U S Command Awaits Word On Three POWs Release
In Saigon the U S Command awaited word from the Viet Cong on releasing three American POWs. The Viet Cong via Liberty Radio promised the three GI captives would be freed, with identities listed as Spec 4 Willie A Watkins Pfe James H Strickland Jr and Pfe Coy R Tinsley all from various U S locations. The broadcast offered no timing or venue for their release.
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U.S
Liberation Radio
Viet Cong
Willie A. Watkins
Sumter
N.C
James H. Strickland Jr
Dunn
Coy R. Tinsley
Cleveland
Watkins
Strickland
Que Son
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
Tinsley
South Vietnam
New York
Hanoi
William Kunstler
Kunstler
Paris
David Dellinger
Bernard C. Davis
Chicago
Daughter Of Tunney Found Alive After Missing
Gene Tunney announced his daughter Joan Tunney Wilkinson, missing in Europe for nearly two months, has been found alive and hospitalized in a Western European city. Her husband Carter Wilkinson has joined her. her condition is serious but not critical.
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Stamford
Conn
Gene Tunney
Joan Tunney Wilkinson
Europe
Tunney
Carter Wilkinson
Marseilles
London
False Teeth Help with Comfort and Fit
A brief ad-style notice promotes FASTEETH and PASTEETH for dentures. It claims FASTEETH adds firmness and comfort, helps eating, and uses an alkaline formula that won’t sour or taste gummy. It advises seeing a dentist regularly and buying from drug counters.
Gaullist Leader Loses Bid For National Assembly Seat
In a Paris by election in Yvelines fourteenth district, Michel Rocard of the Unified Socialist party narrowly defeated former premier Maurice Couve de Murville. Final tally Rocard 13,875 votes to 11,790 for Couve de Murville. The result marks a setback for Gaullism and a surge for leftist opposition.
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New York Times
Paris
Maurice Couve de Murville
National Assembly
Michel Rocard
Unified
Socialist Party
Couve de Murville
France
Rocard
Gen. de Gaulle
Yvelines
Versaille
de Gaulle
Rovard
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Portugal Regime Wins All Seats in Election 1949
In Lisbon and across Portugal voters backed the National Union in a 130 seat National Assembly election. Opposition strength was minimal with about 11 percent of the vote to 88 percent for the government party. Notable figures included Premier Caetano voting in Alvalade and former premier Salazar appearing outside his home to vote. Large abstention in Setubal raised questions about turnout.
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Lisbon
National Assembly
Antonio Goncalves Rapazote
National Union
Braga
Vila Real
Rapazote
2Moor
Walt
Tagus River
Setubal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Sao Bento Palace
Salazar
Marcello Caetano
Caetano
Alvalade
Francisco Pereira de Moura
Democratic Commission
Ruth Mitchell Dead Sister of Aviation Pioneer Billy Mitchell
Ruth Mitchell 81 sister of aviation pioneer Billy Mitchell died at a Belas nursing home after a stroke illness and a heart attack. She lived in Portugal for many years and passed away October 25 following six months of hospitalization.
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Lisbon
Ruth Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
Belas
Portugal
Israelis To Elect New Knesset In 1967 Crisis Era
Israel votes to elect a new Knesset amid security fears and regional pressure. Prime Minister Golda Meir's Labor coalition is expected to win a plurality, with about 74 seats in the 120-seat body. The campaign concentrates on security and the Arab land issue after attacks in Haifa and rising tensions with Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt.
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Jerusalem
Middle East
Israel
Ship of State
Golda Meir
Labor Party
Jordan
Lebanon
Labor
Yugoslavia Quake Kills 11 Injures Hundreds in Banja Luka
Strong quakes struck Banja Luka and surrounding areas in western Yugoslavia killing at least 11 and injuring hundreds. A Sunday tremor destroyed or damaged many buildings while the central Plaza of the Republic remained largely intact amid fear and shelter shortages. Seismologists measured an eight on a 12 point scale as a second quake struck and panic spread through townspeople and nearby cities.
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Banja Luka
Yugoslavia
Republic
Marshal Tito
Ferhat Pasha
Scott Predicts One Third Armed Forces Cut by 1972
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott forecast a one third reduction in U S armed forces before Nixon’s re election in 1972 and an American withdrawal of about 300 000 troops from Vietnam He suggested a gradual disarmament while Nixon was at Camp David and indicated support for bringing troops home within the president’s first term Javits urged faster Vietnamization opposing Scott on timing for exit from combat operations
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Vietnam
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Nixon
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Camp David
Washington
Catoctim
Maryland
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