Egyptian Raids Across Suez Canal Wound Five Israelis
Egyptian ground troops crossed the Suez Canal in two raids striking an Israeli patrol north of El Qantara and an army convoy. Five Israeli soldiers were wounded and one vehicle damaged in the first attack. the second raid caused no casualties. Israel captured one wounded Egyptian. Reports cite Egyptian claims of destroyed armored car and two tanks and ongoing artillery exchanges along the canal. In Lebanon, Rashid Karami is named to form a new government after his second resignation.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
el Qantara
el Shait
Fort Suez
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Beisan
Jordan River
Lebanon
Charles Helou
Rashid Karami
Karami
Israel
Helen
Tripoli
Castro Orders 100000 Troops To Cut Sugar
Fidel Castro announces nearly a total mobilization of 100000 Cuban Army troops to harvest Cuba’s sugar cane crop. He says forces will deter any external aggression during the harvest, aiming for about 10 million tons, and warns infiltrators will be killed or executed.
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MIAME
Fidel Castro
Castro
Brazilian Father and Son Held for Kidnap Slaying of U S Youth
Patrick Dolan, 18, son of Swift and Co Brazil vice president, was abducted near Sao Paulo, shot, and buried on a farm after ransom demands. Jose Dias Rezende and his son were arrested, the younger confessing and implicating his father. The body was found and scheduled to be flown to Kansas City for burial.
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Jose Dias Rezende
Jose Daniel Dias Rezende
Dolan
Rezendes
Richard J. Dolan
Sao Paulo
Rezende
Kansas City
St. Lonig
Swiss Citizens Oppose SST
Former President Friedrich T. Wahlen leads Swiss citizens in a bid for a constitutional amendment to outlaw supersonic flights by non military aircraft over Switzerland. They warn sonic booms could damage people animals and buildings and urge action at a news conference.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Friedrich T. Wahlen
VA Outlines Veterans Day Script To Counter Protests
The Veterans Administration distributed a 100000 copy packet to educators and community leaders with speeches formats and radio announcements for Veterans Day observances on November 11 1969. Administrator Donald E Johnson urged participation and warned against antiwar demonstrations two days later.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Donald E. Johnson
Johnson
Tufts workers return as court blocks protests at site
At Tufts University in Medford Massachusetts construction workers returned under a restraining order backed by police to a $1.8 million women’s dormitory site after about 100 Black demonstrators blocked access seeking 20 percent minority representation. Tufts and Volpe Construction said they were in compliance with the contract while the protesters pressed for action before court rulings.
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Tufts University
Tufts
Volpe
S. Peter Volpe
Transportation
Middlesex County Superior Court
University
Volpe Construction Co., Inc
John A. Volpe
Boston
Southeastern Massachusetts University
Joseph L. Driscoll
Francis W. Sargent
Albert Kramer
Sargents Aie
Statehouse
Driscoll
Charles White
SMU
American Association of University Professors
West German envoy says talks sought with Moscow on German reunification
WALTHAM, Mass. AP German ambassador Dr Reld F Pauls told Brandeis University a West German policy aims for negotiations with Moscow to reunify Germany within a united Europe. He cited the East West split as a core problem and urged cooperation to ease separation, hoping talks open within months but warning reunification is not imminent.
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Waltham, Mass
United States
West Germany
Moscow
Germany
Europe
Reld F. Pauls
Brandeis University
Brandeis
Pauls
Seven Saved From Sloop As Tanker Sinks in Storm
In a rough sea off Nantucket 7 people were rescued from a sinking sloop linked to the tanker Keo which broke in two. The 629 foot Keo carried 210000 gallons of fuel and risks of pollution prompted deployment of Coast Guard cutters and Navy ships along with air support.
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Boston
Nantucket
Navy
Coast Guard
Border Laird
Nantucket Island
Thomas M
Whisper
Bermuda
Marion
Mass
Belgium
New York
Craw
Chicago
Statehouse cites truck firm as polluter in river death
A Middlesex County grand jury indicted Waltham based P B Mutrie Motor Transportation Inc on three counts for polluting the Charles River with a poisonous chemical last July causing thousands of fish to die. The chemical was unnamed and criminal charges mark a first in state anti pollution law violation cases. The AG criminal division investigated oil spill probes that may yield further charges.
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Boston
Alty
Robert H. Quinn
Middlesex County
Waltham
Charles River
Quinn
P.B. Mutrie Motor Transportation, Inc
Attorney General’s Office
Massachusetts
Panama Regime Restores Some Liberties But Tightens Libel Decrees
Panama's military regime under Brig. Gen. Omar Torrijos says it has restored constitutional freedoms such as habeas corpus and inviolability of homes and correspondence. It also resumes protections for personal liberty and freedom of movement while issuing strict decrees against subversion and publication of libelous material, announced by Juan M. Vasquez, minister of the presidency.
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Panama
Omar Torrijos
Juan M. Vasquez
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