Strong Quake Jolts Taipei Amid Fires and Casualties
A 90 second quake struck Taipei at 12 31 a m causing two building collapses and light damage. Early reports cite magnitude 7 6 on the Richter scale with coastal tremors felt along the east coast of Formosa and near southern Japan. Authorities warned of tidal waves while fires were quickly controlled and casualties were initially listed as uncertain.
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Taipei
Formosa
Japan
Weather Bureau
Tan
Hong Hong
Caltech
Seismological Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Charles Richter
Uppsala
Sweden
Taiwan
Markus Baath
East Asian
Ryukyu Islands
U.S. Ambassador Bohlen recalled over NATO crisis
U.S. Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen was recalled to Washington on Saturday for urgent consultations about the NATO crisis sparked by French President Charles de Gaulle.
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UPI
U.S
Charles E. Bohlen
Washington
NATO
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Bohlen
France
de Gaulle
Supreme Allied Headquarters
SHAPE
Storms Hit New England Midwest Rivers Flood Iowa
A fast moving storm dumped two inches of snow in New England and caused floods in several South Dakota rivers. Dense Midwest fog reduced visibility to yards and a small plane struck a power line near Mason City Iowa. Temperatures dipped to the mid twenties as ice jams and flooding affected Interior South Dakota communities and the Mississippi Valley saw thundershowers and heavy rain.
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Mason City
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Connecticut
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Ozarks
1000 State Teach In For Union
About 1 000 Madrid University students held a teach in in support of Barecolna students seeking an independent university union. Afterward they burned Spanish newspapers to dramatize their freedom movement. Barcelona students had locked themselves in a Francs can monastery for three days before police escorted them out.
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UPI
Madrid University
Barecolna
Barcelona
Violence erupts across northwest India over Punjabi state plan
Police used tear gas in Jullundar Hissar and Amritsar as Hindu students clashed with officers during protests against a government move to create a Punjabi speaking state. Curfew in Amritsar and arrests reported. clashes also reported in Calcutta with a fire at a railway station and an office of the Congress Party.
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UPI
India
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Hissar
Amritsar
Calcutta
Congress Party
Ammo Truck Tragedy Averted in California
A loaded ammunition truck bound for Viet Nam nearly plunged from Interstate 80 at Nyack, California. Driver James Witt said a car cut in, causing loss of control and a stop across the eastbound lanes near railroad tracks. Patrolmen noted no injuries and no danger of an explosion.
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Nyack
Here
James Witt
Paxon
Ned
Southern Pacific
Witt
Illinois
Travis Air Force Base
Mom Holds Off Police In Oakland House Siege
An Oakland mother fired on officers delaying entry for hours until tear gas forced her to exit. Police found her husband Hilario Os Ibulos, 59, dead from a head wound inside the Lochwood Gardens home. Three children were placed with an aunt in San Leandro.
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Ronnie
Claudia
San Leandro
Stolen Goods Report in Alhambra
Robert Gayle Hooper 19 stopped to chat with men loading merchandise into a car. Upon returning to his apartment he found belongings valued at 1154 dollars missing. Police seek the two or more men involved.
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Alhambra
Calif
UPI
Robert Gayle Hooper
No Papers For Bostonians Amid City Dailies Strike
Boston faced a Sunday without papers as ITU and Mailers' Union strike against five dailies enters a second week. Negotiations paused with state and federal mediators to meet again. The walkout halted the Sunday Globe Herald Traveler and Record American publications.
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UPI
Sunday
Globe, Herald and Advertiser
Advertiser
Hearst Chain
Prince Philip Flies Jet Simulator in Dallas Visit
In Dallas Braniff International HQ Prince Philip flew a BACIII jet simulator for about three hours. Capt. Lee Williams called him an excellent pilot after a near perfect landing. He then toured Braniff facilities and dined with directors before heading to Tucson and onward to Los Angeles and New York. He spoke lightly with reporters on monarchy while avoiding political questions.
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UPI
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New York
Toronto
England
Bogalusa Shooting Ties White Suspect to Attempted Murder
In Bogalusa a 43 year old white man Thomas Bennett was arrested on attempted murder charges after shooting Negro Army Captain Donald Sims 29 who was about to ship to Vietnam. Sims was shot in the back at a Bogalusa service station while using a coin telephone.
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Bogalusa, la
UPI
Viet Nam
Public Safety
Arnold D. Spiers
Thomas Bennett
Bogalusa
Donald Sims
Pope Paul VI may visit Poland for 1000th Christian anniversary
UPI reports Stefan Cardinal Woyszanski said Pope Paul VI could visit Poland for the 1000th anniversary of Christianity despite obstacles in the atheistic state. Wyszvanski dismissed uneasiness as not counting against the visit.
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Warsaw
UPI
Stefan Cardinal Woyszanski
Paul VI
Poland
Wyszvanski
FBI agent survives eight hour entombment in snow slide
George J. Foster, 37, an FBI agent from Wenatchee, Washington, was trapped for about eight hours when his car was buried by a snow slide on U. S. 10 near Snoqualmie Pass. Rescuers freed him at 2 15 a.m. Saturday. he remained in satisfactory condition. Foster credited lack of panic and much praying, plus FBI training, for his survival as rescuers searched the buried vehicle.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wenatchee
Wash
Highways Department
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Snoqualmie Pass
Vatican Readies Three Curia Reforms for Final Approval
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI may soon approve three curia reforms. They involve the sacred congregation for the doctrine of the faith, the Consistorial Congregation, and the Congregation for Oriental Churches. The changes aim to expand national hierarchies and promote collegiality while safeguarding those under investigation.
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UPI
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Sacred Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Consistorial
Ecumenical Council
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Middle East
East
N Orthodox
Flu Death Toll Rises in Week Ended March 5
CDC reports 715 Americans died from pneumonia and influenza in the week ended March 5. The Pacific Coast and Hawaii show rises, with New York City leading cities at 74 deaths, and outbreaks spread across several states including East Coast regions.
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APS
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Philadelphia
San Jose
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San Francisco
CDC
Law Officers To Graduate At East Las Vegas Station
Graduation ceremonies for the current class of the Clark County Law Enforcement Training Academy will be held Friday March 18 at 10 a.m. at the East Las Vegas Sheriff's Sub-Station on Missouri Avenue. A formal inspection of cadets will precede a graduation address by William P. Beko Nye County district attorney and chairman of the Nevada Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training.
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Clark County Law Enforcement Training Academy
East
Las Vegas
Missouri Avenue
William P. Beko
Nye County
Nevada Commission On Peace Officers Standards and Training
Viet Nam War Billboard At George Williams College
A Chicago campus billboard on George Williams College urges students to study daily or risk being classified 1-A. The sign ties wartime draft obligations to academic effort, reflecting campus anxieties over conscription during the Vietnam era.
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Chicago
UPI
George Williams College
German leader Strauss criticizes De Gaulle NATO move
Former defense minister Franz Josef Strauss, a Gaullist critic, warned Charles de Gaulle against pulling Germany toward a separate status within NATO. He said NATO must not become foreign to German sovereignty and opposed EU military subordination, while blaming the US and Britain for provoking De Gaulle.
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