Czechs Tighten Travel as Border Rules Shaped
Prague reports widespread visa curbs as Czechoslovakia restricts private Western travel. Officials say authorization will hinge on economic and political considerations while emigration permits narrow to family unity, marriages, or special cases. Hundreds diverted from trains and borders as frontier troops push back travelers. Some Western visitors barred or rerouted, while others began returning home amid uncertainty about future trips.
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Prague
Prague Rus
West Germany
Belgium
Ilegally
Western Europe
Austria
Poland
Hungary
East Germany
West
Czechoslovakia
Northern Ireland police chief resigns after reform report
Anthony Peacocke quit as Northern Ireland police chief within an hour of a British backed inquiry urging drastic reforms. Sir Arthur Young of London Police named as his successor to lead a reconstituted force under British oversight with more Catholic representation and a civilian police authority. The report also calls for disarming police and ending the border military role amid sectarian tensions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Anthony Peaecocke
London
James Chichester- Clark
Peacocke
Arthur Young
City of London Police
Ireland
Scotland Yard
Irish Republic
Greeks jail two rightist ex deputies in Athens crackdown
Athens police arrested Eleanthis Damianos and Ioannis Varvissiotis, two extreme rightist former deputies, as authorities broaden security measures on Greek politicians after reports they fled abroad without permission. They were confined at a hotel near Athens where about 20 retired officers and civilians are held for allegedly plotting to restore Greece's exiled monarch, King Constantine.
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Athens
Eleanthis Damianos
Ioannis Varvissiotis
Greece
Constantine
U N Debates Plane Hijacking at General Assembly
The United Nations steering committee agreed to add the hijacking issue to the General Assembly agenda. The item title was changed from Piracy in the Air to Forcible Diversion of Civil Aircraft in Flight after support from Jordan and the Soviet Union among others. Critics said motives were political while the U N noted ICAO already addresses the issue.
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N.y.ap
U.N
General Assembly
Jacob A. Malik
Jordan
Soviet Union
Poland
Yugoslavia
Barbados
United States
Charles Wyest
Maliki
International Civil Aviation Organization
Pa. Judge Dismisses Plea By Kopechnes on Autopsy
A Pennsylvania judge refused to dismiss a Massachusetts prosecutor’s petition for an autopsy on Mary Jo Kopechne’s body and scheduled a hearing for October 20. He rejected delaying the autopsy hearing until after the inquest, citing public interest and the need to develop facts promptly. The Mass Civil Liberties Union supported Kennedy’s bid to broaden inquest rights, arguing witnesses deserve greater protections.
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Wilkes-Barre
Massachusetts
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Common Pleas
Bernard C. Brominski
Mary Jo
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Kapechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Cape Cod
Broninski
Brominski
Dist
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Dinis
Birief
Adv
Henry Paul Monaghan
Edgartown District Court
James A. Boyle
Monaghan
Miss Kopechne
China accuses U.S. fleet of firing on fishermen in Tonkin
Peking reports U S warships fired on a Chinese fishing fleet in the Gulf of Tonkin in September and two U S warplanes strafed four boats on October 4. A Foreign Ministry spokesman protested U S aggression, while Washington said it had no statement.
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Tokyo
China
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf
Peking
Hsinhua
New China
Foreign Ministry
Nixon
Washington
State Department
NCO Club Custodians Tied To Kickback Scandal In Vietnam
Miss Skewes testified that NCO club custodians in Vietnam demanded kickbacks averaging 23 dollars per night for shows costing 140 dollars and 10 percent more for pricier acts. She charged some were rude and greedy and that sexual favors were demanded from businesses. She claimed Chung Promotions provided girls for custodians, though she personally did not. She said kickbacks came from Army units, not Marine or Green Beret units, and that paying them was necessary to avoid going out of business. Life for custodians was lucrative, with remarks about high earnings and lavish lifestyles.
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Skewes
Miss Chung
Chung Promotions
Green Beret
International Club
Saigon
Sgt
William E. Higdon
Long Binh
Higdon
Vietnam
Quinn Plan Would Boost Police Pay
Massachusetts would fund police pay raises tied to education under the Quinn plan. Eligible officers could gain 3 to 90 percent increases based on degree level and earned points, with credentials from approved colleges. The measure requires state budget appropriations and reimbursements to cities towns MEC police and the state police.
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Alty
Robert Hi. Quinn
Massachusetts
Quinn
State Police
Capital Police
Statehouse
Metropolitan District Police
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
MEC
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