Rome Strikes Shut Down City Services Amid Water Cut
A sweeping municipal strike paralyzed Rome for days, halting marriages, funerals, tax filings, and police operations while a four day water cutoff affected half the city for an aqueduct project. Sanitation suffered as garbage piled up and hotel staff joined walkouts. airport ground crews and Kuwait Airlines disruptions added to tourist chaos.
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Tito pledges party purge in Yugoslav leadership
President Tito announced at the four day congress that purges would purge undeserving party members and realign the Communist party. He warned enemies at home and abroad that the regime would act. He said a party conference would soon reorganize the leadership and asserted the rifle metaphor signified a real threat to detractors.
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Nine Jews to be tried in Leningrad May 11 for anti-Soviet activity
Nine Jews accused of anti-Soviet activity will face trial in Leningrad on May 11. They were detained after a group of 11 Jews was arrested for attempting to hijack a plane bound for Stockholm to reach Israel. They were sentenced last December and serve up to 15 years. The May 11 defendants were initially charged with hijacking complicity, a charge reportedly dropped. The penalty range cited is six months to seven years, with possible banishment to remote areas.
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