Saigon Rocket Attacks and Other World News Briefs
Guerrillas fired four 122mm rockets into Saigon on Tuesday with one hitting fuel tanks at a naval shipyard as three other strikes caused no casualties. Israel and Syria reported losses in a major air duel with MIGs downed on both sides. London failed to unite Anglican and Methodist churches as voters split over merger. Nairobi saw rioting outside a cathedral for Tom Mboya’s funeral. teargas caused a mourner’s death. Moscow reported an American and West German held after a forced landing near Turkey, injuries denied. Washington advanced 7.5 million dollars more for the JFK Center, lifting federal contribution to 23 million of a 66 million project.
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Alaska Wildfire Crisis Shapes Interior Fire Season
In Fairbanks and across Alaska more than 1,100 firefighters battled dozens of forest fires that scorched over 2 million acres. Nine blazes exceeded 100,000 acres, as widespread smoke blanketed much of the state in what was among the worst fire seasons on record.
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Nixon Proposes Jobless Insurance Overhaul
President Nixon proposed extending unemployment insurance to 4.8 million workers, raising benefit levels, and ensuring a longer payout during recessions. He asked Congress to set a goal of 50 percent wage replacement within two years, with states determining benefits.
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Women on Supreme Court list meets with Nixon at White House
Four Republican congresswomen Reps. Florence Dwyer Margaret Heckler Catherine May and Charlotte Reid met with President Nixon at the White House on Tuesday and some left believing several women were under consideration for the Supreme Court vacancy created by Abe Wortas resignation. Nixon reportedly told them that several women were being considered.
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Tales of Jail Horrors and Political Echoes
Former Ohio prison inmate Dr Sam Sheppard testified before a Senate subcommittee about brutal confinement including six days in isolation with no food or water. He named correction chief Maury Kibritz as responsible and recalled a prisoner bleeding to death in solitary. Also: former Assembly leaders honored amid nostalgia. Ronald Dante charged with grand theft after boat yard incident. Sophia Loren’s grandson Carlo Jr. to debut in film in Moscow with I Glrasp i.
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Astronaut Borman Visits Soviet Think Tank in Akademgorod
Frank Borman and family toured Akademgorod, Russia's science city near Novosibirsk, meeting Mikhail Lavrentyev as Soviet researchers described water pressure systems. Comedian Ben Blue pleads no contest to one tax evasion count in Los Angeles. Apollo astronauts practiced escape drills ahead of the moon launch. Surgeon General Stewart said he has no hard evidence that marijuana is unhealthy.
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Rickover to Extend Navy Nuclear Program Two Years
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover will remain in the Navy's nuclear propulsion program for two more years as announced by Navy secretary John H. Chafee. Rickover, aged 69, continues to lead the program and oversee submarine construction and operation.
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Dick Haymes Reported Brought to England for Tuberculosis
A King Edward VII Hospital spokesman in Midhurst England said American singer Dick Haymes is being treated for tuberculosis. The spokesman would not disclose his condition or details of treatment.
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