Rescue Team Lowers Injured Climber From El Capitan
Neal Olson, 24, from Portland Oregon, survived a fall on Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan while climbing with partner Wayne Haack. A boulder detached and struck his leg leaving two others, Mark Hamond and Michael Dent, unharmed but shaken. Four volunteers used a hand winch and ropes to lower Olson to the valley floor after spending the night on a ledge above him.
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UPI
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Yosemite National Park
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Haack
Yosemite Valley
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Fresno
Michael Dent
Los Angeles
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Jim Bridwell
John Bragg
Rik Reider
el Capitan
Lewis Memorial Hospital
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Tanzania Accepts Peace Plan Amid Ugandan Border Fight
Tanzania has accepted a five point peace plan proposed by Somalia's President Barre to end nine days of fighting on the Uganda border. Ugandan President Amin demands Tanzanian withdrawal and the expulsion of exiled Ugandan leader Milton Obote before any peace. Ugandan forces report 367 guerrillas killed near Mutukila as fighting continues and tribal feuding fractures the invading group.
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Milton Obote
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Mutukila
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Nyerere
Obote
Ulster Bombing To Continue Amid Talks In England
The Provisional IRA declares it will persist with bombing in Northern Ireland despite talks near Darlington England. A courthouse near the Republic border is wrecked by a bomb, two British soldiers are injured by a land mine, and clashes erupt during an anti-internment rally in Belfast.
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Newry
Birthday Party Tragedy Flares In Rhodes Nightclub Fire
In Rhodes a party at the Oscar Restaurant turned deadly as an electrical short ignited bamboo paneling. Thirty one dead and sixteen injured as firemen battled for nearly an hour amid smoke without masks or extinguishing chemicals. Most victims were Scandinavian tourists including three Eriah girls feared dead.
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Eriah
Stylianos Economou
Tanaka Arrives in Peking for Japan China Talks
Premier Tanaka lands in Peking to meet Chou En lai with 54 officials at the airport. The visit signals a push toward normalizing relations and may affect Taiwan ties. A yes to rapprochement could shift regional alignments.
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U.S
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Taiwan
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Tokyo
Kakuei Tanaka
Tokyo International
Chou Enlai
Woman Bitten During Snake Service Dies
A Charleston woman Beulah Wan Buchlen aged 59 died eight days after being bitten by a rattlesnake during a snake-handling ritual at Jesus Pentecostal Church in Fraziers Bottom Putnam County. Her husband Roscoe Bucklen said it took about 14 hours to persuade her to seek hospital care.
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W. Va
UPI
Putnam County
Beulah Wan Buchlen
Jesus Pentecostal Church
Fraziers Bottom
Roscoe Bucklen
O'Brien Cries Whitewash in Watergate Probe
Washington UPI report shows Democratic chair Lawrence O'Brien and Republican Robert Dole clash over Watergate coverage. O'Brien accuses the Justice Department of whitewashing the June 17 break in at the Democratic National Committee offices. Dole notes seven indictments and counters McGovern's campaign framing.
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UPI
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Robert J. Dole
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Watergate
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Preparation H Relieves Hemorrhoidal Itch For Hours Says Local Man
Ft Wayne Ind. Mr Jack Prebola reports Preparation H stops itching for hours in hemorrhoidal tissues and relieves burning. Doctors have proved the formula reduces pain swelling and inflammation with no prescription needed.
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