Mexico jetliner crash on Sierra Madre kills 79
A Mexicana de Aviacion Boeing 727 crashed on a clouded Sierra Madre peak near Monterrey while en route from Mexico City. Debris scattered across the mountainside. rescue teams faced rugged terrain and foul weather. Among the dead were Rafael Osuna and former PRI president Carlos Madrazo.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Mexicana de Aviacion
U.S. Coast Guard
New Orleans
Corpus Christi
Tex
Rafael Osuna
Australia
Carlos Madrazo
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Nixon Outdoes LB Johnson In Intensifying War
North Vietnam accuses the Nixon administration of pursuing neo colonial aims and escalating the war. Ha Van Lau attacks while U S envoy Lodge urges the Viet Cong and NLF to specify withdrawal and acceptable supervision for a peace settlement.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Laos
Cambodia
Lodge
NLF
Thieu
Saigon
Lau
United States
Mystery blasts demolish DuPont plant in New Jersey
Three men were killed and four missing after a chain reaction of blasts at the DuPont explosives plant in Carneys Point New Jersey. The 140 tons of gunpowder leveled four storage buildings, damaged 56 workers and injured others in nearby areas.
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Carneys Point
N.J
DuPont Co
Delaware River
Boy, 4, Lands 14-Lb Trout at Seneca
In Geneva New York a four year old boy Ricky Jensen caught a 13 pound 12 ounce trout in Old Lake Seneca near the city. His USN father Lt Richard Arthur Jensen helped as teens aided in netting. The catch arrived just before the National Lake Trout Derby began the next day.
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Geneva
N. Y
Oswego College officials review 108th commencement platform sketch
Dr. Donald L. Buck and Richard C. , associate dean for academic affairs, examine a sketch of the platform for the 108th annual commencement exercises. John W. Mincher Jr. contributed a design.
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Donald L. Buck
State University College
Oswego
Richard C
John W. Mincher Jr
Speech and Theatre
Buck
Wheeler
Kennedy delays Burger nomination action to Monday
Acting Senate Democratic Leader Edward M Kennedy put off to today until Monday Senate action on President Nixon's nomination of Warren E Burger as chief justice. He called it the orderly way of proceeding.
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Washington
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate Action
Nixon
Warren E Burger
Cuban youth fled Havana by stowing in wheel well
A 22 year old Cuban stowed away in the wheel well of a Havana Madrid flight seeking to flee curfews and military service. ABC reported the incident describing the perilous escape from Cuba’s capital and its attempt to reach Madrid.
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Madrid
Havana
ABC
Lindsay Backed by 64 GOP Reps In Re-Election Bid
Washington AP reports sixty four Republican congressmen endorsed New York Mayor John V. Lindsay for re election. Reps Ogden Reid and Daniel Button of New York announced the signatures praising Lindsay as a symbol of urban leadership to steer the nation’s cities.
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Washington
New York
John V. Lindsay
Ogden Reid
Daniel Button
New
York
Lindsay
Agnew Denies Implication in Tidelands Transfer
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew denies any implication of wrong doing or faulty judgment in the transfer of valuable state tidelands to a private developer, a month before leaving office as Maryland governor. This statement addresses the controversy amid investigations and public scrutiny in Baltimore.
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Baltimore, Md
Spiro T. Agnew
Ment
Maryland
Wax Museum Fire Destroys Niagara Falls Exhibit
Niagara Falls Ontario AP report says the Burning Springs Wax Museum burned down destroying over 30 scenes of history. The owner Arthur F. White Jr. estimates losses around 600000 with a Nixon figure saved and hundreds of other figures melted. The basement housed an English torture chamber and the cause remained undetermined.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Burning Springs
Lowner
Nixon
Arthur F. White Jr
Cornell Rebuffs SDS Denies National Convention in Ithaca
Cornell University refused SDS students’ request to hold the group’s national convention in Ithaca in mid June. SDS leaders vow protests against the university decision amid ongoing student demonstrations.
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Ithaca, N. Y
Cornell University
Students For A Democratic
Ciety
SDS
One Contest Closes All Bars On Primary Day
Avon NY June 17 bars closed as Jerry Rowe seeks Avon Republican Committee seat. New state law allows alcohol sales on primary day in counties with contests.
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Avon
N.Y
Jerry Rowe
Town of Avon
Livingston County
Eight Die in Copter Crash Near MacDill
Eight airmen died when an HH-3B helicopter crashed on approach to MacDill Air Force Base from Avon Park bombing range. Officials did not release identities pending word to relatives.
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Tampa
Fla
Air Force Husky
Avon Park
MacDill Air Force Base
Chile bars Rockefeller from Latin America mission
Chilean government suspends Gov. Nelson Rockefeller visit after two days of clashes between police and students in Santiago. Foreign Minister Valdes to meet Nixon aides. Rockefeller says he understands the action as he continues Latin America tour to assess policy options.
