United States moves toward Latin talks on fishing
Washington signals opening for a four nation conference on fishing off Peru Ecuador and Chile with July Lima as a possible site. U S aims to avoid confrontation over Peru expropriation of IPC while seeking to bypass the Hickenlooper amendment through quiet diplomacy.
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Peru
Chile
Washington
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Standard of New Jersey
Bis
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Bogota
Colombia
U.S
Santiago
White House
Ministry of Mines
IPC
Hickenlooper
GlS Suffer Heavy Losses After Stumbling Into Foe
U S troops overran an enemy camp 27 miles northeast of Saigon and found it deserted. Nine Americans were killed and nineteen wounded after a battle that began Thursday noon and lasted into nightfall. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fled with their dead and wounded. A U S officer said the unit unexpectedly walked into the base as heavy fire from entrenched positions pinned the defenders. Separately in the Mekong Delta, eighty GIs, among the first to return home under a troop withdrawal, celebrated on the My Tho river, then prepared to depart on a Mercer ship for processing and a flight to Tacoma
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U.S
Les
199Th
Mekong
United States
My Tho
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Mercer
60Th Infantry
Smithy Promises Prosperity With New Rhodesian Constitution
Salisbury Rhodesia residents react to Ian Smith’s proposed constitution promising no handover and gradual black parity only with equal tax contributions. White society enjoys prosperity amid sanctions, trade, and growth while African prospects remain limited. protests muted as election nears.
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Cecil John Rhodes
Rhodesia
Massachusetts Governor Faces Pay Raise Delay
A Massachusetts State Employees Association spokesman blasts Gov. Sargent for delaying action on a $90 million pay raise bill approved by both houses. The plan would raise about 55,000 workers by 12 percent or $20 weekly, retroactive to January 1, per a governor’s administration source.
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Boston
Massachusetts State
Airline Finds Churchman No Joker
BOSTON AP A man who claimed to be an official of the United Church of Christ was escorted from an American Airlines plane after joking about a flight to Cuba. Tilford E. Dudley 62 of Washington DC said he was director of National Affairs for the church and had just returned from its 10 day convention. He later explained his quip to reporters about Cuba led to the disturbance as he refused to leave the aircraft. Flight 511 from Logan International Airport was involved.
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United Church of Christ
American Airlines
Cuba
Tilford E. Dudley
Washington, D.C
Dudley
Lagan International Airport
Romania signals friendly stance ahead of Nixon visit
Romania's Communist leadership used Independence Day to showcase cordial ties with the United States. Nicolae Ceausescu sent a telegram of congratulations to Nixon and the government hosted a Fourth of July reception attended by a high-level delegation, signaling a stage set for Nixon's upcoming trip, the first by a U.S. president to a Communist nation since World War II.
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Romania
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United States
Nixon
Nicolae Ceausescu
U.S
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Ceausescu
State Council
Behal
United States of America
Harry G. Barnes Jr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yalta
Soviet Union
Stalin
Protester Ejected as Police Remove Speaker
A protester recounts state police entering a meeting, pulling him from his seat, and handcuffing him. He was charged with disturbing the peace and released on a $25 bond for a Saturday court arraignment. He criticized a plane hijack joke by a fellow attendee.
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Dudley
Cuba
Yellow Coach faces insolvency as bid plans emerge
The company behind Pittsfield school buses owes the IRS 272000 for unpaid withholding taxes and has a 100000 SBA claim plus other creditors totaling about half a million dollars. The school department plans to bid out routes for 5000 students, with specifications due in 10 days, while Caplan brothers signal a bid for the contract and possible asset takeover.
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Campoli
Yellow Coach
IRS
Federal Small Business Administration
Bill Loial
Daniel
Della Giustina
Allan P. Caplan
Gray Line
The
Eagle
Stephen
Pittsfield
Caplans
Berkshire County
Berkshire Street Railway Co
Berkshire Street Railway
Brothers Caplan
Allan Caplan
Guyana Jail Visit Affects Youths During Nixon Mission
Gov Nelson Rockefeller arrived in Georgetown amid a police crackdown on the youth wing of the Marxist led People's Progressive Party. Prime Minister Forbes Burnham welcomed the New York governor as he wrapped up a Latin American fact finding mission for President Nixon.
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Guyana
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
People’s Progressive Party
Forbes Burnham
New York
Jamaica
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