Amazing Mets win World Series in dramatic comeback
New York Mets surged from behind to defeat the Baltimore Orioles four games to one and claim the World Series. Jerry Koosman pitched a masterful game for the Mets, earning his second win of the series as New York overcame a 3-0 deficit with late offense including Cleon Jones and a pivotal homer by Cleon.
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Nixon unmoved by Viet War moratorium
AP dispatch reports the October moratorium on Vietnam War drew massive crowds and broad support, yet President Nixon remained unmoved, with aides stating most Americans back his policy. Analysts debated whether further demonstrations would influence policy or fade without violence.
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Hundreds protest Vietnam war in South County rallies
In pouring rain, hundreds including housewives clergy students and businessmen gathered in South County and Hayward to demonstrate against U S involvement in Vietnam. Observers said the actions were orderly as crowds marched to city halls and engaged in candlelight vigils and antiwar chants reflecting education and remonstration efforts across campuses and communities.
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War toll declines while South Vietnamese losses rise
Saigon reports 82 Americans and 304 Saigon govern ment troops killed in action, with 1,687 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese dead. American deaths for the week stay below 100 for the third time, while Vietnamese casualties spike as overall U S battlefield deaths trend downward and South Vietnamese toll outpaces Americans for five straight months.
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Laird forecasts major Viet Nam pullout plan
Secretary Laird says he is confident Vietnamization can reach a point where most American combat troops can be withdrawn within years, but he declines to set a timetable. Pentagon forces in Vietnam numbered about 505,600 on October 1, with over 300,000 in combat roles. In Saigon, officials disclosed a accelerated military training program for the South Vietnamese armed forces, to finish by end of 1970, enabling further U.S. troop withdrawals.
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Advisory unit backs Hayward utilities tax
Hayward's Study Committee on Capital Improvements voted yes on Mayor Jack Smith's five percent utilities tax for 36.8 million in proposed capital improvements. James Van Striver opposed, urging a public vote, but was overruled. The panel set a ceiling of 1008 per utility, five year review, and a public hearing before adoption. the council may impose the tax without an election.
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College enrollment cut killed in California
California state college trustees, under Governor Reagan’s orders, agreed to accept every qualified applicant despite a large budget gap. They had warned of cuts to preserve quality, noting about 33,000 qualified students would be turned away from a projected statewide enrollment of 20,000. Reagan set a $265 million ceiling on the budget, a figure far below the prior year’s level.
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300 Miles of Terror On California Coast Ride
A knife wielding kidnapper abducted a nursery school aide during a 300 mile ride up the California coast. The frightening journey ended with the victim spared serious harm, and authorities pursuing leads as page four continues the story.
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Nobel Prize Medicine Awarded to Three Americans
STOCKHOLM AM The 140 Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to three American scientists for pioneering virus research that underpins studies of rabies encephalitis and the common cold. Max Delbruck Alfred Hershey Salvador Luria share the $75 000 prize. all three are noted for groundwork on virus replication and genome analysis.
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