Calcutta bans East Pakistani refugees amid crisis
Calcutta Mayor Shyam Sundar Gupta urges the West Bengal government to cordon refugee camps and restrict routes into the city as millions flee East Pakistan. An encampment near Dum Dum Airport strains aviation, while cholera deaths among refugees total about five thousand. India conducts airlifts to relief regions.
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Calcutta
India
UPI
East Pakistan
Shyam Sundar Gupta
West Bengal
USSR weighs new push for Chinese ties amid speech silence
Western diplomats in Moscow speculated that the Soviet Union may be pursuing a shift toward China as major leaders omitted China from recent policy speeches. The omission follows a period of unchanged public discourse before nationwide elections to regional legislatures.
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Soviet Union
China
Oves
Leonid Irezhnev
Aleksei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
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Kremlin
Romania
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Ceausescu
Chou En Lai
United States
Kosygin
Indochina
Andrei P. Kirilenko
Politburo
Ulan Bator
Kirilenko
Alcatraz left in terrible shape after occupation ends
UPI reports that Alcatraz Island was looted and damaged by occupants and officials say five buildings burned or nearly demolished. The GSA will restore power and water as a permanent custodial team prepares to guard the site. Also, more than 70000 in federal education grants were approved for 13 West Virginia colleges.
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UPI
Alcatraz Island
Tom Hannon
General Services Administration
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Alcatraz
GSA
Hannon
Washington
West Virginia
U.S. Office of Education
Glenville
Potomac State
Bethany
Fairmont
Shepherd
Davis & Elkins
Alderson-Broaddus
Marshall University
Paper workers strike nears two months at St. Regis Paper Co
Local 753 of the United Pulp and Paper Workers shows no local negotiations planned as the St. Regis strike marks its second month in Grafton West Virginia. The piece outlines broader Cold War era diplomacy commentary and unrelated regional incidents from Michigan and Washington.
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W.va
UPI
United Pulp and Paper Workers
St. Regis Paper Co
Thieu Considers Change to Presidential Candidate Bill
Thieu weighing an amendment to a bill limiting presidential candidates after reshuffling his cabinet. Supporters rushed the measure June 3 but critics accuse him of buying passage. A six-party group urged allowing party coalitions to endorse tickets alongside councillor and legislator endorsements.
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New York Times
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
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