Chavez orders picket line halted as FBI investigates deaths
Cesar Chavez announced halting picketing to allow FBI inquiry into two killings linked to the United Farm Workers strike. The dispute arose after California grape growers shifted from Chavez to the Teamsters. A funeral procession for a slain unionist drew over 7,500 supporters. Two suspects were booked on murder charges with arraignment planned.
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Reuter
Cesar Chavez
America
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Chavez
Teamsters
Dalton
Thai accord hobbles drug smuggling network
Thai measures curb opium and heroin flows, triggering Hong Kong shortages and potential impact on U S and European supplies. Opium from Shan States via Burma to Thailand faced disruption after the capture of Lo Hsing Han, the so called opium king, and intensified cross border enforcement by Thai police and U S narcotics agents.
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New plan for SW Africa foresees four assemblies
South Africa's United Party unveiled a provisional constitutional blueprint for South West Africa. It proposes a federation with four legislatures, three non white and one white, replacing the Advisory Council with a federally nominated body. Senator Weihaus said details would follow consultations with groups.
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South- West Africa
Aap-Reuter
South Africa
United Party
South-West Africa
Saud
J. P. Niehaus
Vorster
Legislative Assemblies
Weihaus
South Wes Africa
Portugal Denies Mozambique Massacre Evidence
Lisbon reported an official inquiry found no proof of a massacre by Portuguese troops in Mozambique. The Defence Ministry said some troops in another region committed reprehensible acts, to be punished, while the claims about Mamacre were sparked by Adrian Hastings in The Times.
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Aap-Reuter
Mozambique
Tetereion
Fenders
Mamacre
Adrian Hastings
The
Times
London
Father Hastings
Wiriyamu
Tete
Defence Ministry
Portuga
Aleged
Portadown violence and Mexico flood losses headline brief
In Belfast area seven policemen were wounded in a dawn attack by youths outside a Portadown dance hall, with two seriously hurt. Across the border a 3 year old Portadown boy was killed by gunfire from a passing car while similar violence and disasters unfold in Mexico and beyond.
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Belfast
Iaap-Reuter
Portadown
Chilean forces seize vehicles in 40 day strike crackdown
Santiago reports Chilean troops have commandeered more than two vehicles owned by strikers including trucks and buses in the first use of force by the leftist government to break a 40 day stoppage officials say aims at toppling President Allende.
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Santiago
Strik
Allende
Forest fires threaten Yosemite and power in West
Boise dispatch reports fires roared through four Western states with California’s Yosemite area under threat. Forest blazes across Idaho and surrounding areas burned substantial acreage, posing danger to towns and electrical infrastructure, while San Francisco faced potential power interruptions.
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Idaho
California
Yosemite Ath Park
San Francisco
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