Mystery Farm Explosion Near Ithaca Stumps Experts
In Venice Center New York a series of nightly blasts and large craters near Howard Lacey’s farm north of Ithaca baffled authorities. Geologists and explosives experts from Cornell University and the Army Air Forces examined the 18 foot by five foot crater but offered no explanation, ruling out ordinary explosives.
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Venice Center
N.Y
Howard Lacey
Ithaca
Cornell University
Army
Air Force
Nixon Rides On Air Force One
President elect Richard Nixon flies from New York to Miami aboard the silver jet normally used by President Johnson. The plane is not yet designated Air Force One and Johnson is not aboard.
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Miami
Fla
Richard M Nixon
Johnson
Nixon
New York
Thieu May Seek Delegation to Paris Peace Talks
Reports from Saigon indicate President Thieu may alter his stance and send a negotiating team to Paris if Washington guarantees a leading role while still not recognizing the Viet Cong National Liberation Front. Ky may head the delegation. Thieu stresses open but conditional talks amid renewed DMZ fighting and pressure from Seoul.
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Thieu
Paris
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Washington
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Tran van Lam
Lam
U.S
Mills Predicts Tax Surcharge Will Continue
Rep. Wilbur Mills chairman of the Ways and Means Committee said the 10 percent income surtax is unlikely to be allowed to end on June 30. He noted discord with post election pledges to cooperate with the incoming Nixon administration and did not rule out any outcome beyond keeping the surtax intact or reduced later.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Mills
D-Ark
Arkansas Petroleum Council
Little Rock
Nixon
World Bankers Study Money Crisis in Basel
Top bankers gathered in Basel to discuss a growing monetary crisis as francs dollars and pounds slump. Speculators shift to gold and the German mark amid fevered markets and Paris talks between President de Gaulle and his premier on the franc crisis.
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London
U.S
Basel
Switzerland
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
Maurice Couve de Murville
Francois Ortoli
de Gaulle
Couve de Murville
Tokyo
Nixon Rejects Co-President Role But Seeks Consultation
Nixon rejects any co-presidency with Johnson over foreign policy while asserting long-term actions abroad require his approval. Aides said he favors prior consultation on key decisions, especially Vietnam, and that Johnson remains the sole president through Jan 20. The arrangement aims for informed coordination without shared executive authority.
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Miami
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Bryce N. Harlow
Harlow
Nixon
United States
Connec
White House
Reds Launch Proton-4 World's Biggest Unmanned Spaceship
The Soviet Union launched Proton-4 described as the world’s largest unmanned spaceship. It carried about 17 tons into orbit with 12.5 tons of scientific equipment to study cosmic rays and their interaction with atomic nuclei.
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Reds
Moscow
Soviet Union
Miami Police Chief Walter Headley Dies at 63
Veteran Miami police chief Walter Headley died today at 63 after a heart attack. He rose to national prominence a year earlier for a controversial get tough program on slum crime and led the force since 1948 after joining the department in 1937. He twice faced ouster bids and fought to retain his job in court.
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Miami. Fla
Miami Police Department
Record political mail swamps U S postal system
Washington the Post Office Department reported a record political mail surge for the season. Mail volume runs 82 billion yearly with Sept 21 to Oct 18 period averaging eight or nine billion weekly, about one billion above average due to better organization and ZIP coding reducing manpower needs.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Post Office
South Korean Troops Kill 31 Communists in Two Weeks
South Korean forces pursuing two North Korean guerrilla bands of about 60 men killed one more fighter today, raising the Communist death toll to 31 in two weeks. The army also captured two guerrillas. Fourteen South Koreans, including five soldiers, have died, and nine others, including seven soldiers, have been wounded since the landing.
