Cathay Pacific Jet Crashes in South Vietnam Highlands
An 81 people aboard a Cathay Pacific Convair 880 perished when the jet crashed in South Vietnam's central highlands. Among the 81 were 17 Americans including Kenny and family members of Thomas J. Kenny of B C Ziegler Co. U S helicopter crews found some bodies but no survivors as Vietnamese troops secured the site. the second air disaster in Asia in two days followed a New Delhi bound crash that killed 84 of 89 aboard.
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Cathay Pacific
S. Viet Highlands
Roberta
Kathleen
Daniel
Mary Jane
Colleen
Andrew Pick
U.S
Asia
New Delhi
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Sing
Jets Smash 14 North Vietnamese Bridges In Raid
American jets report 14 bridges destroyed in North Vietnam amid more than 230 strikes. A Navy A7 Corsair was shot down at night and is missing. B52s bombed Dong Hoi as Hue targets intensify while light fighting continues near An Loc with heavy shelling reported.
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Saigon
USS
North Vietnam
U.S. Comand
Dong Hoi
Hue
South Vietnam
An Loc
Salt Workers End 24 Day Strike At International Salt Co
Negotiators for Local 12460 Allied Industrial and Trade Workers and International Salt Co reached a contract to end a 24 day walkout. About 240 workers at the Watkins Glen refinery returned to work with full staff expected by Monday. Details of the pact remain under union review.
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Watkins Glen
N.Y
International Salt Co
Allied Industrial and Trade Workers
United States
Canada
Charity care orders to U S financed hospitals weakened
Washington AP reports a government move to curb free care at Hill-Burton funded hospitals as lawsuits pressed HEW to redefine "reasonable volume." New proposal sets free care at three percent of operating costs or ten percent of original loan, with many facilities exempt by loan terms.
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U. S.financed
Washington
HEW
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Lic
Federal Register
Hill-Burton
American Hospitals Association
AHA
Government creases old money into marketable byproducts
Treasury and Federal Reserve experts report old currency is shredded to ground up bits used as drilling mud and contemplated for roofing felt. Only one buyer, a Kansas drilling outfit, has shown interest at ten dollars a ton. About 2,500 tons of currency are destroyed yearly, with potential risks from counterfeiting rules.
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Washington
U.S
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Treasury Department
Kansas
David Mud and Chemical
Secret Service
British Concorde builder cites Nixon hints on funding
Sir George Edwards of British Aircraft Corp says the Nixon administration hinted possible U S financing for the Concorde after the election. He notes BAC and Aerospatiale would welcome U S participation to cut risk and lower costs. Edwards questions AP report that Pan Am abandoned options and says Pan Am has not decided.
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Nixon
Aerospatiale
U.S. Partipation
U.S. Senate
Associated Press
Wairton
Pan American World Airways
Edwards
Pan American
Quake in Italy Forces 100000 To Flee Homes
Ancona suffered a night of tremors that forced about 100000 residents to flee. One person died and many were injured by falling masonry as 40 quakes hit the port city up to level nine on the Mercalli scale. Damage topped 170 million dollars with 70000 seeking refuge in the countryside or nearby towns and others lingering in parks buses or trains.
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Ancona
Italy
Nixon urges Congress on arms curbs before September
President Nixon urged Congress to approve by Sept 1 a Moscow arms curbs treaty and a companion executive agreement to limit offensive missiles. He spoke at an unprecedented White House briefing with Kissinger before 122 lawmakers, aiming to start broader talks in October and push a larger defense program.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Moscow
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate
House
Kissinger
Jet Setters Help McGovern Rally Nets $350000
In New York City the Madison Square Garden fundraiser drew celebrities such as Warren Beatty Dustin Hoffman Paul Newman Julie Christie Shirley MacLaine Simon and Garfunkel and Peter Paul and Mary. Seats ranged from $5 to $100, aiming to boost George McGovern’s June 20 New York primary campaign. The crowd showed a calmer tone after a somber musical opening.
