Thant Urges Big Four to Push Mideast Talks
U Thant publicly and privately pressures the Big Four to accelerate diplomacy on the Arab Israeli crisis. Swedish envoy Jarring is to renew efforts as Israel’s election changes stir the region. Bunche meets Jarring in Moscow and awaits resume of talks by the United States USSR Britain and France.
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Thant
Big Four
Mideast
United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
Middle East
Gunttar V. Jarring
U.N
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Thaut
New York
Trol
Israel
U.n.security Council
Ralph J. Bunche
Moscow
Jarring
Bunche
Sseminar
Sochi
Lord Qaradon
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Joseph J. Sisco
Washington
Nixon Campaigns In New Jersey Amid Protests At Morristown
Nixon, in Morristown, greeted by 4,000 in 40 degree weather as Cahill’s family and GOP officials joined the president. The visit aimed to boost turnout in Morris and Bergen counties where Nixon relied on a strong margin last year. Three Cahill children flew on Nixon’s plane. one daughter remained hospitalized after an auto crash. Police defused a scene as objects were thrown at the motorcade. Nixon also promoted Holton in Roanoke and Salem, Virginia, while signaling a quieter presidential posture than in 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Alfred E. Driscoll
Wilson
Driscoll
Meyner
Morristown
Cahill
U.S
Clifford Case
Nixon
Mary
Regina
William Jr
New Jersey
Morris
Bergen
Congress
Vietnam
Secret Service
Stwo
Roanoke
Salem
Linwood Holton
Holton
Lebanon war clashes near Rashaya fortress and Asha Kfar Kouk
Guerrillas and Lebanese army clash around Rashaya with entrenched forces at a mountaintop fortress and villages Asha and Kfar Kouk. Frontal attacks fail, casualties rise, and a new supply route to Israel emerges. Newsmen face guerrilla roadblocks near Aiha and Kiar Kouk as tanks fire from vantage points. American University in Beirut sees pro government and pro guerrilla student clashes, police stay out, and a large crowd disperses after vandalism. The university, founded in 1866, now hosts over 3,000 students globally.
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Rashaya
Asha
Kfar Kouk
Aiha
Kiar Kouk
Atha
Lebanon
Arafat
al Fatah
Yasser Arafat
Syria
Israel
Galilee
American University
Beirut
Arts and Sciences
Che” Guevara
Proguerrilla
Rist
The
Presbyterian’ Church
McGovern urges reassessment of food additive safety
McGovern warns that modern technology may harm health and life across generations and cites over 680 additives on an approved list without proven safety. He criticizes the FDA policy of approving for use now and testing later and calls for reversing this order of priorities.
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McGovern
FDA
Stevenson II Seeks U S Senate Seat in Illinois
Adlai E Stevenson II declared his candidacy for the U S Senate at news conferences in Springfield and Chicago amid a Democratic primary race with State Sen Alan Dixon. The Democratic nominee will confront Republican Sen Ralph T Smith in November 1970. Stevenson, 39, Illinois state treasurer and son of the late Adlai E Stevenson, said he aims to represent all Illinois voters. He emphasized public service and noted his family history in politics.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Alan J. Dixon
Belleville
Dixon
Senate
Ralph T. Smith
Alston
Smith
Illinois House of Representatives
GOP
Richard Ogilvie
Everett Dirksen
Chicago
Cook County
Stevenson
U.S
Jordige
Charles H. Percy
Richard J Daley
Ae G. Chirke
Priy
Daley
Illinois
Democratic
Democratic Party
U.S. Senate
Adlair H. Stevenson II
United Nations
U.S. Marine Caprs
Nancy Lewis Anderson
Louisville
Supreme Court orders desegregation plans to start now
The high court rules desegregation plans may be acted on by federal judges after approval by the plans, not before, in a ruling seen as a victory for Black students. Norman Amaker of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund calls it vindication of constitutional obedience. Chief Justice Burger casts a vote in a rapid, recess-time decision impacting Mississippi and other northern systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Norman Amaker
Naacp Legal Defense Land Education Fund
U.S. District Court
Jackson
Miss
High Court
United States
Legal Defense Fund
Warren E. Burger
Vermont
Jerris Leonard
U.S. Office of Education
Leonard
Jack Greenberg
Greenberg
Department
Cliff Slide Destroys Dangler Home and Threatens Nearby
A five-structure slide threatens four more homes and three guest cottages along a crescent fissure near a 200 foot cliff. Police describe the scene as thunderlike cracking while geologist Frank C. Kresse notes historic coastal instability and possible quake triggering. George R. Smith recalls seeing base erosion as his neighbor’s house nears collapse.
