Armistice Ends World War I Fifty Years Ago Remembered
The 1918 armistice ended World War I, marking 50 years since the fighting ceased. The conflict drew about 65 million armed men from 30 nations, claimed over 8.5 million soldiers dead, and reshaped empires. American entry under Wilson helped turn the tide with battles from Cantigny to the Argonne.
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U.S. War Department
France
Germany
Britain
Russia
Ferdinand Foch
Forest
Compiegne
London
England
Three Arabs in Plot To Assassinate Nixon
A year old Arab immigrant and his two sons are jailed in Brooklyn on $100000 bail each amid an alleged conspiracy to murder President-elect Nixon. Ahmed Nanior and sons Hussein and Abdo faced charges of conspiracy to commit murder possession of deadly weapons and criminal solicitation. Police offered no motive and noted possible links to Sirhan Sirhan. Nixon, touring Florida, was told of the arrests but downplayed any impact.
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Richard M. Nixon
Brooklyn
Ahmed Rageh Nanior
Yemen
Hussein
Abdo
Sirhan
Los Angeles
Robert F. Kenerly
Nixon
Kennedy
United States
Israel
Key Biscayne
Fla
Washington
Secret Service
Kenedy
Boy 10 Regains Consciousness After Five Month Coma
A 10 year old Olathe boy, Grant Nash, who was struck by a car while bicycling on Kansas Highway 7 near June 20, has regained consciousness after nearly five months in a coma. He now recognizes people and responds by nodding.
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Kan
Grant Nash
Robert Nash
Kansas Highway
First Attack From Within DMZ After Halted Bombing
North Vietnamese gunners attacked U S Marine posts just south of the DMZ the first time since President Johnson halted bombing. At least four Marines were killed and 41 wounded in five attacks on three positions near Con Thien.
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Paris
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Navy
Don Ha River
Ray Switches Lawyers For King Trial Delay
Ray changed lawyers two days before the planned trial on King's murder. He dropped Arthur J. Hanes and hired Percy Foreman of Texas, prompting Judge W. Preston Battle to consider a possible postponement if Foreman is retained and a delay is requested.
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Arthur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
Percy Foreman
Texas
Foreman
Jack Ruby
Candace Messler
W. Preston Battle
Battle
Queen Elizabeths Rio de Janeiro departure marred by blast
At Rio de Janeiro International Airport a jet engine blast ripped a roof from a Brazilian air force building amid Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip departure ceremonies after an 11 day Brazil visit. The couple received a 21 gun salute as they left aboard a Royal Air Force VC10 with President Arthur da Costa e Silva among the onlookers.
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Prince Philip
Royal Air Force
Arthur da Costa E Silva
McNamara Visits Moscow on World Bank Tour
Robert S. McNamara the World Bank president and former U.S. defense secretary is in Moscow as a tourist per the U.S. Embassy He arrived Sunday and plans to depart Tuesday for Kabul to conduct World Bank business with his wife staying at the U.S. ambassador’s official residence.
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Robert S. McNamara
The
World Bank
U.S
Kabul
Afghanistan
McNamara
Llewellyn E. Thompson
NATO Gets Strong Appeal From Brussels Conference
In Brussels NATO opens a week of high level meetings with a strong appeal to convey to the Soviet Union that the West will meet any new developments with firmness after its invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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North Atlantic Alliance
Let the
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Gerald Mohr Dies at 54 in Stockholm
Los Angeles actor Gerald Mohr who voiced Philip Marlowe on radio and appeared as the Lone Wolf in films and Christopher Storm in Foreign Intrigue died Saturday in Stockholm at age 54. Cause of death not listed. He had been in Sweden for two months producing a television serial with his Swedish wife Mai.
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Gerald Mohr
Philip Marlowe
the Lone Wolf
Christopher Storm
Stockholm
Mohr
Sweden
Mai
Veterans Day Parades Honor Service Across the Nation
Parades and ceremonies mark Veterans Day centennial observances across the United States. Arlington hosts a wreath laying by Air Force Chief of Staff J P McConnell while Denver and Colorado Springs prepare memorial events. In New York City, Fifth Avenue crowds march as Westmoreland and Bob Hope appear in Columbia South Carolina. Frank Dixon of Pittsburgh displays his War Department death notice amid the commemorations.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Air Force
J. P. McConnell
San Francisco
George Lasart
Cuba
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Columbia
Bob Hope
Taos Pueblo
N.M
Frank P. Dixon
Pittsburgh
Dixon
War Department
Allegheny County
Nationalist China Predicts Major UN Defeat for Red China Seat
Supporters at the United Nations forecast the annual vote on seating Red China will be the worst in four years with an estimated tally of 60 in favor to 44 against, compared with last year's 58 to 45.
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Paris
United Nations
N.Y
China
Soviets Launch Unmanned Moon Ship Zond 6
Moscow says the Soviet Union launched the unmanned spaceship Zond 6 toward the moon to conduct scientific explorations along the flight route and in near lunar space and to test systems aboard the craft.
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Zond 6
Beisan Valley shells injure Israeli troops in border clash
Jordanian artillery wounded three Israelis in the Beisan Valley this morning. Arab gunners in Jordan then fired rocket shells at an Israeli patrol east of Tirat Yaakov in the same valley, the army reported.
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Beisan
Jordan
Tiratevi
Agnew Leaves For Puerto Rico Vacation After Nixon Talks
Vice President elect Spiro T. Agnew and his family departed for a vacation in Puerto Rico after a weekend conference with President elect Richard M. Nixon at Key Biscayne Florida.
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Spiro T.agnew
Puerto Rico
Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
Key Bisicayne, Fla
Police arrest 11 in Detroit bombing probe
Detroit police announce the arrests of 11 people including two girls in a case tied to eight bombings dating back to August. One blast damaged an officer's private car at the 13th Police station parking lot as part of the series aimed at police owned vehicles.
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Detroit
Nixon Arrives in Washington for Lunch With Johnson
President elect Richard Nixon and wife Pat landed at Andrews Air Force Base after a Key Biscayne trip. A small crowd cheered as Nixon met reporters and discussed plans for a Paris peace talks representation, noting possible envoys Henry Cabot Lodge or William Scranton.
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Richard M. Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
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Nixon
Pat
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Young Republican Club
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Paris
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Saigon
Dean Rusk
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
West Germany
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Europe
Lodge
Rose Mary Woods Named Nixon Personal Secretary
Rose Mary Woods was chosen by President elect Richard M. Nixon as his personal secretary, a post she has held since 1951. Woods has traveled with Nixon on seven national campaigns and served during his vice presidency and 1968 race, making her a seasoned political aide.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Rose Mary Woods
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Miss Woods
California
Los Angeles Times
Sebring
Ohio
New York City
Joseph Woods
Illinois
Cook County
MIT vanishes AWOL GI from student sanctuary
Pvt. Jack M. O'Connor 19 from Ft. Bragg was seized by military and local police at MIT in Cambridge after living in the student center to protest the Vietnam war. He had been absent without leave since Sept. 14 and was held for transfer.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jack M. O'Connor
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Snow Storms Tie Up Traffic From Maine To Alabama
Three storm systems churned across the north, bringing heavy snowfall to New England and the Midwest and freezing temperatures to the Deep South. Millinocket Maine reported 19 inches, Greenville 16, while Vermont and New Hampshire saw up to 10 inches and motorists stranded on snow filled roads.
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Arkansas
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Des Moines
Missouri
Mississippi
Alabama
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Key West
Fla
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