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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1969
Page
2
A two mile long column of about 100 tanks, personnel carriers and 80 trucks bottlenecked the Moldau highway at Barrandov near Prague. Guards around the Communist Party HQ were reduced as authorities show force after riots. No tanks entered the city and calm persisted since Thursday night.
Arab foreign ministers convene in Cairo to plot a more aggressive path against Israel. Jordan calls for a summit that Egypt backs which could end peaceful settlement efforts. In Damascus Syria breaks diplomatic ties with Romania over its Israel relations.
Ralph Nader charged Ford cars risk fire from gasoline tanks used as trunk floors. He cited an Army Corps circular and Consumers Union findings, while Ford and agencies offered no strong evidence of danger. The report spans multiple safety and desegregation notes across the nation.
Victor Jackson, 30, of East Lansing Michigan, completed an 80 mile trip Sunday in a cast iron tub with a 2 horsepower motor. He spent over 12 hours on Lake Michigan and was aided by Coast Guard searchers who feared he had run out of fuel before reaching Manitowoc Wisconsin.
Protestant leaders in Belfast accuse William Cardinal Conway of heightening tensions after he blamed machine-gunning of Catholics on mob violence during the Belfast riots. They urge followers to avoid provoking further violence as the cardinal rejects government claims of an IRA uprising.
Bernadette Devlin a 22 year old Northern Ireland MP said Sunday Ulster government policies aim to provoke war between Protestants and Catholics and urged Protestant poor to side with Catholics. She reiterated her goal of uniting the six counties with the Republic of Ireland.
A British Home Office spokesman in London said reports that Premys Strougai, brother of Czechoslovak deputy party leader Lubomir Strougai, sought political asylum in Britain could not be confirmed. Rumors circulated in London and Eastern Europe that he planned to defect or had defected.
In Marina Di Ravenna Italy 1969 judges chose two winners at the Lady Universe contest. Magda Konopka 25 of Poland was named Lady Universe while Helga Line 30 of Portugal was named Lady Universe of the Cinema for outstanding beauty and talent.
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