Biafra to heed Portuguese and release oilmen
Portugal announced that Biafra will free 18 foreign oilmen sentenced to death after Portuguese requests. The group includes 14 Italians 3 West Germans and 1 Lebanese awaiting procedural steps. Nine bodies were found after fighting near Kwale and AGIP denied local cooperation by the oil firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Midwest
Nigeria
AGIP
Italian State Petroleum Company
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Oklo
Kwale
US Deaths Level Off In Vietnam War
Saigon AP reports American battle deaths held near the prior week at 261 killed and 1,810 wounded. South Vietnamese casualties fell to 325 killed and 1,021 wounded, while enemy killed reached 2,637. Overall American deaths since 1961 total 35,791 with 229,888 wounded and 1,328 missing or captured. The report notes truce breaches during Buddha's birthday period and ongoing enemy activity at a moderate level with intensified offensive operations by South Vietnamese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Paris
South Vietnam
US Hearings Mockery as C5A Contract Sparked Debate
Senator Richard Schweiker calls authorization hearings for the C5A transport a mockery after Lockheed officials cite a January 18 letter from Harold Brown as a binding commitment for 57 more aircraft. The Air Force disputes obligation while the C5A completes a cross country flight, piloted by J. T. Jacobs, at speeds to 575 mph. The committee plans mark up of a roughly $25 billion procurement bill next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Air Force
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Harold Brown
Schweiker
Lockheed
John Stennis
Dmiss
Capitol Hill
United States
Dobbins Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
J. T. Jacobs
Edwards
Stennis
White minister appointed to Negro church in Kansas City
The Kansas East Conference of the United Methodist Church assigns Rev. James Uhlig 3%, a white minister, to Mason Memorial United Methodist Church in Kansas City Kansas at the request of the black congregation. He will also coordinate an inner city ministry and will reside nearby with his six children. Some resistance is anticipated, though most expect acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin, Kan
Kansas East Conference
United Methodist Church
James Uhlig
Mason Memorial United Methodist Church
Kansas City
Kan
Uhlig
Topeka
Mason Memorial
Mattie McCluney
Baldwin
Walter J. Chittenden
Parsons
Prence L. Mitchell
Oswego
Benjamin J. Gessner
Max Barnes
Silver Lake
William A. Hubbard
Leavenworth
Everett White
Corning
Donald J. Schlichting
Gridley
Richard Layman
Howard Antioch - Severy
Roy L. Brown
Osage City
Lawrence’ R. Kurth
Reading
Ray Firestone
Yates Center
Quincy
Richard R. Johnson
David Mack
Independence
Altoona - Benedict - Roper
New Albany
W. Norval Taylor
Second Anniversary of Arab-Jew War Marked With Explosions
In Jerusalem and Gaza, hand grenades and a bazooka shell wounded four Israeli soldiers and four Arab civilians on the second anniversary of the six day war. A Gaza driver was killed and three Israelis were wounded when a command car crashed after a bazooka strike. Police reported multiple grenade attacks near Jerusalem's Old City and an Arab schoolgirls’ wreath ceremony was halted with arrests. Curfews, checkpoints, and patrols followed as clashes and strikes spread to Nablus while Beisan Valley firefights caused no Israeli casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
el Ma’azi
Gaza City
Gaza
Old City
Herod’s
Nablus
West Bank
Jordan River
Beisan
Moshe Dayan
Syria
Golan Heights
Suez Canal
Israel
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Chile blocks Rockefeller tour over student clashes
Chile's government ordered Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to cancel his visit amid two days of student clashes with police in Santiago. A Foreign Ministry communique said the trip was suspended and Foreign Minister Valdes would meet Rockefeller in Washington to discuss the visit's aims. The action follows violence in several Latin American stops as Rockefeller seeks data for U.S. Latin America policy during the Nixon administration tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Eduardo Frei
Rockefeller
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Gabriel Valdes
Washington
Valdes
Latin America
Peru
Venezuela
Uruguay
Montevideo
Paraguay
Senate Critics Open Fire On Nixon Military Policy
Senatorial critics from both parties assailed President Nixon's military policy after his Air Force Academy speech. Senator Fulbright led Democratic opposition to the Vietnam war and the Safeguard ABM plan, while Republican Senator Pearson joined, insisting critics do not seek unilateral U.S. withdrawal or disarmament alone. He urged a focus on preventing escalation and improving defense strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nixon
J. W. Fulbright
Air Force Academy
James B. Pearson
Kansas
U.S
Vietnam
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate House
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Soviet Union
Nelson
Eight Ohio police charged in federal case with gambling links
Eight Columbus policemen faced federal indictments for conspiring with organized gamblers and accepting payoffs. A ninth man, a Columbus numbers operator, was charged with passing payoffs to officers. United States Attorney’s office scheduled arraignments for June 13 in U.S. District Court. Public officials declined comment. The indictments accuse conspiracy to use interstate facilities for racketeering and to defraud the United States, with charges also linked to suppressing wagering taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
U.S
Justice Department
Phillip Michael
Washington
Grand Jury
Oe Enter
Mak
Jahe Bearsner
Robert Baus
Public Safety
Fred Simon
U.S. Dist
Roger Makley
U.S. District Court
United States
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Biafra
Biafran
I. Y. Eke
Dennis McCaughey
Penaka
Alta
Leon Fitzsimmons
Sallisaw
Okla
Deland Cannaday
Stillwater
Bob Lester
California
Fred E. Lee
Santa Fe Drilling Co
Santa Fe Springs
Benin City
Buddha
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Arcadia
Paul Reade
Fredonia Coyville
George D. Almquist
Havana-Niotaze
David Morey
Independence First- Jefferson
Maclure
Stilwell
McCune-West Mineral
Oswego- Hallowell - Labette
Theodore Huffman
Parsons First
John Gingerich
Parsons Washington Avenue
Vernon W. Becker
Clare J. Hayes
Shawnee Mission
Basehor - Fairmont
Jerry Tubach
Edwardsville
Roger Kappel
Effingham - Muscotah
James M. Whitsitt
Asbury
Lowell H. Spencer
Grinter Chapel
Ed Marley
Lenexa
Heidrick
James D. Uhlig
Trinity
Roger E. Biddle
Robert Darden
Donald W. Frogge
Oskaloosa
Billy J. Hamilton
Winchester
Roger Eshleman
Ottawa District Colony
Lone Elm - Welda
David Olson
Edgerton
Kenneth Hathaw
Belvue
Stephen Pierce Biddle
Centralia Corning
Allan V. Athoff
Circleville
Paul A. Davis
Fancy Creek
Swede Creek
Peach Grove
James Godbey
Hiawatha
Wayne Castle
Holton
Floyd M. Nolin Jr
Hoyt Mayetta
Stephen Davey
Keats
David W. Bletscher
Manhattan College Avenue
Ernest William Moore Jr
Meriden - Arrington
Old Jerusalem
Rocky
New York
Peter Davis
FBI
Walt Disney
Ole Journey
Technicolor
Regelhs
Rod Taylor
Pen-Jel
PEN Jel Corporation
Nicholson Avenue
Pearson
ABM
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
America
Cranston
For All
Butler
Raney Reynolds
Rexall Drugs
John Reynolds
S. Main
Rexall
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