Tories unseat Wilson in election upset
London AP reports Edward Heath led the Conservative party to power ending Harold Wilson's Labour government in one of Britain's major upsets. The Tories won 316 seats to Labor 278 with a projected majority around 30, promising pro American policy and European Market aims. Wilson offered resignation. Heath to form next government as markets reacted sharply.
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Soyuz 9 lands after 17 day space endurance flight
Soviet spaceship Soyuz 9 returned to earth with cosmonauts Andrian Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastoyanov after a 17 day 16 hour 59 minute orbit. It landed 45 miles west of Karaganda in good shape. Data will aid plans for an orbiting space platform for research.
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U S launches spy satellite from Cape Kennedy
The Air Force fired an Atlas Agena rocket from Cape Kennedy at 7 30 a m EDT sending a secret spy satellite into a near stationary orbit about 20000 miles above Southeast Asia The mission named Project 49 aims to provide early warning and intelligence on Soviet and other forces with sensors including TV infrared and X ray to detect missile activity and test launches The program cost 43 million dollars in fiscal 1970
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Viet Cong assault nears capital in Cambodia’s Kompong Thom
North Vietnamese Viet Cong forces attacked Kompong Thom eight miles north of Phnom Penh in a night raid backed by mortars and air strikes. Cambodian high command claims heavy enemy losses while noting continued fighting and reinforcements as strategic roads and rail lines shift under pressure.
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City workers offered 1 percent raise in counterproposal
City administrators and the finance committee of Elva Ma Civ Council presented a 1 percent pay rise offer to Local 277 of the AFSCME last night, as the first city proposal since acquisitions a month ago. Union district officer William Petite declined to detail his reaction beyond saying he reacted. An informal session will be held early next week. a later meeting was not scheduled. The city noted nonuniformed workers have had a 22 percent pay rise over 3.2 years, and that hospitalization life insurance and a pay decrease offset this as a 4 percent package. Other points included no union shop mention and a 1 percent longevity pay from year four to year 20 for 17 percent max. The union had asked for more.
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index of today’s paper notes sections and page markers
A fragmented index lists sections like Deaths births entertainment finance stocks and sports with page references and partial headings. The scan shows multiple category tags and page numbers but few readable stories, indicating a table of contents style front matter rather than full articles.
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Polls questioned after Wilson says public opinions must explain losses
London UPI report notes Prime Minister Harold Wilson responding to Labour losses amid earlier favorable polls. He states that public opinion polls have a lot of explaining to do, signaling disbelief at the poll results and urging scrutiny of their accuracy.
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Sargent innocent of slayings but convicted for robbery
Richard Sargent, 25, of Indianapolis, was found not guilty of murdering grocer Louis Horwath and Jarvis Metcalf but guilty of armed robbery linked to their deaths on June 7, 1968. The eight-woman, four-man jury deliberated nearly 11 hours and imposed a 10 to 13 year sentence.
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Weather Summary With Temperatures and Brief Outlook
Partly cool day with highs near 70s and a 10 percent precipitation chance. Tonight will be fair and cool with around 58 degrees, tomorrow hotter with highs in the 70s and a 10 percent chance of rain. Sunset is 9 04 p m and sunrise is 5 52 a m the next day. Highs around 2 degrees at 3 p m and a low near 72 degrees at 7 a m. A stray line remarks dieting being futile to live longer.
House OKs postal reform and mailman pay raise
The House approved a sweeping postal reform plan and an 8 percent retroactive pay raise for mail carriers in a 357 to 24 vote after a 10 hour session. Critics warned the reform would hand control of the mails to a self supporting agency while supporters argued it would modernize and stabilize deficits. The measure moves to the Senate with final enactment expected after the July 4 recess.
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