Arab Guerrillas Attack Rashaya Fortress in Lebanon
Arab guerrillas shelled the Rashaya fortress town near the Syrian border and attempted to storm the Lebanese army base at Rashaya and an air force base at Klayat. The bombardment and ground assault came as clashes intensified in Tripoli and Yasir Arafat sought regional backing to end hostilities.
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Tripoli
Rashaya
Lebanon
Israel
Guerrila
Yasir Arafat
Damascus
Talks aim to register guerrilla gains in Lebanon
A government spokesman said talks were intended to register guerrilla gains in Lebanon as U S backed efforts to withdraw troops continued. In northern Lebanon near Syria a new military air base at Klayat faced attack with rockets mortars and artillery from guerrillas, leaving casualties and damage to the runway. In Tripoli gunfire wounded and killed people as pro guerrilla factions battled near the Old City while Sidon saw an army checkpoint attack with grenade and machine gun fire wounding one soldier.
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Arfat
Cairo
Lebanon
Emile Bustani
Aly Tend
Xuan Thuy
Caire Net
Lodge
U.S
Klayat
Tripoli
Proguerrilla
Sidon
Kennedy Chappaquiddick Inquest Faces Pretrial Publicity
The Massachusetts inquest into Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick accident may face publicity risks affecting a fair trial. The court kept other inquest aspects to the judge, while exhumation for autopsy remains undecided. Kennedy and aides attended a cookout before the July 18 incident. he later pleaded guilty to leaving the scene and received a suspended sentence.
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Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Massachusetts
Ize
Dinis
New Bedford
Massachusetts High Court
Edward B. Hanify
High’ Court
Miss
Kopechna
Acci Dent
Boyle
Vatican Mass Reform Faces Translation Delays Across Bishops
National bishops conferences report delays in translating the Latin Mass into vernaculars ahead of the November 30 reform launch. The Pope urges quick translation and testing, with vernacular use possible by conferences while awaiting Vatican approval. The reforms stem from Vatican II.
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Pope
Vatican
Nixon press secretary defends court stance on integration
In a recent briefing Ziegler avoided labeling the Supreme Court as extreme while Mitchell urged all officials and citizens to understand and comply with the court ruling. Mitchell noted the decision affects only transition timing from dual to unitary school systems, not the underlying law.
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Nixon
High Court
Supreme Court
Housing FHA commitments stall on dormant Austin project
The FHA San Antonio office issued two mortgage insurance commitments on Jan 20 for a 168 bed nursing home and subsidized rental units totaling 8.63 million dollars. Extensions were denied as the project remains dormant and no HUD funds have been disbursed. The Health Department HEW demanded return of federal land granted to Austin Geriatric Center Inc for lack of tax exempt status. No comment from Interior or Johnson.
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FHA
San Antonio
HUD
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Austin Geriatric Center, Inc
Treasury Department
Interior Department
Johnson
Draft plan eyed as Nixon weighs lottery style draft
The administration contemplates a moving age group draft or lottery to decide who faces the call. Senator Stennis and lawmakers discuss reviews while Republicans warn against rewriting the law on the House floor. Under the proposal men would learn their chances in their 20th birthday month, with birthdates drawn from a bowl to set the call order for the following year.
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Senate Armed Services
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Nixon
Congress
Mississippi to enforce rule while fighting for change
Jackson Mississippi AP report states Mississippi will implement the Supreme Court immediate desegregation order in 33 districts while continuing to challenge the ruling. Gov Summer notes the fight to define unitary schools and questions the HEW plans as defective. Judge Eastland seeks a hearing before the 5th Circuit to clarify timing and scope of court orders.
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Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court
Summer
Eastland
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
High Court
John’ Bell Williams
Department of Health, Education,and Welfare
HEW
Nixon's May proposal for mutual withdrawal urged
U S and South Vietnamese debate mutual withdrawal with international supervision. Lodge offers alternative timeline while Thuy counters as Hanoi calls the issue absurd. Judge urges restraint amid constant calls for unilateral action and blocked progress.
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Lodge
Nixon
Thuy
Hanoi
United States
U.S
North Vietnam
PRG
Animal testing and cancer risk in humans
A discussion notes that chemicals causing cancer in animals do not always do so in humans or other species. Some mouse strains react differently, and skin versus ingestion can change outcomes. Experts warn cross-species extrapolation is hard and urge evaluating substances individually, avoiding risky additives in human food.
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FE. Cuyler Hammond
American Cancer Society
Being Witch Kind Of Blah
Dame Sybil Leek debunks witch romance saying aging witches are dull. She insists she was born witch 46 years ago in England and promotes her books in Boston. Leek argues witches blend religion energy and reincarnation, calling Halloween a major religious holiday and New Year.
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Boston
Sybil Leek
Dame Sybil
England
America
Davie Sywis
Florida
Guy
A. Qwiseaeus
Nixon Pushes Buyer's Bill Of Rights To Congress
President Nixon sent Congress a Buyer's Bill of Rights promising to add protections for consumers and expand enforcement. The package would empower the FTC, publish government bought product data, and make the consumer affairs office permanent. A new 50 member consumer protection division would operate in the Justice Department.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
Federal Trade Commission
Virginia Knauer
Office of Economic Opportunity
Juste Department
Simiar
Civil Rights Division
Vietnam gunships hit enemy positions in late clash
Daily battlefield report notes a contact in a northern bunker area with one American and three enemy dead. Cavalry pilots claim ten enemy killed at a bunker complex twenty miles north as a broader lull in combat continues. A woman declines to discuss secret rites, calling them undramatic and discreet.
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1St. Cavalry Division
U.S
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