Viet Cong Urges Attacks to Support antiwar March
A VC document found near Saigon orders intensified attacks on Nov 14 15 to back the Washington antiwar march. Allied sources say the directive may be propaganda. In Mekong Delta and Central Highlands battles, nine militiamen and 11 civilians were wounded, with 51 enemy killed in an ambush near Tri Ton near the Cambodian border.
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Israelis Hit Egyptian Targets After Naval Raid
Israeli planes attacked targets on the western Gulf of Suez and along the central canal in retaliation for an Egyptian naval strike. Egypt said its destroyers bombarded an Israeli post, with jets shot at as ships left. Al Ahram rejected the U.S. peace plan as pro Israel, while U S says a bilateral Egypt Israel track is proposed.
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Westinghouse picket disturbances erupt with vandalism in Columbus
In Columbus and Bellefontaine, Ohio, union pickets smashed plant windows and a security car was burned at a Westinghouse facility. Police crews responded as about 4,000 workers walked out at midnight amid stalled national contract talks, with peaceful remarks from a plant spokesman.
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Thousands To Take Stand On Viet War Pro and antiwar protests planned nationwide
Demonstrations split along pro Nixon lines as Veterans Day parades and rallies unfold. In Midland Park New Jersey about 8,000 marched with 25,000 spectators as supporters urged Nixon policies. Houston seen a 900 marcher peace march with 1,900 at a rally including Fort Hood soldiers. Missing servicemen prayers marked the day as government warns of possible violence while protest leaders promise peaceful dissent.
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Hijack Attempt at Greater Cincinnati Airport Fails
A youth in his early teens tried to hijack Delta Flight 670 bound for Chicago from Atlanta. Byron Kinman seized the youth aboard the grounded plane after the girl passenger was escorted off. The plane later departed with passengers to Chicago.
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Delta Flight 670
Italy
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Chicago
Delta
Apollo 12 Crew Rehearses Emergency Abort Procedures
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Alan Bean rehearse emergency aborts in the lunar lander trainer while Richard F. Gordon Jr works in the command ship simulator. The Saturn 5 launch countdown advanced toward a 11 22 a m EST blastoff. The crew will undock at 65 miles altitude with In Trepid targeting Ocean of Storms 19 for a 2 hour 27 minute landing after separation. A rescue mission could follow if needed. A five man medical team cleared the crew as fit and ready to fly.
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Conrad Seeks Moon Landing Second to Moonwalk
Apollo 12 commander Charles Conrad Jr. aims to be the second craft to reach the moon, with the mission scheduled for November. Raised in Philadelphia then educated at Haverford and Darrow, he became a Navy aviator and test pilot before joining NASA in 1962 alongside friend Richard Gordon.
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