Portugal Plunges Deeper Into Crisis As Moderates Ousted
Portugal's three man leftist junta suspends nine moderate officers from the Revolutionary Council as anti Communist unrest spreads. Former Foreign Minister Melo Antunes leads the moderates who vow no compromise while Information Minister imposes a news blackout on their manifesto for democracy.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Maj
Melo Antunes
Revolutionary Council
Jorge
Correia Jesuino
Antunes
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Ma. Melo Antunes
Italian prisoners seize eight guards in town jail
In San Gimignano two prisoners armed with pistols held eight guards hostage in the town jail. They sought bulletproof vests a fast car and safe passage to freedom. No harm to hostages reported. The prisoners were Severino Turrini 28 a bank robber awaiting trial for alleged murder of a guard and Renato Mistroni 23 a robber due for release in 1984.
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San Gimignano
Italy
UPI
Severino Turrini
Brescia
Renato Mistroni
Israel readies Washington mission for 2.5 billion aid package
Israel plans a Washington mission to negotiate a 2.5 billion aid package including 1.7 billion for military needs. Kissinger meets Israeli and Egyptian positions on a Sinai disengagement while Sadat urges defusing tensions before Geneva talks.
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United Press International
Washington
Jerusalem
Egypt
Henry A. Kissinger
Sinai
Simcha Dinitz
Cairo
Hermann F. Eilts
Eilts
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
U.S
Middle East
Geneva
Israel
Rioting Erupts Across Catholic Areas in Belfast
Widespread rioting broke out in Catholic neighborhoods across major Northern Ireland cities in protest of internment without trial. Police called it among the year's worst violence as gangs hijacked vehicles set up roadblocks and flung gasoline bombs and rocks at British soldiers. Snipers targeted troops in Belfast.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Britain
Nagasaki Bomb Falls On City In 1945 Atrocity And Aftermath
UPI reports 1945 Nagasaki bombing by a B29 nicknamed Buck's Car killed an estimated 39 000 to 74 000 people and injured 25 000 as the city burned. The blast ended WWII with Japan seeking peace a day later. In Belfast and Northern Ireland riots, 14 soldiers and one police officer were wounded and 34 people were arrested. Protests marked the fourth anniversary of detentions by British forces.
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Tokyo
UPI
Nagasaki
U.S
Hiroshima
Japan
Belfast
Royal Victoria Hospital
Londonderry
Newry
Armagh
Stewartstown
Lurgan
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
Quebec North Shore Coast Promotes Industrial History Tourism
Bennett Millstone touts Quebec's north shore coast from Saint-Lorent to the gulf as historically significant with an extraordinary industrial boom. The piece extols forests waterways and quaint towns as reasons to visit, urging readers to Morgantown Travel Service at Hotel Morgan for summer trips.
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Bennett Millstone
Quebec
Saint-Lorent
Quebec City
Gulf
Province of
Morgantown
Hotel Morgan
Central Canada
FBI Chief Warns Liberty Tradeoffs Over Espionage Threat
In Montreal Clarence Kelley argues Americans must yield some liberties to counter foreign espionage. He warns against automatic warrants for wiretaps, saying national security requires latitude and that only presidential or attorney general approval exists now. He clarifies protests pose no similar risk.
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Montreal
UPI
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Kelley
United States
The
American Bar Association
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Spruce Street
High Street
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