POWs' kin visit Hanoi amid air raid alert
Two American women Minnie Lee Gartley and Olga Charles visited Hanoi to meet imprisoned son and husband amid an air raid alert. The delegation, including Rev. Harry Bury and Marianne Hamilton, traveled from Vientiane to Hanoi to secure release of pilots Norris Charles, Mark Gartley, and Edward K. Elias. The group sought talks with North Vietnam's Bishop Weinh and attended by antiwar activists coordinating with families of detained servicemen.
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Vientiane
Laos
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Dunedin
Fla
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San Diego
Calif
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North
Air Force
Edward K. Elias
Valdosta
Elias
Norris Charles
Mark L. Gartley
Harry Bury
Marianne Hamilton
International Assembly of Christians
Indochina
Weinh
Quebec City
Canada
Cora Weiss
David Dellinger
Cochairmen
Committee of
Vietnam
Richard Flak
Princeton University
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
UN Assembly Faces Heavy Guard Amid Terrorism Crisis
The 27th annual General Assembly session, nicknamed the assembly of insecurity, convenes under unusually heavy security and focuses on the ongoing international terrorism crisis.
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United Nations
UPI
General Assembly
Bridge collapse in Philippines kills at least 100 during festival
A rickety wooden bridge crowded with Catholic women and children collapsed at Naga City during the Penafrancia Fluvial Festival. Police say at least 100 died, up to 200 injured as rescuers pull bodies from the Bicol River. The bridge had been repaired two weeks earlier and plunged ten feet into the water.
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UPI
Naga City
Penafrancia
Justino de Jesus
Bicol
Manila Television
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de Jesus
Bicolandia
Peninsula
Luzon
Pope appeals to save sinking Venice in historic visit
Pope Paul VI arrived in Venice in a red blue and gold gondola and urged world to protect the city from rising waters. He met thousands in St Mark's Square after visits to Aquileia and Udine, noting Venice must live and praising its enduring state and urban challenges.
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Mark
Croatian hijackers surrender to Spanish police in Madrid
Three Croatian air pirates surrendered to Spanish police in Madrid after hijacking a SAS DC9, exchanging 79 passengers for six prisoners and $100,000 in ransom. The plane, hijacked after taking off from Goteborg and then routed to Malmo, ended without violence as Swedish and Spanish authorities negotiated a peaceful end.
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UPI
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Tito
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Malmo
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Palme
Protestants Rally in Belfast Urges Wider Gun Distribution
In Belfast a large Protestant rally calls for more firearms to combat IRA bombers, led by former security minister John Taylor who urged arming the public. Thousands of Ulster Defense Association members march with bands while loyalists at another site rally. troops stand by and a civilian shooting injures a soldier in Falls Road.
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UPI
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IRA
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Britain
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Armagh
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