U S protests Ecuador seizures of eight tuna boats
The United States protested after Ecuadorian naval seizures captured eight U S tuna boats inside the 200 mile limit off Punta de Santa Elena. Several vessels including the Sea Quest Trinidad and Clipperton were also forced into port by gunboats. Charges, hearings and fines are pending with past fines totaling about 2.2 million dollars.
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Quito
Ecuador
Ecuadorian
U.S
Freedom
Punta de Santa Elena
Boat Owners’ Association
San Diego
Calif
Sea Quest
Trinidad
Sei
Ners
Starkist Co
San Pedro
Peru
American Tunaboat Association
Washington
State Department
United States
Cesador
Raids Nab 30 In Albany Area Gambling Ring
A force of about 100 State Police and officers arrested 30 in a series of gambling raids across Albany Rensselaer and Saratoga counties. Many detainees faced bets on sports including the Browns Chargers NFL game Monday night. Flooding driven by northeast winds forced evacuations along a 20 mile Lake Erie shoreline from Ohio to Stoney Point near Monroe with no injuries reported.
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Albany, N.Y
Ccal
Albany
Rensseaer
Saratoga
Cleveland Browns
San Diego Chargers
Luna Pier
Mich
Lake Erie
Ohio
Stoney Point
Monroe
Howard Quillin
Monroe County Civil Defense
Quillin
Police Veteran Dismissed After Alleged Criminal Ties
New York Lt. Meyer Rubenstein a 33 year police veteran was dismissed after a departmental trial on charges that he consorted with and abetted criminals. He allegedly visited a bugged underworld trailer in Brooklyn more than a dozen times and failed to take proper police action.
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NEW York (Ap
Meyer Rubenstein
Brooklyn
Five cops freed in their own custody on bribery charges
Five suspended policemen were released in their own custody after arraignments on charges they took bribes to protect a 1 million dollar a year organized crime gambling ring on Staten Island. The arrests followed the capture last month of a retired police lieutenant described as a bag man who delivered about 200 thousand dollars annually in payoffs from the ring to police.
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New York
Staten Island
Egress Recap to Oversee POW Return Plan
Norfolk hosts a fleet level briefing on Operation Egress Recap the Defense Department plan to bring home American POWs from North Vietnam. The meeting scheduled for next Monday will review the men and discuss the release process with Navy officials.
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Norfolk, Va
Defense Department
North Vietnam
Navy
NDP to back Trudeau if objectives met after vote tally
New Democratic Partyleader David Lewis says the NDP will supply enough votes for Pierre Elliott Trudeau to stay in power if Trudeau meets specified objectives. The NDP caucus of 31 holds the balance in the new Commons after a tight Oct 30 election left Liberals and Conservatives tied at 108 seats each.
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Toronto
New Democratic Party
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
David Lewis
House of Commons
Commons
Trudeau
Liberal Party
Conservatives
Pardons Board Refuses to Cut Panther Sentence
The Connecticut Board of Pardons again refused to reduce the life prison term of Black Panther George Sams Jr. after appeals by New Haven County State's Attorney Arnold Markle. Markle had urged shorter sentences for Sams and Warren Kimbro, both witnesses in the 1969 Rackley murder trial. Kimbro’s minimum had been cut to four years in 1971, but Sams' life term remains unchanged.
