Israel warns Lebanon on pact amid mounting cross border tension
Israeli officials warned Lebanon of speedy retaliation for any guerrilla attacks launched from Lebanese soil after the Cairo accord with Yasir Arafat. A rocket crossed the border damaging a wall in Upper Galilee with no casualties as Sidon and Ein el Hilweh saw renewed gunfire despite the cease-fire. Pipeline repairs resumed in southern Lebanon with oil flowing to Sidon at full capacity.
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Nixon Urges Backing for Secret Vietnam Withdrawal Plan
President Nixon seeks national support for a staged U S pullout from Vietnam based on a timetable with South Vietnamese forces taking over. He cites secret contacts with North Vietnam and a hope for progress at Paris while warning of tightening action if enemy attacks resume. Thien in Saigon backs the plan as Vietnam moves toward self reliance with allied help.
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Fulbright Says War Is Nixon's Fulbright Says War Is Nixon's
Senator J W Fulbright says Nixon has fully taken on Johnson's war and criticizes policy as indistinguishable from LBJ. He predicts the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will still review Vietnam policy. Other leaders urge a peace approach while lamenting stalemate and lack of troop withdrawals.
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Market Sags After Speech By President
Market opens in New York following Nixon's Vietnam war address with declines leading the day. Dow drops 1.45 to 954.54, AP 60-stock index at 296.6 down .3 as cautious trading continues and bank loan tightening suspected. Opening quotes include Loews Theatres 17 down 1 and British Petroleum up 3.
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Monoxide From Cigarettes Linked to Artery Disease
Three Danish scientists presented evidence that carbon monoxide from cigarette smoke may promote atherosclerosis in smokers. In rabbit experiments, exposure to carbon monoxide increased cholesterol deposits in heart and aorta tissue by about 23 times and raised carboxyhemoglobin levels, a finding the researchers say mirrors levels in heavy smokers.
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Judge Fines Williamstown for Not Paying School Share
Superior Court Judge Donald M. Macaulay ruled Williamstown is in default of payments to the Mt. Greylock Regional Junior-Senior School District. The town must pay the deficiency of 214,223 plus a 25 percent penalty totaling 39,710, to be placed in a separate account for the 1970 budget. The ruling dismisses the town’s challenges and allows borrowing in anticipation of the deficiency.
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MIT Braces For Invasion By Militants
MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, orders the closing of the Center for International Studies building amid reports that an ultradeft antiwar group, the November Action Coalition NAC, plans a midday rally in Kresge Plaza and to seize at least one Institute facility. President Howard W. Johnson obtained a temporary court order barring 14 members from interfering with campus activities. The faculty backed him 344-43 in a confidence vote.
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Viet Cong Defectors Rise as Saigon Gains Support
Saigon notes a surge in defections with 3,615 leaving in October, the highest monthly total since Open Arms began. About 1,000 low ranking defectors crossed, while some hundreds listed as defectors were civilians after verification. Officials caution against overreading the trend, citing reporting errors and the Tet era as context.
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Coast Guard Seeks Lost Tug Off North Carolina
Morehead City AP The Coast Guard secured the Atlantic off North Carolina to locate a missing tug with six crewmen. Officials feared the Marjorie Mec may be at the bottom with crew trapped inside. The vessel reported electrical trouble and taking water in 20-foot seas and 40-knot winds.
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