Pope Paul VI Greets Ugandan Parliament and Biafra Talks
Pope Paul VI pledged to pursue modest, compassionate efforts for peace in Nigeria and consecrated 12 African bishops in Kampala. He urged bishops to avoid political involvement while aiding the needy as he met Ugandan leaders and Nigerian and Biafran delegations amid hopes for negotiated peace.
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Paul VI
Nigeria
Kampala
Uganda
Africa
Italy
Paul
Luganda
Buganda
Biafra
Vatican
Rome
Court rejects inquest into Kopechne death on Chappaquiddick
Massachusetts Chief Justice G Joseph Tauro rejected a bid for an inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne death, saying jurisdiction rests with the District Court. District Attorney Edmond Dinis sought the inquiry after Mary Jo Kopechne, 28, drowned when Senator Edward M Kennedy's car went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island July 18.
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New Bedford
Mass
G. Joseph Tauro
State Superior Court
Mary Jo Kopechne
Annss Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Massachusetts
Tauro
District Court
Superior Court
Massachusetts Judicial System
Dist. Atty
Edmond Dinis
Dinis
Boston
Washington
Kennedy
Martha’s Vineyard
Congress
Kopechne
Donald R. Mills
128 Reds Slain In Scattered Viet Clashes
The AP reports scattered clashes across Vietnam with 128 enemy troops killed as a weekslong lull persisted. South Vietnamese forces claim 77 Viet Cong killed near Bach Gia 110 miles southwest of Saigon over two days. Other provinces report 20 in Bac Lieu and 13 in Long An, while U.S. forces tally 18 killed including six in a Marine ambush and five by 9th Division troops. Casualties include two wounded civilians.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Bach Gia
Mekong
Bac Lieu
Long An
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
9Th Infantry Division
Kennedy Returns to Senate After Auto Crash
Edward M. Kennedy re enters the Senate to reclaim his desk as whip amid cheers from colleagues. He had not appeared since a July 18 car crash that killed a young woman in his vehicle. He denies seeking the presidency in 1972 and confirms his commitment to remaining in the Senate.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate Chamber
Ted
Mike Mansfield
Kennedy
Senate
Capitol Hill
Nixon aims to mend Pakistan relations in Lahore talks
President Nixon and Yahya Khan met at Governor's House in Lahore for about two hours to discuss Asian security, Vietnam withdrawal, renewed U S arms supplies, and potential economic aid. Nixon urged a friendship based on mutual trust as heat and crowds sweltered during the visit.
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Pakistan
Nixon
A. M. Yahya Khan
United States
India
Governor’s House
Yahya
Governor's House
America
Vietnam
U.S
Asia
John Foster Dulles
China
John F. Kennedy
Iran
Turkey
Regional Cooperation For Development Organization
Washington
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Chou Een-lai
Mohammed Ayug Khan
Nur Khan
New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
State Would Expand Food Stamp Setup in New York
Gov. Rockefeller asked the fed to include all 64 New York social service districts in the food stamp program. Fifteen districts already run stamps while the rest await program approval and federal funding. He urged senators Javits Goodell and Rep. Celler to back expansion, estimating about 100 million dollars needed.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Rockefeller
Clifford M. Hardin
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
Charles E. Goodell
Emmanuel Celler
New York
House of Representatives
Charles Edison Dies Former New Jersey Governor and Navy Secretary
Charles Edison, 78, former governor of New Jersey and former secretary of the Navy, and son of Thomas A. Edison, died of heart failure Thursday. He had lived at the Waldorf Towers and was hospitalized at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He built his life in business and public service beyond his father’s shadow.
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New York
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Senate approves six month surtax extension bill
The Senate passed a six month extension of the 10 percent surtax to December 31 despite President Nixon urging a full year. House leaders hoped to move the measure to the White House early next week after a delay in Thursday action. Treasury officials expected employers to continue withholding the levy.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Nixon
Treasury
Congress
Prime Beef Dear Mr Beef on Route 104
A reader urges action about traffic law neglect on East Bridge Street between Fifth and Sixth Streets. The letter notes permissible double and triple parking and urges a public response to curb the practice on a state highway.
