Combat action level rises to six week high in Vietnam
Fighting escalates in South Vietnam's Central Highlands with combat actions nationwide at a six week peak. Viet Cong accuse government truce violations to ICCS and threaten JMC disruption while ICCS remains nonfunctional after July 31.
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Jamaica and Guyana Offer Volunteers to Aid African Liberation
Jamaica Prime Minister Michael Manley and Guyana Premier Forbes Burnham pledged to recruit and send volunteers through the Organization of African Unity to help overthrow racist and colonial regimes in Africa. Castrol Castro applauded as the offer was announced at the nonaligned summit. Manley also signaled potential measures to pressure Israel to withdraw from territories occupied in 1967, as the conference urged diplomatic and economic boycott.
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Norwegian election seen as close race
About 2.7 million Norwegians will vote to elect 155 Storting members as polls forecast a tight contest between the Labor Party and the non Socialist coalition. The current non Socialist government led by Lars Korvald includes the Liberal, Christian People, and Center parties after rejection of European Community membership.
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Swedish king Gustaf VI Adolfs health in serious condition
Stockholm reports King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden in extremely serious condition after emergency operation three weeks earlier. Doctors say he has had minor internal bleedings and has been kept alive by a respirator since August 24 as his fate remains uncertain.
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Britain’s first heart transplant in four years ends in death
Surgeons at Harefield Hospital performed Britain's first heart transplant in four years on Saturday. The 56-year-old recipient died within four hours after the operation, following 20 heart attacks in hours prior. The donor was a 15-year-old schoolboy who died after a road accident and never regained consciousness.
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Princess Anne Falls at European Equestrian Championship
Princess Anne, defending champion, fell head over heels off her horse Goodwill during the cross country event in Kiev. She was eliminated, shaken and limping with a bruised left leg and a possibly chipped collarbone after a first jump.
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Five hurt in blast at London Victoria station
A bomb at London's Victoria railway station injures five as ceiling falls and windows shatter. Police suspect IRA involvement. A caller with an Irish accent told Press Association they did not intend to harm anyone. Four were released after hospital care. one kept for observation.
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Bomb blasts hit London rail station shocking crowd
Police halted operations and sealed the station after a bomb exploded in the ticket office minutes after an alert. Witness James Walsh described spotting a bag with a clock and wires. Four people were hospitalized, including a British transport officer, as authorities feared a second device.
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Cambodian Fighting for Kompong Cham Rages On
Reports from field reporters and refugees show heavy fighting around Kompong Cham as Cambodian forces defend the city 50 miles northeast of Phnom Penh. Civilians suffer cross fire with wounded and dead in a nine day battle while the High Command claims the enemy cannot attack.
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Officials seek defiant women in Naples cholera outbreak
Health authorities pursue a group of women who defiantly ate mussels blamed for a cholera outbreak and fed them to their children. Police aim to identify women and children for isolation and antibiotic treatment amid uncooperative residents.
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