Rogers On Mid East Peace Trip
U S diplomat Rogers works through Middle East talks with King Faisal and Cairo allies while noting no breakthrough expected soon. CENTO members Turkey Iran Britain and Pakistan wrap up two day meeting as Do brynin Moscow signals no objections to the trip. A separate note on Kate Webb reports she was freed near Phnom Penh and believed killed. a body found earlier sparked concern.
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Iran
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Pakistan
Hijacker freed in Italy after appeals court ruling
Raphael Mini chiello hijacked a TWA jet to Rome setting an air piracy distance record, then won freedom when an appeals court cut his sentence on April 21. The reduction left 18 months to serve. he completed the term today amid a mob of photographers and newsmen.
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Raphael Minichiello
TWA
California
Amtrak launches national passenger rail system in 1971
Washington AP Amtrak begins operations at 12:01 am consolidating 182 trains from 20 railroads while 178 services are dropped. The government backed system covers 314 cities on 20 600 miles of track across 21 routes with a three hour Metroliner run to New York. The effort aims to curb annual losses of 200 million and rebuild a national backbone rail network.
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Montana
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District of Columbia
Cleveland Still Not On Tracks
Washington AP reports Amtrak directors will not vote until next week on extending passenger service to Cleveland and Toledo Ohio. The plan would connect New York City to Chicago via Utica Syracuse Buffalo with links to Erie Cleveland Toledo and South Bend. Conditions include two thirds funding from Ohio and periodic rider use reviews.
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Amtrak
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Americans Ambushed in A Shau Valley War Report
U S B52 bombers pressed fresh raids in the A Shau Valley near the ambush site where five Americans were killed and ten wounded. The U S command reported three soldiers killed and one wounded aboard a helicopter shot down, marking the first battlefield deaths in the operation launched 17 days earlier.
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101St Airborne Division
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Southwestern Ohio Weather Outlook With Cooler Highs
Cool conditions persist in southwest Ohio with a chance of rain this afternoon and tonight. Overnight lows fall into the 40s. Tuesday brings partial sunshine, cooler skies, and a high near 60 degrees.
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Ohio
Indictment Expands in Kissinger Kidnap Plot Case
A new 10 count indictment targets eight antiwar activists in Harrisburg, listing letters claiming plans to kidnap Henry Kissinger and stage a TV mock war crimes trial. It adds defendants including Mary Cain Scoblick and John Theodore Glick, widens charges on raids against Selective Service boards, and notes prior convictions and affiliations with religious orders and universities.
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Henry Kissinger
Philip Berrigan
Mary Cain Scoblick
Anthony Scoblick
John Theodore Glick
Lancaster
Keuka
N.Y
Glick
Ashland
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Attorney and Selective Service
Rochester
Selective Service Boards
Testimony By Girl Continues In Capitol Bombing Case
Seattle AP report on Leslie Bacon, 19, peace worker, resuming grand jury testimony in the Capitol bombing investigation. Bacon previously answered 45 to 60 questions in a two hour session, with attorneys Steinborn and Fayad describing the questions as unrelated to the bombing.
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Leslie Bacon
U.S. Capitol
Capitol
Jeffery Steinborn
Miss Bacon
Steinborn
Michael Fayad
Washington, D.C
Grand Jury
McGovern to address OSU during Columbus visit
U S Senator George McGovern will visit Columbus on Sunday to speak at 6 30 p m in Ohio State University St John Arena as the sole announced Democratic presidential candidate. He will be hosted by Gov John J Gilligan and spend the night at the Governor s Mansion.
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U. S
George McGovern
D-S. C
John J. Gilligan
Ohio State University
McGovern
OSU
St. John Arena
Governor’s Mansion
Last Pollster Elmo Roper Dies at 87 in Norwalk Conn
Noted pollster Elmo Roper, a leading figure in American public opinion research, died Friday in Norwalk Connecticut at age 87 after several months in hospital, according to AP dispatch. His death ends a long career shaping survey-based politics and consumer insight.
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