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Warren Beatty
Dustin Hoffman
Paul Newman
Julie Christie
Shirley MacLaine
Simon and Garfunkel
Peer, Paul and
Mary
McGovern
Madison Square Garden
New York
US halts bombing near Hanoi as Podgorny visits Saigon
The United States suspends raids near Hanoi as Soviet leader Podgorny visits the city amid hopes of a peace settlement. In New York a second bomb threat targets the QE2 prompting police and dogs to sweep the liner on arrival. Captain William Law reports the threat claimed the device would detonate at noon.
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Saigon
United States
Hanoi
Soviet Union
U.S
New York
William Law
London
Law
Former Republican official Ruggiero convicted on three perjury counts
Joseph Ruggiero, a former New York Republican official, was found guilty on three counts of perjury for lying to a federal grand jury probing corruption. He was acquitted on one count. U.S. District Judge Sylvester Ryan set August 17 for sentencing and allowed him to remain free on bond.
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New York
Joseph EK
Ruggiero
Republican Party
Manhattan
Eral
U.S. District Court
Sylvester Ryan
HUD Orders Removal of Lead Paint From Dwellings
HUD reverses course and orders removal of flaking lead base paint from federally administered homes. Early lead paint poses serious health risks to children including mental and physical disabilities.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nixon Receives Mexican President for Talks at White House
President Nixon welcomed Mexican President Luis Echeverria to Washington with full military honors. The two leaders planned extended discussions aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and reaffirming friendship as a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.
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Washington
Nixon
Luis Echeverria
U.S
White House
Humphrey Seeks Funds in New York Campaign Push
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey visited New York to meet media executives and raise money for his debt-laden bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He planned no public appearances and was not actively campaigning for the June 20 New York primary, where no Humphrey pledged delegates are on the ballot.
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New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
84 die as Japanese jet crashes near New Delhi
Sixteen Americans believed among the dead as a Japan Airlines jetliner crashes while landing near Jaipur 15 miles from the New Delhi airport. Six survivors include one woman who later dies in hospital. A Canadian official Wayne Hubble among the victims. Flight was Tokyo to London via Hong Kong and Bangkok.
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New Delhi
Japan Air Lines
A. Curtis
E. Curtis
E. Weatherly
G. Marquardt
EF. Namel
F. Weishaupt
A. Weishaupt
R. Weishaupt
B. Weishaupt
L. Heydorm
E. Myers
C. Myer
A. Hennessay
Jaipur
Yasuteru Matsui
JAL
Roger
Matsui
Soviet Art Exhibit Opens In Chicago
The Field Museum hosts the exhibit "Soviet Union: Arts and Crafts in Ancient Times and Today" featuring 1500 pieces by artisans from 4000 BC to today. It opens Saturday in Chicago before moves to Boston and New York, highlighting republic diversity in glassware lace and wood carvings while marking the USSRs 50th anniversary.
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Chicago
Soviet Union
Tiotr Yutkin
Department of Arts and Crafts
Ministry of Culture
Yutkin
Field Museum of Natural History
Boston
New York
Los Angeles
Washington
D.C
Minneapolis-St. Paul
United States
Kissinger Podgorny Trips Spark Viet Peace Speculation
Henry Kissinger heads to Peking amid a flurry of questions over a potential new Vietnam peace move as Nikolai Podgorny travels to Hanoi. White House denies links to Podgorny's trip and says Kissinger will meet Chinese leaders June 19 to 23 for concrete talks on normalizing China U.S. relations and regional issues.
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Nikolai V. Podgorny
Hanoi
Kissinger
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Peking
Podgoorny
People’s Republic of China
United States
State Lottery announces prize structure and contact
The notice outlines prizes for the 205679 drawing with top rewards of 50 000 for six correct numbers and 5 000 for five correct numbers. It directs players with winners to contact the State Lottery at the State Office Building in Syracuse New York.
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State Lottery
Syracuse
N, Y
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