U S rushes more warplanes to South Vietnam buildup
U S sources say the air force expansion will make South Vietnam’s fleet the world’s third largest with over 2 000 aircraft as 400 new planes arrive by mid November including F5 A37 and Chinook helicopters. The move aims to pressure Thieu toward a modified cease fire amid stalled Paris talks and mounting North Vietnamese stockpiles.
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Last voyage for Ezra Pound to San Michele Island burial
Poet Ezra Pound dies in hospital after circulatory collapse following an intestinal blockage. He is en route to the cemetery on San Michele Island, final resting place of Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Diaghilev, with St. Mark's Square visible in a UPI telephoto image.
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McGovern Attacks Nixon Plan On Vietnam War
Chicago Senator George McGovern warned voters against trusting a so called secret Nixon plan to end the Vietnam War. He accused Nixon of deceit and said if Nixon wins there may be four more years of war in Southeast Asia. McGovern contrasted his own campaign as open and honest and urged the public to question Nixon's detailed settlement claims.
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Moscow Admits 72 Crop Failure Blames Drought
The Soviet Agriculture Minister said the 1972 grain harvest was at least 30 million tons short of the target due to a persistent high pressure system across European Russia. He noted drought extended from the Black Sea to the White Sea and Kiev to the Urals, with an estimated harvest near 157 million tons.
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POWs Plane Downed by U S Shot, Navy says
The Navy reported Lt. Mark Gartley, freed from North Vietnam, was apparently hit and downed by a missile fired from a friendly American aircraft during a dogfight with North Vietnamese MIGs. Gartley spent over four years in captivity after his F4 Phantom was shot down on August 17, 1968. The missile type was not identified.
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Buckley urges Nixon supporters to boost turnout
Albany New York U S Senator James Buckley urged Nixon backers to work harder to get out the vote for Tuesday elections. He warned that too many people think the election is already won and urged supporters to ring bells at the campaign HQ.
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Hanoi accuses Nixon of double dealing on Vietnam
North Vietnam denounces President Nixon as engaging in double dealing by promising peace to the American public while insisting on further talks with Hanoi. The Voice of Vietnam Radio described the stance as increasingly clear in its commentary carried by the Vietnam News Agency.
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Japan Considers Indochina Reconstruction Fund
Japan weighs a 2 billion dollar fund to rebuild and develop Indochina after peace returns. Kyodo reports the plan targets about 10 nations including China the Soviet Union and the United States. Japan would also extend bilateral economic credits to the region.
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Schafer Closing Albany Brewery Dec 31
Il' and M Schaefer Brewing Co will shut its Albany plant on December 31 due to economic squeeze from rising costs and falling beer consumption in the marketing area over the past two years.
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Canada Suspends Visitor Residency Applications
Ottawa reports Canada will suspend the right of visitors to apply for permanent residency while inside the country. Immigration Minister Bryce Mackay announced the move, ending a three year provision. The suspension takes effect Friday and applies to visitors who had not submitted applications by that day.
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Nixon Appeals Voters to Show World Leaders U.S. Resolve
President Nixon urged Americans to vote on Tuesday to demonstrate to world leaders that the United States will not retreat or surrender. He framed the election as strengthening his foreign policy and continued peace through strength, citing strides with the Soviets, China opening, Korea talks, and upcoming Mideast and Europe discussions.
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Fire Destroys Bleachers In College Stadium
A blaze gutted a section of Grambling College stadium bleachers in north Louisiana. Police and college security suspect arson as guards report rapid flames. Separately, Southern University in New Orleans faced student occupations and talks with legislators over demands for administrator dismissals and greater student control.
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MIT Professor Wins AEC Fermi Award
MIT professor Menson Benedict has won the Atomic Energy Commission’s 1972 Fermi Award for nuclear achievements. He will receive a 25,000 dollar prize later this year for leadership in creating the world’s first gaseous diffusion plant at Oak Ridge Tennessee that continues to produce fissile uranium for weapons and power reactor fuel.
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Dunkirk Teen Dies From Car Collision Injuries
James Perry 19 of Dunkirk died in Meyer Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered a week earlier when struck by a vehicle near Dunkirk. He resided at 108 Lake Shore Drive.
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Heath to Propose Emergency Wage and Price Controls
London AP report says Prime Minister Edward Heath will announce an emergency plan to curb inflation and stabilize the weak pound. Cabinet met to draft measures and a six month wage and price freeze is rumored.
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Bomb Suspect Tossed From Airliner Cockpit En Route to Scotland
A Viscount turboprop crew member discarded a suspected bomb into the sea about 20 minutes from Glasgow. Captain Bill Lawrence said 71 passengers were aboard and the device could have been a pencil bomb. In Ireland, Parliament approved a referendum on removing the Catholic Church’s constitutional special position, likely December 6.
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CBS Strike Fails to Affect Prime Time Programming
CBS relied on supervisory personnel to cover prime time programs as cameramen technicians and engineers walked out over a new contract. The walkout by the Radio and Television Broadcast Engineers Union affected CBS owned stations in several cities while Cronkite and other network staff did not honor the picket lines. The strike coincides with coverage preparations for the presidential election next Tuesday and a dress rehearsal proceeded Friday night.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Walter Cronkite
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Drivers Die In Rural Road Head-On Crash
Two Rochester area men died in a rural Ontario County collision on a Canandaigua road. Edward Gordon Jr., 26, of Rochester and Donald Lind skoug, 31, of Penfield were killed when one car swerved into the other. Each vehicle had one passenger injured.
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Rochester
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Son of Fire Chief Faces Arson Charges
William Wood 19, son of Breesport Fire Chief Albert Wood, was arrested by Chemung County deputies on second degree arson charges. He allegedly set six barn and garage fires in the community, including a barn behind his family home on Halloran Road, and is held without bail pending grand jury proceedings.
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Indians Occupy Washington Indian Affairs Building After Protest
About 400 protesters smeared with war paint and armed with improvised weapons refused a court order to leave the Bureau of Indian Affairs building in Washington. Judge John Pratt declined contempt, while protesters planned a memorial at Arlington Cemetery for Ira Hayes.
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