World Spotlight Reports Palestinian Unity Efforts and Global News
The 5 member Palestinian Central Council meets in Damascus to seek end to factional feud. Arafat's Al Fatah approves a unity plan for discussion in Beirut. Prague judge convicts Havelka for attempted hijacking, sentencing 13 years. Thailand, Cambodia exchange ambassadors in a move toward diplomacy. Wyoming endures a summer snowstorm while Amish residents seek Rhodes' aid against power lines. An Issaquah school bans Salinger Catcher in the Rye over profane language. Julie Nixon Eisenhower welcomes first grandchild Jennie at San Clemente. Chicago Loop elevated spur seeks National Register listing while opposing a new subway. Califano pressured over missing drug company documents by a House subcommittee.
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Damascus
Syria
Palestinian Central Council
Palestini
Yasser Arafat
al Fatah
Beirut
Central Council
King hearing continues as Ray faced questions again
Ray testified before the House Assassinations Committee on April 4, 1968, asserting a poor memory and human foibles for inconsistencies in his accounts about Raoul and the King assassination. He described flights through Missouri, St. Louis, Chicago, Montreal, and Windsor, plus cash payments totaling 7000 dollars and a white car connected to his escape to London after the Memphis shooting.
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Margaret Gentry
Associated Press
Washington
James Earl Ray
House Assasinations Committee
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Memphis
Tenn
Raoul
Rep
Louis Stokes
D-Ohio
Stokes
Playboy
Missouri
St. Louis
Chicago
Montreal
Windsor
Ontario
Detroit
New Orleans
Mexico
Bessie Brewer
King’s Motel
Sippi
King
London
Mark Lane
House
Martin Luther King
First day of school as Memphis teachers honor picket lines
On the first scheduled school day Memphis teachers refuse to cross police and firefighter picket lines outside several schools. Police and fire unions staged walkouts and court actions loom as city leaders seek compliance. A separate power blackout case involved Richard David Hyder, 29, held on charges of interfering with power lines.
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Memphis, Tenn
Lorene Osborne
Memphis Education Association
Russell X Thompson
Memphis Labor Council
Memphis
Council
Tommy Powell
Graceland Mansion
Elvis Presley
Wyeth Chandler
Chancery Court
Powell
Thompson
Chandler
ITU Hall
Richard David Hyder
Heath says he is a frustrated musician in Cleveland visit
Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath, 62, told reporters he finds symphonies more logical than governments. He arrives to guest conduct the Cleveland Orchestra led by Lorin Maazel. Heath will conduct Brahms Academic Festival Overture and narrate Copland Lincoln Portrait. He recalls organ study at Oxford and wartime choices steering him from music to politics.
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Cleveland
Edward Heath
Heath
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel
The
Orchestra
Copland
Lincoln
Oxford University
Dollar Gains on Markets as Carter Expresses Concern
In London the dollar strengthened after President Carter voiced deep concern over the currency’s sharp decline. Gold fell while West Germany praised Washington’s effort to shore up the dollar. traders warned the long term outlook remains weak and markets stayed nervous across Tokyo and Europe.
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London
Carter
U.S
West Germany
Frankfurt
Tokyo
Guzman Purges Dominican Military in Inauguration Move
Dominican Republic President Antonio Guzman swore in four new military chiefs while Cyrus Vance and other dignitaries waited. The changes aimed to place trusted officers in key posts and follow a pledge of a new attitude toward the law amid economic strains and prior electoral turmoil.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Antonio Guzman
Cyrus R. Vance
Guzman
Vance
National Palace
U.S
United States
Joaquin Balaguer
Rafael Adriano Valdez Hilario
Juan Rene Beauchamp Ja
Americans land in France after first successful balloon crossing
Three American balloonists from Albuquerque Ben Abruzzo Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman completed the first successful Atlantic crossing by balloon. They landed near the Paris region after 121 hours 18 minutes aloft and more than 3000 miles traveled setting time and distance records. The crew aimed to push on toward the French coast and land in the Paris area by nightfall.
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London
New Mexico
South Wales
English Channel
France
Atlantic
Ben Abruzzo
Maxie Anderson
Larry Newman
Albuquerque
W.C. ‘Doc’ Wiley
Shannon
Ireland
Presque Isle
Maine
Donald Cameron
Christopher Davies
St. George’s Channel
Pembrokeshire
Wiley
London Hilton Hotel
Coast Guard
Abruzzo
Pat
London Hilton
Ed Yost
Sioux Falls
S.D
Yost
Anderson
Iceland
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Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Havelka
Czechoslovak Airlines
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Havelka
Bangkok
Thailand
Leng Sary
Cambodia
Upadit Pachariyangkun
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
National Weather Service
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Grand Teton National Parks
Columbus
Ohio
Geauga County
James A. Rhodes
Committee To
Rhodes
Charles B. White
Lake County
Ohio Edison Co
Portage County
New Hill
N.C
Wake County
James Card Adams Jr
Princeton
Adams
Raleigh
Danl Logue
Moncure
David Simpson
Issaquah, Wash
J.D. Salinger
Issaquah
Anita Page
Salinger
Nixons
Julie
San Clemente
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
San Clemente Hospital
Eisenhower
American Institute of Architects
Franklin Street
Union Loop Co
Missis
Cliff Pierce
Pierce
Europe
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Army
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Balaguer
Hispaniola
Haiti
Bristol Channel
England
le Havre
Paris
Jim Mitchell
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