Inquest Into Auto Wreck Delayed in Kopechne Case
Massachusetts Supreme Court will review constitutional questions raised by Edward Kennedy's defense as the inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne’s July 18 death on Chappaquiddick Island is postponed. Kennedy may testify when the inquest proceeds next month after a summer recess.
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Syria Holds Two Israeli Men Amid Hijack Crisis
The two Israeli men remain in Syrian custody as Leila Al Khaled and Salim Isawi, hijackers of a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707, face possible release. International pressure grows with pilots threat of a strike and UN inquiries.
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Ho Chi Minh in Paris as Hanoi reports illness
Ho Chi Minh, 79, president of North Vietnam, has been ill for several weeks and under round the clock medical care, according to Hanoi officials. The communique from the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Workers Party says doctors and professors are treating him day and night and does not specify the illness.
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Summers County EOC staff fired in board vote
The Summers County Economic Opportunity Corporation fired its entire staff by an 11 to 4 vote, ordering VISTA workers and volunteers disassociated. Resignations followed by Don West Sol Solomon Basil Ratliff and the chair Marvin Lacy. Program director Bobby Gwinn was rehired amid the turmoil. Barbara Mann criticized Gwinn drawing protest rumors.html
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609 Killed in Labor Day Holiday Traffic
The Labor Day weekend toll reached 609 road deaths nationwide, below the National Safety Council estimate of 625 to 725. The AP survey for a comparable June weekend reported 435 deaths. The counting period ran from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday local time.
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Prime Minister Wins Confidence Vote in Belfast Unionists
Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark secured a crucial confidence vote from Northern Ireland Unionist lawmakers. After a private three hour meeting he retained backing as party factions debate a plan with Britain to appoint high ranking officials to join the Belfast government and guarantee Protestant rights.
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U S Forces Rush To Aid South Vietnamese In Battle
U S air cavalry battalion flew 400 troops to a clash northeast of Saigon where Green Beret led commandos battled a North Vietnamese regiment. Despite three days of fighting, the Viet Cong had faded, with 26 South Vietnamese dead and 120 wounded, and four Green Berets injured.
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Arabs hail Libyan coup and new socialist republic
Arab states welcomed Libya's military takeover and recognized the Libyan Arab Republic. Iraq Egypt Syria and Sudan congratulated the new leaders while King Idris sought British help to restore his monarchy. Tripoli and Wheelus bases loomed over possible policy shifts.
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Two Violence Torn Cities Declare Emergency States
Hartford and Fort Lauderdale declared states of emergency and imposed curfews as rioting and looting continued. Twelve injured including three police and three firefighters, one man killed in Parkesburg, Pa., amid gunbattle and fire bombing.
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Governors Push Federal Financing of Welfare Programs
Colorado Springs AP The National Governors Conference urged full federal financing of welfare with minimal dissent and backed compulsory national health insurance and expanded federal funding for local education. Governors argued decentralization requires massive federal funds despite Nixon seeking to limit federal control.
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Students Boycott Southern Schools
The AP reports widespread pupil boycotts and disruptions on school opening day as integration efforts trigger protests from Alabama to North Carolina. Across 11 Southern states one‑third of Black students were to attend with whites, while white pupils in several districts staged large scale boycotts.
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Bluefield Board OKs N and W rezoning and Hill Inn plan
The Bluefield board unanimously approved a rezoning of a nine acre East Cumberland Road tract for a Holiday Inn project and asked ICC to hear all testimony on Norfolk and Western train discontinuances. The action followed public objections from Ridgecrest and Cumberland Road residents and a prior Elks Lodge option. A separate note says W C Bivens Jr. was named in related matters.
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