Protests Bomb New York Skyscrapers Amid Antiwar Actions
Explosions hit RCA Building GM and Chase Manhattan during antiwar week. Calls warned buildings would be cleared. no bombs found. FBI took over inquiry as U N security increased and evacuations occurred. Cordite-like blast suspected. elevator operator injured at GM site. Rainbow Room patrons evacuated.
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Warning Issued in Probe Into Avalon Harbor Decision
Testimony before a Sacramento six member committee centers on who approved the steamer docking terminal location in Avalon Bay. Island Enterprises Inc stock tied to Upton is questioned amid $27,000 pier damage and harbor fund exhaustion. Mayor Cowell proposes a transportation center or upgraded Pleasure Pier at about $842,000.
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Arabs Claim Bombing of 3 Buildings in New York
In Amman and Beirut, George Wabash leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed his guerrilla group bombed three New York office buildings RCA Chase Manhattan and General Motors. He said a communique would be issued soon outlining the claim.
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United Methodist Church allocates funds for South Vietnam
The Quadrennial Emphasis Committee approves a $12,000 grant for South Vietnam and earmarks $100,000 to rebuild 325 family units on the Saigon outskirts plus $32,000 in development loans for small business men. The total postwar rehabilitation package reaches $2 million previously set aside by the church.
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Parker, North Carolina chief justice, dies at 77
Raleigh NC reports Judge Hunt Parker longtime chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court died Monday at age 77 after a heart attack. Parker, Democrat, was elected to the court in 1952 and served as chief justice since 1966.
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Five Shot in Mol ey's Department Store Gun Duel
Five shot during an aborted jewelry robbery at Wigapunter in Mol ey's Department Store. Michna tried to stop the robber, a hostage was briefly taken, Waycott Carver and a bystander were shot as officers pursued a shooter who fell after being hit, fragments shattered a display window.
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Nixon Policies Rally Across Nation As Demonstrations Begin
The nation opens a five day run of protests for and against Nixon Vietnam policies. Veterans and leaders anticipate a large Saturday rally at the Washington Monument. Some senators plan to attend while others refrain from voicing support and routes for the flag march remain unsettled.
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National Unity Protests and Nixon Veterans Day Observances
Arlington commemorations marked by President and Mrs Nixon visiting the D C Veterans Hospital to honor three war veterans and unveil the Very Important Patients program. Across the nation, rallies and parades supported Nixon policy with major city events in Chicago and New York and a Veterans Day theme of loyalty, patriotism, and peaceful settlement in Vietnam.
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Whittier Gas Blast Injures Two Workmen
Two construction workers were seriously burned in a manhole explosion in Whittier. Alfonso Lopez and Humberto Viramontes, both from Los Angeles, were found unconscious on the ground outside the manhole as firefighters investigated the blast.
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Barn Dance Radio Show Comic Dies at 73
Theodore Morse known on the National Barn Dance as Little Genevieve or Otto died at the state hospital in Illinois. He was 73 and performed 22 years as a comic and tambourine player with LS radio where the barn dance originated. He retired in 1959 when the show ended.
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Reformers Back Nixon Draft Lottery Victory Push
Reform advocates agreed to rush Nixon draft lottery bill through the Senate without amendments, aiming for passage within about two weeks. Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Stennis pledged to push a comprehensive draft reform next year, while Nixon says he will pair the lottery with a system largely limiting the draft to 19 year olds.
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U N A s ks W o r l d T o Seek Red List Of PWs
United States envoy Rita Hauser urged the UN to press Hanoi to reveal American prisoners of war and allow access by an international humanitarian group. She argued the POW situation violates the Geneva conventions despite the absence of a formal war declaration. A small group of wives and parents of missing servicemen listened in the gallery, fearing reprisals if names were disclosed.
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Ninth Southern California quake recorded off Point Argueloa
A ninth earthquake in a sequence to strike Southern California since October was recorded Monday, centered about 30 miles off the coast from Point Arguello, near Pasadena.
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Sailor Stabbed in Bar Brawl Near Manila Sands
A 23 year old sailor from the USS Princeton was critically stabbed during a brawl at the Manila Sands nightclub on Magnolia Avenue at about 12 45 a m after someone grabbed a shore patrol nightstick. He was taken to St Marys Hospital with life threatening wounds to the lower abdomen.
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