Ex-convict Browarnik invokes Fifth at NYC hearing
Sam Browarnik leaves the New York State Investigations Commission hearing in New York City after invoking the Fifth Amendment 40 times while denying mob influence in legitimate business. Testimony described his role in a so called paper union as firms paid fees that benefited no employees. Browarnik warned photographers as he departed.
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Explosions Hit Hebrew University Cafeteria and Ramallah Bank
A blast struck the Hebrew University cafeteria in Jerusalem injuring several as a second explosion hit a Ramallah bank near Jerusalem with one customer hurt. The incidents follow a prior supermarket bombing in Jerusalem that killed two and wounded nine. Security forces say they disrupted a West Bank terrorist network linked to the attacks. The Israeli army reported cross canal fire near the Suez, wounding Israelis, while Egypt reported two wounded soldiers and a farmer killed by a land mine southeast of the Gaza Strip.
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Cuba Arrests Hijacker After National Airlines Plane Hijack
The Granma newspaper named Anthony Garnet Bryant as the hijacker arrested in Cuba after the Wednesday incident. It noted Bryant had prior U S arrests for robbery and drug trafficking and that $1,700 was recovered from a passenger. The hijacker allegedly told a stewardess his name as Jimmy Carver from California.
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Viet Cong Spring Offensive Raises Toll in Vietnam
U S and South Vietnamese casualties rose sharply in the first week of the Viet Cong spring offensive. The U S Command reported 453 American deaths and 2,593 wounded, with 1,051 hospitalized. The weekly death toll nearly tripled the 1969 average and matched peak losses last May.
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Viet Cong Defends Shelling as Saigon Hit in New Offensive
The Viet Cong defended its civilian shelling and launched another attack on President Nixon during the seventh session of peace talks in Paris. In Saigon a rocket attack killed 25 civilians and wounded over 70 as U.S. and allied casualty tallies rose, with 32,376 Americans killed in Vietnam to date.
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Carpenter Held After Two Women Found Dead in Woods
Provincetown Massachusetts. A carpenter Anton e Costa 25 was arrested in Boston and charged with murder after the dismembered bodies of Patricia Walsh 23 a school teacher and Mary Ann Wysocki 23 a Rhode Island college senior were unearthed in a woodland area near the Cape Cod National Seashore. A third body, that of a teenage girl, was found earlier. police linked the disappearances to the car seen near Provincetown and later found in Burlington Vermont.
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East Germans Continue Autobahn Harassment
East Germany again closed the main autobahn between Berlin and West Germany, delaying traffic for seven hours. The action followed the West German presidential election, with one West Berlin lane kept open for allied convoys. No major disruptions beyond road closures were reported.
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Astronauts Set To Open Hatches On Moon Ship
Apollo 9 astronauts McDivitt Schweickart move into the lunar module and prepare to open hatches while Air Force Col. Scott may test a thermal patch retrieval. Schweickart's nausea eased and he completed the space walk test. The LEM performed flawlessly in space as it nears a critical split and rendezvous with the command ship.
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Weather Outlook Skies Mix Snow Rain Tonight
Intermittent light snow possibly mixed with rain expected tonight and ending tomorrow. Tonight low in the lower 30s, Friday high in the 20s. Saturday outlook calls for cool temperatures and partly sunny skies. Yesterday's high reached 45 with an overnight low of 28.
Nixon Okays Asking For Another 60 F111 Planes
The Pentagon plans to request at least 60 more F111 aircraft, with about $500 million added to the 1970 defense budget. Production would rise to around 400 planes, despite the 13th crash since January 1967. Officials say cost reviews focus on value, not technical faults.
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Bugs Bugging 2 Tank Projects In United States Army
In Washington AP reports two major army tank programs face serious problems. The MBT70 project from a United States West German joint effort shows persistent administrative deficits and possible hundreds of millions in waste. The M60 turret upgrade with Shillelagh missile is delayed due to turret issues, postponing procurement until problems are resolved.
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