B 52s Hit O Reilly Amid Heavy Fighting Across Saigon Front
International air strikes returned to besieged Firebase O Reilly as B 52s pounded targets within miles of the camp. North Vietnamese losses were reported heavy on multiple fronts with scores killed and strategic moves near Quan Tri City and Laos border. Diplomatic talks in Vienna advanced SALT progress while peace negotiators return to the table. In Northern Ireland, British troops reinforced Bogside amid rioting and barbed wire removal. In Montevideo a 10 000 strong search for a kidnapped American and Brazilian diplomat expanded. A Central American health official warned of a spreading dysentery epidemic threatening Mexico and Costa Rica.
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Tupamaros
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Fatal slab fall at city hall site kills two workers
A five ton granite slab fell ten floors from a 38 story construction building near city hall in Philadelphia. Two ironworkers died and a third was injured when the hoist cable snapped at the tenth level. A pedestrian walkway was damaged and authorities called it a near miss for bystanders.
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Philadelphia
City Hall
15Th Street
GM, Nader settle privacy suit for 425000
General Motors and consumer advocate Ralph Nader announced a out of court settlement for 425000 with Nader withdrawing punitive damages claims. Nader plans to use tax free funds to monitor GM safety and pollution programs and consumer relations. The deal, reached in Detroit and New York, includes no admission of fault by GM.
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Nader
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Jes Roche
Vincent Gillen Associates Inc
Fidelifacts Inc
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New York State
Johnny Cash Urges Georgia Inmates to Return Home
Johnny Cash, recovering from a pill problem, spoke to about 700 Georgia inmates just before their release. At the request of Governor Lester Maddox and Sheriff Ralph Jones, Cash credited June Carter with helping his turnaround and urged the men to reconnect with loving families and stay away from drugs. The event featured June Carter Cash performing with Cash.
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Cash
Lester Maddox
Ralph Jones
Walker County
Sheriff Jones
June Carter Cash
Miss Carter
Jackson
Abernathy Urges March on Washington at SCLC Convention
Rev Ralph Abernathy urged SCLC delegates in Atlanta to march on Washington in the spring to demand action against alleged crimes against blacks. He called the United States a criminal nation for nearly 200 years.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Washington
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SCLC
United States
Woman Shot to Death in East Side New York Apartment
Lidia French secretary at the American Foundation for Religion and Psychiatry and part time actress was found shot in the back after returning from a Greenwich Village liberation meeting. The White House said it is early to confirm Nixon Kosygin meeting at the U.N. fall observances. Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell announced he will keep auto license plate No 1, saying he has the right to give it to himself as secretary of state.
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Francis Sargent
Massachusetts
France
Henry Miller
New York
Cinema Control Commission
Miller
Paris
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Women’s Liberation Movement
East Side
Lidia French
American Foundation For Religion and Psychiatry
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White House
Nixon
Alexei Kosygin
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Illinois
Paul Powell
Secretary of State
Powell
Boy Found Safe After Weeklong Mountain Search in New Hampshire
A 12 year old boy missing for seven days on Mount Passaconaway near Oliverian Brook Trail was found 150 feet off the trail in dense growth. He survived by eating berries and drinking water, and said he prayed every night while hikers nearby heard his whimper. He walked out of the woods in surprisingly chipper fashion after discovery by two searchers.
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N.H
Daniel Crowley
Boston
Oliverian Brook
George Hamilton
Walter Peterson
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