Former Russian physicist forced to take up teaching
Dr. Boris Dotsenko, a nuclear physicist who defected from the Soviet Union, failed to secure a permanent position in Canadian universities after assistance from the University of Alberta. He began teaching science to junior high students in Yellowknife after being told a permanent Alberta post was not possible.
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Edmonton
University of Alberta
Boris Dotsenko
Soviet Union
Canada
Dotsenko
End
Yellowknife
N.W.T
Max Wyman
Wyman
E. R. Kanasewich
Alberta
Kanasewich
J. T. Sample
Particlar
Kiev State University
Kiev State
Poseidon Missile Maiden Flight Declared Complete Success
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The United States newest Poseidon missile carried a dummy warhead on its dawn maiden flight from Cape Kennedy at 6 30 a m. The navy called the launch a complete success and said the test pushes Poseidon toward integration with the submarine fleet by the early 1970s. The test aimed to cover about 1000 miles into the Atlantic. Poseidon and the Minuteman III were to be fired today as MIRVs designed to carry several bombs and computers to target distant sites, amid arms control debate between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Navy
Atlantic
Nigerian forces press toward Aba as Selassie calls ceasefire
Nigerian leaders reject Emperor Haile Selassie's ceasefire appeal as Maj Gen Gowon remains in Lagos and advances near Aba. Trench warfare around Aba intensifies with Col Adekunle's 3rd Marine Commando near the Imo River while peace talks in Addis Ababa stall over aid flights to Biafra.
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Lagos
Biafra
Nigeria
Haile Selassie
Yakubu Gowon
Addis Ababa
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Organization of African Unity
Lambeth
London
Anglican Communion
Aba
Benjamin Adekunle
Port Harcourt
Adekunle
Imo River
Radio Biafra
Rive
Akwete
Republican leaders fear black dissent
The resignation of Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew's only Black staffer highlights a leading Republican adviser’s concern that Black discontent is growing within the party. Dr. Gilbert Ware warns Agnew's comments on social justice stir unrest as Nixon seeks the national ticket.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Republican Party
Gilbert Ware
Agnew
Czech journalists fear loss of new press freedoms
Prague reporters fear erosion of recently gained press freedom as they prepare for talks with top Communist leaders. Pravda labels liberal publications under attack and warns of anti socialist forces in Czechoslovakia. Dubcek aims to soothe editors ahead of the September party congress amid tightening controls.
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Prague
Reuters
Oslovak
Pravda
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Cierna Nad Tisou
Greek deserter confesses attempt on premier Papadopoulos
The Greek regime said Alexander Pangoulis an army deserter confessed to attempting to assassinate Premier George Papadopoulos. Authorities also charged Andreas Papandreou former leftist member of Parliament with moral charges.
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Athens
Alexander Pangoulis
George Papadopoulos
Andreas Papandreou
Byron Stamatopoulos
Pangoulis
Papandreou
Paris
Greece
Nicholas Nicolaidis
Centre Union Party
Rome
Nicolaidis
Italy
Mediterranean
Vietnam
Stamatopoulos
Panagoulis
Cuban crop-dusting pilot flees Cuba with 13 aboard
A Cuban crop-dusting pilot flew a single-engine plane to Homestead Florida with 13 others who fled Cuba. The craft reeked of parathion fumes as passengers, including a 21 month old, received medical checks at Freedom Gate.
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Miami
Florida
Florida Straits
Cuba
Homestead
Mercedes Dodge
Kendra Carcasses
Freedom Gate
Dodge
Angel Ricardo
Varadero
Ricardo
Hoffa Appeal Denied By Circuit Court
James R. Hoffa, imprisoned Teamsters president, lost an effort to overturn his 1964 fraud and conspiracy conviction tied to the union pension fund. The appellate panel affirmed the district court finding that the government obtained no new information from wiretaps and that overheard conversations had no relevance to the conviction.
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Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Richard Austin
Hoffa
FBI
S. George Burris
New York
Austin
Uruguay unrest: students' funeral protests strike and vandalism
About 5,000 demonstrators marched in a funeral procession for a student killed in rioting and stoned foreign owned firms on 18th of July Avenue in Montevideo. Police made no attempt to stop the four hour assault while slogans blamed the government and military. Pan American Airways and General Electric offices were targets. Barret Diaz blamed provocateurs for the disturbances amid a 24hour strike and a peaceful funeral procession earlier attended by more than 50,000 people.
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Montevideo
18Th of July Avenue
Pan American Airways
General Electric Co
Barret Diaz
Federation of University Students
British abortions multiply fourfold after new law
AP reports Britain’s abortion rate has quadrupled since liberalized law. In eight weeks nearly 4,000 abortions were logged, about 2,500 funded by the national health plan. Critics say many women seek cheaper, unsafe abortionists as NHS clinics are crowded.
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London
Britain
Health Ministry
National Health Plan
National Health Service
King’s Hospital
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