Caribbean Killer Inez Raging On
Hurricane Inez raged through Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico causing five deaths and widespread damage. Judith, a tropical storm, formed far east as Inez neared Hispaniola. Forecasts warned of dangerous flooding and high surf across Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
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Caribbean
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Weather Bureau
Haiti
Miami
Hispaniola
U.S
National Hurricane Center
Riots Erupt in San Francisco After Police Shooting
In San Francisco rioters smashed windows started fires looted and overturned vehicles in Hunters Point and later Fillmore. Governor Brown and Mayor Shelley activated 2000 National Guardsmen and curfews held for about four hours until 6 a.m. Wednesday. Eleven people were treated at Mission Emergency Hospital with no severe injuries reported.
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Hunters Point
Fillmore
Brown
John Shelley
California
Thomas Cahill
Los Angeles
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San Bruno
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Shelley
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France urges U S withdrawal from South Vietnam at UN
France calls for a U N backed move toward peace by withdrawing American troops from South Vietnam. Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville speaks at the General Assembly urging a return to Geneva principles and evacuation of foreign forces. The speech stresses the United States’ power and responsibility to lead a new peace initiative.
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United Nations
France
U.S
South Vietnam
U.N. General Assembly
Maurice Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
Cambodia
Vietnam
America
12-Hour Delay For American Airlines Tieup
New York AP reports AFL-CIO TWU postponed a dawn strike against American Airlines for 12 hours amid ongoing talks. The union seeks about a 30 percent raise for ground crew mechanics clerks and related staff, with current hourly wages $2.54 to $3.57.
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Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
American Airlines
Iowa
American
TWU
Michael J. Quill
New York City
West Germany to Extend $12.5 Million in Credits to Indonesia
West Germany agreed to extend twelve and a half million dollars in credits to Indonesia. The announcement came on Wednesday via UPI reports.
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Bonn
UPI
West Germany
Indonesia
U S Proposes NATO Satellite for Military Communications
Harlan Cleveland, the U S permanent representative to the NATO Council, proposed that NATO jointly launch a communications satellite. The system could be launched as early as 1968 if agreement is reached, to connect the United States with Western Europe and link the northern and southern NATO regions.
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U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
NATO
Harlan Cleveland
NATO Council
Delay Gemini For 2 Weeks Ditches Backpack Plan
Houston AP reports the Gemini 12 mission is delayed about two weeks after scrapping a plan to have an astronaut orbit the world with a pressurized rock et powered backpack. Officials target around November 15 for the flight date.
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Houston
Humphrey heckled at antiwar Portland event
Vice President Hubert Humphrey spoke in Portland amid a bitter antiwar demonstration. He urged negotiated settlement in Vietnam and a cease in bombing North Vietnam in exchange for progress toward peace talks with the National Liberation Front. Demonstrators disrupted the event, with one student hospitalized after a confrontation.
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Ore
Humphrey
Portland
University of Oregon
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Hanoi
Emanuel Hospital
Holly Hart
Chicago
Chuckle line on husbands and dripping faucets
A lighthearted quip notes that give a man tools and a dripping faucet quickly becomes a running stream. The humor underscores DIY stereotypes with a playful twist.
Argentine Ex-Terrorists Hijack Plane to Falklands Claim
A group led by a woman hijacked a 48 passenger plane and forced it to land at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands to press Argentina’s claim. A source said 17 men and the female leader seized the aircraft, with the incident cited amid Britain’s ongoing Falklands dispute during Prince Philip’s visit.
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Falkland Islands
South Atlantic
Argentina
Here
Aerolineas Argentinas
Fernandez Garcia
Falklands
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Rio Gallegos
Britain
Prince Philip
Stocks Fall Sharply in Early New York Trading
In moderate trading on a Wednesday afternoon the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials slid 10.35 points to 783.74 by 12 30 p m. The report notes a broad decline across the market with investors cautious amid uncertain conditions.
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New York
Cramped Air Stowaway Returns Home to Queretaro
A 17 year old Mexican stowaway survived a 2000 mile flight from Colombia in the wheel well of an Avianca four engine jet. He rode from Bogota to Mexico City then to Queretaro after a Panama stop in a perilous journey. He described fear during takeoff and the near crush of retracting wheels. Doctors found him unharmed and immigration officials confirmed his Mexican citizenship. He said he was homesick and lacked funds to fly home.
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Mexico City
Queretaro
Colombia
Francisco Cuevas Garcia
Bogota
Ramon Watkins
Avianca
Watkins
Panama
Francisco
Escape from wheel well ends in Queretaro by bus
Francisco recounts a harrowing flight ordeal from Panama to Mexico City, hiding in a wheel well until a forced landing freed him. He describes fear, numb legs, and pain as mechanics missed him in the darkness and friends helped him down after landing. He then traveled 115 miles by bus to Queretaro.
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Panama
Francisco
Mexico City
Queretaro
Friendly Town Hit By Yanks
A misdirected bombing by two U S Marine planes struck the village of Hon Ba in Quang Ngai province, killing 35 and wounding 16. The blast destroyed 120 homes as U S forces launched four new search and destroy operations in the Mekong delta, first time civilians and Montagnard communities faced such activity in the area.
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U.S
Hon Ba
Quang Ngai
Mekong Delta
Delta Rice Bowl
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Gulf of Tonkin
Mekong
25Th Infantry Division
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