Allies Will Observe Tet Truce Amid Saigon Attacks
In Saigon area six Viet Cong attacks were reported as cease fire talks loom. South Vietnam announces a 24 hour lunar New Year truce starting Thursday evening, with U S forces to observe. One American MP and a civilian driver wounded. 1 Viet Cong and 1 civilian killed during a convoy ambush on Route 1.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
U.S
South Vietnam
Route 1
U.S. Army
Long
Protest and Police Shootings After Columbus Killing
About 250 demonstrators protested a fatal shooting of Fred Crews, 15, by police after a school burglary. Police killed two men inside a food market on East Main Street as they tried to flee, while a city council meeting was disrupted and then adjourned.
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Columbus
East Side
Fred Crews
Asst
Carl E. Tettrich
Crews
Alfred Brooks
Walter Smith
General
Soviets Reportedly Prepare Arms for Egypt Amid Middle East Tensions
Washington sources say Moscow intends to boost arms shipments to Egypt including MIG23 jet fighters. The move follows Israeli attacks and French arms sales to Libya. The White House weighs quicker action on Israel’s plea for more arms as Nixon faces pressure.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Egypt
Moscow
Israel
United States
U.S
Libya
Jerusalem
Cairo
Anatoly Dobrynin
William P. Rogers
White House
Middle East
Harold Wilson
Georges Pompidou
Explosion Hits Shaker Heights Municipal Building
A violent blast at the Shaker Heights municipal court and police station injures 15, with roofs collapsing and two officers blown from windows. Police and federal investigators consider bombing likely, while a gas leak is ruled out. A Navy expert notes the blast would need about 11 pounds of dynamite. Central Cleveland police anticipate heightened security.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Shaker Heights
Carl R. Longstreet
East Ohio Gas Co
Martin Kafoglis
Treasury Department
Thomas Murray
Navy
Central
Cleveland
Rhodes Plans Libel Suit Against Life Over Licavoli Story
Gov James Rhodes announced a libel suit against Life magazine following a May 2 1969 article about him and his campaign for the U S Senate He conferred with attorney Louis Nizer and partners from Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim and Ballon as he filed for the Republican primary and faced Rep Robert Taft Jr The Life piece alleged involvement in the Licavoli case and criticized his record as a prisoner
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James Rhodes
Life Magazine
U.S. Senate
Rhodes
Louis Nizer
New York
Nizer
Phillips
Benjamin, Krim and Ballon
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Life
Toledo
Thomas “Yonnie
Licavoli
Train Wreck in Argentina Kills 236 in Deadly Collision
A passenger express smashed into a stalled commuter train near Buenos Aires killing an estimated 236, with 110 injured. Officials say the figure is provisional as rescue workers identify bodies and determine the cause. two signalmen are detained.
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Interior Ministry
Holmberg
San Miguel de Tucuman
Buenos Aires
Plan to Picket City Hall Amid Cincinnati Strike
About 1,500 striking Cincinnati city workers plan to defy a Hamilton County Common Pleas Court injunction and picket City Hall. Union leaders pledged continued resistance as Judge Morrissey had extended orders blocking picketing with signs, with 600 members signaling unanimous support for defiance.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton Couty Common Pleas Court
Morrissey
City strike halts garbage, street, and water maintenance
Union leaders Van Hagen and Harmon and another officer were jailed for over a week for contempt after a walkout defying an injunction. The strike disrupted garbage collection and essential city services while workers rallied at the Monday night meeting and others were arrested during picketing.
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van Hagen
Harmon
Middletown Weather Clears with Colder Tonight
The Middletown forecast calls for clearing skies and colder air with tonight’s low between zero and five above. Wednesday should be fair and warmer with highs in the low 20s. Yesterday’s high reached 39 with a 10 degree low. About half an inch of wet snow fell overnight.
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War Zone
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E. Main St
Fied
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Arnold Kramar
Longstreet
Manuel M. Rocker
Daniel Downing
Great Northern RY
Northern Pacific RY
Burlington
Texas
Supreme Court
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Ezequiel Holmberg
Cincy
al van Hagen
Municipal Employes Union
Stanley Harmo
William
Middletown
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