Genoa Port Clash Over Mao Banner On Li Ming
In Genoa, Italian port officials and Chinese sailors reached a compromise after the freighter Li Ming displayed propaganda banners on its hull. The ship would move to another pier to unload while Italians supplied food and water. The Chinese agreed to remove all banners except one quoting Mao Tse-tung denouncing reactionaries, the protest that sparked the dispute on August 13.
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Genoa
Italy
Li Ming
Lucio Caputo
Italian International Commerce Institute
Red China
Mao Tse-tung
Union and Ford in stalemate as contract nears expiry
DETROIT AP Union and Ford Motor Co bargainers confront dozens of unsettled issues with a strike looming if a deal is not reached before midnight Wednesday. Walter Reuther warned 160,000 Ford UAW workers would walk out if Ford rejects the union contract pattern for GM and Chrysler. Negotiators return to talks with little time left and no formal agreement on a long term pattern.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Chryseler
Comepanies
Reuther
Johnson
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conceillation Service
Malcolm L. Denise
UN Truce Observers Begin Cease-Fire After Suez Fight
UN truce observers imposed a cease-fire after seven hours of artillery and naval duels along the Suez Canal between Israel and Egypt. Israel claimed to sink an Egyptian torpedo boat while Egypt said it destroyed seven Israeli armored vehicles and tanks. Civilian casualties included eight dead and 35 wounded. Israel reported one killed and one wounded. Egypt alleged shelling of Port Said and Port Taufig, damaging houses a hospital and two ships. An Israeli spokesman denied indiscriminate shelling of populated areas.
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Associated Press
U.N
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Port Suez
Port Taufig
Tel Aviv
Port Said
Mediterranean
Alexandria
al Ahram
Abedel Hakim Amer
Foremer
Fire roils Northwest as Trapper Peak blaze nears encirclement
Fire crews fought to surround the Trapper Peak fire three miles away while the Sundance Mountain blaze broke lines in Idaho. The 52,160 acre Sundance fire burned uncontrolled near Bonners Ferry as two firefighters died. Western campsites closed as Glacier National Park issued evacuations and Canadian parks restricted access. In Egypt, Soviet ships and officials faced shifting fortunes amid regional conflict. A federal mediation team joined labor talks as Ford faces potential strike and large wage demands from the UAW.
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Associated Press
North
Idaho
Trapper Peak
Sundance Mountain
Northwest
Montana
Canada
Washington
Oregon
U.S. Forest Service
Sundance
Bonners Ferry
Danever
Israel and Jordan clash near Jericho amid shelling
Israel and Jordan traded artillery and tank fire across the Jordan River after a quiet Suez Canal region. Both sides claimed casualties and reported two wounded on their lines. Jordanian forces reported reinforcements and 106mm artillery, mortars, and tanks firing near the Damiya Bridge north of Jericho.
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Associated Press
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Jordan
Jordan River
Suez Canal
Egypt
Damiya
Jericho
Amman
Sweden adopts right hand driving with few injuries
Sweden's first day of right hand driving reports a generally smooth transition with 16 of 84 accidents involving personal injury. Officials note some motorists briefly revert to left-hand habits at turns, though no fatalities occurred on the roads.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Mexico City Paper Claims Trotsky Killer Mornard Alive
Ultimas Noticias reports Jacques Mornard, who killed Leon Trotsky in 1940, is alive and in Prague. Eduardo Cinsceros Rios, a lawyer who communicates with Mornard, says he is well after a 20 year prison term for the murder in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Jacques Mornard
Leon Trotsky
Prague
Ultimas Noticias
Eduardo Cinseceros Rios
Mexico
Mornard
Trotsky
Poet Allen Ginsberg Held With Beating Companions On Rome Steps
American poet Allen Ginsberg, 41, was held for three hours on Rome's Spanish Steps with 17 beatnik companions while reciting poetry. He wore a sweatshirt reading Stop The Vietnam War Now and was released without charges.
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Rome
Alien Ginsberg
Spanish
British educator blasts US space program as extravagant
Leeds England AP reports Lord Bowden former Cabinet minister and Manchester University's Institute of Technology principal denounces the American space effort as the most extravagant and dangerous outdoor relief in peacetime, arguing its reach harms education and influences other nations. Dr John Findlay of NASA counterattacks after Bowden's speech at the British Association convention.
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Leeds
England
U.S
Rome
Lord Bowden
Manchester University
Institute of Technology
British Association
Bowden
John Findlay
Lunar and Planetary Mission Board
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kansas City Woman Sets Herself Afire In Vaughn
A Kansas City woman, Ida Mae Thorton about 35, poured gasoline on herself and ignited it near Vaughn New Mexico. She suffered second and third degree burns to the waist up and remained in very critical condition in a Santa Rosa hospital. Her sister Magurate Stevenson of Kansas City was en route. The incident occurred after she left a Santa Fe train and bought gasoline at a service station. A Santa Fe agent and two local men helped extinguish the flames.
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N.M
Kansas City
Ida Mae Thorton
Santa Rosa
Linwood Knight
Magurate Stevenson
Knight
Miss Thorton
Santa Fe Railway
California
Santa Fe
Floyd Gaines
Denzil Gaines
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