World Series Day Sees Railroad Crew Shortages
Sunday’s Indian summer in New York City coincided with the World Series broadcast as 248 Long Island Rail Road crewmen called in sick causing train delays up to 45 minutes. Hank Boerner cited weather as a recurring factor while George Clark of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers argued there is no concerted action behind the absences.
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New York City
Long Island Rail Road
Hank Boerner
George Clark
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brazilian girl wins Cliburn piano contest in Fort Worth
Christina Ortiz, 19, of Rio de Janeiro, won the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Sunday securing 10 thousand dollars and an international concert tour under Hurok Attractions. Minoru Nojima earned 24, Yokoshuka, prize 36.0? second. Mark Westcott 21 of Portland won third prize 2,000. Other finalists included Gerald Robbing 28 Studio City Diane Walsh 19 New York and Michiko Fujimuma 25 Tokyo.
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Christina Ortiz
van Cliburn
Fort Worth
Alex
Miss Ortiz
Rio de Janeiro
Hurok Attractions
Brazil
United States
Minouru Nojima
Yokoshuka
Japan
Mark Westcott
Portland
Ore
Gerald Robbing
Studio City
Calif
Diane Walsh
New York
Michiko Fujimuma
Tokyo
Apollo 11 crewmembers visit Berlin Wall site
About 150000 spectators in West Berlin greet Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin Jr as they visit the Berlin Wall. They lay a wreath at Bernauer Strasse where five refugees died and express hope for a world without walls and international space cooperation. Collins attends Genoa to receive a Christopher Columbus medal.
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West Berlin
U.S
Berlin Wall
Neil Armstrong
Findwin Aldrin Jr
Tempelhof
Bonn
Michael Collins
Genoa
Haly
Bernauer Strasse
East Berlin
Collins
Christopher Columbus
Dallas boy nearly mile in storm sewer during flood ride
A 12 year old Dallas boy Paul Ernest Buckner Jr. was swept through a storm sewer for nearly a mile after a rain. He said he and a friend played in gutters and jumped out before openings but one time he could not escape. He suffered bruised ribs and scrapes and vowed not to return.
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Dallas
Paul Ernest Ruckern Jr
Buckner
Paul
Hunger Show protest shuts in Hayward demonstrators
More than 100 activists in Hayward California endured a 24 hour fast behind plastic walls in an 8 by 121 foot enclosure as part of The Hunger Show to illustrate fears of global starvation in 15 years. A physician staffed a hospital tent but refused pills while headaches plagued participants and some left voluntarily.
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Hayward
Calif
Bith Geet
Gene Shhoenfeld
Goetz
Brain Death Law Drafted by DA's Transplant Board
Three members of Los Angeles County district attorney vital organ transplant committee drafted proposed brain death legislation. Deputy DA John W. Miner defined brain death as irreversible coma while heart and respiration continue artificially. If enacted, it would be the nations first law recognizing brain death.
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Los Angeles County District Attorney
John W. Miner
Los Angeles
Miner
Marshall Hants
Trauma
Norman Gilbert
Evelle J. Younger
B52s Raid Near Cambodia Amid Nixon Cutback Orders
Saigon reports B52 bombings along the Cambodian border despite Nixon’s 10 percent cutback in Stratofortress strikes. Officials say the lull may last a month as Communists train for new attacks. Overnight shelling totals reach 18 with light ground fighting and 43 guerrillas killed north of Saigon. 82nd Airborne troops uncover a cache near Saigon and troop strength shows 505,600 Americans in the region as 4,100 leave last week.
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Saigon
Nixon
Saigan
82Nd Airborne Division
Eight Die in Los Angeles Apartment Fire
An early morning blaze at the Bromley Apartments west of downtown Los Angeles killed eight and injured seven, with two families of three perishing. Seven victims were found on apartment floors as smoke and heat trapped residents. a three story building caught fire from the basement and spread through interior stairs acting like a chimney. Firemen took about 30 minutes to control the flames with damage around $50,000.
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Los Angeles
Luis Zuleta
Mildred Beardsley
Belfast Protestants clash as troops deploy tear gas
British troops cleared 1000 rioters in Belfast using tear gas after a weekend of sectarian tension. Protestors faced armored cars and barricades on Shankill Road while stones and sporadic gunfire occurred. one soldier was wounded and casualties rose to at least three dead.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Shankill Road
Sir Arthur Young
Intercept Over Border Traffic Speeds Under Cooperation Shift
Traffic along the Mexican border rose as Operation Intercept moved to Operation Cooperation. Southbound flows increased while car by car searches eased and crossing times shortened under relaxed primary checks. A Treasury Department spokesman cautioned that intensified surveillance remains. Mexico agreed to tougher narcotics efforts despite criticism from officials and business leaders over tourism declines since the program began.
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U.S
United States
Intercept
Treasury Department
Washington
Mexico
Bachelor Becomes Instant Father of 12
BROOKLINE Mass Eleven of Julia ONeill’s 12 children attended her wedding at St Mary’s of the Assumption church where widow Julia married Joseph P Walsh a bachelor. They met when Walsh moved into her boarding house. Diane Nessar of Bosnia was matron of honor. Daniel ONeill, 17, gave his mother away as the family recalled the day with sentiment.
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Joseph P. Walsh
Daniel M. O’neil
St. Mary’s of Assumption Church
Brookline
Mass
Frances
Maureen
Evelyn
Dianne
Bear
Virginia
Jane
Julia O'Neill
O'Neil
St. Mary's of the Assumplion
Walsh
Diane Nessar
Bosnia
Daniel O'Neil
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