Florida Train Crash Injures Nearly 200 At Winter Haven
Northbound Seaboard Coast Line passenger train rammed a parked train carrying GOP convention spectators near Winter Haven Florida leaving about 200 injured. Among the injured were 27 in serious condition with 4 critical. 94 treated and released, 70 treated on site. Notable passenger Charles Edison, 78, uninjured. Officials cited centralized traffic control and unclear cause.
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Winter Haven
Fla
UPI
Miami
Orenge
Florida
Seaboard Coast Line
Charles Edison
Edison
New Jersey
D.C
Savannah
Jacksonville
Soviet leaders return home after Czechoslovakia compromise
The Soviet Union's Troika returned to Moscow after a weeklong mission to steer Czechoslovakia back to the Kremlin fold. A four nation accord with East Germany Hungary Bulgaria and Poland ended a dispute over liberalizing reforms. A 10 page declaration settled the crisis and preserved Czech reform while pledging Warsaw Pact loyalty.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Troika
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Czechosolvattia
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Poland
Cierna Nad Tisou
Leonid L. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgornya
Warsaw
Pravda
Bratislava
Czech liberal reformers face worker vs economy choice
In Prague Premier Oldrich Cernik urged 6,000 Communist delegates to seize the reform moment post Soviet grace. He warned the party must decide whether to displease workers or improve the economy, amid growing democratization pressures and factory reform objections. Cesary Cisar stressed broad participation in reforms.
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Prague
YPI
Czechoslovakia
Oldrich Cernix
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Cernik
Cernick
Cesyir Cisar
Jordan asks Security Council to sanction Israel
Jordan urged the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Israel over air raids on bases near Salt Jordan. The council called for cease fire compliance and an end to aggression, while Israel defended the strikes as action against infiltrators. Three civilians were killed and 82 wounded in Salt in the attacks, the first Security Council session since June 5.
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United Nations
UPI
Jordan
Security Council
Israel
Council
Salt
Muhammad H. El-Farra
Salt Area
Joseph Tekoah
El-Fatah
Mideast
Mt Arenal belches ash after weekend lull in Costa Rica
Mt Arenal Volcano near San Jose belched hot rock and ash Monday raising fears of new eruptions. Last week's five day eruption campaign devastated 3600 square miles, killed about 78 people, left 6500 homeless, and damaged vast pastureland threatening cattle industry. Authorities may move 300000 cattle to safety if ash fall continues.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
UPI
Mt. Arenal
Central American
Republic
Ministry of Agriculture
U S and Viet Cong clash in U Minh delta drive
U S and South Vietnamese troops pressed the Long Thrust offensive in the U Minh Forest 146 miles southwest of Saigon. At least 19 Viet Cong killed and 50 captured as Brig. Gen. Franklin M. Davis was wounded by rocket fire. An allied helicopter was downed but crew uninjured.
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Saigon
Upy
U.S
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
South Vietnam
Delta
Franklin M. Davis
199Th Light Infantry
Davis
Waltham
Mass
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