Divorce breaks new ground in modern Italian history
Parliament in Rome passed a divorce bill by 319 to 286 after an eight day debate and 18 hours of voting. Once signed by President Saragat and published, divorce becomes law making Italy the first time since 1815 to legalize divorce. The bill allows divorces for long imprisonments sex crimes separations of seven years or more and foreign marriages with abroad annulments.
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Rome
UPI
Paul VI
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Giuseppe Saragat
Peninsula
Vatican
Paul
Asia
Pacific
New Mexico leader to tackle economy
Mexico City reports Luis Echeverria officially assumed the presidency as the 21st leader since 1910 pledging to address economic realities. He outlined plans to attract foreign capital with guarantees while protecting Mexican empresarios, and moved into Los Pinos with his family as Diaz Ordaz departed.
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Mexico’ City
UPI
Luis Echeverria
Mexico
Echeverria
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
PRL
Mexico City
Pedro Lascurain
Martha
Los Pinos
Chapultepec Park
San Jeronimo
Diaz Ordaz
Gudalupe
San Angel
Missing attorney delays Tate-LaBianca trial again
The Tate-LaBianca murder trial stalls as defense attorney Ronald Hughes fails to appear, claiming travel obstructions from mudslides, forcing informal discussions in judge Older’s chambers. Prosecution plans three to four days to wrap up after reviewing 18,269 pages of testimony.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Tate-LaBianca
Ronald Hughes
Hughes
Leslie van Houten
Los Padres National Forest
Paul Fitzgerald
Anothe
Patricia Krenwinkel
Superior Court
Charles H. Older
Vincent Bugliosi
Charles Manson
Bugliosi
Record Highs Hit Three Southern States as Cold Front Approaches
All time high temperatures were set in Georgia Mississippi and Alabama as unseasonably warm air gave way to a cold front. Gale force winds battered the Rocky Mountain eastern slopes causing damage and delaying transportation. In Colorado strong gusts produced power outages.
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United Press International
Central Plains
Rocky Mountains
Cheyenne
Wyo
Macon
Jackson
Miss
Huntsville
Ala
North Platte
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Sidney
Bomb hits U S Embassy in Phnom Penh. no injuries reported
A 70 pound bomb wrecked part of the U S Embassy in Phnom Penh during a remodeling area at 3 30 a m. A Marine guard, an American clerk, and a Cambodian operator escaped harm. Viet Cong announced ceasefires for Christmas New Year and Tet.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
Liberation Radio
Pope Paul VI Mass At Randwick Draws 135000 In Sydney
At Randwick Racetrack crowds estimated 135,000 filled the 220 acre site for Pope Paul VI’s outdoor mass. Aborigines and others traveled long distances as national groups sang in multiple languages. The pope, during a demanding Asia Pacific tour, showed weariness after a harbor cruise where he stumbled twice.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
Vatican
Paul VI
Randwick
Outback
Pope Paul
Asia
Pacific
Sydney Harbor
Msgr
Pasquale Macchi
Attempt to place Calley at scene at My Lai mass murder
The US Army court martial at Fort Benning resumes with the 22nd prosecution witness, 1st Lt. William L. Calley Jr., accused of killing 102 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai sweep on March 16, 1968. Prosecutors aim to prove Calley helped shoot down a group guarded by Dennis Conti as witnesses recount civilians slain.
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FT. Benning
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Calley
Aubrey M. Daniels III
Dennis Conti
Providence
California budget clash over Reagan plan sparks warning
Democrats and the California State Employes Association warned Gov. Ronald Reagan's new economy plan could worsen the state's fiscal outlook. A hiring freeze and cuts were ordered as the state scrapped programs, including a bid for 1 253 new cars and a $100 000 desalting plant design. Assembly members criticized the plan while calls for federal aid and tax flexibility emerged. In a separate item, a delivery mix up in England left a package buried under coke before it was recovered.
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UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
State Department
Loren Smith
California State Employes Association
CSEA
Reagan
John Burton
San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Burton
Willie Brown Jr
Hutton
England
Leslie Bath
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William Reid
Napa
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Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
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J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
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Vaughn Proctor
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Dan Duffy
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Anne of the Thousand Days
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