30 Die In PIA Fokker Crash Near Rawalpindi
Thirty people including 26 passengers and four crew died when a Pakistan International Airlines Fokker turbo prop on the Rawalpindi to Lahore route crashed shortly after takeoff from Islamabad. The crash occurred about 10 miles east of Rawalpindi near Rawat. An airline spokesman said the Dutch-built aircraft went down soon after departure.
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Hiroshima memorial marks 25 years since the bombing
Hiroshima observed the 25th anniversary with a memorial service at Peace Park for about 200000 dead while mayor Setsuo Yamada read names of newly identified victims. He warned that nuclear weapons could threaten human existence as General Paul Tibbets reflected on the attack and urged not to repeat such history.
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Japan
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Setsuo Yamada
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London
Paul Tibbets
Italy coalition ready for office in center left government
Rome report says Italy's 32nd government since fascism is to be sworn in tonight before President Saragat. Prime Minister designate Colombo aims to present a ministerial team after meetings with a center left coalition of Christian Democrats Socialists Social Democrats and Soplicans. The cabinet will include four Social Democrats and a reshuffled treasury portfolio alongside six Socialists and 18 Christians.
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Tate murder trial denies mistrial ruling
Superior Court Judge Charles Older refused the defense mistrial bid over President Nixon's remarks about Charles Manson. Jurors were found able to render an impartial verdict as the Tate murder case moved to further testimony with Linda Kasabian under scrutiny and Manson co-defendants Patricia Krenwinkel Susan Atkins and Leslie van Houten present.
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Muslim candidate challenges Lebanon presidency tradition
Beirut AAP Reuters reports Adnan Al Hakim, a Muslim, announced his bid for the Lebanese presidency. He defies longstanding convention that Lebanon's president be a Maronite Christian and prime minister a Muslim. This marks the first Muslim openly seeking Lebanon's head of state since independence in 1943.
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Aap-Reuter
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Australian leader McEwen meets Nixon at White House
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Mr McEwen arrived in Washington to hold talks with US officials and to meet President Nixon at the White House.
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Oil tanker Ampuria aground off India coast
A 10,600 ton Panamanian oil tanker Ampuria ran aground off the west coast of India last night. Radio messages to Bombay report the ship in danger of breaking up and her 38 crew remain aboard.
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India
Malaria cases rise among troops after Perla exercise
About 110 British, Australian and New Zealand soldiers contracted malaria during a fire exercise offensive that ended in Pearl Harbor. The multinational defense drill prompted health checks as cases were confirmed among personnel from the three nations.
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Singapore
New Zealand
Perla
Uruguayan terrorists demand prisoner release amid hostage standoff
In Montevideo the kidnappers holding American adviser Dan Mitrione and Brazilian consul Aloysio Dias Gemides refuse concessions. Government ministers reject negotiating with Tupamaros while sources say President Areco considers penal code exile or prison options for political criminals. Some 150 prisoners are in jail. Opposition Ya cites a Monday deadline for prisoner release or executions, but the US Embassy reports no such deadline.
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Uruguay
Dan Mitrione
Aloysio Dias Gemides
United Press International
Antonio Francese
Tupamaros
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Ovando Refuses Resignation Seeks New Cabinet in Bolivia
President Alfredo Ovando Candia, after rightist military chiefs rejected his sudden Tuesday resignation, moved to form a new cabinet. He has pursued a leftist nationalist reform program while military leaders and services chiefs press for continuity in the revolutionary period. Ovando conferred with army leaders and former ministers to assemble a cabinet acceptable to them.
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Bolivia
Aap-Reuter
Alfredo Ovando Candia
Ovando
Armed Services
Ohio State researchers claim early cancer detection method
Ohio State University scientists report a new technique to detect cancer before symptoms and six months before X rays. Using Indium 111 injected into a vein, gamma blips are photographed to localise tumours. In 34 of 35 known cases they pinpointed cancer, including unexpected sites.
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Ohio State University
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Khe
Kennedy youths face narcotics charge in Hyannis Port
In Hyannis Port Massachusetts the Kennedy family youths Robert F Kennedy 16 and R Sergeant Shriver 17 faced juvenile court on possession of marijuana charges stemming from a July 10 incident. They were not arrested and summonses were served at the Kennedy compound as a police roundup tied to earlier cases unfolded.
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