Montevideo Hostage Danger Prompts Death Threats
A note at a Montevideo radio station warned that U S police adviser Dan Mitrione would be executed Sunday at noon if 150 political prisoners are not freed. The note's authenticity was uncertain. Mitrione and Brazilian consul Aloysio Gomide were kidnapped July 31 by Tupamaros guerrillas.
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Oscar Serrat
Montevideo
Uruguay
U.S
Tupamaros
Dan A. Mitrione
Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide
Mitrione
Richmond, Ind
Claude L. Fly
Ft. Collins
Colo
Uruguayan Agriculture Department
Soviets urge cooling war in Laos amid talks
Saigon sources say Moscow pressures North Vietnam to ease Laos fighting to allow a political settlement. Preliminary peace talks are underway in Vientiane between Premier Souvanna Phouma's government and the Pathet Lao.
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Saigon
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Laos
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Stray Czech border clash traps U.S. teens in Germany
Czechoslovak border guards captured Saturday two American high school tourists their American tour guide and five others including three West Germans after they strayed into Czechoslovakia near Forth im Wald. Police said the 14 to 18 year olds climbed a wire fence misjudging the border. A US consular official expected release by Sunday.
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Forth IM Wald
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Schwandorf
Denver
Colo
St. Paul
Fifty five ships to be retired by Navy drive
Washington AP Fifty five ships including the attack carrier Bon Homme Richard and the heavy cruiser St Paul will be retired by the Navy in six months as part of budget cuts. The average ship age is 23 years, bringing total cuts to 228 since the Nixon administration began economy measures. The fleet will drop to 736 ships, down from about 90 before January 1969. Ships will be mothballed or sold for scrap.
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Washington
Bon Homme Richard
St. Paul
Navy
McCracken
Labor Department
Nixon
Congress
Cambodia rushes troops to defend Phnom Penh amid new Red threat
Cambodian forces recaptured Skoun and moved three battalions to Phnom Penh after North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units attacked a village 15 miles north of the capital. Officials cited attempts to infiltrate the city and undermine civilian morale as part of a broader offensive.
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Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Skoun
Capita
Army pilots prepare nerve gas shipment by rail to sea
The Army plans 3000 tons of nerve gas rockets moved from Kentucky and Alabama to Wilmington by rail. Two pilot trains will precede the main convoy, with specialists aboard to handle any issue. Vaults holding the rockets are loaded for disposal by dumping into 15,000 feet of water off Cape Kennedy, while three Florida congressmen urge a New Jersey site instead.
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Associated Press
Army
Kentucky
Alabama
Atlantic
Roy Wells
Ft. Knox
Wilmington
N.C
Wells
Richmond
Anniston
Ala
Florida
Defense
Melvin Laird
Cape Kennedy
A Glance Inside They're Finding A Way To Win
A program called WIN helps Middletown area residents move from welfare to work and rebuild self respect, offering jobs and support. The feature highlights community impact and local stories on page 41.
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WIN
Middletown Area
Lima curfew lifted as emergency stays in place
Lima Ohio residents woke to a lifted dusk to dawn curfew while the state of emergency remains. Mayor Christian P Morris said 500 Ohio National Guardsmen stay on duty likely through the weekend. No confirmed fire bombings reported though several were. About 43 arrests Friday night and Saturday dawn mostly for curfew breaches. weapon offenses also noted with bonds from 500 to 1000 dollars. Municipal Court processed 32 defendants with fines 100 dollars and five days in jail for many. Curfew violations dominated the docket with some weapons penalties reaching 300 and 60 days in jail.
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Lima
Ohio
Christian P. Morris
Ohio National Guardsmen
Nixon inflation alert signals cautious fiscal approach
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration issued its first inflation alert a 128 page study stressing that inflation responds to therapy but timing hinges on inflation's depth and duration. It notes wage and service price pressures and cites spring settlements and cigarette prices as key contributors while pledging not to attack labor or industry.
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Washington
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
McCracken
White House
Weather outlook with lingering showers and warm highs
It will be cloudy and mild with a chance of a shower today. Highs mid 80s and overnight in the mid 60s. Tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer with a risk of thundershowers. Temps range from high 80s in the afternoon to around 70s before dawn Tuesday.
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Alaska
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Spruce Island
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Hanoi
Paul G. Rogers
Lou Frey Jr
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Medina
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