Agnew Cheered in Greek Ancestral Town Visit
Vice President Spiro Agnew drew about 8 000 residents and hundreds of students to Garagoualano in southern Peloponnesus as he honored his father’s birthplace with a gravesite plaque olive tree planting and a luncheon with local leaders before continuing to Meraklion Crete on a five day private trip. The crowd hailed him as the greatest Greek and he recalled lessons from his father Theoforastost Anagnostopoulos born 1877 and emigrated to the United States in 1907. Laurel strewn streets and school cheers marked the moment
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Spiro Agnew
Garaguadel
Peloponesus
Agnew
Posterfty
Meraklion
Crete
U.S. Marine
Dionyssios Panagopoulos
Theoforastos Anagnostopoulos
Garagagliano
United States
Andreas
Karma
Democrat
Defense allows limited use of dead man voice in Henderson case
At Ft Meade Md a military judge indicated the defense may use limited recorded voice of a dead man to help prove Col Oran Henderson's innocence as the court martial nears its end. The judge also hinted on evidence strategy for the defense phase.
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Ft. Meade, Md
Oran Henderson
Henderson
Peter Wondolowski
Church first Black pastor elected in Disciples of Christ
The 60 year old Walter Bingham of Third Christian Church Louisville Ky became the 61st Negro elected to the highest office of the 14 million member Disciples of Christ denomination. Kim Novak won a 49000 settlement from Morgan and Sons Garage in a Los Angeles suit over a 1966 accident on U S 101 near Santa Maria. Lisa Lu, Tollywood actress of Chinese parentage, won Taiwan film’s Gin Ma Award. Del Lavon Thomas, alleged hijacker of an Alaska airliner, was handed to US authorities by Canadian police at Bellingham Washington.
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Walter Bingham
Third Christian Church
Louisville
Disciples of Christ
Kim Novak
Los Angeles
Morgan and Sons Garage
U.S. 101
Santa Maria
Lisa Lu
Taiwan
Miss Lu
Hong Kong
Gin Ma
del Lavon Thomas
Alaska
Bellingham
Wash
Fischer Beats Petrosian Again For Big Lead In Buenos Aires
Bobby Fischer of the United States defeated Russia's Tigran Petrosian for the second straight day in the candidate's chess playoff in Buenos Aires. Petrosian resigned on move four. Fischer extended a two point edge as the match progressed amid high stakes. Separately, Gov. Reagan met Gov. Teraza Ninagawa of Kyoto to discuss economics and rail transportation.
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United States
Russia
Tigran Petrosian
Buenos Aires
Petrosian
Iischer
Reagan
Teraza Ninagawa
Kyoto
Japan
Thousands march in Ottawa to protest Kosygin visit
In Ottawa thousands of Jews protested Soviet Premier Kosygin with a parade stretching over city blocks and traffic disruptions. Police estimated 10,000 participants as Kosygin lunched with Prime Minister Trudeau. protesters gathered near the Soviet Embassy and at the National Arts Center, while the motorcade avoided confrontation.
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Ottawa
Alexi N. Kosygin
Rideau Club
Kosygin
Jerra Elliott Trudeau
KGB
National Arts Center
Tex Township nursing home fire kills up to twenty
In Tex Township near Honesdale Pennsylvania a deadly blaze swept the Geiger Nursing Home killing as many as 20 residents and possibly staff. Firefighters reported 18 to 20 elderly residents were in the facility and only five bodies were recovered by late Tuesday night with at least 15 believed trapped inside.
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Honesdale
Pennsylvania
Texas Township
Geiger Nursing Home
House halts direct vote on Viet pullout demand
Washington the House refused to take a stand on a Senate demand for total U S withdrawal from Indochina within six months after two procedural votes. Administration forces claimed victory while antiwar members demonstrated strong backing, with 215 to 192 against the Mansfield amendment compared to 219-176 in June.
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House
White House
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Doves
Mike Mansfield
Population by race in 1970 census released
The Census Bureau reports 22,580,289 Blacks in the United States in its final 1970 tally with White at 177,748,975 and other groups listed. It cites broader counts for Native groups and notes updated racial figures as part of the official release.
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Washington
U.S
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