Paratroopers Battle North Troops at DMZ
U S paratroopers clash with North Vietnamese forces near the DMZ while air losses grow. Two 82nd Airborne observation helicopters were shot down north of Saigon, one crewman killed as ground combat yields several wounded and two paratroopers dead. Additional action includes a Phantom crash northeast of Saigon with one killed crewman.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
United States
82Nd Airborne Division
82Nd Airborne
Vietnam
1D Marine Division
Nixon
Dmz
101St Airborne Division
Okinawa
L01st Airborne
Rockpile
A Shau
101St Airborne
Labor convention nears vote on Agenda for a Generation
BRIGHTON England AP labor party convention ends with a vote on Harold Wilson agenda for a generation. unions representing one third oppose provisions allowing wage freezes while cabinet shakeup plans and two market policy statements aim to shape next election campaign amid debate on Common Market terms and domestic protections. Wilson signals entry terms not principle at issue.
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Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Brighton
England
Wilson
London
Conservative Party
Labor
Britain
Protection
Talks on Canada Red China ties snagged on Formosa
Diplomatic sources say Ottawa Beijing talks stalled over Formosa. Canada would break with Chiang Kai-shek and back Beijing UN membership if talks succeed, yet refuses to publicly endorse Beijing’s claim to Formosa. Ottawa fears provoking the United States and war risk.
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Formosa
United Nations, WY
Red China
Peking
Fortosa
Stockholm
Ottawa
Chiang Whai-shek
China
United Nations
Formosz
United States
U.S
Israeli Air Strikes Along Canal Amid Cross Border Fire
Israeli jets struck Egyptian positions along the Gulf of Suez and the Suez Canal region for a second day, with spokesman saying planes returned safely. Egypt claimed shooting down one Israeli plane, which Israel denied. Arab saboteurs hit pipelines and rail lines between Tel Aviv and Haifa as troopers captured five guerrillas on Mt Shomron.
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Egypt
Israel
Middle East
Cairo
Suez
Red Sea
Canal
Jordan River
Sea of Galilee
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Mt. Shomron
Jordan
Thant Warns U.N. Falling Deeper in Debt
United Nations Secretary-General U Thant warned that the U N faces growing deficits unless finances improve. He cited Congo and Middle East obligations, $26.7 million in withheld regular-budget payments, a $7.3 million nonconvertible-currency shortfall, and $62.8 million in unpaid current-budget contributions as of Aug. 31, forcing use of the working capital fund.
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U Thant
U.N
Assembly
Red
Congo
Middle East
Soviet Union
France
Abm Deployment Ban Turned Back by House Vote
The House defeated a move to block the Safeguard antiballistic missile system, 219 to 215, with debate on the $21.35 billion military procurement bill continuing. Critics failed to trim naval shipbuilding and other hardware as leaders urged support, while Otis Pike and allies pressed for cuts. Rivers defended naval buildup amid aging ships and strategic needs.
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New York
They
Washington
House
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
L. Mendel Rivers
Armed Services Committee
United States
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
America
Ig Young
Fearless Five
Rivers
Otis G. Pike
D-N
Charleston
Soviet Union
Pike
State To Raise Weekly Unemployment Benefit In October
Boston AP Unemployment benefits rise from 57 to 62 dollars a week starting October 6, with a 6 per cent dependent child allowance capped at 50 percent of the base payment. Beginning October 1970, the maximum will be 2444 percent of the average weekly wage of covered workers.
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Boston
Division of Employment Security
Herman V. LaMark
DES
Ghana Official Among 14 Named as Harvard Fellows
A Ghana economics minister E N Omaboe and 13 other men were named Fellows at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs for 1969 70. The group includes Ray Leme ex Brazilian bank president and now professor in Sao Paulo and Johannes Balser former German ambassador to Malawi. Other members cover Africa Asia and Europe with diplomats and officials from UK US Japan Finland and the Netherlands. The Center enters its second year its building briefly invaded by students protesting Vietnam. two staff injured.
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Cambridge, Mass
Ghana
Central Bank of Brazil
Harvard University
Center For International Affairs
E. N. Omaboe
Ray Leme
University of Sao Paulo
Johannes Balser
Malawi
Center
Koreans Set Vote On Park's 3rd Term
In Seoul the presidential office announced a national referendum will be held on October 17 to decide a constitutional amendment permitting President Chung Hee Park to seek a third four year term.
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Park
Seoul
Chung Hee Park
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