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The United States begins withdrawing Sergeant ground to ground missiles from South Korea and turns over Nike Hercules anti aircraft missiles to South Korea. Pravda declares Soviet rejection of the latest U S arms limitation proposals final and criticizes the discussions.
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Washington
U.S
South Korea
Bernard W. Rogers
Army
Moscow
Pravda
Soviet
Communist Party
Cyrus Vance
Arm reattachment fails. Roswell girl in critical condition
A five year old Roswell girl, Lorraine Thompson, remains in critical condition after doctors removed an arm they had surgically reattached following a severing. An infection threatened her life as the Bernalillo County Medical Center team worked almost 16 hours to reattach the right arm, then had to remove it.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Roswell
Lorraine Thompson
Charles Thompson
Bernalillo County Medical Center
Police renew hunt for murder suspect William C. Riley
Weatherford and Tarrant County officers resume pursuit of William C. Riley who holds an arrest warrant for murder in Del Rio. The warrant accuses Riley of killing Fred Cunningham, 24, whose body was found March 27 on the Pacific Railroad Tracks near Del Rio.
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Weatherford
Tex
Tarrant County
del Rio
William C. Riley
Fred Cunningham
Edinburg
Cunningham
Pacific Railroad
Teachers lose bid for pay raise in Texas bill
The Texas House blocked a 25 percent teacher pay raise tied to a $865 million cost increase in the school finance bill. Speaker Bill Clayton ruled the amendment exceeded the governor's emergency scope. A smaller $263 million pay raise bill passed the Public Education Committee despite opposition.
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Austin, Tex
Bill Clayton
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Texas State Teachers Association
Clayton
House
Educa
Moroccans Preparing for Angola Offensive in Shaba
About 1000 Moroccan troops gathered at Kolwezi and 500 more at Lubumbashi in Shaba province as Mobutu’s forces prep for an attack on Angolan invaders. Reports say troops are gathering information and materiel with no fixed move date.
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Matt Franjola
Associated Press
Kinshasa
Zaire
Angola
Kolwezi
Shaba
Mobutu Sese Seko
Lubumbashi
Katanga
Congo
Mobutu
Europe
Africa
Matadi
Tass
Luanda
Congo River
Weather Underground fugitives surrender in Chicago move
Two Weather Underground members, Robert H. Roth and Phoebe Hirsch, surrendered to Chicago police after a seven year manhunt. They were indicted in 1969 on mob action and aggravated battery with Roth also facing a federal fugitive warrant. The surrender may reflect a shift toward an above ground strategy called inversion.
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Washington — Airlines
Federal Aviation Administration
Jonathan Wolman
Associated Press
Weather Underground
Chicago
Robert H. Roth
Phoebe Hirsch
Roth
ERA Proposal Faces Subcommittee Fate in Texas House
A Texas House Constitutional Amendments Committee voted 5-3 to send the ERA rescission proposal to a subcommittee rather than to the floor, signaling possible death or change. Supporters packed the gallery as 900 ERA opponents rallied, while backers fear another push could emerge with a new emphasis or statewide referendum.
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House Constitutional Amendments Committee
House
Tim von Dohlen
D-Goliad
Clay Smothers
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Dallas
Capitol
Texas
East Coast longshore strike slows US Europe trade
The 35,000 member International Longshoremen's Association walks out across Atlantic and Gulf ports endangering US to Europe shipping. New York and New Jersey docks see full participation though Gulf and South Atlantic locals resist until September 30.
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New York
United States
Europe
North Atlantic
Associaton
New Jersey
New York Waterfront Commission
Waterfront Commission
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Maine
Texas
North Carolina
Ralph Massey
ILA
Houston
South Atlantic
FDA approves saccharin as OTC drug option for diabetics
The FDA proposed allowing saccharin to be marketed as an over the counter drug for diabetics and others while banning its use as a food additive. Public comments are invited for 60 days with hearings planned in Washington next month. The move sparks debate over safety and cancer risk based on animal studies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Sherwin Gardner
Delaney
Gardner
Panama Hat Popularized by Roosevelt at Canal Visits
The Panama hat gained fame after Theodore Roosevelt wore one during visits to the Panama Canal construction site. Panama hats are produced not in Panama but in Ecuador from fine jipijapa straw.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Panama
Ecuador
Studebaker dealer clings to business in Union Nebraska
In Union Nebraska Ray Wigsel, a Studebaker dealer since 1959, refuses to quit after the brand’s decline. He keeps parts, showroom and nostalgia alive, recalling a family tradition in craft, and notes his son Larry also works as a respected mechanic with a 1936 Studebaker Avanti.
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Wigsel Auto Service
Studebaker
Canada
South Bend
Ind
Winnipeg
Ray Wiysel
Arkansas
Ray Wigsel
Ray
Larry
Loyal Business Association
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