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Santiago
Chile
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Eduardo Frei
Rockefeller
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Gabriel Valdes
Washington
Valdes
Latin America
New York
Memorial Mass at Kennedy Grave Set for Friday Night
The widow of Sen Robert F Kennedy and his surviving brother announce a memorial Mass to be held at Kennedy grave Arlington National Cemetery Friday night the day after the first anniversary of his death Cardinal Cooke of New York to officiate at 8 pm services open to the public Only Kennedy family members to participate in the rites soldier and public mourners expected at the somber event
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Brot
Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Terence Cardinal Cooke
New York
Anniversary of War Sparks Grenade Attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza
On the second anniversary of the six day war, hand grenades exploded in Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip as Arabs protested the occupation. Four Israeli soldiers and four Arab civilians were wounded. a bazooka killed a Gaza army driver and wounded others. Police and troops conducted house to house searches in Jerusalem. six Arabs were arrested. A wreath ceremony by Arab schoolgirls was broken up. six girls were arrested. West Bank cities reported strikes and quiet elsewhere. The clash signaled rising tensions as Israel braces for longer occupation costs and higher taxes while extending military service.
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Gaza Strip
el Ma‘azi
Gaza City
Gaza
Old City
Herod's
Old Jerusalem
Nablus
West Bank
Jordan
Beisan
Moshe Dayan
Syria
Golan Heights
Suez Canal
Israel
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Burger confirms no fixed political philosophy for Supreme Court
Chief Justice nominee Warren Burger tells the Senate he has no commitments to conservative or liberal doctrines and will decide cases on their merits. He rejects being a conservative captive and emphasizes independence while avoiding ideological labels.
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Burger
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Nixon
Senate Judiciary Committee
Crippled Woman Found Lashed Nude in Bed in Debris Home
Police found Carol Moser 29 crippled by cerebral palsy tied naked to a bed in a garbage-filled home in Rotterdam near Schenectady. Her father John Moser 65 was dead of an apparent heart seizure in the living room. Carol was hospitalized for possible malnutrition.
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Rotterdam
N.Y
Schenectady
John Moser
Moser
Carol
Ellis Hospital
Two Girs Saved After Reds Down Unarmed U S Jet
An unarmed U S reconnaissance plane was shot down over North Vietnam. Two Air Force RF4C crewmen bailed out and were rescued by a helicopter near Dong Hoi. One airman injured was taken to the hospital ship Repose. Escorted fighters attacked anti aircraft sites with unknown results. South Vietnamese police were placed on high alert after a wave of terrorist explosions ahead of a Midway Island meeting.
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Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Navy
Saigon
Americans described as bloody minded by Violence Commission
A National Commission on Violence task force reports Americans are a bloody people likely to remain so while violence is seen as a solution. The 300000 word two volume study, released on Kennedy assassination anniversary, notes historical amnesia and differing forms of violence across groups.
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Washington
National Commission On Violence
Robert F. Kenedy
National Commission On the
Commission
United States
Hugh Davis Graham
Johns Hopkins University
Ted Robert Gurr
Princeton
Dentists and Doctors Withdraw From Medicaid Program in Allegany
Allegany County Dental Society joins a broad move by medical and dental groups to quit the state Medicaid program. The split follows a July 1 law cutting physician and dentist fees by 20 percent and shifting the first 20 percent patient payment to patients with duplicated receipts.
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Wellsville
Allegany County Dental Society
Allegany County
Cayuga County
St. Lawrence County
Bartholomew 100th Birthday Marked by Solo Stroll
Mrs. Marion H. Bartholomew celebrated her 100th birthday in Avoca New York by taking her usual unaccompanied quarter mile stroll. She said it’s just another day for me.
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Avoca
N.Y
Marion H. Bartholomew
Biafra Freeing 18 Foreign Oilmen After Portuguese Plea
In Lisbon the Portuguese Foreign Ministry said Biafra will release 18 foreign oil workers sentenced to death after a Portuguese request. The group includes 14 Italians, three West Germans, and one Lebanese. Eleven others were killed near Kwale during fighting. A Canadian oil man later reported a robbery by Nigerian soldiers affecting three Americans and another associate.
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Lisbon
Biaflrans
Portugal
AGIP
Biafra
Biafran
I. Y. Eke
Nigeria
Kwale
Dennis McCaughey
Pona‘ka
Alta
Leon Fitzsimmons
Sallisaw
Okla
Deland Cannaday
Stillwater
Bob Lester
California
Violence and unrest mark a turbulent 1960s era
Graham and Gurr describe the 1960s as one of the most violent eras in American history. They link antiwar protests and university unrest to a rise in murders and crime tied to urban decay and ghetto pathology, noting a paradox of overall crime decline then a renewed spike.
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Graham
Gurr
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