Congress to probe plan to dump nerve gas at sea
Congress will hear from Army and federal agencies on a plan to ship 68 tons of deadly nerve gas to the Atlantic for dumping off Florida. Hearings will explore safety, emergency measures, and potential impact on coastal populations as ships move via Alabama and Kentucky routes toward Southport North Carolina.
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Congress
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Atlantic Ocean
Defense Department
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
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Departments of State, Interior and Welfare
House
Merchant Marine
Ings
D-S.c
Senate Oceanography Subcommittee
Anniston
Ala
Lexington
Southport
N.C
Florida
Hollings
Colorado
New Jersey
Alabama
Kentucky
National Academy of Sciences
Israel Accepts U S Peace Plan For Middle East Halt in Fighting Likely
U S officials say Israel accepted the Rogers plan proposing a 90 day cease fire and U N mediated talks with Jordan and Egypt. Jarring, the U N mediator, will travel to New York to discuss opening negotiations while Syria and Iraq reject the plan. The plan urges both sides to honor a 1967 Security Council resolution and Israel’s right to exist.
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Jordan
U.S
William P. Rogers
Syria
Iraq
Rogers
U.N
Gunnar Jarring
Sweden
U.N. Security Council
Israel
New York
Washington
Scale B36 model stars in national air show at Glenview
Kenneth Drummond of Orient Ohio spent six months building a six engine B36 scale model for $500. The model is flown past the Glenview Naval Air Base control tower during the National Model Airplane Championships at the Illinois air base.
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Glenview Naval Air Base
Massive Cambodian War Offensive Amazes Phnom Penh
Thousands of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops launched a broad offensive across Cambodia aimed at weakening strongholds north and northwest of Phnom Penh. Key clashes hit Kompong Thom and Kompong Cham as AC47 gunships halted advances and combat raged near Skoun.
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Kompong Thom
Skoun
Kompong Cham
Skoun-Kompong Cham
Mekong River
South Vietnam
Demoted Brig Gen Earl Cole Retires From Army
Brig. Gen. Earl F. Cole of Alexandria Virginia is reduced to colonel and loses the Distinguished Service Medal. The Army cites failure to maintain integrity while commanding European Exchange System and as assistant deputy chief of staff for logistics. Cole retires after 29 years of service. no charges filed.
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Army
Earl F. Cole
Europe
Cole
Alexandria
Vietnam
Pentagon
European Exchange System
U.S. Army
Stanley Resor
Madison County
Neb
Belfast Blazing Again
British army uses riot weapons and tear gas to quell Ro man Catholic street clashes in Belfast for a second night. Soldiers fired on gasoline bombers as rioters hurled rocks bottles and arrows amid fires and explosions following the death of Daniel O Hagan.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
A.m
Daniel O'Hagan
Irish Republican Army
Heat Keeps Up In Southwestern Ohio With Humid Weekend
Weather outlook shows hot humid conditions continuing in southwestern Ohio while northern areas see relief from a Great Lakes cold front. Tonight lows near 70 with Sunday highs around 90 and a risk of thunderstorms tonight.
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Ohio
Great Lakes
Louis Lomax Killed in Auto Crash Near Santa Rosa New Mexico
Prominent black writer Louis Lomax author of The Negro Revolt and When The Word Is Given died in a car accident near Santa Rosa New Mexico at age 47. Lomax, a critic of both sides in the integration struggle, taught at Hofstra University and lectured on the West Coast. He had worked as a newspaperman and Metromedia commentator and won the Anisfield Wolf award for The Reluctant African.
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N.M
Louis Lomax
Here
California
New York
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Robin
William
Baldwin
N.Y
Lomax
Vassar College
Harlem
Metromedia Broadcasting
Anisfield- Wolf Award
Malcom X
Stock car slams into crowd killing three and injuring nineteen
At Spencer Speedway in Williamson New York a high speed stock car careened into the top rows of a crowded grandstand killing three spectators and injuring 19 more. The yellow car cleared a 15 foot fence and struck spectators after bumping another car on a curve. Driver Gary Cornelius of Sodus was pulled unconscious with minor injuries and expected to be released.
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Gary Cornelius
Sodus
Night of Disorder Flares in Hartford North End
Hartford police report fourth straight night of racial disorders despite dusk to dawn curfew in the North End. Effraim Gonzales, 28, was killed by a gunshot with circumstances unclear. another man treated for a gunshot wound. Police said snipers fired on them at least a dozen times as state troopers joined officers. The curfew, set by Mayor Ann Uccello and City Manager Elisha Freedman, requires anyone under 16 off streets by 9 p.m.
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Conn
Effraim Gonzales
St. Francis Hospital
Thomas J. Vaughn
Ann Uccello
Elisha Freedman
Kasabian Denies Testimony For Immunity In Tate Case
Linda Kasabian cried on cross examination as she defended her motive to testify in the Tate murder trial. She said she would tell the truth despite promised immunity, denying she testified only to save herself.
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Sharon Tate
Linda Kasabian
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