Duke of Windsor Flown to Paris Amid Health Concerns
The Duke of Windsor, 77, has his personal physician fly from New York to Paris to attend him at his home. Officials say his condition is uncertain with denial of throat cancer. the visit follows his mishap during Queen Elizabeth II’s France visit.
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Antonucci
Utter
Elizabeth II
England
France
Windsors
Paris
Prince Philip
London
Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Baltimore
Simpson
Church of England
Holiday jaunt to Kontum turns into near death drama
Reporter recounts a risky trek toward Kontum during the battle for the provincial capital, pinned in a drainage ditch under fire from both sides. Army Captain Jack Finch accompanies the trip and destroys a damaged radio after gunfire forces retreat. Later, Bhutto plans to visit New Delhi on June 28 for talks with Indira Gandhi on settling the 1971 war.
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South Vietnam
UPI
Saigon
Army
Jack Finch
Delray Beach
Fla
Beaucoup VC
Islamabad
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
Foreign Office
Italian Police Uncover International Drug Mail Scheme
Italian national police said they uncovered a drugs by mail scheme using American Express forwarding services. Hashish was shipped from Morocco to the United States and Canada via the Rome mail office, with the company allegedly ignorant of the envelope contents as it forwarded parcels to North American addresses.
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Rome
UPI
American Express
Tourism and Banking
Morocco
United States
Canada
North America
Uruguayan police free kidnapped officials from Tupamaros jail
Police rescued two prominent Uruguayans from a hidden basement jail used by the Tupamaro guerrillas. Interior Minister Rovira announced the pair, Ulyses Pereira Reverbel and Carlos Frick Davie, were recovered in good health after being held since 1971. Ten guerrillas were arrested.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
UPI
Latin America
Alejandro
Rovira
Ulyses Pereira Reverbel
Carlos Frick Davie
Common Market and NATO to Coordinate on Security Conference
European Common Market leaders agreed with NATO to work together on preparations for a security conference with the Soviet Bloc. Sicco Mansholt and Maurice Schumann urged harmonizing steps as ministers from the enlarged Common Market met in Luxembourg to align positions ahead of next year’s talks.
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UPI
European Common Market
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Common Market
Sicco L. Mansholt
Maurice Schumann
Schumann
Gaston Thorn
Mansholt
Ireland
Brussels
Jets strike near China cut key rail bridge
UPI reports American Phantom jets bombed Lang Giai bridge 60 miles northeast of Hanoi, destroying six of eleven spans. The one ton laser guided bombs collapsed a 1,500 foot span on the rail line linking Panhua China to Hanoi, severing a main overland supply route.
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UPI
China
Hanoi
U.S
Lang Giai
Panhua
Vietnam
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