Bombings Damaged Buildings and Truck in Wichita
Police reported four bombings in Wichita causing extensive damage to two buildings under construction a house and a two ton truck. No injuries were reported and authorities linked the blasts though exact motive remained unclear. Each bomb contained about eight pounds of gunpowder in a plastic jug with a residence on the south side among the targets.
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Wichita
Ban
Col
Floyd
Nannon
Sextend
Federal aid to black colleges rises by $30 million
The Nixon administration will increase federal aid to predominantly black colleges by 30 million dollars this year. The total to be allocated reaches 40 million, adding to 98 million already provided by HEW. In a letter to Central State University president Herman Branson, Nixon cites the need to strengthen equal educational opportunity amid financial strain on small black colleges.
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Washington
UIP
Rixon Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
IEW
Nixon
IEGW
Harman R. Branson
Central State University
Wilberforce
Onn
Court rules against Sting Ray design liability
The California 3rd District Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling finding General Motors liable for 876.00 in damages and 276,179.51 for wrongful death to Carol Badorek of Sacramento after a 1965 Corvette Sting Ray crash. The court rejected GM’s claim that another driver caused the accident and that makers aren’t liable for design defects, citing manufacturers duty to produce crashworthy vehicles.
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Sacramento
State Court of Appeal
Ghul
General Motors Corp
Carol Badorek
Mloyneys
General Motors
Fred R. Pierce
Pierce
Balloonists search suspended in Atlantic drift
Three balloonists missing since September 21 in the North Atlantic are believed aboard an 80 foot tall brightly colored craft. After a suspended search was resumed at congressional request, the fate of Rodney Anderson Pamela Brown and Malcolm Bright remains uncertain. In California Sacramento Ram Johnson High closed for violence with arrests as police restored order and the district warned a cooling off period through Monday.
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York
Upa
North Atlantic
ReVeral Congressmeen
Halbaniais
France
Rodney Anderson
New York City
Pamela Brown
Malcolm Bright
Sacramento
UPT
Hiram Johnson High School
Wveek
Paul Salmon
Serramento City Unified
Negin Stu
Tricia Nixon Remarks at Southeastern Fair Opening
Tricia Nixon visited Atlanta to ribbon cut the Southeastern Fair with her mother, then first daughter and 4-H veteran reportedly recalling a girlhood pig contest. Nixon praised fairs as showcasing American individuality and national strength. In TECPAN DE GALEANA, Mexico, three Mexican policemen died in a gun battle with smugglers as U.S. and Mexican narcotics agents arrived, the army said.
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Atlanta
Tricia Nixon
Air Force
Secret Service
Tricia
Mass Nixon
Nixon
California
Tecpan DE
Mastodon Skeleton Unearthed Near Somersville Ohio
Archeologists completed excavation after a Thursday discovery at a west central Ohio horse breeding farm. They uncovered about a four thousand year old juvenile mastodon skeleton, an ancestor of the elephant hunted by early Indigenous peoples. Construction workers helped reveal three and a half tons of fossil remains in the bog site.
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Somersville, Ohia
UPN
West
Ohio
Devastating Southern California Fires Expand Across Regions
A massive brush and timber fire raged across rugged terrain aided by desert winds. Evacuations affected 4390 Chaffey Junior College students and the Mount Baldy community as fires spread toward Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests. Fire crews battled multiple fronts, with 7 fires destroyed and 10 deaths linked to the blazes. A rock musician was detained on arson suspicions tied to firecracker explosions.
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Cucamonga
Fal
San Antonio Canyon
Chaffey Junior College
Mount Baldy
Imber
Angeles National Forest
San Bernardino National Forest
California
Hearst Castle
San Simeon
Willian’ Randolph Tearst
San Diego
Laguna
Cuyamac State Park
Boulder Canyon
Red Mountain
Bakersfields
Walker Basin
San Sirwin
Los Angeles County
Nhursda
Lytle Creek
Meir Says Israel Ready to Move Toward Peace and Intervention
Prime Minister Golda Meir in a New Year message stated Israel grows stronger militarily and economically each year and would intervene in Jordan if King Hussein’s Civil War faltered. She urged readiness to resume peace talks once Soviet missiles near the Suez are removed and noted ongoing UN cease-fire concerns and Arab attitudes toward Palestine.
