Sudan Crisis Deepens as Emb attackers Hold Embassy Hostages
Black September commandos refuse to surrender bodies after killing three diplomats at the Saudi embassy in Khartoum. Foreign envoys report Bahrain and U.S. officials among those killed or wounded as Sudanese troops siege the building amid a desert dust storm. Nine hostages remain in danger with no word on a rescue plan.
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New York Times
Khartoum
Sudan
Guy Kid
Belgium
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Eid
Cleo A. Noel Jr
United States
George C. Moore
Red Crescent
Red Cross
Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds and Rain Likely
Cloudy and mild today with a good chance of rain. High near 60 and low around 45 to 50. Monday brings variable cloudiness and continued mild with a high in the upper 50s.
Black September claims Khartoum killings warning to world
The Black September Organization says its Khartoum killings of U S ambassador and two diplomats were a warning to the world to take them seriously. Anonymously claimed by a group member, Curtis Moore is alleged to be a CIA agent. Jordan condemns the act as a bloody crime and Arab reaction focuses on the broader political impact.
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Iraq
Curtis Moore
Cleo A. Noel
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Jordan
Amman
Khartoum
Erat
Feisal
al Fatah
U.S. Sudan Policy Seen Limited After Embassy Killings
A State Department task force maintains steady contact with Khartoum developments after the killings of American diplomats Cleo Noel Jr. and George Moore. The embassy’s role is constrained by hostage danger and limited leverage without risking remaining hostages. President Nixon sent a government plane to Khartoum carrying the diplomats’ three children to aid in body recovery.
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New York Times
Washington
State Department
Sudan
Khartoum
Armin H. Meyer
Iran
Lebanon
Japan
Nixon
Cleo A. Noel Jr
George C. Moore
Percy urges embargo on all arms to Southeast Asia
Sen. Charles Percy called for a total embargo on weapons entering Southeast Asia. The Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee proposed during a TV interview taped for Illinois, arguing arms into South Vietnam should be replaced only under a broader multilateral aid framework including China, Russia, France, Britain, Japan and Eastern Europe.
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R-Nl
Southeast Asia
Percy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ilinois
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
China
Russia
France
Great Britain
Japan
POWs Return Plan Opens Homecoming Rollout From Hanoi
An advance C130 landed at Gia Lam Airport Hanoi as three C141 flying hospitals depart Clark Air Base to move 106 American POWs home. The mission includes 30 more AHERMANS and two Filipino prisoners later in the week. Brig Gen Russell G. Ogan leads the 20 man party.
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U.S
Air Force
North Vietnam
Gia Lam
Russell G. Ogan
Reading
Pentagon
Clark
Ahermans
Sabemisat
Operation Homecoming
U S drafts joint appeal to curb Vietnam ceasefire violence
Maj. Gen. Gilbert H. Woodward proposes a four party draft appeal to end bloodshed in Vietnam as four delegations plan to discuss it at a Monday meeting. US efforts follow clashes in Hue and Da Nang and recent prisoner exchange delays.
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United States
Vietnam
Gilbert H. Woodward
Joint Military Commission
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Woodward
U.S
Hue
da Nang
Hanoi
Deep Throat Reopens Chicago Theater Under Temp TRO
A Chicago Town Theater reopened Saturday after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against its closure by Mayor Daley. The city had shut the venue for lacking a public amusement license, while the Illinois Appellate Court had ordered reconsideration of fees. A county grand jury indicted three managers on misdemeanor obscenity counts for showing Deep Throat.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Hubert L. Will
Ilinois
Will
Former U S Senator Gillette Dies at 94 in Cherokee
Guy M. Gillette, a former U.S. senator born in Cherokee on February 28 1879, died early Saturday in Iowa. Once isolationist, he became a strong supporter of the United Nations after a long illness and a stroke in 1966.
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Cherokee
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
U.S
United Nation
Gillette
Weather talk and cloud seeding in today’s pages
The note lists pieces on Clark Vineyard and cloud seeding on Page 30 by Lil Swanson, flagging a weather discussion. It also mentions wage imbalance driving more raises in a separate Rich ard H. Icen story on Page 39.
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Lil Swanson
Clark Vineyard
Richard H. Icen
Indian siege talks advance as lawyers meet at Wounded Knee
A team of lawyers met with the Indians at Wounded Knee amid efforts to end the five day siege. The government threatened kidnapping charges against AIM leaders over hostages, while talks weighed grand jury indictments and mass arrests. AIM urged discipline as negotiations continued and access for newsmen was approved.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
AIM
Raymond Roubideaux
Roubideaux
Rapid City
S.C
Richard Wilson
Pine Ridge
Wilson
Russell Mens
Justice Department
European Community weighs joint currency float amid dollar crisis
The EEC executive authority drafts a proposed joint float and exchange controls to counter the dollar influx. Finance ministers will be asked to approve at an emergency council, amid uncertainty over whether nine members can unite quickly. Leaders in Bonn and Washington discuss possible shifts as Britain’s pound and Italy’s independent float shape the plan.
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Monetary Committee
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Commission
Edward. Heath
Willy Brandt
Bonn
London
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