Rogers Confers at UN to Push Middle East Peace Plan
United States escalates peace efforts as Secretary of State Rogers travels to New York for talks with Thant and Gunnar Jarring. Warfare continues with Israeli air raids along the Suez Canal for the 75th day and Egypt reports shooting down a U.S. built F4 Phantom and capturing its crew. Jarring meets Thant as Sisco and Rogers prepare further discussions amid regional divisions.
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United Press International
United States
Middle East
William P. Rogers
U.N
New York
Thant
Gunnar Jarring
Suez Canal
Egypt
Israel
U.S
Iraq
Jarring
Thant. Rogers
Washington
Joseph S. Sisco
Sisco
Suez Canal Zone
Suez
Thousands flee Celia as Texas coast braces for impact
Hurricane Celia gains strength over the Gulf of Mexico and aims at the Texas coast near Corpus Christi with 115 mph winds. Residents board up, evacuate, and marshal aid as warnings extend from Brownsville to Galveston.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
Campus Christi
Tex Upi
Celia
Gulf of Mexico
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
Battin Bay
Matagorda
Tex
Brownsville
Galveston
Corpus Christi Bay
Russian freighter hits BC ferry killing two passengers
A Russian freighter collided with the Queen of Victoria near Active Pass injuring six of 545 aboard and killing at least two, including a baby. Prime Minister Trudeau expects a formal inquiry into the collision. Delta police later confirm two deaths.
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Victoria
Besti
British Columbia
Pacific
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Sergey Yesenin
Active Pass
Here
Galiano Island
Myane Island
Delta
B.C
Harry Chambers
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Sidney
Napalm strikes aid Cambodian counteroffensive near Phnom Penh
U.S. pilots in supersonic jets dropped napalm and rockets on Communist positions as Cambodia mounts a two pronged push north and south of Phnom Penh. Attacks targeted Skoun and Krirom areas, with reports of guerrilla control in Skoun’s south while Cambodians held the north. A Saigon defense official questioned any U.S. strikes, while Cambodian forces faced intense fighting in Kompong Thom province north of the capital.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Sar Hor
Cambodia
Skoun
Krirom
U.S
Hor
Saigon
South Vietnam
Kompong Thom
Poseidon test lights up Atlantic as Russian ship shadows a mile off
The James Madison fired a MIRV carrying Poseidon missile 30 miles east of Cape Kennedy at 11 a.m. EDT. The Russian spy ship Laptev trailed 3,000 yards away as Observation Island warned of collision and boats went out to retrieve debris.
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Observation Island
UPI
James Madison
America
Cape Kennedy
Atlantic
Laptev
Pentagon
United States
Soviet Union
Vandenberg Airman Killed In Crash On Highway 246
Airman 1.C Richard Allan Jones age 21 died when the small foreign car he drove crashed and overturned on Highway 246 near Artesia Road. Passenger Airman 1.C Jerome Douglas Bowers age 19 injured. Jones was en route from Vandenberg to give a driving lesson. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Richard Allan Jones
Artesia Road
Jerome Douglas Bowers
Jones
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Bowers
Raymond William Horenberger
N. Second St
Nixon promotes federal anti-crime plans in Denver
President Nixon stops in Denver en route home to rally law enforcement officers for his federal anti-crime package. He meets 200 LEAA planning agency representatives, with Attorney General Mitchell joining, then flies to Washington.
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UPI
Nixon
Denver
Colo
Air Force One
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Pat
Washington
John Mitchell
SEAA
Washington D.C
Stapleton International Airport
John Loveson
Gordon Allot
R-Cole
Donald Brotzman
James D. McKevitt
William Gossard
William McNichols
Federal
Peter Velde
Charles Coster
Criminal Justice Information Service
White House
Charles G. Bebe’ Rebozo
Key Biscayne, Fla
New York
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Pavel Kutakhov
Lompoc Valley
Badger Seed Company
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Lompoc
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Gary J. Dunlap
David C. Ouellette
Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
Ouellette
Otto Cassey
San Gabriel
Highway 1
Highway 246
Cassev
Ed Ingram
North E Street
Toni Painter
City of
Santa Maria
Ken Dawson
Gene Wahlers
Tel Aviv
Hawkish Gahal Party
Golda Meir
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Mrs. Meir
National Unity
Tripoli
Libya
Algeria
Syria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Leo del Hierro
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Kirirom
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Vandenberg
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