Israel Shells Egypt Coast as Arab Drive Intensifies
United Press International reports Israeli warships bombarded Ras Gharib on the Gulf of Suez and gunboats hit a coastal base while Egyptian troops push across Sinai. Israeli claims include 1 000 Egyptian deaths and 220 tanks destroyed as fighting spreads to Syria near Damascus and Latakia Tartous. NATO and U S move to resupply Israel amid Arab oil maneuvers and Arab League actions.
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Sinai
Syria
Saassa
Damascus
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Moshe Dayan
Middle East
Avram Mendler
Sinai‘ Armored Corps
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United States
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Arab League
Cairo
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Bonn
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Joseph Luns
Vatican
Paul VI
Queen Opens Opera House and Tours for Australia
Queen Elizabeth II travels from London to Australia to open a new Sydney opera house. She will reach Canberra midweek after stops in Vancouver Honolulu Fiji and more. Prince Philip starts engagements in Bulgaria New Zealand and returns for Princess Anne’s wedding.
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UPI
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Australia
Sydney
Canberra
Vancouver
Canada
Honolulu
Fiji
Prince Philip
Bulgaria
New Zealand
Princess Anne
Mark Phillips
Tehran
Shah Mohammed Reza
Governor's Kin Found Dead In Santa Clara Home
William Avery Rockefeller, 77, a second cousin of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, was found dead Sunday in a ground floor bathroom at his Bay Pond Park residence in Santa Clara. Police indicate he apparently shot himself with a 12 gauge shotgun. a shotgun lay beside the body and the gun cabinet had been left open when caretaker James Johnson found him about 1 p.m. Betty Rockefeller, his third wife, resided on the 12,000 acre estate.
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Saranac Lake
N.Y
UPI
William Avery Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
Bay Pond Park
Santa Clara
Rockefeller
Betty
James Johnson
Demonstrators Clash as Pro Israel Rally Plays New York
More than 30 000 pro Israel demonstrators clashed briefly with Arab supporters in New York City Hall Park as police cleared protesters after a stink bomb and rocks were thrown. Eight arrests were reported including Mohammed Mehdi. Abba Eban urged solidarity while crowds waved blue and white flags and heard speakers. In Florida and New Jersey fund drives reported multi million dollar totals for Israel.
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UPI
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Middle East
Philadelphia
Tel Aviv
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Abba Eban
Mohammed Mehdi
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John Lindsay
Theodore Bikel
Damascus
Florida
New Jersey
ACLU pushes impeachment call against Nixon in NYT ad
The ACLU urged Nixon impeachment citing Agnew’s resignation. In a full page New York Times ad the group warned of Watergate era abuses and executive overreach and urged legal proceedings to protect the Bill of Rights and deter future presidents. The drive was announced Oct. 4 and lists nine alleged actions without legal sanction.
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New York
API
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
New York Times
Richard Nixon
Cambodia
White House
Cadet Suffers Dehydration at West Point Hazing Case
18 year old Cadet Mark Brown from Fairfax describes hazing at West Point as sadistic though not directed at him personally. He endured 75 days of plebe hazing with limited food and sleep leading to acute dehydration and convulsions. An Army inquiry led by Col. John B. Tower is underway while Brown, now home with his parents, plans to resume schooling.
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UPI
U.S. Military Academy
Mark Brown
West Point
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Tower
Washington
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