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Dangler
Woody Roe
George R.smith
Smith
Frank C. Kresse
Palo Alto
Calif
Brush Fire Demolishes Homes in Granada Hills
A brush fire sweeping into the San Fernando Valley damaged up to eight homes and forced evacuations of about 500 residents. Firefighting crews from Los Angeles city and county fought hard as flames burned 5 000 acres, aided by 50 mph winds and an exploding oil tank. Police evacuated northern neighborhoods, Red Cross opened an evacuation center, and residents kept roofs wet to prevent spread.
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Granada Hills
Calif
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
Valey
Newhall
Santa Susanna Mountains
Red Cross
Iour
Bob Hope
Russia weighs miniskirt ban as social crisis widens
Moscow reports a heated debate over miniskirts with proposals ranging from fines to purge-like methods. Letters from officials and readers cite fashion as class conflict, while defenders argue it signals cultural independence and warn against punitive state controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Minis
Miniybka
Av Raskin
Vietnam releases large group of Viet Cong prisoners
Thien Minh a critics' confinement near Saigon returned home under house arrest after 10 days in a military hospital. Sixty three of 88 Viet Cong prisoners freed Wednesday were women from Qui Nhon camp. 25 men had been held at Bien Hoa. Each detainee received 400 piasters and clothing. Government had said 24 prisoners would be released for humanitarian reasons. No grand propaganda followed the release, one of the largest groups freed, with about 1,000 freed over several years. The biggest batch was 140 released on Nov 30, 1968.
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Qui Nhon
Saigon
Bien Hoa
Capital
Adair to Vote on Foreign Aid Bill Cuts
Adair, who has opposed foreign aid passage, expects the House to possibly meet the 1968 spending ceiling of 1.97 billion. He plans potential floor cuts but hasn’t fixed their size. The appropriations panel trimmed development loans by 200 million and reduced Alliance for Progress and Latin American aid, with military aid and Spanish bases also scaled back under the broader package. Morgan called the cuts flexible.
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Adair
House
Alliance For Progress
South Korea
Morgan
Hospital uses total child concept for chronically ill
In Philadelphia a Moss Rehabilitation Hospital program treats chronically ill children as whole youngsters first. A team provides education and recreation in bedside classrooms and a 5 grade day care setup, with 25 children currently involved and plans to expand.
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Philadelphia
Peter W. Vallace
Moss Rehabilitation Hospital
Moss
Vallace
Moss Hospital
Vanlace
Andirchabiete
Virginia Law On Drug Acts Is Upheld
A three judge federal panel in Richmond upheld Virginia laws banning advertising of prescription drug discounts. The ruling, by Judge John D. Butner, states the prohibition is a constitutional exercise of state price power. The decision allows firms to offer discounts but bars advertising them to the public.
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Richmond
Virginia
Revco Drug Centers
Lynchburg
Patterson ‘Drug Co
John D. Butener
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Maryland
Colorado
North Dakota
U.S
Ted Dalton
Richard B. Kellam
GE Strike Targets Negotiators Over Union Wages Demands
AFL CIO leaders led by Meany accuse GE of anti union tactics amid a three day picket campaign at 280 plants. The unions seek a 90 cent hourly rise over 30 months while GE offers 20 cents first year with later wage reopenings. Court actions loom as picket lines clash with nonstrikers in several cities.
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Iinto GE
Shultz
Nixon
Labor
Meany
Jennings
General Electric
Aflcio
General Electric Co
Ieee Council
Afl-Cio
Syra- Base
N.Y
GES
John L. Lascaris
Onondaga County Social Services
United Electrical Workers
Schenectady
Cincinnati
Lynn
Mass
Pittsfield
Burlington
Godwin Opens Bipartisan Probe Into Southwest Virginia Ballots
State Sen Dawbarn accused Governor Godwin of political expediency as he ordered a bipartisan investigation into alleged voter fraud in Southwest Virginia. Dawbarn urged separate counting of absentee ballots and restricting them to students or the ill, with party approvals for local election officials.
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Norfolk
But
Dawbarn
Leutenant- Gove Sal
Wills EB. Godwin Jr
Virginia
Society of Professional “Engineers
Pentagon trims defense upgrades amid bomber threat doubt
The Pentagon began shutting down air defense units years ago to align with a new bomber interceptor and AWACS radar center plans but Congress resisted a costly revamp without a new Soviet bomber threat. Senate cuts from 60 million to 15.7 million for radar and from 18.5 million to 2.5 million for design studies prompted calls to restore funding.
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Pentagon
AWACS
Teals
Congress
Soviet Union
Senate
U.S
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