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Somers
Conn
State Board of Pardons
George Sams Jr
New Haven
Atty
Arnold Markle
Sams
Markle
Alex Rackley
Warren Kimbro
Pardons Board
Kimbro
Sims
Seven Arrested in Hashish Haul in New York and New Jersey
Federal agents seize 1100 pounds of hashish worth 1.1 million in a case tied to Morocco origins. Seven defendants, including a teacher, musician, artist, psychologist, are arraigned in Manhattan and New Jersey on narcotics charges with bail set at 100000.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Manhattan
New Jersey
United States
Morocco
Daniel P. Casey
Bureau
Piscataway
N.J
Casey
James Krell
Livingston College
Steven Abelman
Stephen H. Miller
Albuquerque
N.M
Harris Damon Lesavoy
Allentown
Paul Ian Chanleff
The
Bronx
City College
Peter Axelrod
Steven Irwin Lieberman
U.S. Bombing Planes Hit Wide Areas of Indochina
U S fighter bombers and B52s pounded broad areas of Indochina over two days. About 500 strikes were reported around the DMZ in Laos and Cambodia, with heavy fire near Quang Tri City and Hue. North Vietnamese casualties and civilian damage were cited by Hanoi reports, while U S sources noted extensive strikes in both halves of Vietnam and deeper into North Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Indochina
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Cambodia
Dmz
Quang Tri City
Hue
Saigon Command
U.S. Navy
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Hanoi
Vietnam
Ma Tinh
Quang Binh
Tho heads for Paris for talks with U S peace delegates
Le Duc Tho North Vietnam chief negotiator travels to Paris for potential private talks with the United States on Vietnam. He stops in Peking to meet Premier Chou En lai and is expected to visit Moscow before Paris.
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Paris
U. S
Associated Press
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
Radio
Hanoi
Tho
Peking
Chou Enlai
Hesinhua
Moscow
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Alexandr M. Haig Jr
White House
Washington
Rockefeller Holds Town Meetings On Public Priorities
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller surveys public concerns across Syracuse and Horseheads in a new round of town meetings. Flood relief repeal of liberal abortion law no fault auto insurance and school finances draw strong interest as residents press for action while demonstrators chant on housing and law enforcement issues.
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N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Syracuse
McGovern urges delay on Demos chair change
McGovern urged the Democratic Party to delay replacing Jean Westwood as national chair. He called for the DNC to have final say on leadership changes and cautioned against swift action before post election assessments. He cited reform opponents and mentioned the Eagleton affair as a major blow.
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McGovern
Demos
Jean
Charlotte Amalie
V.S. McGovern
Jean Westwood
Washington
Westwood
South Dakota
Democratic National Committee
George Meany
AFL Cio
al Barkins
Eagleton
Storm Dumps Heavy Snow Blanket on New York State
A Western and Northern New York snowstorm brought 3 to 5 inches in Albany and up to 5 inches in Wyoming County. State Police warned of slush on I 90 and the Adirondacks reported 2 inches in Boonville while Syracuse saw 1 to 3 inches. Forecasters warned of more snow mixing with cold Canadian air as the system moved toward New Jersey.
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New York State
Associated Press
Farmer’s Almanac
Midwest
New York
Wyoming County
National Weather Service
Albany
Orleans
Geneseo
Wyoming
Niagara
Erie
Chautauqua
Cattarauzus
Boonville
Syracuse
Cortland County
Massena
Poughkeepsie
Weather Bureau
New Jersey
Oswego Hospital Holiday Bazaar Opens November 15
At Oswego Hospital lobby the annual bazaar runs November 15 and 16 with a Christmas display including a Greenman Gardens tree, a hand made afghan from Mrs Umbert Cimildoro and a Della Robbia wreath by Mrs. David Jones. Major prizes are awarded during the event sponsored by the hospital's Women's Auxiliary.
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Oswego Hospital
Charlene Flick
Monica Aguiar
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Oswego
Greenman Gardens
Umbert Cimildoro
David Jones
Officials Face Jail If Girl Left Uncared For
Buffalo Family Court Judge Douglas B. Trost warned that a Buffalo State Hospital director or another official could be jailed within a week if proper care is not provided for a 15 year old girl with an IQ of 52. The judge said the girl has roamed streets and slept in doorways and may place her in a state hospital or with another agency, with jail for any refusing administrator.
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Buffalo
Buffalo State Hospital
Douglas B. Trost
Trost
State Hospital
Sniper Kills British Soldier in Belfast
AP reports a British private, Stanley Evans, shot in the head and neck while in a lighted window during a search in Belfast. The blast raises Northern Ireland’s death toll to 629 in three years, amid further guerrilla bombing on the Belfast-Dublin rail line and a car bombing in a Belfast suburb, with no injuries.
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Belfast
Stanley Evans
Northern Ireland
Dublin
Irish Republic
Euipty
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