Attica Prison Assault Ends Hostage Crisis Amid Chaos
Nine hostages and 28 convicts were killed as state police with helicopters and tear gas stormed Attica Prison in New York after a four day rebellion. Guards died, hostages were freed, and authorities cited conversion of the crisis to a full security operation with questions about total seizure remaining.
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Attica
N.Y
Attica State Prison
State Correction Department
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ported
Russell G. Oswald
Oswald
New York State
National Guard
S Viets Find Soviet Guns Near DMZ and Laos Border
SAIGON AP report: U S B 52 raids pressure the DMZ as South Vietnamese troops uncover three Soviet 122mm artillery guns and other gear near the Laos frontier. Recon teams report 92 enemy bodies found from air strikes, while a separate engagement near Da Nang yields 29 enemy dead in an ambush of about 100.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Dmz
South Vietnam
U.S
Khe Sanh
Khe Sanhad
da Nang
Business-Labor Rift Over Post-Freeze
Washington AP reports a widening business labor split on post-freeze controls. Archie Davis of the Chamber of Commerce backs continuing wage and price restraints. George Meany AFL-CIO urges a three-sided tribunal and resistance to unilateral government action. Nixon aims to outline a long-range plan before the Nov 13 freeze expires as Mills hints at broader individual tax relief and higher exemptions.
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Washington
Archie K. Davis
United States Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Cost of Living Council
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
White House
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
War Labor Board
Capitol Hill
U.S
Winston-Salem
N.C
Connally
Capitol
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Wilson Johnson
National Federation of Independent Business
Johnson
Mills
Senate
Welfare official uneasy over reductions in state aid
Topeka Kansas AP The vice chairman of the state Board of Social Welfare warned the welfare payment cuts threaten fall and winter prospects for thousands. Richard McAnany noted a 1.2 million reduction from August to September and said many recipients face halted services and eligibility gaps. He urged churches funds and civic groups to help ease the burden on elderly disabled and children.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Social Welfare
Richard
McAnany
Kansas City
State Welfare Department
Kansas
United Fund
County Forecast Shows Sunny Day With Warm Highs
Today forecast calls for sun and a slight temperature rise with light variable winds. Highs near 90 and lows in the upper 50s, with mostly clear and mild tonight and variable winds. Tuesday expected to be clear to partly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s and near zero precipitation today and tonight, around 5 percent Tuesday.
Ominous Funeral For Khrushchev
Nikita S. Khrushchev was buried without public ceremonies in Moscow after dying Saturday at 77. A private farewell occurred at the hospital, with about 150 mourners including his widow Nine Petrovna, children, and relatives. The burial at Novodyevichy Cemetery followed a brief, somber ceremony with no eulogies or speeches.
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Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Novodyevichy
Khrushchev
Pravda
Communist Party
Petrovna
Hatfield to Speak at Ottawa University Chapel Tonight
Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield will address the public at 8 tonight in the Ottawa University Chapel as part of the University Program Series His talk will cover the American government system and a lecture open to all attendees.
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Oregon
Mark Hatfield
Ottawa University
Farmland value in Kansas falls 5 percent in two years
Kansas farmland dropped 5 percent from March 1969 to last March, the largest decline among states. The average U S value rose 7 percent, while Kansas fell from 158 to 150 dollars per acre, with total Kansas farmland at about 7.94 billion in 1969 and 435 million below that by last March.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Morgan Williams
Farmers Home Administration
United States
Williams
Arizona
Great Plains
McGovern questions US Vietnamization plan in Saigon visit
In Saigon Sen. George S. McGovern met U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker for 45 minutes and rejected the view that Vietnamization is going well. He said the Thieu regime cannot be sustained without ongoing American support and called the Oct 3 election a one man show. He also noted Hanoi’s cease-fire terms now center on U S troop withdrawal by year end and an end to bombing in Indochina.
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Saigon
George S. McGovern
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Bunker
Thieu
McGovern
South Vietnam
Indochina
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Vincent R. Mancusi
Black Panther
Bobby Seale
William Kunstler
Herman Badillo
D-N.y
S. Viets
Rollie Hashman
Norman Hazen
Seventh and Main
Fifth and Main
Ottawa Police Department
Hashman
Sen. Hatfield
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Hanoi
Vietnam
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