Filipino reenacts crucifixion in Asia's only Christian nation
In Barrio San Pedro Philippines Juanito Piring a 32 year old father of six nailed to a 10 foot cross reenacts Jesus agony to fulfill a lifelong penance. Two men in Roman soldier garb drive three inch nails into his palms while 5000 spectators watch as he endures about 30 seconds on the cross before being removed and treated.
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Asia
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Piring
Manila
Politicians Join World Cowchip Throw Contest in Oklahoma
Beaver Oklahoma hosts the annual world cowchip throwing contest with Gov. David Hall set to toss the first chip. Politicians compete in a separate class, boasting prior experience and higher throws. Contenders include Harold Smith of Forgan and Sen. Dewey Bartlett as a past record holder, with entrants from Texas Tennessee Indiana Arkansas Iowa and Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
David Hall
Willis Landsen
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Landsen
Harold Smith
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Dewey Bartlett
R-Okla
Patty Bruce
Texas
Tennnessee
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Arkansas
Iowa
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Carl G. Engel
Odessa
Engel
Crypto Quote 1g TV Editorial 2 Thesteson
A condensed note lists Crypto Quote 1g and a TV editorial titled 2 Thesteson, indicating a brief media digest entry. The item pairs a financial quote with a broadcast editorial, reflecting a local press snapshot.
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TV Editorial
Thesteson
Strike idles Ozark flights
Ozark Air Lines canceled all 200 daily flights after a strike by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association. About 560 mechanics walked out after 13 months of negotiations, with no talks scheduled. The airline operates 62 cities in 15 states. skeletal crews remain where operations connect.
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Ozark
Midwest
Seven American students report beating by Soviet police in Moscow
Seven U S college students from New York area say they were punched and kicked by Soviet police and passersby during a demonstration at the Soviet visa office in Moscow. They were held about eight hours, told of an unspecified labor camp term, then released on recognizance. The group, Zionists and members of the Conscience Committee for Soviet Jewry, had arrived from Leningrad for an eight day tour with 19 others.
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New York City
Yossi Klein
Philip Pulver
Jules Leventhal
Philip Kornbluth
Alan Bindiger
Robin Schwartz
Ricky Friedman
Leningrad
Peking denounces U S bombing in Indochina
Peking denounced American bombings in Laos and Cambodia and South Vietnamese attacks on Cambodian soil. The Jen min Jih Pao article relayed by Hsinhua said these actions violated the Paris peace accord and the Vienniane agreement banning foreign military activity and air strikes in Laos.
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NVT
Peking
Laos
Cambodia
Indochina
Pathet Lao
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
North Vietnam
Jenmin Jih Pao
Hsinhua
Communist Press Agency
United States
South Vietnam
Paris
Sniper wounds soldier and injures women in Belfast
In Belfast on New Lodge Road a sniper wounded a British soldier patrolling the area and three Roman Catholic women who rushed to aid him. Another shot shattered a wall, injuring the women as they helped. A Catholic housewife described the escalating violence as a terrifying Easter.
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Times
London
Malaysia decries rubber experts
Malaysia's deputy premier Tun Ismail Bin Dato Abdul Rahman urged Japan to restrain synthetic rubber exports, saying Japan should behave like a rich nation so poorer countries can survive. A communique accused Japan of indiscriminate expansion threatening Asian economies and Malaysia said it would seek export limits from Tokyo.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
NYT
Japan
Tun Doctor Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman
Tokyo
Japan Premier to Visit U S USSR for Multi Polar Diplomacy
Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka said he accepted invitations from President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev to visit the United States in June or July, then the Soviet Union in August, with tours of Britain France and West Germany in October. He described the trips as a push for multi polar diplomacy and declined to discuss specific issues with the leaders.
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Kakuei Tanaka
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Washington
Soviet Union
Britain
France
West Germany
Soviet stall on troop talks over name change
Diplomatic sources say the Soviet Union rejected Western proposals to restart European troop reduction talks and instead pressed to alter the talks name. The discussions, now called Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction talks, are sought to drop the word balanced from the title.
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