Rockefeller Tour Curtailed Blames Extremist Minorities
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller postponed his Venezuela stop amid student demonstrations he calls the work of an extremist minority harming U S Latin American relations. The Caracas visit was to close his second fact finding tour for President Nixon, already marred by Peru Ecuador and Bolivia disruptions. Caldera postponed the Caracas leg as violence rose, while Rockefeller urged focus on rising hemisphere forces against democracy and U S friendship.
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Nixon
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Ecuador
Bolivia
Rafael Caldera
New York
Caldera
Aristide Calvani
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Latin America
National Front
Viet Cong Rockets Hit Saigon First Time in Weeks
In Saigon early today Viet Cong rockets struck the city for the first time in two and a half weeks. American paratroopers and South Vietnamese militiamen conducted an offensive sweep 11 miles northwest of Saigon, clashing with enemy fighters in sporadic fighting that lasted about five hours. One American adviser was killed and twelve soldiers wounded as US forces reported six Viet Cong killed and three captured.
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Jailed Writers Urge Reform of Red Camps
Soviet inmates at Potma labor camp led by Yuri Daniel call on the Supreme Soviet to improve prisoner conditions. The appeal cites hunger, no visiting rights, and brutal punishment for rule infractions, asking for legalizing or tightening controls to protect rights. Other signers include Alexander Ginsburg and Yuri Galesky.
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Yuri Daniel
Potma
Supreme Soviet
Daniel
Alexander Ginsburg
Yuri Galanskoy
V. Latinsh
Moshkov
Rankin
Purged Czech Leaders Oppose New Troop Talks
Prague backed a Central Committee resolution opposing bringing up Soviet troops at the world Communist conference in Moscow. The stance frames the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion as a matter for pact partners, signaling a power shift that elevated pro Moscow leader Gustáv Husák after the Dubček era.
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Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Italian Communist Party
Central Committee
Gustav Husak
Alexander Dubcek
Biafra sentences 18 foreign oilmen to death
The Biafran government sentenced 18 foreign oil workers to death amid military actions in midwestern Nigeria. Among the condemned were 14 Italians, three Germans, and one Lebanese employed by AGIP. Bodies of 29 missing workers were later located, with 11 more found by Nigerian forces.
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Nigeria
Biafran Information Service
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Ojukwu
Biafran
Ifegwu Eke
Okpai
AGIP
Nigerian Oil Exploration Company
Italian State Petroleum Corporation
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Oklo
Husak
Moscow
Central Committee
Italian Lawman Lands in Jail Over Gambling
ROME AP Dr Nicola Scire deputy police chief and famed law officer was jailed in a gambling scandal involving at least 22 people. Investigators say he took payoffs to shield dens in private homes. Scire turned himself in and was moved to Grosseto to avoid Rome jail. Seventeen people were in custody. five more sought.
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Nicola Scire
Scire
Giacomo Maggi
Carabinieri
Grosseto
Turin
Imitation Milk Debate Amid Nutritional Concerns
The AMA council weighed imitation and filled milks, noting calcium and calorie parity with cow’s milk but lower protein and nutrients. It urged doctors to verify contents before recommending substitutes and supported nutritionally sound developments to extend dairy supplies. In Lawrence, Kansas, KU’s disciplinary board suspended 33 of 71 ROTC disruption students for the May incident, with others having credits held and longer penalties for repeat offenders.
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Council On Foods and Nutrition of
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AMA
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Kan
University of Kansas
Graduates Stage War Protest At Mt. Holyoke
Nearly one third of Mount Holyoke College's graduating class marched to commencement in White armbands to urge President Nixon to end the Vietnam War and address domestic issues. A letter signed by 141 of 421 graduates stated they condemn violence but see it as integral to war, racism, poverty, and dissent repression. nonviolent efforts are being ignored.
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