Romania Resists Warsaw Pact Steps Amid Independent Stance
Romania shows dissident status within the Warsaw Pact while not leaving the alliance. Nicolae Ceaușescu signals opposition to a standing policy committee and to Soviet led drive for unified military policy. Observers note Romania seeks to cut defense costs and avoid Moscow's ideological fights. Premier Chou En lai’s pending visit looms over Sino Romanian talks.
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Bucharest
Romania
Warsaw Pact
NATO
France
Soviet Union
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nicolae
Moscow
Ceausescu
Coun
Hungary
East Germany
U.S
Europe
Red China
Kremlin
Chou En Lai
China
Hanoi Crowned Dodge City by Restrained Americans
Saigon dispatch notes American pilots nickname Hanoi and Haiphong Dodge City for restrained raids on North Viet Nam. Jets approach within miles of the cities while planners weigh bombing Haiphong port amid political risk and strategic limits.
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Hanoi
Dodge City
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Haiphong
North Viet Nam
Hon Gay
Gulf of Tonkin
Bac Giang
Johnson
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
U.S
Hanoi- Haiphong
Viet Nam
Early alarm clocks awaken monasteries for prayers
In the Middle Ages the first alarm clocks were invented to wake monks for nightly prayers. Priests used these devices to alert Ives to prayer times, reflecting the era's focus on disciplined daily worship.
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Ives
Cavalrymen Search For Kidnapped Buddy in Vietnam
A US 1st Cavalry battalion hunted for a missing trooper captured by Viet Cong near Bong Son in Vietnam. The search, aided by local authorities who released the unit’s name, was unable to locate the soldier as of Saturday.
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Bong Son
South Viet Nam
1St Cavalry
Finning, Ga
DC3 Lands In Alfalfa Field Near Norfolk
NORFOLK Neb AP Capt A T Bergum of St Paul Minn landed his North Central Air planes DC3 with one engine on fire in a Norfolk area alfalfa field. The 16 passengers and crew of three walked away unharmed. Bergum said the belly landing was achieved with little damage. He put out the fire with an extinguisher and led the passengers to safety.
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Norfolk, Neb
A.T. Bergum
St. Paul
Senate Opposes McNamara Plan to Merge Reserves
The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee rejected Secretary McNamara's bid to merge the Army Reserve and National Guard. It called for keeping Reserves and Air National Guard separate and suggested activating some Reserve training divisions to ease the training burden on regular army units.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Army
Senate
Defense Subcommittee
Pentagon
Congress
McNamara
National Guard
Army Reserve and
National Guard Hewte
Armed Services Group
Army Reserves
Air National Guard
Senate Group
British Seamen Leave Ships
British seamen began leaving their ships as the nation braced for a national maritime strike set for midnight Sunday. A prolonged stoppage could devastate the island economy. Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour government planned to wait days before declaring any national emergency. William Hogarth of the National Union of Seamen framed the move as a test of government wage policies.
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London
Harold Wil
Lson
William Hogarth
National Union of Seamen
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