Marcos Defends Rule as Constitutional Authoritarianism
President Ferdinand E. Marcos stated his government operates under constitutional authority not dictatorship. He defended emergency powers used to dissolve Congress jail opponents and suspend elections, citing a large opinion poll and 15 million participants in citizen assemblies as his legal basis. He announced charges and deportation plans against three foreigners tied to a rightist plot to assassinate him.
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Marcos
Manila
Dublin blast kills man amid Belfast gunmen hijack
A car hijacked in Belfast loaded with 50 pounds of gelignite exploded in Dublin killing Thomas Douglas, 25, of Stirling, Scotland, and injuring twelve others as police said two gunmen seized the vehicle in Shankill and the Ulster Defence Association denied involvement. The blast shattered a shopping street outside Egan's bar. thousands fled amid the chaos.
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Belfast
UPI
Dublin
Shankill Road
Egan's Bar
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Egan’s
Thomas Douglas
Stirling
Scotland
Jack Lynch
Northern Ireland
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Irish Republic
Strabane
Forkhill
Lunokhod II roams 1100 yards on Moon test mission
Tass reports Lunokhod II the eight wheeled mooncar moved over 1100 yards during six hours of operation on Friday testing soil composition and electronics while footage showed terrain and Sea of Serenity features. All systems functioned normally during the lunar trek.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Sea of Serenity
Earth
Lunar
Riots Rock Paris as Antiwar Protests Turn Anti Police
In Paris and Marseille, leftist students clashed with CRS riot police for hours along the Champs Elysees and near the U.S. embassy, opera, and St. Lazare station. Police arrested 300 to 400 in Paris. Marseille saw similar detentions as tear gas and Molotovs were used.
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Paris
UPI
Champs Elysees
Place de l’Opera
St. Lazare
Marseille
U.S
Place de la Concorde
Republican Security
CRS
Rue de Rivoli
Tuileries Gardens
Boulevard Des Italiens
Place de la Opera
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysee
Officials alerted to Vietnam duty
About 50 Indonesian civilian officials and 1,700 soldiers are on special alert for movement to Vietnam as part of a four nation peacekeeping force to police an Indochina cease fire, an army high command spokesman said Saturday.
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Jakarta
UPI
Vietnam
Indochina
Army High Command
Abductors Unfound In Kidnapped Industrialist Case
The brother of Felipe Huarte reported no contact with Basque separatists who seized the industrialist four days earlier. Juan Huarte said he traveled to Biarritz Bilbao San Sebastian and Vitoria seeking ETA representatives with negative results and blamed reports of a possible freeing as optimism. He hinted no ransom payment details and noted fears for his brother’s safety as authorities pursue leads in Navarre and Bilbao.
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Pamplona
Spain
UPI
Felipe Huarte
Juan Huarte
Biarritz
And
Liberty
ETA
Bilbao
San Sebastian
Vitoria
Huarte
France
Peace talks hold technical sessions in Paris amid Vietnam negotiations
In Paris American and North Vietnamese legal and language experts met for five hours at Milton Berzin's home to map details for a potential peace agreement. No Sunday session was planned. Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh left Peking for Paris talks, while Kubisch and Vo Van Sung led their delegations in discussions with Maurice Schumann.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
U.S
Saint-Nam-la-Breteche
Milton Berzin
Nguyen Thi Binh
Peking
New China
Hanoi
Jack Kubisch
France
Maurice Schumann
North Vietnam
Schumann
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Kubisch
United States
Vo van Sung
McGovern Keeps Low Profile Before Nixon Inauguration
U.S. Senator George McGovern arrived in London with wife on a private visit and planned no public appearances until after Nixon's inauguration. He will lecture at Oxford on American politics and be interviewed by BBC on Monday night.
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London
UPI
George S. McGovern
S.D
Richard Nixon
McGovern
Britain
Oxford University
U.S
Oxford
British Broadcasting Corp
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