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U.S. 1St Air Calvary Division
Saigon
U.S
U. S
Dmz
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Paris
Chung Il-kwon
Seoul
Vietnam
South Korea
Chung
Korea
Seoul, Korea
RC leaders to Defy March Ban in Londonderry
Police and military troops were alerted after Roman Catholic leaders said they will defy a government ban and march through the city to protest alleged religious discrimination. Congregations totaling more than 2,000 prayed for peace in Protestant and Roman Catholic churches.
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Londonderry
North Ireland
Unidentified Man Found Mutilated in Syracuse Driveway
The mutilated body of an unidentified man was discovered in a west side Syracuse driveway. Police stated the victim may have been beaten to death or struck by a vehicle.
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Syracuse
N. Y
West Side
NATO alert system faulty prompts reorg of procedures
Allied officers disclosed that NATO alert procedures were faulty and largely ineffective after the Russian led invasion of Czechoslovakia. General Lyman L Lemnitzer ordered a reorganization of alert procedures now underway.
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NATO
Brusstls
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Czechoslovakia
Allied Powers
Europe
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Burglars May Have Jackie's Jewels
Burglars broke into a Turville Heath country house where Mrs. Aristotle Onassis was staying and took jewelry valued at $12,000. The theft occurred late Friday night, the day after Mrs. Onassis arrived, police reported. Authorities sought to confirm if the items belonged to her.
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Turville Heath
England
Aristotle Onassis
John F. Kennedy
Protest Strikes Reported in Prague and Olomouc
AP reports protest strikes in suburban Prague and Olomouc as Communist leaders vie with pro Soviet hardliners. Military police with submachine guns patrolled streets and informants say Prague’s 6,000 man garrison was alerted with leaves canceled.
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Prague
Olomouc
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Britain Rhodesia talks break up with key issue unresolved
Talks between Britain and Rhodesia over recognition of the colony’s independence broke up today with no agreement on the main issue. A joint statement by Prime Minister Ian Smith and British minister George Thomson said Thomson would report to the British Cabinet before any decision on future contacts.
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Britain
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
George Thomson
Thomson
Abernathy Leads Fund Drive for Black Theology Chair
Dr Ralph D Abernathy head of the SCLC addressed a 25 a plate dinner in Rochester New York highlighting an effort to raise 800000 to endow a black divinity chair at Colgate Rochester Divinity School. Mahalia Jackson and Rev Martin Luther King Sr accompanied him as seventeen students pursue scholarship funds and a professorship in black studies.
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Rochester
N.Y
Ralph D. Abernathy
Rochester Center For Theological Studies
Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Martin Luther King Jr
Abernathy
Southern Christaan Leadership Conference
SCLC
Dr. King
Memphis
Mahalia Jackson
Martin Luther King Sr
Granddaughter of Eisenhower Marries South American
Barbara Anne Eisenhower, 19, wed Fernando Echavarria Uribe, 25, in Valley Forge at a private ceremony attended by family from two continents. Eisenhower could not attend due to hospitalization. Nixon may have attended. The couple to live in Bogota after a reception at Newtown Square.
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Valley Forge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington Memorial Chapel
Valley Forge National Park
Barbara Anne Eisenhower
Fernando Echavarria-Uribe
Bogota
Colombia
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Julie
Anne
David
Gray Stone Episcopal Chapel
John S. D. Eisenhower
Phoenixville
Philadelphia
Eisenhowers
Newtown Square
Fernando
Medellin
Inez Uribe
Three year old in coma after chimp liver blood purification
In Atlanta a 3 year old child in a coma after a surgery that purified blood through a chimpanzee liver. The child linked to the animal six hours by two tubes, with signs of blood returning to almost normal. Doctors noted breathing on her own and active reflexes despite the hepatitis.
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Atlanta, Ga
Joe Patterson
NATO warns Soviets against further aggression in Europe
Brussels AP reports NATO's 15 members warn Moscow any further aggression in Europe or the Mediterranean would trigger a grave international crisis. The communique endorses France and notes France may stay in NATO’s fold as needed. West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt welcomes the outcome.
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North Atlantic Alliance
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Mediterranean
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NATO
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