Global Reaction Mixed Condemn Munich Slayings Across World
Pro Arab quarters condemn the Munich killings while some voices in Egypt and elsewhere defend the attackers as desperate. Leaders including Nixon McGovern Waldheim Hussein Trudeau join calls for restraint and justice, with Soviet and Eastern Bloc media treating the event cautiously.
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Munich
Associated Press
Palestine Liberation
Tel Aviv
Nixon
George McGovern
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Golda Meir
McGovern Appeals for Jewish Vote Support in West
Senate hopeful George McGovern addressed Jewish voters in Southern California and Seattle, denying a monolithic Jewish vote while urging judges to assess him by his 15 years of public service. He defended Israel security, proposed defense cuts, and promised job programs including housing, transit, and pollution control with women to the Cabinet.
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Los Angeles
George McGovern
Israel
Seattle
McGovern
Richard Nixon
South Dakota
New York
Southern California
Israal
Nixon
Soviet Union
Mideast
Napa
California
America
Pupils Demand End to Walkouts Across Western PA
Western Pennsylvania pupils in North Hills pressed for a return to classes as teachers strike since August 24. In Philadelphia city and suburbs, public schools face disrupted labor duties with 998 of 13,000 teachers reporting. Parochial schools planned to open with an 8th hour agreement averting a strike in the Archdiocese. Erie students push for end to walkouts as 180 days goal looms.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
North Hills
Philadelphia
Community College
Matthew W. Costanzo
Philadelphia, Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Erie
Ohioan Killed With Members Of Israel Team
David Berger a 28 year old American born weightlifter on the Israeli Olympic team was among nine hostages killed by Arab commandos. Gov. Gilligan ordered state flags at half mast as Berger’s parents in Shaker Heights recalled their son’s death and sought guidance.
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Cleveland
Ohio
David Berger
Berger
Shaker Heights
Israel
Benjamin Berger
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Bob
Dr. Berger
B52s Hit Troop Concentrations Near Pleiku in Highland Campaign
U S B52 bombers targeted North Vietnamese troop concentrations within 14 miles of Pleiku to slow a surge of attacks in the Central Highlands. South Vietnamese reports cite two fresh assaults near Pleiku and Kontum, with enemy casualties and captures, while U S Navy jets lost two F8 Crusader aircraft in a refueling collision but pilots were rescued. Weather from Typhoon Elsie limited air operations to about 190 strikes on Tuesday.
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Pleiku
Central Highlands
Kontum
Highlands
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Trang
U.S. Command
Gulf of Tonkin
Hancock
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Maurice Schumann
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