National Police Firefight in Miami Brownsville Violence
Miami police exchanged gunfire with snipers as youths roamed streets beating motorists in Brownsville for a second night. Nine arrests, seven injured including a wounded sniper. two gunmen at large four blocks apart. Firebombs, floodlight trucks, and off duty officers used to restore order. One sniper at large armed with a handgun. Police say a handgun-wielding sniper is complicating efforts.
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Newark elects Kenneth Gibson first black mayor in runoff
Kenneth Gibson, 38, a Newark civil engineer, defeats incumbent Hugh Addonizio in a racially charged runoff. Jubilant supporters filled Gibson headquarters while Addonizio backers clashed with police. cameras damaged and reporters attacked amid postvote chaos. Gibson pledges to join city payroll expansion and honor founder Robert Treat. Final tally Gibson 54892 Addonizio 43339.
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Gallagher pushes 6.5 billion cancer plan with 85 supporters
Rep. Cornelius Gallagher announces a national commitment of at least 6.5 billion dollars to fund cancer eradication in the 1970s. He criticizes the space program spending and aims to create five cancer research institutes within two years with 250 million dollars. Britain's Roedean School replaces its headmistress with a man, John Maitland Hunt, after a 38 year old wins the post.
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Newsmen Freed by Reds After Cambodian Capture
Three American correspondents captured May 7 in Cambodia were released and flown back to Saigon. Richard Dudman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Elizabeth Pond of the Christian Science Monitor and Michael Morirow of Dispatch Inc. reported they were safe and healthy.
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Two journalists held in Cambodia flee to Saigon
Dudman and Morrow described their capture in Cambodia on Monday night and arrival in Saigon on Tuesday after hitchhiking with a South Vietnamese convoy. They were briefly blindfolded and restrained but later released after officials confirmed they were reporters. The incident left about 20 correspondents from eight nations dead or missing in Cambodia.
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Reds Squeeze Capital as Road Link to Port Is Blocked
Cambodian capital Phnom Penh faces transport disruption as rail traffic to Bangkok halts and the main highway to its deepwater port is closed amid new fighting. Viet Cong have been driven from Kampong Speu, while Trapeang Kraleng on Highway Four again blocks the road after brief Allied control.
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Ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben Freed by Kidnappers
West Germany’s ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben, 61, was released Tuesday night by leftist kidnappers who seized him last Thursday. He arrived pale at the embassy residence in Rio de Janeiro after the Brazilian government met ransom demands.
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Israelis Knife into Syria in Deep Raid Near Damascus
TEL AVIV reports Israeli raiders penetrated 70 miles into Syria on Tuesday night. They sabotaged a bridge near Damascus and shelled a Syrian army base. It was the deepest penetration in three months and the first major incursion since the 1987 Middle East war. The attack ended after about five hours with all raiders returning safely.
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Opposition Tries Scare Issue in British Election
Edward Heaths Conservative bid for a national victory centers on a devaluation scare accusing Labour of weakening Britain. Prime Minister Harold Wilson's government rejects the charge as a political gambit. In Moscow, the Soviet Soyuz 9 mission marked 15 days in space with no stated end date.
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