Israeli air raids on Suez coast press on despite toll
Israeli planes bombed Ras Za farana and Ras Gharib on the Gulf of Suez for the fifth time in six days. Egypt said antiaircraft gunners forced the attackers eastward as a heavy artillery duel raged near Port Taufiq. Cairo warned authorities that the front remains vulnerable.
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Ras Gharib
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Ras Za’ Farana
Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
Golan Heights
Syria
Nahal Golan
Sea of Galilee
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
A. Thant
Paraplegic in wheelchair robs store then arrested
In Buffalo a paraplegic man and a companion were arrested after a hold up at Black's Variety Store. Jeffrey Meruked, 29, pushed by Leroy Workman, 18, allegedly fired a pistol and stole 198 dollars from owner Joseph Black and his grandson Kevin. Meruked previously became paraplegic after a 1967 Kansas City shooting.
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N.Y
Jeffrey Meruked
West Seneca
Leroy Workman
Meruked
Kansas City
Workman
Black
Joseph Black
Kevin Black
Met Cancels Opening Week as Performers Protest Contract
Metropolitan Opera will skip on stage performance tonight to open its 85th season. Musicians plan outside the house to press their contract dispute, risking the first four weeks of the schedule. Rudolf Bing warns settlement would raise ticket prices. deficits and pay scales are outlined.
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Metropolitan Opera
Met
Opera House
Rudolf Bing
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Bing
Metropolitan Opera Association
Two Killed in Route 104 Crash near Scriba
Ronald Platt and Ella Peggy Platt of Scriba were killed when their sedan swerved into a tractor trailer on Route 104 East near Kocher Road in front of the Ohio Fast Freight Inc. terminal. They died at Oswego Hospital. Investigator Francis Cooper and Sgt. James McDermott were pictured at the scene.
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Peggy) Platt
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Times
Everett W. Dona
Sgt
James McDermott
Sheriff's
Francis Cooper
Sheriff's Dept
U S Tanker Opens Northwest Passage Historic Voyage
The SS Manhattan, 1,005 feet long and icebreakers ready, became the first commercial vessel to reach open water north of Prince of Wales Strait after smashing through heavy ice near Banks Island. Humble Oil officials caution that commercial viability won’t be decided until the early 1970s. data will feed computers to assess ice thickness and breakup.
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Arctic Circle
Prince of Wales Strait
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Point Barrow
Alaska
John Cabot
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Humble Oil
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Humble
Hass
U S to Withdraw 40 500 Troops From Vietnam by End of November
Vice President Ky announced 40 500 additional U S troops would be pulled from South Vietnam by November's end. Officials noted this could lift total withdrawals for 1970 to between 150 000 and 200 000, with Thieu's approval pending after talks in Saigon.
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Nixon to order another Vietnam troop withdrawal
President Nixon has decided on another withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam and plans to announce specific figures Tuesday morning. Press secretary Ronald Ziegler did not dispute South Vietnamese Vice President Ky’s report that 40,000 more American troops will be pulled out before November.
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Decomposed body identified as local 19-year-old girl
A decomposed body found in a gravel pit in Manchester New York was identified as Maria C Polis a 19 year old Rochester girl who vanished about three weeks earlier The coroner ruled the death a skull fracture caused by a single blow Fingerprints identified the remains and state troopers confirmed the name
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Manchester
N. Y
Rochester
Maria C. Polis
Charles Bathrick
Ontario County
Black Monday march for Negro jobs in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh demonstrators dubbed Black Monday marched from the Negro Hill District into downtown. Police estimated over 3,000 people moved in four abreast along city blocks, clapping and chanting Freedom, Freedom, Freedom as they pressed for more Negro jobs in construction.
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Pittsburgh
Negro Hill
Hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Passengers Arrive in Addis Ababa
Thirty six passengers and two crew members on an Ethiopian Airlines plane hijacked to Aden by Eritrean Liberation Front commandos arrived in Addis Ababa aboard a special aircraft. Three other crew members remain in Aden under Southern Yemeni authorities. One crew member was reportedly shot when the plane landed after the Saturday hijack. Earlier reports said a Ethiopian policeman aboard the plane wounded one hijacker.
