Pinochet Heads Chile Junta After coup
Gen Augusto Pinochet a 55 year old artillery officer became president of Chile's four man military junta at a midnight ceremony. He signed the installation for a 10 man cabinet and is army commander in chief. Casualties from the coup are uncertain with reports of heavy gunfire and chaos in Santiago as curfews constrain civilians.
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Santiago
Chile
Augusto Pinochet Marambio
Pinochet
Salvador Allende
Allende
Carlos Prats
Prats
Military High Command
Navy
Air Force
Adm
Jose Toribio
Gaston Leigh Guzman
Uniformed Police
Cesar Mendoza
Mexico City
Hortensia Bussi de Allende
Stable condition after university heart transplant in Madison
Robert Smutz 47 of Petoskey Michigan remains in stable condition after a 6.7 hour heart transplant at University Hospitals Madison led by Dr. Donald Kahn. He had eight prior heart attacks since 1968 and spent time hospitalized before donor heart became available.
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Madison
Wis
Robert Smutz
Petoskey
Mich
University Hospitals
University of Wisconsin
Smutz
Donald Kahn
Fred Aubey
Rockford, Ill
Ann Arbor
Elaine
Aubey
Kahn
University of Michigan
Washington Says Hands Off After Chile Coup Hints
U S officials learned of Chile's coup the night before it occurred but kept a hands off policy at the highest level. A state department briefing to senators denied U S involvement and said no prior notification to the Chilean regime. Critics questioned Nixon administration policy amid past ITT and CIA allegations.
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Washington Post
Washington
Chile
Salvador Allende
State Department
U.S
Jack Kubisch
Alliance For Progress
Western Hemisphere
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gale W. McGhee
Dwyo
Kubisch
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Nixon
Nobel Borlaug warns world faces famine without stockpile
Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug warned that widespread drought and population growth could trigger mass famine unless nations pool food into an international stockpile with deposits worldwide. He cited depleted U S and global stocks and urged FAO discussions in Rome during its November meeting.
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Washington Post
New Delhi
Norman Borlaug
Asia
Africa
Borlaug
United States
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Rome
Indian National Academy of Sciences
Portuguese Mules Aboard World Walk Ends Six Month Rest
Willie Makeit II, a Portuguese pack mule, rests six months in Calcutta while David Kunst and his brother Peter plan a resumption of their around the world walk. The duo seek to move the mule from Calcutta to the United States, contingent on immigration approvals. They aim to finish in Minnesota by June 28, four years after the first Willie Makeit began.
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Calcutta
India
Europe
Asia
Willie Makeit II
David Kunst
Waseca
Minn
Peter
Santa Ana
Calif
Australia
Perth
Willie Makeit I
Hubert Humphrey
W. R. Anderson
Minnesota
U. S
Calcutta Rotary Club
The
Shipping Corp
America
California
Willie
New Delhi
Willie Make It
Hong Kong
China
Los Angeles
David
John
Willie Makeit
Atlantic
Burmese Rebels Offer Deal To Destroy Opium Supply
Rep. Lester L. Wolff says Shan State Army offered to destroy 400 tons of opium to end Southeast Asian opium exports. They sought foreign support to push Burma toward a legal constitution and funding for crops to replace opium. Opium grown along Burma Thailand Laos borders. 400 tons could yield 40 tons heroin.
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Washington
House
Southeast Asia
Lester L. Wolff
D-N.y
State Department
Burma
Shan State Army
Shan State
Wolff
Drug Enforcement Administration
Ers
Thailand
Laos
Senate Passes Warranty Rules Bill For Clear Consumer Protections
The Senate approved a bill requiring clear meaning of written warranties and allowing consumer lawsuits for damages if sellers break promises. It expands FTC powers to seek injunctions and recover money for deceived buyers, even without interstate product movement.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Magnuson
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Weekend Shower Outlook With Warmth Return
The forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms likely Thursday night with a low around 55. Friday remains cloudy with showers ending by afternoon and a high near 65 as Easterly winds stay 5 to 15 mph. Precipitation chances run 60 percent Thursday night and 30 percent Friday, then Saturday turns mostly fair with a high near 68 and a low around 48.
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ITT
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Mao Tse-tung
Georges Pompidou
Peking
Pompidou
People’s Republic of China
Hy Gardner
Ann Landers
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