piece also covers moves to replace the Youth Services Division with a Department of Youth Services, appointments in the Senate and House staff, and a payroll tax proposal failing to advance.
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Youth Service
Department of Youth Services
Francia W. Sargent
David M. Bartley
D-Holyoke
William W. Francis
Youth Service Division
GOP
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Sheffield
Francis
William J. Spence
D-Hingham
Massachusetts Council On Crime and Correction
George McDermott
Medford
McDermott
Daniel Sullivan
Lowell
Norman J. Pidgeon
Carl R. Johnson
Braintree
Sargent Bids Nixon Resist School Desegregation Attack
Massachusetts Governor Francis Sargent urged President Nixon by telegram to prevent weakening HEW desegregation guidelines. He argued the state leads in desegregation efforts and stressed education as a key to national quality, while praising the governor’s stance and warning against actions that could harden opposition to integration.
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Nixon
Boston
Francis W. Sargent
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Office of Civil Rights
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Massachusetts
America
Enemy Attacks In Vietnam Drop To Near Quiet Levels
In Saigon an American source said enemy attacks in South Vietnam are almost down to nothing after a year’s low levels. North Vietnamese infiltration keeps forces up, while officials note possible future surges. Viet Cong and Hanoi chiefly pursue political aims amid Paris peace talks. Dak To resupply convoy reaches Ben Het as Highway 279 is secured after overland cuts. Saigon accuses North Vietnamese terrorists of deadly May violence against civilians.
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Paris
U.S
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Ben Het
Dak
International Control Commission
Rockefeller Visits Haiti Amid Mixed Reactions
In Port au Prince Rockefeller arrives to a cheering reception as he tours Hispaniola with a visit to the Dominican Republic. Duvalier, noting Nixon's move in South America, discusses U.S. aid cuts and diplomacy in a closed session with Haiti’s leaders amid regional labor unrest in Argentina where a 24 hour general strike paralyzes industry.
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Haiti
Guy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hispaniola
Dominican Republic
New York
Francois Duvalier
Negro Republic
U.S
Duvalier
Nixon
Rockefeller
South America
Presidential
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Carlos Ongania
Ois
General Confederate of Labor
CGT
Czech Leaders Purge Liberals
Prague officials purged two major Communist party bodies and announced editorials changes at three Prague newspapers. Pro Soviet journalists and propagandists launched a drive to isolate reporters not backing the government’s policy of appeasing Moscow. The actions continue the drive to dismantle liberal Communist structures and press freedoms from before the 1968 Soviet invasion.
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