Two ships collide in New York harbor killing six
A container vessel and a Belgian tanker rammed near the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge causing a fierce blaze. Six dead including the American captain William Patterson of Chifton NJ, 20 injured, 4 missing, 68 known survivors. Fireboats battled flames as witnesses described explosions and a drifting conflagration.
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New York
New York Harbor
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Brooklyn
Staten Island
William Patterson
Chifton
Esso
Brussels
Edwin Sheppard
Sheppard
Verrazano Bridge
Esso Brussels
Sea Witch
Weekend Wisconsin Weather Forecast With Clouds and Showers
A weekend of cloudy skies and possible rain brings highs in the 70s and 80s across Wisconsin. The forecast calls for warm, partly sunny periods with chances of showers or thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and lingering through the weekend into early next week. Temperatures varied regionally with highs near 86 at Richland Center and Stoughton, mid 70s elsewhere, and overnight lows mostly in the 50s to 60s.
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Wisconsin
Richland Center
Stoughton Lake Michigan
Manitowoc
Summit Talk Went Well at Reykjavik Summit
The White House stressed the Reykjavik talks with French President Pompidou were a total success. Kissinger and Rogers said the summit met its aims and crafted procedures for negotiations to reshape the alliance, with a deputy ministers meeting possible by July. Brezhnev’s visit to follow and a Brezhnev speech are discussed as well.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Iceland
Henry A. Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Kissinger
Reykjavik
Ronald L. Zielger
France
United States
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Andrei Gromyko
California
Rogers
Skylab crew work resumes as panel repair eyed
Skylab astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz resume experiments on day nine while ground teams weigh a space walk to repair a jammed solar panel and consider extending the mission beyond 28 days. Battery degradation and reduced power prompt a potential July 27 launch change. The piece also notes a related court ruling on abortion access in Wisconsin.
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Weitz
San Francisco
Mexico City
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Space Station
Rocco A. Petrone
Marshall Center
Petrone
Kerwin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charismatic Renewal Conference Draws 20000 at Notre Dame
In South Bend Indiana under elm trees and in dorms a large Catholic gathering promotes the spirit. The annual charismatic renewal conference drew over 20 000 people to Notre Dame Stadium on opening night doubling 1972 attendance.
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Notre Dame
South Bend, Ind
Jesus
University of Notre Dame
Kleindienst critiques hearings threaten fair trials
Former Atty Gen Richard G Kleindienst warns Watergate hearings and leaks may endanger individual rights and bias juries. Gov Lucey designates Sheboygan Pepin and Portage counties as disaster areas due to rain and floods, expanding the tally to 41. Nixon era trade pact with the Soviet Union worth 8 billion links Occidental Petroleum to USSR with 200 million in chemical exchanges yearly for 20 years. Wisconsin to deploy about 5 000 National Guard to Camp McCoy for summer drills.
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Atlanta, Ga
Richard G. Kleindienst
Military Adviser Shot Dies in Tehran Ambush
An American military adviser Lt. Col. Lewis Hawkins 42 of Plymouth Indiana was shot outside his Tehran home and died. He had served in Iran since last July. Iranian police posted guards at American installations after the attack. Leftist guerrillas oppose the Shah and face trial for a 1971 attempted kidnapping of the U S ambassador. The Shah and Empress Fa rah were touring abroad. Hawkins was among hundreds of U S advisers in Iran.
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Tehran
Lewis Hawkins
Plymouth
Ind
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Hawkins
U.S
Wisconsin Task Force Targets Barriers for Disabled Citizens
The Governor's Task Force on Problems of People with Physical Handicaps, led by Rep. James Wahner, works to identify and minimize physical and psychological barriers in transportation housing public accommodations employment and education. Manitowoc councilwoman Mrs. Nancy Crowley cites examples from curb cuts to Braille signage and urges action ahead of 1974 legislative session.
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Edmund Arndorfer
Herald-Times
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
James W. Wahner
Milwaukee
Patrick J. Lucey
Amond
Nancy Crowley
Manitowoc Council
Badger
Manitowoc County
Hijackers Escape With $50,000 After Latin Flight Hijack
Two masked gunmen fled with $50,000 after a record airline hijacking that took them across Central and South America. Capt. Hugo Molina said the hijackers dictated routes from Aruba to Resistencia and Asuncion before landing in Buenos Aires where six crew members left the plane. They escaped into the Chaco region in a pickup, while authorities surrounded the airliner.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Latin America
Hugo Molina
Molina
South America
Resistencia
Here
Chaco
Asuncion
Paraguay
Air Force
Panama
Aruba
Ecuador
Peru
Jorge Lucena
Central America
Caribbean
SAM
Pentagon maps five year medical watch for returned POWs
The five year medical watch aims to curb post return deaths after Indochina POWs. Dr. Richard S. Wilbur says all 366 returned POWs showed stress reaction but will not last. He notes high post release trauma and family adjustment issues, including loss of husbanding role and financial strain. One third of POWs, mainly pilots, suffered major fractures from ejection.
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Washington
Indochina
Pentagon
U.S
Korea
Richard S. Wilbur
Wilbur
Princially Air Force
Navy
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