Chile hospital fake septuplets birth scandal exposed
Officials and doctors at Catholic University hospital staged a seven birth hoax for Good Humor Week causing radio and print outlets to broadcast the event. The hospital bulletin claimed Graciela de Avila had seven sons and was in good condition, but the father figure was an amateur actor and the only truth is that a real Mrs. Avila had a baby elsewhere.
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Santiago, Chile
UPI
Catholic University Hospital
Jaime Villalta
Chile
Ultima Hora
Graciela de Avila
Alfredo Perez
Patricio Vela
Jose Espinoza
Villalta
Avila
MIG23 jets cross Israeli held Sinai in February flight
Two MIG23 fighters crossed the Mediterranean into Sinai from the sea then returned to Egypt. Israeli officials said the jets, described as Russian built and flying at high speed, were piloted by Russians. The event coincided with Egyptian President Sadat hosting African leaders in Cairo to seek a peaceful Middle East solution while criticizing Israel for continuing occupation from the 1967 war.
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Sinai
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of Suez
Egypt
Tel Aviv
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Philippine election ends in tense final week
Philippine campaign closes as the armed forces remain on alert and a three day ban on drinking is observed. Comelec estimates nine million of 11 million voters will cast ballots on Monday for nearly 16,000 offices amid a deadly run of politically linked violence with 13 killed and 107 wounded since June 9.
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Patrick J. Killen
Manila
UPI
Government Commission On Elections
Comelec
Philippine Constabulary
Eduardo Garcia
Dragon Lady with fur coat seen in Belfast gun attacks
British army reports a fur clad dragon lady wearing dark glasses prowling Belfast streets with a submachine gun to attack soldiers. The figure appeared during a fresh flare of gun battles and bombings Friday and Saturday raising the toll to 121 in Northern Ireland's troubles.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
London
Harold Wilson
Irish Republic
Wilson
Labor Party
Ulster
Brian Faulkner
Jack Lynch
Edward Heath
Londonderry
Cavendish Square
Armenians Seek Refuge in England Embassy Standoff
Four college age Armenians rushed the British Embassy in Moscow seeking to emigrate to England. After private talks with relatives they left by taxi as police watched. The incident follows broader Northern Ireland unrest with internment and gunfire near Londonderry.
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Moscow
UPI
England
News New
Sweden notes Amchitka blast record tremor
In Uppsala Sweden a seismograph recorded a tremor of 7.4 on the Richter scale linked to an underground test. Professor Marcus Baath of the Uppsala Seismological Institute said the event was more than 12 times stronger than the Amchitka blast of October 1965 and noted the timing at 5 11 p m EST.
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Uppsala
Sweden
UPI
Marcus Baath
Uppsala Seismological Institute
Baath
Terlingua Chili Cookoff Draws Nation’s Aficionados
In Terlingua Texas the 1971 international chili cookoff opened with finalists Wick Fowler and C V Wood preparing secret recipes. Judges include Ruth Lee Carroll Shelby and Frank Tolbert with Peter Hurkos added to Wood’s team.
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Terlingua, Tex
Fowler
Wood
Terlingua
McCulloch Oil Corp
London Bridge
H. Allen Smith
Ruth Lee
Peter Hurkos
Carroll Shelby
Frank Tolbert
Dallas
Hurkos
Vienna escapees surrender after hostage drama
Two escaped convicts Alfred Nejedly and Walter Schubirsch surrendered peacefully after three days on the run. Adolf Schandl, missing, likely joined underworld friends. The trio had held multiple hostages, disarmed guards, and fled in a station wagon before negotiations and psychiatric oversight ended the standoff.
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Vienna
UPI
Adolf Schandl
Alfred Nejedly
Walter Schubirsch
Krems-Stein
Danube
Schandl
Seabee units to leave Vietnam as first Korean troops depart
UPI reported that the last Seabee construction battalion in Vietnam and an engineer battalion with the Americal Division will go home. In Saigon, military spokesmen announced the withdrawal, while South Korea’s Park Chung-hee said the first 50 000 man force will depart Vietnam on December 1.
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Saigon
Ten Nations to Discuss Economics in Common Market Pact
Foreign ministers from six European Common Market countries and four potential members agreed at a lakeside castle to hold a 10 nation conference to forge a united economic policy toward the United States and the world. Britain Denmark Ireland Norway would join as participants, with preparatory talks urged. They urged a common approach on economic differences with the United States but some nations want national referendums before a summit. They also touched on China and the Soviet security conference but found no consensus beyond NATO’s Berlin settlement stance. West Germany proposed a permanent ten member Common Market Secretariat in Brussels.
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Bracciano
Italy
UPI
United States
France
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Britain
Norway
Denmark
Ireland
China
NATO
Berlin
Brussels
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