Search Pressed For Killers Of Consul Ephriam Elrom
Police in Istanbul focus on a young married couple and seven students as suspects in the Israeli Consul General Ephriam Elrom murder. The body was found in a fashionable district. martial law looms possible as a nationwide manhunt and curfew tighten.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Ephriam Elrom
Elrom
Neomi
Kay Demir
Ertugrul Kurkcu
Yusuf Kupeli
Nihat Erim
Golda Meir
Kleinndienst Opposes Fund Limit on Campaign Donations
Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard G. Kleindienst urged the Senate to reject a $5,000 cap on individual campaign contributions. He favored full disclosure to reveal concentration of donor sources and supported broader legislation proposed by President Nixon. The testimony was before the Senate elections Subcommittee.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
Kleindienst
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Antiwar officers weigh resignations at Ft. Bragg
Maj. Stuart Freyer, an Army doctor at Ft. Bragg, says 29 signers of a Vietnam war advertisement are considering accepting a military offer to resign. He notes each man faced questioning in his unit about the ad and its stance.
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Ft, Bragg
N.C
Stuart Freyer
Ft. Bragg
Freyer
Fayetteville
Air Force
Jimmie Wilson
John Hay
Wilson
Jack I. Stein
Brooklyn
N.Y
Fort Bragg
Pope Air Force Base
Vietnam
Concerned Officer Movement
Washington
Stein
Maj
Roger H. Stewart
Stewart
Demolish Pruitt Igoe Plans Split Officials Over Cost
A HUD plan to raze the Pruitt Igoe public housing project in St. Louis envisions 900 townhouses at about 60 thousand dollars per unit, with 331 million in bonds and 3.5 million for demolition. Secretary George Romney cautioned against setting a precedent while Congress and local leaders weigh alternatives.
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Washington
Pruitt-Igoe
St. Louis
St. .Louis
George Romney
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Pruitt
Goe
Romney
Congress
Leo- More Sullivan
D-Mo
House
William Clay
Clay
Elmer Hammond
Cape Kennedy
Guards Sent To Chattanooga As City Turmoil Burns
More than 1,500 National Guardsmen move into Chattanooga to back local police after three nights of firebombings sniper fire and destruction. Gov. Dunn ordered two battalions into the area as Mayor Walker cites strain on a 1606 police force and 80 state troopers. A curfew failed to stop violence, but officials say the city is fairly quiet early today.
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Chattanogua
Enn
Chattanooga
Winfield Dunn
Robert Kirk Walker
Tremors in Turkey Raise Toll to 812
Emergency teams including troops and volunteers dig through ruins in Bingol as 812 dead are tallied after the latest earthquake. Mobile hospitals and soup kitchens aid the injured and homeless while officials report adequate food and water. Premier Erim tours the disaster area praising relief efforts.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bingol
Offi
Cials
Ankara
Nihat Erim
Erim
Burdur
Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Senate Faces Decision On Withdrawal Issue
Washington AP The Senate debates American troop withdrawal in Europe and pressured pullout from Vietnam. Supporters of the Mansfield measure argue for parallel action while opponents warn of destabilizing negotiations. Figures show Europe troop cuts and Hatfield McGovern backing cross-party shifts as the issue nears floor action.
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Washington
Europe
Congress
U. S
Vietnam
Hugh Scott
Scott
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Mansfield
George McGovern
D S. D
Mark O
Hatfield
Nixon
Railroads push national freight car pool backed by loan
U S railroads seek a Congress backed fleet of new general service freight cars via a nonprofit National Freight Car Corp to lease to railroads and shippers, aiming to relieve boxcar shortages and reduce penalties from using others cars. The plan, backed by Sen Warren Magnuson, would rely on a federally guaranteed bank loan.
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Washington
Amtrak
Congress
Midwest
West
Penn Central
Warren G. Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
National Freight Car Corp
Veit Cong Destroys Aviation Fuel At Cam Ranh Bay
Viet Cong sappers attacked the Cam Ranh Bay U S base and destroyed six aviation fuel tanks containing about 112 million gallons. Two Americans were injured. mortars later hit the support base with no reported casualties. U S forces lost four helicopters to ground fire, raising the war’s aircraft loss total to 7 879. North Vietnamese attacks continued in Laos with heavy fighting near Bouam Long and Phou Pha Sai, causing Laotian and Vietnamese casualties and strategic withdrawals.
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Saigon
Big Cam Rahn Bay
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
Richard Gardner
Aso
South Vietnam
Charlie 1
Charlie 2
U.S. Command
Vietnam
Indochina
Laos
Laotian Defense Ministry
Bouam Long
Plain of Jars
Sad
Phou Pha Sai
Vientaine
Plane disaster kills 79 on Yugoslav charter flight
A Yugoslav Aviogenex TU134 crashed while landing at Rijeka airport killing 72 British tourists, a Yugoslav family of three, and injuring four crew with one British survivor. Weather was reportedly suitable despite overcast skies and rain.
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Rijeka
Yugoslavia
Ljubljana
Soviet Union
Aviogenex Line
Split
Gatwick
London
Krk
Adriatic
Lava rocks threaten Fornazzo village in Sicily
Truck sized boulders of flaming rock broke from a lava front rolling through orchards toward the 400 population crossroads center of Fornazzo. Residents faced new peril as lava cooled on slopes above nearby Sant Alfio and hopes for an easing danger grew.
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Sant‘alfio
Sicily
Fornazzo
Sant’ Alfio
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