American warplanes strike Communist sites around Phnom Penh
UPI reports U S bombers hit suspected Communist positions along the Mekong River southeast of Phnom Penh and along Highway 5 to the northwest. The strikes aimed to soften resistance as a Cambodian navy convoy prepares to sail for the South Vietnamese frontier amid talks with a top State Department official on ending fighting.
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Greek destroyer Velos seeks asylum in Italy
Cmdr. Nicholas Pappas and 10 crew members from the Velos requested asylum in Italy after the destroyer withdrew from NATO exercises and docked at Fiumicino. Reports say de facto air bases were surrounded and fuel depots guarded as the government confirmed the asylum request amid a broader anti government revolt and clashes in Cambodia and Southeast Asia.
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Britain’s biggest sex scandal grips London with high profile arrests
Scotland Yard questioned members of organized crime and London call girls over a VIP sex scandal. Norma Levy, a missing call girl also known as Norma Russell, is suspected of involvement in an international prostitution ring serving the rich and famous. The case prompted the resignations of Lord Lambton and Earl Jellicoe after compromising photos surfaced.
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Marlinton Man Charged in Woman’s Slaying
John H. Oatneal, 70, Marlinton, is charged with murder in the shooting death of Betty Jo Bryant, 38, at his home in Pocahontas County. He is held in jail on a $10,000 bond after the slaying occurred Thursday night.
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Campora frees hundreds in Argentina amnesty
President Hector J. Campora issues a sweeping amnesty freeing about 172 political prisoners in Buenos Aires and others nationwide. A riot outside Villa Devoto prison turns deadly as police clash with demonstrators. two youths killed, seven wounded.
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Iceland gunboat attacks trawler in fishing waters clash
Icelandic gunboat fired four shells into the bow of a British trawler on Saturday in the latest escalation in the fishing waters dispute between Iceland and Britain as part of the ongoing tensions in the so called cold war.
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