Seven Soviet cosmonauts in space as three Soyuz ships orbit
Soviet mission launches Soyuz 6 7 and 8 with veterans Shatalov Yeliseyev aboard Soyuz 8 and Shonin Kubasov aboard Soyuz 6. The group flight aims to test a three-ship piloted system and advance plans for a near-Earth space platform.
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Vladimir Shatalov
Alexei Yeliseyev
Baikonur
Georgy Shonin
Valery Kubasov
Anatoly Filipchenko
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Gorbatko
Earth
Soviet Union
Alexei Leonov
United States
Shatalov
Yeliseyev
Tass
Mde
Turner Faces Senate Gun for Personal Use Claims
The Senate investigation into military graft returns to Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner former Army provost marshal. He is accused of using his office to obtain confiscated guns from civilian police and lied about their intended destruction. Testimony from Chicago Police Supt. James Conlisk supported Turner’s claim the guns were for Army use and museum display.
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Senate
Carl C. Turner
Army
Turner
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Chicago
James Conlisk
Conlisk
Stroy
Abraham Ribicoff
U.S
Belfast Riots Endure as Army Suppresses Protesters
British troops in Belfast used armored cars and tear gas to quell about 1000 rioters on Shankill Road. One soldier was wounded as weekend violence left at least three dead and many injured, amid protests over police force reforms and the appointment of Sir Arthur Young as police chief. Prime Minister James Chichester Clark defended the police reorganization and called the shootings a tragedy.
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Northern Ireland
Shankill Road
Sir Arthur Young
James Chichester Clark
Chichester Clark
Israeli Jets Strike Guerrillas In Jordan
Israeli jets struck a guerrilla stronghold 15 miles northwest of Amman near Salt in Jordan. The raid caused no reported damage or casualties. Earlier, guerrillas attacked Israeli positions along the Jordan River, and Arab saboteurs fired rockets at Nahal Golan with no reported casualties.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Amman
Salt
Sea of Galilee
Golan Heights
Syria
Nahal Golan
Ann Landers Bridge Comics and House of the Week Picks
The page highlights columns by Ann Landers and Heloise plus features on house listings and local entertainment. It notes a crossword puzzle, deaths and funerals notices, editorials, sports, television, theaters, want ads, and women’s news.
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Heloise
Middletown Area Weather Forecast
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for cloudy and cooler conditions tonight with a chance of showers and a low in the 50s. Tuesday brings mostly cloudy cool weather with a shower risk and highs in the 60s. Wednesday is partly cloudy and cool. Yesterday’s high reached 82 and the morning low was 60. Rain totals show .3 inch due Saturday.
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Middletown
Eight Die In Los Angeles Apartment Fire
Los Angeles AP eight people died and seven were injured in a three story 24 unit apartment fire west of downtown. Thirteen escaped by leaping from windows or climbing down ladders. The blaze may have been deliberate. two three person families perished.
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Los Angeles
Luis Zuleta
Anthony Porter Jr
Anthony
Ina Porter
Tami
Edgar Soto
Maria
Eugene
Mary Morrison
Rose Cordova
Nixon Aides Say Dissent Undermines Vietnam Peace Hopes
Secretary of State William Rogers warns antiwar protests threaten morale and progress in Paris. He cites lack of domestic support for Nixon policy and rules out quick negotiated settlement for two months. Moratorium leaders and politicians challenge his view as Sam Brown defends protests as not aimed at Nixon personally.
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Nixon
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Paris
Rogers
Sam Brown
United States
Brown
Lull in Vietnam War Persists Ahead of Winter Spring Campaign
U S officials estimate the war remains in a six week lull in the Saigon region. The 3rd Military Corps assessment notes limited enemy actions as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong reorganize and await political developments before a planned winter spring offensive, possibly starting in November.
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Saigon
U.S
3Rd Military Corps
USS
Train hits car. nine die in Conneautville crash
A Bessemer and Lake Erie freight train struck a car at a downtown crossing in Conneautville Pennsylvania, killing nine people including six children. The train, traveling 45 mph, shoved the car more than 200 feet after the car stopped and resumed.
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Pennsylvania
Bessemer & Lake Erie
William H. Thomas
Thomas
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