Amchitka Blast Hearing Set as Ruling Expected Today
Environmental groups await a ruling on an injunction to halt a five megaton underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Alaska. Judge George L Hart will decide after review of secret documents and the AEC readiness to detonate Cannikin by early November. Reactions cite quake and tidal wave risks and international calls to cancel.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Amchitka Island
Alaska
U.S. District Court
George L. Hart
Hart
David Sive
Sive
AEC
Mike Gravel
Sweden
Canada
Japan
Peru
United States
Nixon
George McGovern
Wilberforce Shooting Claims Student's Life
A Wilberforce University freshman Mantel Crenshaw, 20, was shot and killed after a disturbance on campus near Shorter Hall. Two hours later deputies were driven off campus by firebombs as investigations continued. two girls were treated for lacerations from a scuffle outside the movie venue.
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Wilberforce, Ohio
Wilberforce University
Mantel Crenshaw
Canton
Wilberforce
Central State University
Shorter Hall
Crenshaw
Cozen
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Israelis Harden Defenses Along Suez Canal Amid Talks
U S intelligence reports say Israel reinforced the Bar Lev line along the Suez with a tall earthen wall and protected ramps for tanks. About 50 infantry passageways and extensive prep work with concrete modules, barb wire, and sandbags are noted in strong points manned by rifle companies and tanks. Reports also mention a Lebanese claim of Egypt planning to limit canal crossings before a Sinai invasion.
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Washington
U.S
Israel
Suez Canal
Egypt
Bar-Lev
Sinai Peninsula
Rain Develops Tonight With Cooler Tomorrow
The forecast shows chances of rain tonight and cooler conditions tomorrow with a high in the low to mid sixties. Tonight’s low is expected around the upper fifties. Yesterday’s high reached 72 with an overnight low near 57.
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Tomore
Vietnam troop reductions near 1970 end in Saigon plan
Thirteen U.S. Army units totaling 1,335 men were phased out as overall strength drop to 196,700. Melvin Laird visits Saigon to outline Nixon plan for faster disengagement, aiming for a residual force of 40,000 to 50,000 by July 1.
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Saigon
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
U.S
Laird
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Americal
South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Sun
Angry Brigade Blamed in London Bomb Attacks
Scotland Yard ordered full emergency alert across Britain after two blasts in London. A bomb hit the Royal Tank Regiment HQ near Parliament and another damaged the Post Office Tower on the 31st floor, injuring no one. An anonymous caller claimed the Angry Brigade carried out both explosions amid security scares.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Royal Tank Regiment
Houses of Parliament
Post Office
Northern Ireland
IRA
Dublin
British Press Association
England
Scotland
Wales
Europe
Toll in Indian tidal wave runs into thousands
New Delhi AP reports at least 2500 killed as 16 foot tidal wave and cyclones devastate coastal villages along the Bay of Bengal. Unofficial counts exceed 5000 with widespread homelessness and urgent food drops needed in Orissa and Bengal towns and refugee camps.
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Bay of Bengal
Cuttack
Balasore
Orissa
Calcutta
Times of India
East
Pakistan
India
Ganges River
East Pakistan
West Bengal
Missile Rips Through Judge's House In Tennessee
A 900 pound Walleye missile from a Navy training flight smashed into Judge James Parrott's three story home in Strawberry Plains Tennessee. No injuries were reported as the unmanned device destroyed part of the dwelling and exited onto a patio. The Navy investigates the incident and offers aid to the Parrott family.
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Strawberry Plains
Tenn
Navy
James Parrott
Tennessee Court of Appeals
East Tennessee
Cmdr
Virgil Tedder
Naval Air Station
Marietta
Defense Department
Parrott
Parrotts
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Red China
Indochina
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