Wheat price cuts deepen international grain price battle
The Canadian Wheat Board cut export wheat prices again amid large Canadian stocks and bumper crops. Prices fell three to five cents a bushel, bringing top grade No 1 northern wheat on the Lakehead to about 1.835 and signalling a continued global oversupply and shifting tender policies by Japan.
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Canadian Wheat Board
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Russia
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Ulster quiet as U K takes control of special police
In Belfast the Unionist party consolidates power and moves the B-Specials under British Army protection as Ulster faces a week of sectarian violence. Lord Freeland relocates the B-Special force for road checks and key installations while troops patrol Londonderry and rebuild after the riots.
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William Craig
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Wilson
London
Jan Freeland
Freeland
Londonderry
Ulster Police
Toll from Camille climbs as rescue efforts continue
In Gulfport Mississippi rescue crews with heavy equipment work amid martial law to clean up after Hurricane Camille. Gov. Williams says at least 230 dead along the coast with total known deaths at 283 nationwide. floods in Virginia and West Virginia add to the toll while Camille churns toward Bermuda with Debbie in the Atlantic.
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Miss
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Camille
U.S
Virginia
West Virginia
Louisiana
Cuba
National Hurricane Centre
Miami
Debbie
Atlantic
Bermuda
Five die in head on Penn Central train wreck
Five people including three trainmen were killed in a head-on collision on a Penn Central line Wednesday night. Police said the crash occurred in Darien Connecticut as crews investigated the fatal mishap.
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Darien
Prague Braces as Riot Police Break Up Anniversary Protest
In Prague a noon protest against the Soviet invasion escalated into a mass demonstration of about 50,000 in Wenceslas Square. Police and riot units used tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds amid casualties and more than 320 arrests.
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Czechoslovakia
Wenceslas Square
Prague
Dubcek
Alexander Dubcek
Youling Communist Party
Husak
Gestapo
Debbie Too Tough for Men to Tame Hurricanes Battle
Hurricane Debbie, packing top winds of 1100 miles per hour, and sister Camille race today for the open sea. Forecasters predict Debbie will pass well south of Bermuda with gale winds but avoid hurricane force winds. Camille, with a 50 50 chance of reaching hurricane strength, tracks north of Bermuda.
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Debbie
Camille
Bermuda
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Arabs Demand Inquiry Over Fire at El Aqsa Mosque
In Jerusalem security forces fired into the air to disperse Arabs protesting a blaze that severely damaged the 1,400yearold El Aqsa Mosque. Prime Minister Golda Meir expressed sorrow and called for an official investigation.
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Jerusalem
el Aqsa
Golda Meir
Defence
Moshe Dayan
Floods kill in Virginia and West Virginia toll rises
Western Virginia towns face rising death toll from floods caused by remnants of Hurricane Camille as the James River breaches flood stage at Richmond. Two more deaths reported in southern West Virginia amid widespread destruction and long curfews.
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Virginia
Blue Ridge
James River
West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountain
James
Chesapeake Bay
Weather Bureau
Defense chief announces up to 3 billion in 1969 70 cuts
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird outlines 3 billion dollars in 1969 70 spending reductions including 100 000 military personnel and over 100 ships to mothball. Southeast Asia largely exempt, New Jersey to be de activated, budget cuts begin immediately with further cuts to follow.
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Reuters
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Laird
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Southeast Asia
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