China accuses Soviet Union of colluding with U S on Viet Nam
Chinese officials in Red Flag and New China News Agency condemn Soviet moves to broker talks without U S withdrawal from Indochina. They say Kosygin pressed for US exit while new Soviet leaders reversed, prompting collaboration with India and Yugoslavia as alleged U S imperialism brokers.
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Red China
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Viet Nam
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Peking
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Soviet Communist Party
Kosygin
Communist Party of the
Soviet Union
Moscow
China
Indochina
India
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Khrushchev
New China News Agency
General Assembly
U.N
Plimpton
Beatrix Nuptials Win Parliamentary Approval
The Hague AP report says Crown Princess Beatrix's marriage to Claus von Arnsberg won parliamentary approval 132 to 9 in the first vote. A second vote to grant citizenship to Van Amsberg followed. Bills move to the Senate with expected consent. wedding set for March in Amsterdam.
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the Hague
Beatrix
Clausen Armsberg
van Amserg
Senate
Amsterdam
Vatican Council Votes Revisions on Laity Roles
In Vatican City AP reporting the Vatican Ecumenical Council approved major changes to lay involvement, creating a Vatican secretariat to broaden nonordained Catholic participation. The decision, amid Curia opposition, clears the way for promulgation of the Apostolate of the Laity on November 18 alongside a completed schema on divine revelation. Final voting on the religious liberty declaration was postponed to November 19.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Vatican Curia
Curia
Office For the Propagation of the Faith
Vatican Secretariat
Council Fathers
Paul VI
Conservation practices safeguard water and forests
Model conservation practices safeguard against erosion and woodland fires to retain water, the best form of drought relief. The plan emphasizes protecting soil, vegetation, and watershed health to mitigate dry periods.
France Backs Peking Seats at UN and Urges Simple Majority
France declared that Communist China should be seated in the United Nations and that no two thirds vote should be required in General Assembly decisions. U.N. diplomats and sponsors weighed a softer pro Peking resolution, while critics warned a return to the two thirds rule could block Peking’s admission again this year.
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N.Y
France
China
General Assembly
Peking
Red China
Ilegally
Republic of China
Taiwan
Roger Seydovix
Charles de Gaulle
U.N
United States
Anglo American bases planned east of Suez
Francis T. P. Plimpton, former Britain's deputy to the U.N. representative, said Britain will make available a group of islands in the Indian Ocean for joint Anglo American bases. The Chagos Archipelago lies 900 miles south of Ceylon, along with Aldabra Farquhar and Desroches in the western Indian Ocean.
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Francis T.P. Plimpton
London
UPI
Britain
U.S
United Nations
Boston
Chagos Archipelago
Ceylon
Aldabra, Farquhar and
Desroches
West Indian Ocean
Coal Firms Indicted For Price Fixing
The Justice Department accuses six anthracite coal producers their export trade association and two wholesalers of unlawful price fixing on an $80 million sale to UW. Army forces in Europe. Named firms include Glen Alden Corp New York Reading Anthracite Co Pottsville Pa Lehigh Valley Anthracite Inc Jeddo Highland Coal Co West Pittston Pa Susquehanna Coal Co Nanticoke Pa Lehigh Navigation Dodson Co Bethlehem Pa Forceton Coal Co and Forceton Coal Export Corp affiliated wholesalers in New York.
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UPI
Europe
Justice’ Department
The
Glen Alden Corp
New York
Reading Anthracite’ Co
Pottsville
Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc
Jeddo Highland Coal Co
West Pittston
Susquehanna Coal Co
Nanticoke
Lehigh Navigation Dodson Co
Bethelem
Forceton Coal Co
Forceton Coal Export Corp
Northern Ireland Premier Gets Police Protection
The government ordered police protection for the premier and other ministers after terrorist threats from Irish Republican extremists aiming to end the partition of Ireland.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
Ireland
Volpe Revenue Plan Again Left Unheard in Legislature
Gov Volpe’s fifth sales tax proposal faces delay into mid or late next week as the House backs a version while the Senate rejects it. The plan raises 145 million with increased excise taxes on telephones, cigarettes, alcohol, and lodging. It seeks to fund tax relief for towns and mayors but amendments to restrict savings use were blocked. Edwin T Hebert of Pittsfield was named to the state Group Insurance Commission replacing Theodore W Fabisak amid previous hospital cost disputes. A request to use retired judges to clear backlogs was sent to the legislature. A county budget bill authorizing 48.7 million for 12 of 14 counties awaits governor approval. Wilton Waugh was elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Boating Law Administrators.
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Volpe
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Senate
Pillsfield
State Group Insurance Commission
Theodore W. Fabisak
State Department of Administration and Finance
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Fabisak
John J. McCarthy
Mabisak
McCarthy
John Quigley
Chelsea
Quigley
Massachusetts Hospitals Association
Gavt Volpe
Superior Court
Valpe
Wilton Waugh
State Division of Motorboats
National Association of Boating Law Administrators
U S Specialist In A Weapons Disappears
U S Army reports nuclear technician CWO Spencer D. Harris Jr. disappeared after delivering classified material to a New York State Army depot while on leave from Heidelberg Germany. No evidence of defection or foul play. hometown and depot site not released. The Overseas Weekly notes another missing soldier, Sgt. J C Glen Rohrer, with claims of major espionage fallout.
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Germany
U.S. Army
United States
New York State
CWO
Spencer D. Harris Jr
Bild Zeitung
Harris
U.S
Army
The
Overseas Weekly
Europe
J.C. Glen R. Rohrer
West Allis
Wis
Rohrer
Frankfurt
Weiden
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
the Weekly
Collapsible dam proposed to aid river boating
Army engineers in Hartford propose a collapsible rubber dam on the Connecticut River between Hartford Wartford and Springfield to improve navigation. The dam could be inflated during low flow and deflated when river flow suffices for navigation, aiding pleasure boating.
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Hartford, Conn
Connecticut River
Wartford
Springfield
Mass
Army
E. J. Ribbs
New England
Needham Led State Budget Office From Public Works Roots
Needham, a veteran state budget director and career administrator, rose from Pittsfield Public Works to the Department of Administration and Finance 25 years ago. A Pittsfield High School and Cornell graduate, he was an outstanding local baseball player and helped guide the Group Insurance Commission, which oversees insurance and hospitalization programs.
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Needham
Hebert
Pittsfield High School
Cornell University
Pittsfield Department of Public Works
State Department of Administration and Finance
Group Insurance Commission
Step Up Against Missiles Sharply Aimed at North Vietnam
U S air attacks on North Vietnamese missile sites have increased, with seven SAM installations damaged in a week and ten since the month began. Despite heavy flak and frequent mobile launchers, pilots say missiles’ impact is limited and crews have developed tactics to counter the threat.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Navy
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
United States
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