American adviser killed in Tehran by extremist attack
An American military adviser Lt Col Lewis Hawkins, 42, was fatally wounded in Tehran by a leftist extremist who fled on a motorcycle. The U S Embassy reported heightened security at American sites including three schools as fear of further attacks grows among about 11 000 Americans in Iran. Hawkins had been in Iran since July serving with local armed forces amid ongoing unrest.
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Romania
Yugoslavia
Bucharest
Douglas MacArthur
Hijackers Escape Plane With $50,000 Ransom
Two masked gunmen who hijacked a Colombian airline and collected a $50,000 ransom disappeared Saturday after releasing or freeing more than 80 passengers. The pair fled at Resistencia in northern Argentina near Brazil and Paraguay, prompting police search efforts.
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Flaming ship crash in New York harbor kills seven
A bulk container ship collided with a tanker in New York harbor producing blazing explosions. Seven people died and eight are missing as Coast Guard and fire crews fought the inferno and rescued 63 crew members.
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Fawnnapers Target Lost Deer Belief Sparking Roundup Debate
The Associated Press reports fawnnaping as a yearly issue as residents misidentify fawns as lost and remove them from the wild. State game officials in Washington Idaho and Texas warn fawns need mothers and cannot adapt to new diets, with legal action and fines for taking wildlife home.
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Texas
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Game Management Magazine
Butte Weather Outlook Ends With Snow Above Five Thousand Feet
Showers and scattered thundershowers shift to snow above 5,000 feet in Butte. Today’s outlook lists high 56 and low 35 degrees as shown on the weather map page 26.
Food prices may rise 15 to 20 percent this year
Senator Henry M. Jackson warned that food costs could jump 15 to 20 percent in 1970 if commodity markets remain unregulated. He urged Senate investigators to probe the Commodity Exchange Authority and noted recent price surges in soybeans and wheat, with potential ripple effects on beef.
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Arlington cemetery tour crash injures forty one
A third section of a tour tram overturned on a hill in Arlington National Cemetery injuring 41 tourists. Most injuries were minor. driver Norman Baptist, 32, was charged with reckless driving and loss of vehicle control. Several seriously injured had deep cuts. many victims were teens from East Tech High School Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Montana Governor warns tourist fear of gas shortage
Gov. Thomas L. Judge told the Tri-State Travel Symposium that news of a gasoline shortage could hurt Montana’s tourist industry worth 210000 dollars annually. He urged openness and rejected isolationist attitudes, advocating Montana as a welcoming region to boost tourism.
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Governors see big trouble for Nixon at Tahoe conference
The 65th National Governors Conference opens at Lake Tahoe as governors from 50 states and three territories discuss Watergate fallout on federal state relations. They cite delays, vacancies, and leadership vacuum while money and domestic aid reforms loom large. Democrats seek to block special revenue sharing without assurances of funding. Republicans note Congress delays. President Nixon and VP Agnew not expected to attend. Nevada Gov. Mike O Callaghan hosts.
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Associated Press
Richard Kneip
South Dakota
Wyoming
Stanley Hathaway
National Governors Conference
Kenneth Cole
Domestic Council
Caspar Weinberger
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Mike O’callanghan
Nevada
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