Otago Stays Inside Mururoa Zone As French Shadowing Grows
The NZ frigate Otago, 245 crew plus officials aboard, remained within the 120 mile danger zone around Mururoa Atoll while two French aircraft shadowed and photographed the ship. A possible French naval visit would test PM Kirk's protest stance as France warns ships to keep clear from July 1. The operation supports NZ protests without breaching France's territorial limit.
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Nuclear test fallout detected in Japanese milk supply
The Japanese Workers Union in Hiroshima reported radioactive iodine 13 detected in cow milk from Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. Chinese PM Chou En Lai called the US-Soviet summit treaty untrustworthy, saying Brezhnev arrived in Washington with head bowed due to Soviet economic troubles.
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Hiroshima survivors to visit Australia for protest campaign
Two survivors of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing will travel to Australia this month to join a protest against France. The trip aims to press authorities over ongoing nuclear issues and related peace efforts.
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Greece political prisoners see reduced sentences in court martial
In Athens on Friday a military appeals court shortened life terms for 14 Greek Communist Party members jailed for plotting to overthrow the regime. Notable figures Nicholas Kaloudes aged 55 and Nicholas Zorovines aged 52 had their life sentences cut to 13 years and six months. overall, ten prisoners had their sentences reduced.
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Italy coalition cabinet sworn in amid reform drive
Rome reports Italy's 28 member coalition government sworn in under Prime Minister Rumor. The Christian Democrats Socialists Social Democrats and Republicans form the cabinet to curb inflation boost production and cut unemployment with planned shock therapy. Aldo Moro becomes foreign minister and Emilio Colombo finance minister as Socialists join to secure parliamentary backing.
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Pacific ordeal ends as rescued couple recover rapidly
Maurice Bailey and wife Marilyn, rescued after 117 days adrift in a liferaft in the Pacific, are reported recovering rapidly by Hankook Ilbo. They sank en route to New Zealand on March 4 when their yacht hit a whale. They were picked up by the Wolmi and ashore in Honolulu. They suffered malnutrition and swelling in legs and feet but are improving with daily massages.
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Japan population hits 108 million as of March 31
Japan's Home Affairs Ministry said population rose to 108,202,083 as of March 31, up 2,447,000 from the year earlier. The figure includes about 1,027,000 in Okinawa, the former US-held Pacific islands returned to Japan in May.
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Obituary notices for Joe E Brown and Veronica Lake
Joe E Brown 80 and Veronica Lake former film stars died over the weekend in Los Angeles area. Brown famed for elastic mouth and 60 year career with 50 films and 10 plays, survived by wife Kathryn and three children, with notable works including Local Boy Makes Good and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Lake known as a pin up and film star in Sullivan's Travels and A Streetcar Named Desire, among others, rose to fame from small parts to major roles before retreating from the spotlight.
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Klemperer Dies at 88 in Zurich
Otto Klemperer renowned conductor of Beethoven and Mahler died in his sleep at home in Zurich. He faced brain tumor surgery in 1939 and returned to conduct in 1940, carving a global reputation with works by Beethoven Mozart Brahms Wagner and Mahler. Survived by daughter Lotte son Werner and Ono Freudenthal, he fled Nazi Germany in 1934 after being dismissed for Jewish origins. Born Breslau in 1885, he married Johanna Geissler in 1927. she died in 1954. He composed symphonies, a violin concerto, five operas and religious music.
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Japan invites Chinese foreign minister to visit in September
Tokyo sources say the Japanese Government formally invited Chinese Foreign Minister Chi Peng Fei to visit Japan in September per Mainichi Shimbun. No official confirmation yet. In Buenos Aires police report four American businessman John Thompson released after captors paid a record 2.1 million dollars ransom.
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Soviet Jewish Scholar Arrives in Vienna En Route to Israel
Soviet Jewish scholar Dmitri Segal, 36, a philosopher and anthropologist, arrived in Vienna from Moscow on Friday with his wife Yelena, 29, and his mother, after a long battle with Soviet authorities for permission to emigrate. The party proceeds to Israel.
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Lockheed DC-8 Crashes in Everglades Killing 99
Investigators say a Lockheed aircraft crashed in the Florida Everglades on December 29, 1972, after the crew failed to realize the plane had slipped from autopilot control. Ninety nine of the 163 aboard were killed. The report was carried by United Press International.
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Multiple shocks hit Mexico as floods kill twenty four
Heavy rains flooded two Mexican states causing toppled houses and a derailed train leaving 24 dead. Police reported the toll as rescue efforts continued through the night.
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