Thant urges world pact to ban germ and chemical war
United Nations Secretary General U Thant asks the UN Disarmament Committee to pursue a global ban on the development production and stockpiling of all germ and chemical warfare agents. He calls for universal accession to the 1925 Geneva Protocol and affirms it applies to war use including tear gas. United States signed but did not ratify. Japan has not acceded.
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Egypt and Israel trade artillery across Suez Canal
Egypt and Israel exchanged artillery and small arms fire for about 12 hours along the Suez Canal. The Israeli communique reported two soldiers wounded. Egypt gave no casualty figures. The exchange came amid renewed disputes over Egypt’s air force leadership and a broader debate on chemical and biological warfare risks discussed by an international panel.
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O'Toole Fined After After Hours Drink Dispute
Peter O'Toole was fined 75 dollars in Dublin after an altercation with a restaurant owner over serving an after hours drink. The actor sought a drink at 3 30 am and was involved in a dispute that led to a dog bite incident.
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Dominicans Greet Rocky With Quiet Night in Santo Domingo
Fire crackers and scattered gunfire echoed through near empty streets of Santo Domingo as Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller dined at the National Palace. He met Dominican leaders, then planned a Jamaica stop on his Latin American fact finding tour for President Nixon. No casualties reported amid tight security and patrols.
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Soviets React Calmly To Nixon Romania Visit
Soviet officials told Western diplomats that Nixon's Romania trip poses no barrier to arms talks or to improving Soviet U.S. relations. Washington informed Moscow of Nixon's August Bucharest stop in advance, and the trip was not viewed as anti-Soviet. Diplomatic signals show a warming trend as talks on strategic missiles loom.
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Statehouse approves graduated income tax plan for ballot
Massachusetts legislators backed the plan 204 to 49 in a joint session, sending it to next year’s constitutional convention with a statewide ballot possible in 1972. The measure, defended as fair, faces previous rejections in 1962 and 1968 as debates also focused on absentee ballots and other tax issues.
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Naval raid by Nationalists sinks Red supply boats
Nationalist Chinese commandos attacked a Communist naval base on the Min River in Fukien Province, sinking two Red Chinese supply boats and one gunboat and damaging another. The Sea Guerrilla Force of the Anti-Communist National Salvation Corps reportedly carried out the raid and all raiders returned safely. Official dispatches did not reveal counts or vessel numbers.
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