Paralyzed Polio Victim Marries in Church Ceremony
Heather Russell, 33, nearly immobilized by polio for 11 years, wed Ronald Strudwick, 54, a hospital worker, in Colchester England. She attended the ceremony in a chair with a breathing machine, signed with a pen held in her teeth, and will spend much time in an iron lung. The couple left for a brief honeymoon in a specially equipped vehicle, as she remains hooked to life-support and travel aid.
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Heather Russell
Miss Russell
Ronald Strudwick
Canton Army Puts Curb On Red Guards
AP dispatch from Hong Kong reports that regular Chinese army troops moved into Canton to curb violent Red Guards amid clashes with city guards. Travelers noted new purges from the party leadership in Peking and hints that top leaders may be removed as the Cultural Revolution continues.
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Canton
China
Communist China
Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Red Guards
Germany
Mao Tze- Tung
Communist Party Central Committee
Met Opera Opens Glittering Lincoln Center in Style
New York witnesses a grand Met premiere in a $45.7 million glass and travertine house. Austro gifts adorn the venue as Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and hosts mingle amid maxed ticket sales. Rudolf Bing announces an end to the orchestra strike after the second intermission.
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Metropolitan Opera
Lincoln Center
Austria
Met
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Rudolf Bing
Negroes Plan To Back Powell In House Committee Fight
Negro leaders across the country mobilize support for Rep. Adam Clayton Powell in his bid to retain control of the Education and Labor Committee. A. Philip Randolph Stokely Carmichael Floyd McKissick Dick Gregory and Cecil Moore pledge actions of protest or demonstrations if needed while Powell discourages such measures. A blues meeting in New York is planned with Randolph as chairman of organizers.
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Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House Education and Labor Committee
New York Democrat
A. Philip Randolph
Stokely Carmichael
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Dick Gregory
Cecil Moore
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Powell
New York
Randolph
Afl-Cio Pullman Porters Union
Wilson Sends Two Top Men To Rhodesia
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced that Herbert Bowden and Sir Elwyn Jones would fly to Rhodesia to seek a path to eventual African majority rule. They will visit Rhodesia in line with the Commonwealth prime ministers’ communique urging consultation of all four million Africans and 200,000 whites on majority rule.
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Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
Wilson
10 Downing Street
Herbert Bowden
Commonwealth Affairs
Elwyn Jones
Sal
Commonwealth
Vacationing Pope Returns To Vatican
Pope Paul VI returned to the Vatican from vacation and planned a busy session of decisions focusing on Vietnam and contraception for Catholics. An encyclical is set to be issued Monday dedicating October as a month of special prayer for an end to the Vietnam War. The Vatican called the document of notable importance.
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Paul VI
Viet Nam
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