Flu experts calm on American season says CDC
Washington Star reports CDC in Atlanta has not yet logged true influenza cases this season while experts note a quieter start. They cite past strains linked to the Hong Kong outbreak and warn the illness remains highly infectious with variable future paths and potential milder activity due to prior immunity.
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Victoria
Scotland
Port Chalmers
London
Hong Kong
U.S
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
New Zealand
Walter Dowdle
World Health Organization
Beirut battles rage as Christians press Moslem hold on Jewish quarter
In eight month civil war Beirut sees renewed fighting with Christians recapturing parts of the Jewish quarter while Moslem forces hold the main synagogue sheltering Jewish refugees. Reports tally 168 weekend deaths across Lebanon as attacks widen to Tripoli and Zahle.
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Lebanon
Phalange
Yasir Arafat
Abdul Halim Khaddam
St. Georges
U.S
Rauche
Hamra Street
Six Moluccan gunmen surrender ending Dutch train siege
Six South Moluccan gunmen gave up peacefully after 12 days, freeing 24 hostages from the hijacked train. No concessions reported. Hostages, 17 men and 7 women, aged 16 to 72, were sent to hospitals. Suspects face possible murder charges for three killings during the siege. A separate group still holds 25 hostages at the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam
the Netherlands
Beilen
Justice Ministry
Pope Paul makes offer toward unity with Orthodox Church
Pope Paul VI, at a mass in the Sistine Chapel, marked 10 years since the lifting of mutual excommunications with Constantinople and knelt to kiss the feet of Metropolitan Meliton of Chalcedon, signaling a possible common celebration of the mass.
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Paul VI
Sisitine
Meliton of
Chalcedon
Burns Warns Structural Reforms Needed After Inflation
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns said inflation persists despite 8 or 9 percent unemployment and warned that the American economy is not working as before. He said future policy must include structural reforms along with monetary and fiscal measures and noted competition has declined in many private markets.
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Akron, Ohio
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Young adults face mixed effects as age of majority drops to 18
Virginia Commonwealth University junior Linda Davis and peers welcomed the 18-year-old adulthood in law lowering the age from 21 but faced drawbacks. The shift ends child support and alters juvenile versus adult court thresholds while triggering widespread complaints about long term contracts and consumer abuses.
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Washington
Linda Davis
Virginia Commonwealth University
Miss Davis
Davis
U.S
Vietnam
Humphrey Leads in Gallup Poll for Democratic Nomination
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey holds 30 percent in a Gallup poll of 622 registered Democrats conducted Nov 21 to 24. Alabama Gov. George Wallace has 20 percent, with Henry M. Jackson at 10 percent and Birch Bayh at 5 percent. Humphrey had said he would run if the party convention turns to him.
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N.J
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Gallup
Humphrey
Alabama
George Wallace
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Pittsburgh Teachers Strike Enters Third Week With No Breakthrough
Pittsburgh remains paralyzed as 4,400 teachers and aides strike, affecting 62,000 students. Classes in English and limited art, music, typing are offered by administrators. voluntary senior classes and day care services operate amid stalled negotiations over pay, class size, and job security.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Albert Fondy
PFT
McGrath laments new car registration by mail ban
County Assessor George McGrath explains Silver Bow will require in person registration next year due to a new staggered state licensing system. Most owners must register each vehicle twice in 1976, with months tied to 1975 plate endings. Officials warn of widespread confusion and staffing strain.
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Silver Bow
George McGrath
McGrath
Alice Gosselin
Spring 1970 Protests Over Cambodian Campaign Turn Violent
President Nixon announced Operation Total Victory on April 30 1970 fueling campus upheaval. At Kent State Ohio students drank and played then clashed with police as ROTC building was set alight and guardsmen with loaded guns arrived amid rising tensions through May 4.
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Nixon
Duke Law School
Nebraska University
Kent State University
Ohio
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ROTC
James Rhodes
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