Soviets Seek naval base in Bay of Bengal area
Washington AP reports an Asian diplomatic source says the Soviet Union asked India for permission to establish a naval base in the Bay of Bengal that could control shipping lanes to East Asia and the western Pacific.
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India
Bay of Bengal
Washington
Soviet Union
East Asia
Western Pacific
Indira Gandhi
Andaman Islands
China
Leonid L. Brezhnev
Moscow
William P. Rogers
United States
Rogers
State Department
Andaman
Nixon
Indonesia
Pakistan
U.S
Suez
Southeast Asia
Persian Gulf
Iran
Kuwait
Stolen Picasso Cache Found in London Basement
Eddie Mitchell a West London junk man uncovered 25 paintings in a basement suitcase including Picasso Weeping Woman worth about 200000 and six other works by Chagall Braque Ernst and Miro totaling roughly 720000. The discovery followed efforts to sell them for one dollar each and led to later police identification and a large reward offer.
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London
Eddie Mitchell
Picasso
Marc Chagall
Georges Braque
Max Ernst
Miro
Mitchell
Aubrey Worman
Aub
Aud
Sir Roland Penrose
Britain
Penrose
Release of three POWs and gifts for families urged on July Fourth
AP reports Riese Viera said three American POWs would be returned and families may send gifts to other POWs for Independence Day. Radio Hanoi broadcasts offered no location or timing, but indicated Americans captured in North Vietnam. Multiple North Vietnamese regiments have maneuvered near the Cambodian border and in the Mekong Delta as U S military notes low fighting levels and possible regrouping.
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Saigon
Riese Viera
Radio
Hanoi
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Itn Parallel Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Aet
Loc Ninh
Tay Ninh
Mekong Delta
U.S
273Rd
Seven Mountain Area
Vietnam
Truck Hits Boy and Driver Arrested for Hit and Run
Robert H. Ross, 48, of Saegertown, was arrested in Erie County about an hour after allegedly striking 11-year-old Dean Baker near Venango with a pickup and leaving the scene. Baker was treated at City Hospital and listed as in satisfactory condition.
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Meadville
Robert H. Ross
R.D.1
Saegertown
Venango
Ross
Erie County
Richard Bogt
Waterford
Dean R. Baker
Leechburg
Raymond Baker
Mario Longo
Vernon Township
Baker
McLane
Rolling Stone singer Brian Jones dies during midnight swim
London AP Brian Jones 26 longtime Rolling Stones member dies at his Hartfield home after a late swim. Tour manager Tom Keylock cites possible asthma attack. Thorogood, a contractor, and a blonde girlfriend were at the pool when Jones went under. They pulled him from the water.
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London
Brian Jones
Britain
Rolling Stones
Hartfield
Tom Keylock
Brian
Jones
Frank Thorogood
Thorogood
Breakdown in Vietnam fuel accounting baffled auditors
Pentagon auditors branded a total breakdown in the Vietnam POL system with tens of millions of gallons unaccounted in 1967. The Joint Petroleum Technical Assistance Team found incomplete records, ignored documents, and poor controls across deliveries to U S forces.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Cage
Nineman
Air Force
William Proxmire
D-Wis
General Accounting Office
Zoning Meeting Set Between Columbus Township Groups
The Columbus Township Planning and Zoning Commission will meet with the supervisors Monday at 8 30 p m to review sewage disposal junk cars and population changes. A supplement to an anti zoning petition gained new signers including absentee owners and out of state residents. The petition drive is seen as a bid to end zoning and oust current supervisors.
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Columbus Township Planning and Zoning Commission
Lawrence Miller
Miller
Florida
Judge Blocks Cycle Helmet Law In Clearfield County
Judge John A. Cherry ruled a 1968 Clearfield County motorcycle helmet and glasses mandate unconstitutional. The decision, which affects only Clearfield County, may be appealed to the State Supreme Court.
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Clearfield County
Clearfield, Pa
John A. Cherry
General Assembly
Forest Hopkins
North Hast
Cherry
U.S
Pennsylvania
Dan P. Arnold
Clearfield
State Supreme Court
Fireworks Blast Wrecks Three Cars in Youngstown
A fireworks explosion in a parked car’s trunk triggered a second blast that destroyed another car and damaged a third in Youngstown Ohio. No injuries were reported. Police believe a heat buildup may have set off the fireworks in Charles George’s car and plan to question him further.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Charles George
Youngstown
George
Boy, 14, Drowns In Lake LeBoeuf
ERIE The body of a 14 year old youth from Summit Township was recovered from Lake LeBoeuf after a picnic table used as a raft capsized. Two other boys reached shore as Civil Air Patrol divers and volunteer firefighters dragged the lake through the night. The lake lies about 16 miles south of Erie.
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Erie
Summit Township
Lake LeBoeuf
Mark Fuhrer
Civil Air Patrol
GECAC Hires Clerks as Elgin Outreach Begins
The Greater Erie Community Action Committee expands its Neighborhood Youth Corps program into Elgin. James Bailey leads the Erie operation and will hold public hours at Elgin Borough Hall next week while hiring two clerks Joanne Kowalski and Linda Baker assist. Bailey plans a home survey to identify community needs and solicit local work placements for about 40 NYC youths. Local offices may move to the State Employment Service site. meanwhile GECAC seeks area employers and agencies to request summer help.
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Greater Erie Community Action Committee
Elgin
GECAC
NYC
Federal
Office of Economic Opportunity
James Bailey
Erie
Elgin Borough
Bailey
The
Journal Today
Joanne Kowalski
R.D.2
Corry
Linda Baker
R.D.3
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
North Center Street
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William Barbour
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McDonnell
Rolling Stone
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