Millipede invasion hits Floyds Knobs Indiana
Millions of millipedes swarm Floyds Knobs as residents fortify homes with trenches and turpentine. The insects, up to an inch long, emerge at night seeking moisture and food, moving in massive groups and coating roads. No injuries or property damage reported yet, though traction on roads is affected.
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Floyds Knobs
Ind
Indiana
Thomas Pickett
Ray Seifert
Floyd County
John Kethley
Insect Division
Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Kethley
Pickett
Power Struggle Hits Portugal Ruling Parties
In Portugal a 35,000 strong Communist rally in Lisbon backing Premier Vasco Goncalves clashes with a 50,000 Socialist counterdemonstration in Porto. The article notes a deep political struggle amid the government crisis.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Vasco Goncalves
Porto
Goncalves
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Costa Gomes
Communist Party
Esmeriz
Leiria
Peace mission eyes talks as Timor clashes rage
In Atauro, Portuguese peace delegates hope rival Timorese groups UDT and Fretilin will meet amid intensified fighting in Dili. Consul-General Goncalves notes safety first, while reports tally hundreds dead and a power struggle at Lisbon's presidential palace.
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Darwin
Australia
Atauro
Portuguese Timor
Dili
Jose Mellon- Gouveia
Timor
Timorese Democratic Union
UDT
Revolutionary Front For Independent East Timor
Fretilin
Peron Accepts General Laplane Resignation in Argentina Crisis
In Buenos Aires, amid tensions over military influence, President Isabel Peron accepted Gen. Alberto Numa Laplane’s resignation after generals pressed for his retirement. She then named Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla to succeed him, amid ongoing disputes tied to Col. Vicente Damasco and broader military influence.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel. Peron
Peron
Alberto Numa Laplane
Jorge Rafael Videla
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Videla
Laplane
Vicente Damasco
Egll
Damasco
Mrs. Peron
Hoffa Scent Not Meaningful In Hoffa Car Scent Report
Detroit affidavits report that FBI dog tests found Hoffa's scent in a car used by Charles O'Brien on July 30. Attorneys call the finding not meaningful, though officials say dogs indicated Hoffa was in the back seat and trunk. O'Brien and Giacalone figures were subpoenaed for a Detroit grand jury.
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Detroit
James Hoffa
Charles O’brien
Teamsters
O’brien
Hoffa
James Burdick
Burdick
O'Brien
Detroit Free Press
Joseph Giacalone
Anthony
Tony Jack” Giacalone
Anthony) Giacalone
Hofta
Giacanne
Hotta
Justice Department
Giacalone
FBI
Free Press
Polish women conquer Gasherbrum 3 peak led by Rutiewicz
An ISLAMABAD report states a 14 member Polish women's team scaled Gasherbrum 3, the world's highest unclimbed peak, on August 11 to honor International Women's Year. Wanda Rutiewicz led the expedition. further details were not immediately available.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Wanda Rutiewicz
Swift Appeal Predicted Of Kent State Decision
The Cleveland AP reports a federal jury denied $46 million in damages to Kent State shooting victims and survivors, absolving Gov. Rhodes and 28 officials and guardsmen of liability. Plaintiffs attorney Kelner said a swift appeal is expected, noting that the trial concluded.
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Cleveland
Kent State University
Kent
Joseph Kelner
James A. Rhodes
Ohio National Guardsmen
Kelner
Kent State vigil marks fifth anniversary of shootings
A small Kent State group held a 15 hour vigil with lighted candles at the sites of the four student deaths to protest the Cleveland verdict clearing Gov Rhodes and 28 officials and Guardsmen of liability in the May 4, 1970 shootings. Protesters called the decision a travesty of justice while campus voices differed on the ruling.
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Kent
Ohio
Kent State University
Death of Justice
Kent State Committee On Justice
Cleveland
James A. Rhodes
Rita Root
Richmond
Joe Zahler
Dwight Ernest
War Resistors League
Kent State
Dean Kahler
Don J. Young
National Guard
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Confiscated Yacht Sold at Newport Auction
The federal government sold for 30000 dollars a confiscated 52 foot yacht named Mercury used as a marijuana runner between Jamaica and New England. The vessel built in 1938, white and green with a varnished deck, was bought by Lynn Hall of Ventnor New Jersey at a public auction in a Newport shipyard.
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Newport
R.I
Jamaica
New England
Mercury
Lynn Hall
Ventnor
N.J
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