Britain to loosen arms ban on South Africa sparks protests
London AP reports Britain plans to lift a 51 year ban on selling defensive arms to apartheid South Africa. Foreign Secretary Douglas-Home defends move citing Cape sea routes, while Labour Liberal opposition and Commonwealth leaders condemn it. Protests erupt in Parliament and outside.
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Denis Healey
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Persian Gulf
David Steel
Egypt
Edward Heath
Singapore
Joe Hus Nyerere
Tanzania
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Wilson
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Security Council
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Republic
Douglas Homer
Willson
Audie Murphy Pleads Not Guilty to Assault Charge
Noted WWII hero Audie Murphy 45 pleads innocent to assault with intent to murder in Burbank California. He stands in line with felons, denies firing at dog trainer David Gofstein 51 last May 18. trial set for September. Murphy says the charge jeopardizes his film career and producers’ confidence.
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Taiwan expands air bases capable of handling B52 bombers
U S diplomats said Nationalist China expanded several air bases since 1968, with Hsinchu and Ching Chuan Kang already able to host aircraft as large as a B52. State Department and military officials stressed there are no plans to base B52s on Taiwan and no request to station them there. McConaughy noted expansion may aim to reassure U S defense commitment, while China might view it as potential aggression.
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State Department
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Senate Foreign Relations
Thomas P. Schoesmith
Peking
McConaughy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Ching Chuan Kang
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Charred Fulvia sinks off Canary Islands with 721 aboard
A Norwegian cruise ship Fulvia sank after a bow to stern fire off Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canaries. About 721 passengers and crew were rescued by the French liner Ancerville after abandoning ship in lifeboats. several Americans among the survivors described the ordeal and losses of belongings.
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Italy
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Yonkers
Paul S. Evans
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Brooklyn
Genoa
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Elio
Ari Smit
Rotterdam
SBA approves loan to Denver topless club despite protests
Administrator Hilary J. Sandoval Jr. told a House committee the Small Business Administration issued a 41000 loan to a Denver topless to go club arguing it qualifies like any legal business. He cited an SBA visit and downplayed the controversy while detailing minority business loan goals and MESBIG plans.
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