Global tensions mix with oil workers and airship plans
Reports cite Nixon remarks on extremist strikes harming civilians in Saigon and a curfew lift. The PLO announces support for guerrilla funding while Biafra pledges to release 18 condemned oil workers as Lisbon notes. In Germany a shipyard reveals plans for a 500 ton airship to travel 220 mph for long-distance cargo.
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Bombs Drop Over Haiti Attack on Duvalier Palace
Fragmentary report says incendiary bombs dropped by a Constellation aircraft hit the presidential area in Port au Prince, damaging a palace and causing casualties. The blast, described as killing at least one person, occurred near a landing site about a mile from the river.
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Mighty Explosions Hit Du Pont Plant and More
National news bulletin reports three explosions at a Du Pont powder plant in Carnus Point New Hampshire killing three workers and leaving four missing. Indictments target police vice squad members over bribes in Columbus Ohio amid a major crime sweep. Tornadoes hit Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois as storm systems roll east. A water spout near Key West and tornadoes near Tampa Florida are noted. Senate leaders discuss Warren Burger confirmation as chief justice. A small explosion injures three aboard a Northeast Airlines jet near Cambridge Massachusetts. Chile invites Nelson Rockefeller for a fact finding trip, while Latin American nations urge cancellation due to unrest in several countries.
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Impossible 9 Hour Jetliner Escape Cuban Teen
A 22 year old Cuban, Armando Ramirez, survived a nine hour flight hidden in a jet’s nose wheel compartment from Havana to Madrid after escaping with Jorge Perez Blanco who fell to his death. Ramirez, clad only in a shirt and trousers, endured extreme cold and near loss of consciousness, described as a miracle by Madrid aviation experts.
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University Leaders Urged to Exercise Patience Amid Campus Unrest
Chancellor Alex Heard says administration missteps created campus turmoil and compares it to guerrilla warfare. At UC Berkeley Dan Siegel, student body president-elect, faces criminal charges for inciting to riot over People’s Park.
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Troubled Bishop Resigns from St Paul Archdiocese
Auxiliary Bishop James P. Shannon submitted his resignation as pastor of St Helens church in the St Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese. In a reflective statement he called the priesthood the world’s most honorable fraternity and said he is a deeply troubled man.
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