Texaco Oklahoma sinks with 33 crew missing near Cape Hatteras
The 661 foot tanker Texaco Oklahoma broke in two in heavy Atlantic seas 120 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. Eleven crew were rescued from a life raft by the freighter Sasstown, while Coast Guard cutters and aircraft widened search for survivors from Port Arthur and other Texas ports. The ship carried 220000 barrels of sulphur fuel oil.
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Egyptian Leaders Confer in Paris Aims to Pressure Israel
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad leads a three day European diplomacy push with 21 diplomats to strengthen Western pressure on Israel as Cairo warns of a dangerous peace impasse. Sadat cites decisive days ahead and cites US Israel ties amid regional turmoil in Jordan.
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Egypt
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SST Closure Threat After Congress Drops SST Subsidies
Washington AP report states the SST program will end Tuesday as Congress rejected 134 million in subsidies. Magruder says private financing unlikely and talks with foreign bidders are faint. two-year wind down possible. Job cuts loom at Boeing and GE with 7,000 Seattle workers at risk and refunds totaling 52 million to Boeing and 33 million to GE.
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Rogers Urges Nuclear Accord As Soviet Activity Raises Concerns
Secretary of State Rogers says US Soviet relations may move toward arms limitation. He notes ongoing Soviet military activity concerns, while a Nixon era foreign policy report outlines cooperation in common interests. The 617 page document was released ahead of Moscow party congress.
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Massive Vietcong assault hits Da Nang base killing 33
Sappers attacked a U.S. artillery base 50 miles south of Da Nang at 2 am killing 33 Americans and wounding 76 in an hour. The base fell under heavy mortar fire as sappers moved through bunkers and positions. Allied forces reported high enemy activity in the Da Nang region with ongoing withdrawals and clashes across the area.
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West Pakistani army appears to control Dacca in split Pakistan crisis
East Pakistani rebels reportedly holdout in Dacca Chittagong Rangpur and Khulna but government radios claim normalcy with banks reopening and curfew lifted. Army in control says APs Zeitlin and CBSs Schlesinger with estimates of 5000 to 7000 killed and Mujibur Rahman in custody amid exodus. Official lines on Mujib's status vary.
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West Pakistan
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Awami League
Mikva Pushes Coed Jails to Reform Prisons
Rep Abner Mikva argues for coed jails as a reform to ease inmate complaints and curb sexual frustration. He cites inmate questionnaires, visits to Lexington Marion and Chicago jails, and plans a bill for model federal jails plus a review board and inspector general over all facilities.
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Three Dead as Canandaigua Inn Fire Rages Through Hotel
A dramatic blaze at the 117 year old Canandaigua Inn in New York left at least three dead and seven missing after engulfing the four story building. Firefighters found two bodies among the rubble and a third victim died of a heart attack. Over 150 firemen from as far as 20 miles battled the flames for hours as occupants including Finger Lakes Community College students and former VA hospital patients escaped or were rescued from the upper floors. The fire, reported at 12:25 a.m., burned for more than four hours and was the area’s third major blaze at the inn in 13 years.
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Veterans Administration
Anthony Decere
Finger Lakes Community College
Veterans Ad
Supreme Court to Rule on Integrating Private Social Clubs
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a Moose Lodge appeal from Harrisburg Pennsylvania challenging a lower court ruling that a racially exclusive policy violates the Constitution by denying Negro members access to club liquor service. The case tests whether private clubs with liquor licenses may exclude on race.
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