Chelsea Fire Devastation Sparks Federal Aid Request
Chelsea Massachusetts faces up to 500 million in damages after a Sunday fire burned 30 blocks of the port city. Governor Francis Sargent asked President Nixon to declare a disaster area as wind gusts near 50 mph fueled the blaze. Fire officials said the fire was largely controlled on Monday. Chelsea houses 32 000 residents and had been warned as a high risk for conflagration by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
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Elvis Presley hospitalized with pneumonia in Memphis
Elvis Presley, the rock and roll icon, was admitted to Baptist Hospital in Memphis for recurrent pneumonia. Doctors expect about a week of rest and tests. Presley, 38, had recently divorced Priscilla and was in Las Vegas shows prior to the illness.
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Spock Defends Youth Dissent From Intimidation Claim
Dr. Benjamin Spock, child care expert, says 1960s antiwar demonstrators joined protests because they could not be intimidated. He argues the generation’s difference lies in not being intimidated as children by their parents.
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Kickback former Alabama official freed after 16 months
Former Alabama Attorney General Richmond Plowers, 36, was released from federal prison after serving 16 months of an eight year sentence for a kickback scheme involving firms doing business during his 1963 to 1967 tenure under Governor George Wallace. The article also notes Nixon’s Medal of Freedom for William Rogers and remarks by Billy Graham, plus Malcolm Forbes attempting a hot air balloon crossing and old film star Mae Gaynor's critique of modern cinema.
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International Thai leaders flee to restore peace in Bangkok
In Bangkok three top Thai military leaders including former Premier Thanom Rittikachorn fled the country after two days of violent pro-military protests. A radio announcement and a pledge by civilian premier Sanya Thammasak of a compromise with student leaders aimed to defuse tensions.
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Roosevelt demands Senate pledge on innocence in plot claim
Elfiot Roosevelt son of the former president urged a U S Senate subcommittee to publicly declare his innocence regarding an alleged plot to kill the Sahama prime minister. He spoke at a Lisbon news conference after a prior appearance before the panel led by Sen Henry Jackson. Pablo Casals, the famed cellist, aged 96, was moved from intensive care at Mutual Aid Hospital in San Juan to a private room as he regains strength following a heart seizure.
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