Manhattan tanker meets heavy ice in Northwest Passage test
The US oil tanker Manhattan, with two icebreakers, faced nine tenths ice as it entered Viscount Melville Sound on a mission to demonstrate year round tanker service from Alaska. Capt. Roger Steward will decide whether to proceed via Prince of Wales Strait or McLiure Strait, while Canadian MPs object to the voyage’s flag status as they seek to bolster sovereignty.
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United States
Winter Harbor
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Humble Oil
Nansow Prince of Walea Strait
Banks Island
McLiure Strait
Ottawa
Then
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Wife Says Pike Died in Peace Amid Israeli Desert
In Jerusalem AP Dr James A. Pike Episcopal bishop of California died during a desert climb near the Dead Sea two miles from where his wife Diane left him to go for aid. She said he faced death peacefully and planned to finish a book on Christ. Israeli police and volunteers searched the wasteland where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
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Dormer Episcopal
California
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Salman Abu Yaman
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Dead Sea
Bike
Esther Yanovsky
Calfornia
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
Santa Barbara
Calif
James Jr
Manhattan
Diane Kennedy
Episcopal Church
Flynn
Airlines Bar Black Militant From Flights
American Black Power militant Robert F. Williams faces travel bans as airlines refuse U.S. entry or transatlantic flights without security. Williams was flown from Tanzania to London by United Arab Airlines and ordered back to Cairo by Britain. Authorities deem him an undesirable alien and he has a history tied to a controversial South. Williams, who fled the U.S. eight years ago after a kidnapping charge, has lived in Cuba, Red China, North Vietnam, and Tanzania amid his anti establishment campaigns.
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Robert F. Williams
Egypt
United States
United Arab Airlines
Williams
Tanzania
Cairo
Britain
Pentonyilla
U.S
Republic of New Africa
North Carolina
Cuba
Red China
North Vietnam
Concessions Manager Killed by Robber Near Home
Essex County detectives pursue the case of John Flynn 54 the Topsfield Fair concessions manager gunned down outside his home. The killer fled with about 25 000 in a satchel plus 6000 in a paper bag carried by Mrs Flynn as they pulled into their driveway after the fair.
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Mass
Essex County District Attorney's
John Flynn
Flynn
Florence
Flynns
Violence Returns as Protestant Is Killed in Belfast
In Belfast a Protestant man, Jack Todd, 25, was killed by gunfire from a car during a gasoline bomb attack on a Catholic home. A companion wounded, three unexploded bombs found, and clashes with British troops prompt armored patrols and tear gas as barricades rise across the city. Police treat the shooting as murder amid ongoing sectarian riots and mass flight to refugee centers.
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Northern Ireland
Army
Jack Todd
Joseph McKeague
Shantl Defense Association
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Brazil frees U S ambassador after Brazil kidnapping
The 15 captives including Marie Agusta Carneiro arrived in Mexico City after three days in custody. Elbrick, released in a taxi, appeared in good health and said the abductors’ campaign would continue, accusing U S capitalists of opposing Brazil’s people. The captors blamed the government for the arrest and cited MR8 and National Liberation Action as leaders of the movement.
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California
Elbrick
Mexicy City
Marie Agusta Carneiro
Brazil
Mexico
Latin America
Mexico City
Jose Mateus de Souza
Mateus de Souza
Rio
Eblbrick
Napers
Senor Burke Wibrick
Tha Us
MR8
Guerrvilla
National Liberation Action
Law shifts first offense drug cases toward treatment
Massachusetts moves toward rehabilitation for first offense drug users under a new law. Attorney General Robert H. Quinn said courts are directed to prefer treatment over punishment, marking a break with prior practice. He noted enforcement and police handling duties shift under the landmark statute.
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Massachusetts
Robert H. Quinn
Quinn
Ee Oten
Robert Quinn
William Baird
Baird
Boston University
Teacher Strike Closes New Bedford Schools
NEW BEDFORD Mass AP nine of the citys public schools were shut down amid a continuing teachers strike. Officials considered closing 13 more as the protest expanded from about 150 of 700 teachers to roughly 500. The dispute centers on grievance procedures and binding arbitration. Teachers have accepted a new salary scale with an annual 9600 maximum.
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