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Mr. Beef
East Bridge St
Fifth
Sixth Sts
Violence Threat Follows Calcutta Police Attack on Assembly
In Calcutta, 5000 police assaulted the State Assembly as Jyoti Basu warned militant youths to prepare for battle. At least 20 legislators were injured. Speaker B K Banerjee and others fled through a window. Basu claimed a deep conspiracy behind the invasion amid Nixon’s New Delhi visit.
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Calcutta
India
West Bengal
Nixon
New Delhi
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Elizabeth II
Washington
Jyoti Basu
Basu
B.K. Banerjee
Moon dust incident at Houston quarantine facility
Space Center Houston reports two men Ronald Buffum and George Williams exposed to moon dust after a glove in a vacuum chamber broke during late Thursday night work. They were required to strip, shower, and enter quarantine with the Apollo 11 astronauts for observation.
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Ronald Buffum
George Williams
College loan crisis warned as banks resist NY program
A Republican legislator warned that many college-bound students face a sudden financial crisis due to banks in New York State hesitating to join a multi million dollar student loan program.
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Albany, N.Y
New York State
Rogers Arrives in Formosa on Asia Pacific Mission
Secretary of State William P. Rogers landed in Taipei Formosa on a fence mending tour amid U S efforts to reassure allies. He said Washington would continue to meet its treaty obligations to Formosa and other allies during the Asia Pacific swing.
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U.S
William P. Rogers
Nationalist
China
Asia
The
Pacific
Formosa
Ceausescu Sees Capitalism Yielding to Socialism Worldwide
In Bucharest Nicolae Ceausescu told visiting Americans that capitalism will ultimately give way to socialism or communism. He emphasized his autonomy from Moscow while reaffirming dedication to Communist ideology amid foreign policy moves.
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Bucharest
Romania
Nixon
Communist Party
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Moscow
Airlines Seek 6.6 Percent Fare Increase Across Short Routes
United Air Lines asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to raise fares about 6.6 percent to align short and medium haul prices with costs. Trans World Airlines planned a fare filing in days and other major carriers were preparing increases.
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Washington
United Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York
Trans World Airlines
TWA
House approves provisions slowing school desegregation
Three House approved provisions could slow federal desegregation efforts. They would block government mandates to bus students or close schools and would grant statutory approval to freedom of choice desegregation plans.
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Washington
House
Senate
No Milk Price Hike in Obey Letter to Hardin
Representative David Obey and three House members pressed for a milk price support raise to 90 percent of parity. Assistant Secretary Clarence Palmby replied that the price support for manufactured milk will not be raised at this time.
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Washington
David R. Obey
D-Wis
Clifford M. Hardin
Obey
Agriculture
Clarence Palmby
Mariner 6 Pictures Dim Hopes for Life on Mars
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 6 images show a meteorite scarred, lunarlike Mars surface with huge ancient craters and desolate highlands. Scientists warn cameras unlikely to prove life, suggesting if any life is present it is microscopic or sparse vegetation.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Mariner 6
Red Planet
Robert Leighton
Man Seized In Coed Slaying In Ann Arbor Area
ANN ARBOR AP A man is arrested in the slaying of Karen Beineman one of seven women found dead in the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti area in the last two years John Collins 23 of Ypsilanti is charged with first degree murder in Ypsilanti District Court Col Frederick Davids says Collins resembles the motorcyclist seen with Beineman before she vanished July 23 Her body was found in a ravine north of Ypsilanti She was an Eastern Michigan University coed and the third EMU victim
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Ann Arbor
Karen Sue Beineman
Ypsilanti
Frederick Davids
John Collins
Davids
Collins
Prisoner Hijacks Plane In Bizarre Freedom Bid
A prisoner escorted by two federal officers seized a jetliner with 131 aboard by pressing a razor to teenage stewardess Deborah Sulivan's throat and forced the flight from Scranton toward California into Cuba. The hijacker identified as Lester Perry, 32, left the plane at Havana's Jose Marti Airport.
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Miami
Cuba
Trans World Airlines
L. Perry
Havana
Jose Martin
Pennsylvania
Lester Perry
Scranton
California
TWA
Pittsburgh
U.S
William Lavin
Lor
Joseph Hart
United States
Tulsa
Oklo
Los Angeles
Deborah Sulivan
Etil
Gulf Ice
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