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines
Aden
Eritrean Liberation Front
Yemen
Niagara-Wheatfield teachers approve contract to avert strike
In Niagara Falls area, the Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District teachers voted to accept a new contract offer hours before a planned strike. A district principal reported all 12 schools opened on time after the overnight bargaining session produced the final terms.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Niagara-Wheatfield Central
Six Die as Spectator Stand Collapses in Moita do Ribatejo
In Lisbon region Portugal at Moita do Ribatejo a spectators' stand collapsed during a bull run killing at least six and injuring nearly 200. Police expect higher toll as reports arrive from five regional hospitals.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Moita Do Ribatejo
Talks Between U S And North Korea At Panmunjom
U S and North Korean officers met for nearly two hours at Panmunjom to discuss terms for releasing three Americans held after their helicopter was shot down on August 17 in North Korea.
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Panmunjom
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Priest Killed in Crash on Garden State Parkway
Rev. Hugh F. Boyle 41 a priest and assistant pastor at Holy Trinity Church Hackensack died in a crash in front of the State Police barracks on the Garden State Parkway near Bass River Burlington County. Police say he apparently followed a white line into the barracks area.
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N.J
State Police
Garden State Parkway
Burlington County
Hugh F. Boyle
Holy Trinity Church
Hackensack
Father Boyle
Parkway
Irish RCs Demand Written Guarantee Before Lifting Barricades
In Belfast the Central Citizens' Defense Committee representing about 70 000 Catholics pressed the British Army for a written immunity pledge before they would remove barricades. The Army declined saying it is a matter for the Home Office. Home Minister Robert Porter had previously said he would not order arrests absent criminal law violations. The committee urged that barricades stay until security terms with local army commanders are agreed.
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Northern Ireland
Central Citizens’ Defense Committee
Army
Home Ministry
Robert Porter
Catholic Committee
Citizens Defense Committees
Nixon picks Haynsworth for Supreme Court
President Nixon appears set to win Senate confirmation of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. for the Supreme Court despite civil rights and labor opposition. Judiciary Committee hearings begin Tuesday, but no strong Senate blocking effort has emerged as of now.
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Auburn Blazing Fire Threatens City Business District
A fire in Auburn New York destroyed three buildings including the Auburn Wood Products Company and a city bus garage. The blaze prompted a mayoral state of emergency, evacuations of nearby residents, and a large response from Cayuga County fire districts, state police, Civil Defense, and National Guardsmen. No serious injuries were reported.
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Onondaga County
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Columbian Rope Company
William Maywall
Wood Products
Maywall
Paul Lattimore
Oswego Public Shoppers Seek Pride In Park Reforms
Residents voice Prime Beef concerns over city upkeep. They lament decayed park beauty West Park Montcalm Park and call for spaces of quiet strolls away from baseball diamonds and football fields. Readers urged to share views.
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Oswego
West Park
Montcalm Park
Teenagers Riot At Utica Church Bazaar
Overflow crowds of teens from a Utica church bazaar broke a dozen windows and beat several people on downtown streets. Police found no clear cause but noted two prior nights of minor trouble. A 16 year old was arrested on multiple counts and released on 100 dollar bail. Eight others injured by rocks and sticks. two men robbed and beaten after being dragged from cars.
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Utica
N.Y
Cornell President pledges order while embracing campus change
Dale R Carson, newly installed Cornell University president, vows to protect the campus from political turmoil while enforcing public order rules. He urges free discussion and protests but rejects coercion and violence as Afro-American Society activists stormed the student union months earlier.
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Ithaca
Dale R Carson
Cornell University
Cornell
Corson
The
Black Liberation Front
America
Carson
Auto makers ready reply to U.S. charge on price stickers
Detroit AP report: General Motors Chrysler Ford and American Motors, selling over 8 million cars annually, prepare to rebut FTC charges that factory window sticker prices mislead buyers. Hearings begin Tuesday in Washington as makers argue stickers enhance buyer bargaining position.
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Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Irish sailor braves Atlantic voyage to prove Brendan the Bold possible
Bill Verity, 43, an Irish boat builder, sailed solo from Ireland in a 20 foot craft named Brendan the Bold to test an ancient legend. He faced Hurricane Debbie and weeks at sea before limping into Cockburn Harbor Bahamas for paperwork delays and potential Nassau entry. He borrowed food from a Russian freighter and Dutch ship after being out of sight since August 14.
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Bahamas
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Brendan the Bold
Bill Verity
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Fla
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Debbie
Wild Strikes Roil West Germany Amid Election Campaign
In West Germany during a national election campaign, two weeks of wildcat strikes by over 500,000 miners and steelworkers pressured wage talks as unions seek higher pay. The unrest spills into civil service and other sectors, stirring debates on causes and potential inflation.
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Heinr Oskar Vetter
German Federation of Trade Unions
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