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Preiminar
Gelda Meir
Israel
Jordan
Hussein
Meip
Suez Canal
United Nations
Mrs. Meir
Tne
West Bank
Gaza
Aral
Middle East
Palestine
Meir
Post Nasser era: Kremlin wooing Egypt for survival
Diplomatic sources report Moscow seeks to preserve its $6 billion plus investment and military foothold in Egypt after Nasser's death. Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny press for a negotiated Arab Israeli settlement while pledging defense commitments, signaling ongoing Kremlin influence in Cairo and regional strategy.
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Loxdon
NPR
Kremlin
Gamal Adel Nasser
Nasser
Egypt
Ioika
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosyit
Nikolai ¥. Podgorny
Cairo
Russia
Moscow
Troike
Mussia
Middle East
Moser
Mideast
Kosygin
Cairn
Sayid
Brezhnev
Brezhnev Accuses U S Israel of Wrecking Peace Talks
In a Baku speech, Soviet leader Brezhnev charged the United States and Israel with undermining the Jarring mission to mediate Middle East peace. He blamed Washington for arming Israel and extending regional conflict while reaffirming support for a political settlement and praising Egyptian President Nasser.
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Soviet Communist Party
Leonid J. Brezhnev
Israel
United States
Middle East
United Ons
Gunnar Y. Jarring
Brezhnev
Baku
Republic of
Azerbaiijan
Wireles
Freazhnev
Jordan
Resistanc Movement
Brodhnev
Gamal Asssel Nasser
Egyptians arming say Israelis charge continues near canal
Israeli military spokesman said Egyptian missile batteries and sites were still being built within 19 miles of the Suez Canal waterway despite the death of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. A cease-fire complaint was filed with the U.N. observers, marking the second such report of missile construction since the August 7 cease-fire.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Gamal Abdel Wasser
Wateway
U.N
Canal Zone
U.S
Nasser
Three Sailors Charged In Berkeley Abduction Case
Three sailors from Wave Island Naval Shipyard face charges after an alleged abduction and rape in Berkeley. Police say the victims were held at gunpoint, forced into a trunk, and escaped when the victim grabbed a fire iron and fought back. Bail set at 23000 each for Michael J. Smith Al red C Romero and Charles A Paul.
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Mare Island
GPT
Wave Island Naval Shipyard
Berkeley
Michael J. Smith
Lewisville
Alred C. Romero
Denver
Charles A. Paul
Providence
Court Outburst Halts Manson Trial Amid Taunts
In Los Angeles Charles Manson and three female defendants caused a courtroom disruption during the Sharon Tate-LaBianca murder trial. Manson sang a folk tune and called the judge a woman while four were ordered removed. Deputy DA Vincinto Bugliosi faced contempt fines. the judge warned further outbursts would halt proceedings. The incident interrupted witness Juan Flynn’s testimony about Manson’s control over the women and their alleged acts.
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Los Angeles
UPH
Charles Manson
Ani
Sharon Tate-LaBianca
Vincinto Bugliosi
Superior Court
Charles Jr. Older
Older
US. Supreme Court
Juan Flynn
Flynn
Manson
Attor Ieys
Tre
Susan Atkins
Patricia Kremeinkel
Leslie van Housten
Court upholds gun limits in California capitol courts
In a San Francisco ruling the State Court of Appeals upheld 1967 laws banning carrying loaded weapons in the State Capitol and other specified places. The decision rejected ACLU claims the statute was unconstitutional for search issues. Defendant James A. DeLong arrested at Diablo Valley College when police checked his car trunk. marijuana found. The campus was a specified place under the law.
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San Francisco
UPL
State Court of Appeals
American Civil Liberties Union
James A
New San Marino officers sworn as captains regent
Simone Rossini and Giuseppe Lonterettini were sworn in as captains regent of the Republic of San Marino, taking six month terms in the world’s oldest and smallest republic.
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UPL
Simone Rossini
Giuseppe Lonterettini
Republic of
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