Army Patrolling Dacca as Bengal Conflict Winds Down
Rebels claimed fighting continued in Dacca and Chittagong with clashes in Rangpur and Khulna, while Radio Pakistan said eastern Pakistan was normalizing with banks and offices reopening and curfew eased. Independent reporters affirmed army control of Dacca, estimating up to 7,000 killed and indicating Bengali independence sentiment persists.
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Chittagong
Rangpur
Khulna
Radio Pakistan
Pakistan
Associated Press
Arnold Zeitlin
Ceylon
Zeitlin
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
West Pakistan
Joe Schlesinger
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Sheik Mujib
Awami League
Fire Devastates Canandaigua Inn Killing Two and Missing Seven
A blaze at the 117 year old Canandaigua Inn in New York left at least two dead and seven missing with a dozen injured. Firefighters found a body as flames trapped occupants on the upper floors and hampered searches. The fire, fourth major blaze at the inn in 13 years, began on the top floor and ravaged the building within minutes.
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Canandaigua
N.Y
Stanley Rypka
Rypka
Veterans Administration Hospital
Anthony Decere
Chuckle Blotter Analogy Highlights Reversal Habit
A humorous observation notes some people soak in information yet reverse understanding, turning learning into confusion. The quip likens such individuals to blotters that absorb but misinterpret what they retain.
Fire Destroys Waterfront Block in Atlantic City
A waterfront blaze in Atlantic City destroyed six buildings and a fishing trawler on North Rhode Island Avenue near Gardner's Basin. No injuries were reported. damage estimate and cause were not determined. Four hours of firefighting involved 250 firefighters from four communities and four Coast Guard boats. The Wil liam Pebler and Sons Fishing Co. docks and processing plant burned. two homes and a ship chandler's store were also consumed, with the Bayview Hotel evacuated.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Bayview Hotel
Coast Guard
William Pebler and Sons Fshing Co
Rhode Island Avenue
Gardner’s Basin
Liberian Tanker Texaco Oklahoma Sinks After Breakup
About 260 crewmen are missing after the 661 foot Texaco Oklahoma sank in 15 foot seas and 40 to 60 knot winds 120 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. Eleven survivors were rescued from a life raft, most from Port Arthur Texas, as a Liberian freighter Sasstown reported survivors and a large oil slick was seen. The ship, built in 1958 and owned by Wilton Shipping Co but managed by Texaco, carried 220000 barrels of oil.
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Portsmouth
Texaco Oklahoma
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Coast Guard
Sasstown
Patrick H. Cannon
Elizabeth City
Bethlehem Yards
Baltimore
Wilton Shipping Co
New York
Texaco
Raid on artillery base leaves 33 Americans dead
North Vietnamese sappers attacked a U S artillery base near Da Nang killing 33 American personnel and wounding 76 in about an hour. The base was partially overrun but remained under American control with 12 sapper deaths reported.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
U.S. Command
Marble Mountain
Chu Lai
Miners Trapped After Burst Fire At Nemacolin Mine
Emergency crews drill 340 feet underground as two miners Richard Randolph and Charles Gibson, aged 63 and 61, remain missing after a Friday fire. Westinghouse and government agencies deploy $1.25 million in equipment and 24 tractor trailers from Charleston to support rescue efforts amid high heat and methane.
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Pennsylvania
Richard Randolph
Charles Gibson
State Department of Mines
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Charleston
W.va
Gary
Cooler Temperature Dip Expected Tonight Through Tomorrow
Slightly cooler weather moves in with overnight lows in the mid-30s to 40s and daytime highs near 40s. Yesterday reached 64 degrees, while this morning's low was 38.
Crime up 11 percent in 1970 in 22 major cities report
FBI figures show an 11 percent rise in serious crimes in 22 major cities including Washington D C with Seattle the sole city reporting declines in every category. Violent crimes rose 12 percent and property crimes 10 percent while larger cities over 250 000 population gained 6 percent.
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Washington
FBI
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Seattle
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Youngstown
Akron
Canton
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Kansas City
Hoax Good Samaritan Stuck With Two Iron Lungs
Jack Dollard a Lee's Summit Missouri restaurant operator became the victim of a hoax after collecting about 8 million empty cigarette packs with Scouts to aid a supposed girl in Kansas City. He learned there was no girl no market for the packs. A Texas doctor and an Alabama hospital offered iron lungs but none were needed. Dollard hopes to place one device and recoup shipping costs.
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Kansas City
Jack Dollard
Dollard
Lee’s Summit
Texas
Alabama
Millard
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