Biafra Surrenders as Nigeria Gains Victory in Civil War
Gen Odumegwu Ojukwu warned of genocide by Nigerian forces and urged neutral intervention to stop mass extermination in Biafra. Lagos announced surrender terms ending a 2½ year war with amnesty and federal relief efforts. UNICEF received $2 million from the U.S. to aid Biafran refugees, with Canada and Ireland contributing smaller sums.
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Nigeria
Yakushu Gowon
Gowon
Laos
United Nations
U.S
U.N. Children’s Fund
Unicef
Canada
Ireland
Henry Labouisse
Arms Reach Red Troops Through U S Built Port
International report says war supplies move through neutral Cambodia seaports Sihanoukville and Ream to South Vietnam. Disguised cargo, customs clearance, and 85 percent of materiel bound for Mekong Delta areas pass through these Cambodian ports. In Saigon fighting wounds 27 Americans. weekly tolls rise.
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South Vietnam
Cambodia
Sihanoukville
U.S
Hanoi
Laos
Ream
Mekong
Eam
Song Be
TWA Walkout Averted and PATCO Threatens Strike
A system wide TWA strike was averted after nine hours of talks led to a tentative contract. PATCO warned of a Feb. 15 airport walkout over Baton Rouge disputes, while F Lee Bailey urged fair hearings. A jetport near the Everglades was rejected as conservationists hailed a White House victory. Budget officials expect a surplus without new taxes. Republicans plan record spending to win House control. Twenty four inmates fled Holman Prison in Alabama, nine recaptured by afternoon amid a large manhunt.
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TWA
National Mediation Board
New York
Baton Rouge
F. Lee Bailey
PATCO
Bailey
James Hayes
O'Hare Airport
Chicago
Svithdrawal
New Dixie Prison
Mobile
Alabama
Holman Prison
Air National Guard
Montgomery
MIT Students Occupy President Johnson’s Office in Live-In
About 200 students led by Students for a Democratic Society marched through MIT’s administration area to the second floor Thursday. Six demonstrators used a makeshift steel pipe battering ram to force the door, 59 remained to occupy the president’s office. Witnesses reported access to private files and running copiers as the live-in continued to demand the end of the disciplinary committee and reversal of sanctions on earlier demonstrators.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Howard Johnson
Students For A Democratic Society
MIT
Spy in British Government arrest shocks UK politics
William James Owen, a 68 year old Labor MP and Cooperative Movement leader, was arrested in London on espionage charges under the Official Secrets Act. Scotland Yard did not name the foreign power, but reports said it was not the Soviet Union. Owen has long backed East West trade and owned Berolina Travel in suburban London, with tours to East Germany rumored.
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Cooperative
Scotland Yard
Soviet Union
Owen
London
Europe
Berolina Travel
East Germany
Agnew Threats Stir Auckland Demonstrations
Vice President Spiro Agnew toured New Zealand amid violent protests by Vietnam War opponents. Police held a man in Auckland for threatening to kill Agnew after entering the hotel lobby. Thirteen demonstrators were arrested and later bailed. A 32 year old unemployed worker named Sydney James Arthur pleaded innocent to use of threatening language. Agnew dismissed Fulbright's criticism as the senator cooling off.
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U.S
Auckland
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Sydney James Arthur
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
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