Plane crashes on highway in rainstorm near Grand Saline
A light plane attempting an emergency landing on U S 80 in a rainstorm collided with a car in Grand Saline Texas. One dead Morris B Gray 47 of Quitman a car passenger. His wife and five children and Mr and Mrs Ivey Jones of Quitman were hospitalized. Hollis and wife from Longview treated and released.
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Grand Saline
Tex
U. S. 80
Here
Morris B. Gray
Quitman
Ivey Jones
T. M. Hollis
Longview
Hollis
Americans Born Abroad Face Citizenship Loss Over Residency Rule
Thousands of U S citizens born in Europe risk losing citizenship under a State Department rule requiring a five year residence in the United States between ages 14 and 28. The regulation applies to children of mixed American and foreign parentage seeking to retain citizenship, and the case may go before the Supreme Court central court.
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Paris
Europe
State Department
United States
Supreme Cent
U. S
Disneyland Strike Ends After Month-Long Walkout
Disneyland management reports the month long strike by 48 Local 504 projectionists sound technicians and stagehands is over. The workers served at attractions like the Haunted House Pirates of the Caribbean and Abraham Lincoln. A separate strike by the American Guild of Variety Artists which began August 8 remains unresolved.
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Anaheim
Calif
Disneyland
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
American Guild of Variety Artists
Rain Ceremony by Fort Madison Students Ends Drought
A Fort Madison high school humanities class studying primitive man staged a rain ceremony using rocks sticks logs and reeds. They chanted and formed a primitive band and artists. After their ritual rain began and lasted 24 hours then stopped following a second ceremony.
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Fort Madison, Iowa
Fort Madison
R. D. Fahey
Jim Youel
Larry Miller
De Gaulle Enjoys Retirement Health Strong
Paris AP reports visitors say former President Charles de Gaulle is in good health and mentally keen at his Colombey home. Jacques Vendroux notes he appears more alert and expressive than in the final months of his presidency. Memoirs sell briskly.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Colombey-Les- Deux-Eglises
Jacques Vendroux
de Gaulle
Devlin Appeals Conviction in Northern Ireland Case
Bernadette Devlin, 23, the youngest British MP, appeals her six month sedition and inciting to riot sentence in Belfast. She asks the European Commission of Human Rights to intervene after a Northern Ireland court denied her bid for release.
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Strasbourg
France
Bernadette Devlin
Belfast
European Commission of Human Rights
Miss Devlin
Northern Ireland
Phil Spitalny Dies At 80 Former All-Girl Orchestra Leader
Phil Spitalny who led an all girl orchestra to national fame during the big band era died Sunday at age 80 after undergoing major surgery last December. The Miami based pianist and bandleader rose to prominence in the 1930s and 1940s with the Hour of Charm ensemble.
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Miami
Phil Spitalny
Spitalny
Hippie unrest in Atlanta leaves several injured and arreste d
A weekend of violence in Atlanta injures three policemen and two youths and leads to 26 arrests. Rioting followed the arrest of a young girl on drug charges with reports of stone throwing firebombing and rifle fire.
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Atlanta, Ga
Airports Tighten Security Nationwide
Airports across the United States tightened security today in response to an announced fall offensive by the radical Weatherman group. The Associated Press reports officials implemented enhanced screening and patrols to deter potential attacks.
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Associated Press
Radical Weatherman Group
U S Troop Withdrawal Makes Early Gains in Vietnam
U S Command says troop strength is descending toward the Nixon timetable with 384 000 men or fewer in Vietnam and further cuts planned. A weekly summary lists Army 292 300 Navy 18 700 Marines 27 600 Air Force 45 900 and Coast Guard 100 as of last Thursday.
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Saigon
U. S
Nixon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
11Th Marine
9Th Infantry Division
199Th Infantry
1St Cavalry
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Coast Guard
7Th Fleet
U. S. Command
Buildings Bombed In Rochester
Federal office building the Monroe County office building two churches and a private home were hit by bomb explosions within 25 minutes early today The blasts marked the fifth and sixth government buildings attacked nationwide since Thursday An explosion damaged a subbasement window at the four story county building twisting its frame
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Rochester
N.Y
Monroe County
New Bethel C.M.E
Greater Bethlehem Pentecostal Church
Richard T. Clark
William Harkin
Radical Weatherman Group
University of Washington
Seattle
Long
Federal Building
Greater Bethlehem
Standoff grows in Mideast over cease fire extension
Egypt insists on renewed peace talks at the United Nations before extending the 90 day cease fire beyond November 5 amid Israeli demands to pull back missiles in the canal zone. Israel says negotiations will resume only after such steps. Public opinion splits on suspending talks.
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Associated Press
Middle East
Suez Canal
Egypt
Israel
United Nations
United States
Mahmoud Riad
Cairo
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Golda Meir
Arab Socialist Union
Anwar Sadat
Gamal Abdel Nasser
National Assembly
Nasser
Tel Aviv
Jordan
Government Rapped On Civil Rights
The U S Commission on Civil Rights criticizes federal leadership on civil rights and says enforcement has never been strong under any president. The 1115 page report highlights persistent equality gaps in hiring housing and regulatory dealings. Separately, Weatherman radicals claim responsibility for a series of bombings across Rochester and Seattle, with damage to a federal building in Rochester and other sites.
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Washington
U. S. Commission On Civil Rights
Commission
Martin E. Sloane
Nixon
Manhattan
Quebec rebels say British diplomat alive as crisis drags
In Montreal a Quebec Liberation Front cell asserts diplomat James Cross is alive and well and threatens release if two government demands are met. A separate plea from Cross’s kidnappers references Pierre Laporte and calls for government talks for safety measures.
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Montreal
Quebec
James Richard Cross
Quebec Liberation Front
Pierre Laporte
Cross
Robert Bourassa
After Flood Clean Up Begins In Puerto Rico
Bulldozers gouged through mud in Puerto Rico as Red Cross stations sprouted and brigades cleaned. The disaster from six days of heavy rain left 50 dead or missing and $50 million in damages. Governor Ferre sought federal aid of up to $10 million while relief fund drives raised $350,000.
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San Juan
P. R
Puerto Rico
Red Cross
Andres Perez
Sabana Seca
Miguel Lebron
Luis A. Ferre
Nixon
U. S. Commonwealth Island
Supreme Court refuses to rule on closing homosexual bars
The Supreme Court declined to decide if officials can close homosexual bars. In Washington, AP reports the court also did not hear a Milwaukee abortion case challenging a state anti abortion law as violating women's privacy rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Milwaukee
Wis
Sophia Loren Robbed Of Jewelry In 7:15 a.m. NYC heist
Armed four man gang forced entry into the Hampshire House on Central Park South at gunpoint. They handcuffed four staff, took Loren’s uninsured $500 000 jewelry and $100 000 insured pieces from Van Cleef & Arpels. A brown bag with loot later found by two teens in West New York. Police investigated possible links to a Zsa Zsa Gabor theft.
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Sophia Loren
Miss Loren
Hampshire House
van Cleef & Arpels
N. J
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Waldorf Towers
Loren
Central Park South
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