Soviet secret police intensify searches in Moscow crackdown
The KGB searched the apartments of at least 14 Moscow dissidents amid Case No 24 aimed at crushing the underground Chronicle of Current Events. Pyotr Yakir’s flat yielded underground literature as authorities questioned dozens and operations echoed prior January raids. The Chronicle has published since 1968 and circulates hand to hand. Yakir, 48, is the son of late Red Army commander Maj. Gen. Ilona Yakir.
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Communist Party
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The
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General Staff
Nikitai S. Khruschev
Trumbo to Write Ludlum Novel Film Script
Dalton Trumbo, veteran Hollywood screenwriter, signed to adapt The Osterman Weekend by Robert Ludlum. The suspense novel will become a feature film with Trumbo crafting the screenplay.
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Trumbo
New York
Dalton Trumbo
Robert Ludlum
Quints Born in England with Two Dying
In Northampton England a 24 year old woman Susan Furlow gave birth to quintuplets by cesarean section. Two girls died within hours and three boys showed fragile health with uncertain outlook. The babies, born at 33 weeks, were moved to Barrett Maternity Home neonatal unit.
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Enggland
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Indians and Pakistanis End Kashmir Clash After Ceasefire Order
New Delhi and Rawalpindi halted artillery and infantry fire in Kashmir on cease-fire orders. Sector commanders will meet to determine the cause of the fighting, seen as a setback to peace talks between Prime Minister Gandhi and President Bhutto.
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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Meir and Ceausescu hold extended Middle East talks
Prime Minister Golda Meir and Romanian President Nicolae Ceaușescu wrapped four more hours of talks in Bucharest on the Middle East. Officials gave no public details, and a final communiqué appeared unlikely. Meir sought Romanian help for a direct Israel Arab peace conference while Ceaușescu urged concessions for real negotiations.
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World War II Serdegeant Yokoi Ordered to Avoid People
Shoichi Yokoi, the former Japanese army sergeant who hid 28 years in Guam jungles, is ordered by doctors in Nagoya to avoid meeting people for three months after showing signs of mental disturbance. He briefly claimed self defense killings eight years ago, then recanted, saying he learned of the killings from fallen comrades.
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Haruo Kawai
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Hanoi Claims U S Jets Downed in North Vietnam
Hanoi reported that three U S planes were shot down over Nam Ha i Nam Ha province and Thanh Hoa on May 4 and 5 with a Corsair A7 and two F4 Phantoms among those lost. The dispatch claimed six U S warships were set afire and the total U S aircraft shot down in the North rose to 3 537.
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Nixon to propose reform of school lunch and breakfast programs
The White House announced President Nixon will send Congress a comprehensive plan next week to reform school meal programs including an extra 44.5 million for nutrition activities. A performance based funding approach would reward states by number of students served and would guarantee free lunches for families below the poverty line, offset by equal cuts elsewhere to keep the budget unchanged.
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