Quebec Hostage Crisis Ends as Envoy Is Freed
James R Cross, the British envoy kidnapped by Quebec separatists, was released in Montreal after 60 days in a windowless room. In exchange, three terrorists and four relatives were granted asylum in Havana aboard a military plane. Cross endured high blood pressure but reported no sunlight, while police secured the handoff at the Canadian pavilion amid a tense standoff.
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James R. Cross
Canada
Havana
Quebec Liberation Front
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Quebec
Cross
Pierre Laporte
S Cross
Jerome Choquette
Cuba
Robert Bourassa
Senate votes to cut SST subsidy amid environmental concerns
The Senate approved a $290 million SST subsidy cut from the Transportation Department budget by 52 to 41, ending federal support for the supersonic transport. Sen. William Proxmire led the amendment, with Nixon and Boeing tied to the defeat as Magnuson and Jackson warned of job losses and impacts on U.S. air leadership.
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William Proxmire
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Proxmire
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General Electric
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Senate Unit Bans Troops for Cambodia in Defense Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to extend the Cambodia ground troop ban to U S forces in Cambodia as part of a trimmed defense bill. It rejected part of the House’s 66 8 billion package and reduced unbudgeted items including shipbuilding funds. The panel approved 766 million of Laird’s 1 4 billion request, while noting possible late funding approval.
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Democrats Urge Wages and Prices Freeze Nationally
Three top Democrats urged President Nixon to impose an immediate 30 to 60 day wage and price freeze to curb inflation. They proposed voluntary ceilings thereafter and presidential lobbying to enforce them, with Mansfield, McCormack, and Albert leading the push. Hodgson doubted any freeze, citing a need for national unity.
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Mansfield
Albert
Pope Paul VI Cheered by 70 000 in Jakarta Stadium
Pope Paul VI rode through Jakarta's Sana jan Stadium as about 70 000 worshippers greeted him with emotion and tears during a star lit Mass. Earlier, a sparse airport welcome contrasted with the later crowd's enthusiasm as the pontiff urged Catholics to follow Christ.
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Paul VI
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Australia
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Suharto
Former Calley GI Refuses to Testify at My Lai Court Martial
One of Lt William Calley Jr s former GIs refused to testify and was ordered handed to the U S attorney for possible federal prosecution. Meadle the second former platoon member to invoke the Fifth Amendment earlier, Allen Boyce testified after immunity was granted. Boyce said an interrogator told the Army aimed to get Calley a week before charges were filed. Calley, 27, faces possible death penalty if convicted of premeditated murder of 102 Vietnamese civilians on March 16 1968.
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William Calley Jr
My Lai
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Paul Meadle
Calley
Meadle
Allen Boyce
Boyce
Bradley Beach
N.J
Ft. Monmouth
Army Criminal Investigation Division
Orwin C. Talbott
Terre Haute
Ind
Guerrilla and Jordanian Troops Clash in Amman
Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian troops clashed for two hours in Amman near Wahdat refugee camp, killing and wounding 12 civilians. Fatah said security forces fired into crowds as protesters gathered, while Jordanian forces responded. A separate Cairo note accused Israel of a ceasefire breach south of Suez City, the first such intrusion since last August.
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Lebanon
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Fatah
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Wahdat
Egypt
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Middle East
Salah Gohar
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U Thant
Stop Dumping Oil Tells Navy Seeks End to Sludge Waste
Secretary of the Navy John F. Chafee ordered the Navy to halt dumping oil sludge and other wastes into oceans or rivers. The action followed a massive oil slick drifting in the Atlantic off the Florida coast, traced to two Navy barges from Mayport Naval Station.
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Secretary of the Navy
John F. Chafee
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Chafee
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Florida
Mayport
Oil Slick Near Florida Beaches Alarms State
A large oil slick nearly Rhode Island sized drifted to within 12 miles of northeast Florida beaches as the Navy formed a task force to assist. Harmond Shields said landfall risk lessened as the main body moved 30 miles off shore, but a 100 acre patch neared Ponte Vedra. Chafee reported sludge pumped into the ocean 55 miles off St. Johns mouth and said steps were taken to prevent a repeat.
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Claude R. Kirk, Jr
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Levitt Warns New York Faces Deepening Fiscal Pinch
State Comptroller Arthur Levitt warned Albany that the state nears a fiscal showdown with a growing budget gap. He noted eight month revenue growth at 40 million above last year on 3.671 billion, while expenditures rise faster. He urged a five year plan and warned against cash-basis budgeting delaying deficits.
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Arthur Levitt
Levitt
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Rockefeller
Catholic Bishops Press Abortions Statement Provokes Blowback
New York bishops led by Cardinal Cooke condemn abortions under the state law calling crying babies dropped into surgical trash cans. Medical and family planning spokesmen sharply criticized the bishops while pledging to continue opposition to the July 1 law. Dr Carl Goldmark Jr called the reference ridiculous and asinine.
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