Arrests mount in kidnaping in Istanbul probe
Turkish authorities flood the capital with arrests as they hunt for kidnapped Israeli Consul Ephraim Elrom. Security forces halted traffic at roadblocks across the country while more than 400 suspected leftist activists and affiliated figures are detained in a broad sweep linked to the abduction. Elrom, a policeman turned diplomat, was seized by masked gunmen at his home and knocked unconscious.
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Istanbul
UPI
Ephraim Elrom
Elrom
Turkey
Elsom
Adolf Hichmann
Turkish Liberation Army
Jerusalem
Israel
Golda Meir
Dliplomat
Sadat Reorganizes Arab Socialist Union in Purge
President Anwar Sadat moves to purge opponents by creating a provisional ASU secretariat of eight loyalists. He fired the vice president, seven ministers, and several top ASU officials, with hundreds more dismissed or arrested. Sadat vows free elections and warns against rigging as Cairo radios report support pledges and daily supportive cables.
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CAMO
API
Anwar Sadat
Arab Socialist Union
ASU
Egypt
Sadat
Ali Sarbry
Mohammed Uruk
Voice of the Arabs Radio
Cairo
Middle East News Agency
MENA
Sadat foes jailed in roundup in Cairo purge
Former Vice President Aly Sabry and six ex ministers, among others ousted last week, were taken to jail at dawn amid Sadat's purge. Other officials reportedly under house arrest face investigation. details of the alleged coup plan will be released after the probe.
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Aly Sabry
Anwar Sadat
Sabry
Sadat
Nile Delta
Heavy rocket attack wipes out Lao village on Ho Chi Minh trail
North Vietnamese forces launched a major assault in Laos erasing Ban Dong Hene near Savannakhet on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Pak Song and Ban Hout Sai fell giving control of much of the Bolovens plateau. At Paksane an ammunition dump and airstrip were damaged. In Saigon sources reported clashes near the A Shau valley and in Eastern Cambodia with Vietnamese casualties.
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Saigon
Ban Dong Hene
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laotian Panhandle
Souvanna Phouma
U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Pak Song
Ban Hout Sai
Bolovens
Panhandle
Dong Hene
Savannakhet
Muong Phalane
Vientiane
Paksane
Mekong River
A Shau
Phnom Penh
Tax protest in San Francisco targets telephone excise tax
A San Francisco based political group claims 700 people refuse to pay the federal excise tax on telephone bills to protest the Vietnam War. Alan Barnesi of Marin Associates says the aim is to test tax legality, not to disobey it. Lawyer Lloyd McMurray says coordinated suits seek judicial review of taxing power during an undeclared war.
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San Francisco
UPI
Alan Barnesi
Marin Associates
Lloyd McMurray
Mondayle
McMurray
Governors seek aid for American POWs
Four U.S. governors depart for Switzerland to press the American Red Cross to push for improved treatment of American prisoners held by North Vietnam. Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis said the trip may not yield immediate results but adds another voice to urging action.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
U.S
Switzerland
Red Cross
M. Curtis
Lava threat to Sicilian village near Mount Etna eruption
Residents of Sant'Altio seek aid from patron saint as Mount Etna lava flows toward their farming village for 40 days. Local officials plan a meeting to assess evacuation, with lava ripping through orchards and vineyards in Sant'Altio and nearby areas. More than 4400 acres of land burned and about a dozen cottages and villas destroyed.
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Catania
Sicily
UPI
Sant*Allio
Mount Etna
Etna
Sant'Altio
Zafferna
Fornazzo
Milo
Rinazzo
War zone AGI Eats Solitary Meal Near A Shau Base
A solitary meal from a mess kit is eaten by an AGI at a fire support base near the A Shau Valley in South Vietnam. Communist forces attack a South Vietnamese infantry division in the same area late Monday but are repelled by defenders.
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Agi
A Shau
South Vietnam
Military says Reds receive only part of war supplies
U S military officials report that only about one eighth of North Vietnam s supplies sent along the Ho Chi Minh trail reached troops in South Vietnam and Cambodia during the recent dry season. They estimate about 7 500 tons delivered, 16 500 short of needs, the lowest in years, with losses from air attacks on trucks and ground operations in Laos.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Hanoi
Cambodin
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