Rescued Sailor Vows No More Boats After Island Ordeal
William F. Haas Jr., rescued after 30 days on a barren Cuban island, vows he no longer wants boats or islands. The 52 year old Philadelphia machinist, who survived on shellfish, weighed 140 pounds on return and recalled a perilous voyage from Mayaguana to St. Thomas before the wreck.
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William Haas
Mira Por Vos
Cuba
Philadelphia
Coast Guard
Key West, Fla
UPI Telephoto
KY West
Fla
UPI
Willam F. Haas Jr
Haas
Hass
Bahamas
Mayaguana Island
British West Indies
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Miami
Caribbean
Sloon
Milwaukee seeks U S aid to start birth control clinics
Milwaukee becomes the first U S community to seek federal funding under the War on Poverty to establish five birth control clinics in low income city areas. The plan, backed by the Social Development Commission, faces Catholic opposition and questions on using anti poverty funds for family planning.
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Milwaukee
Johnson
Social Development Commission of
Greater Milwaukee
Commission
Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington, D
Planned Parenthood
Milwaukee County
Viet Cong ambush boosts Viet Nam war toll near Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked an armored Ranger column near Binh Gia causing heavy losses to government forces. US casualties total 78 with 11 killed. 59 weapons captured and several vehicles damaged. Saigon street clashes with Marines failed to ignite broader violence.
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Binh Gia
U.S
Saigon
Binh Gin
Welfare Workers Strike Disrupts New York City Aid
Thousands of city welfare employees defied a court order and walked off the job to press for higher pay. Welfare Commissioner Dumpson applied the Condon-Wadlin Act, signaling firings as strikers faced three days pay penalties per absent day.
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New York
UPI
James R. Dumpson
City Comptroller
Dumpson
Bronx
Annly
Welfare Department
Social Service
Local 371
Afl-Cio
Irving H. Saypol
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Mira Por Vos Island
Rothesay
Mayaguana
Milwaukee, Wis
VPS
Viet Cong
Bui Quang
National Buddhist Center
Viet Nam
Nyc
LMNDA
Todkill
Lincoln-Mercury
Las Vegas Blvd
South
Las Vegas, Nevada
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