World's youngest stowaway returns home to California
Three year old Mark Woo Sam known as the world's smallest stowaway boarded a Trans World Airlines 747 in London and flew back to Inglewood with two airline nannies. His father, psychologist James Woo Sam, had traveled to Britain for a funeral and was unaware his son had climbed aboard. The airline will decide who pays for the trips as Mark settled in for the flight home amid celebration from staff and passengers.
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UPI
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California
Trans World Airlines
Little Mark
Los Angeles
TWA
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Mark
Woo-Sam
Inglewood
Calif
Britain
Gunmen crash wedding party at Belfast hotel
Three gunmen crashed a Roman Catholic wedding at Greenan Lodge in Belfast suburbs, waving pistols and dragging guests outside with an oil drum bomb. The device exploded after all fled, severely damaging the hotel but causing no injuries. A second bomb at Rough...
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Belfast
UPI
Greenan Lodge
Saigon presses to protest decree halting papers
About three quarters of Saigon newspapers plan a two day publication suspension next Tuesday and Wednesday to protest President Thieu’s August decree allowing large government bonds and harsher penalties for press violations. The move involves around 30 papers including Saigon’s English dailies.
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Libyan Protest Targets British Embassy in Tripoli
Libyan demonstrators confronted the British Embassy in Tripoli, trampled its flag, and destroyed the embassy plaque in protest of Britain denying asylum to two Moroccan officers who fled to Gibraltar after an abortive attack on King Hassan II.
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Beirut
UPI
Tripoli
Middle East
Britain
Gibraltar
Hassan II of
Morocco
King Hassan II to take control of Moroccan military
In Rabat King Hassan II announced he would personally become defense minister and assume command of the armed forces after meeting with army navy and air force chiefs. The move follows the suicide of Mohamed Oufkir the king’s strong man who was linked to the failed assassination bid. The king’s jet was attacked by three air force jets en route from France and observers see the act as a purge of anti royalist elements within the forces.
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Morocco
UPI
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Navy
Hassan
Mohamed Oufkir
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France
Fischer Secluded For Day In World Chess Match
UPI reports Bobby Fischer spent Sabbath in seclusion with chessbooks and the Bible while Boris Spassky stayed at a private villa awaiting Game 16 of the world championship. Fischer leads 9 to 6. he needs 3.5 points to win as Spassky fights to retain title.
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UPI
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Boris Spassky
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Ivo Ney
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Max Euwe
International Chess Federation
A. Alekhine
Western oil firms meet five Arab nations in Beirut
Western oil companies held talks in Beirut with five Arab producers Saudi Arabia Iraq Kuwait Abu Dhabi and Qatar to avert possible legislation or nationalization demanding immediate 20 percent participation. The talks aimed to reach a deal within days as governments warned of collective action if unmet. Kingdom leaders and Kuwait officials stressed governments would bear responsibility if negotiations fail and reserve the right to choose means to safeguard sovereignty over resources.
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Beirut
UPI
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Iraq
Kuwait
Abu Dhabi
Qatar
Faisal
Abd al Rahmat al Atiqi
Soviets Cut Egyptian Military Presence to 300 Men
Cairo sources report the Soviet military presence in Egypt has fallen to about 300 personnel, the smallest since 1955, after Sadat expelled roughly 15 000 advisers. Only 60 Russian instructors remain in schools and just over 200 with Egyptian units.
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UPI
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Sadat
Two nabbed in bombing of El Al jet
In Rome police arrested two men suspected of supplying a time bomb used in an El Al jetliner bombing that injured no one aboard the Boeing 707 carrying 149 people to Tel Aviv. The suspects, Adnam Mohamed Ali Hashan and Ahmed Zaid, admitted giving a tape recorder to two English girls but denied planting the bomb.
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UPI
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