Two Women Arrested After Fifth Avenue Bombing
Police caught Patricia McLain and Vivian Bogart, both 19 and 20, after a fire bomb targeted the Royal National Bank of New York on Fifth Avenue near 28th Street at 1:25 a.m. The suspects, who said they were anti establishment, carried bomb materials and a note they partly ate.
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New York
Fifth Avenue Bank
Royal National Bank of New
York
Fifth Avenue
28Th Street
Patricia McLain
Vivian Bogart
Manhattan
FBI
West Bengal to take over closed factories
Calcutta reports the government plans to assume management of all shut factories in West Bengal, the heavily industrialized eastern Indian state. The move broadens state intervention in the sector and could affect workers and operators.
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Calcutta
India
West Bengal
Prague Central Committee ends liberals purge reports
AP dispatch says the Czech Communist Party names Gustav Husak to present tasks after completing a year long purge of Dubcek supporters. Rude Pravo confirms the card exchange marks the purge’s formal end and outlines party direction.
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Prague
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Rude Pravo
Gustav Husak
Alexander Dubcek
Rivers to Undergo Heart Surgery at University of Alabama
Rep. L Mendel Rivers 65 will have heart surgery at the University of Alabama Medical Center after checks and evaluations in Birmingham. Congress approved extending GI Bill educational benefits to dependents of service members missing in North Vietnam and cut active duty time for veterans benefits to six months. The House passed the measure by voice vote and sent it to President Nixon.
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Birmingham
Ala
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
University of Alabama Medical Center
Rivers
Washington
Congress
North Vietnam
House
Nixon
Violent Peru Earthquake Strikes Border Region
A powerful quake near the Peru Ecuador border caused widespread damage. Early reports list 12 to 13 dead in Sullana and border villages with many injured. Seismologists estimate magnitude between 7.2 and 7.6, with fears of further collapse from the May 21 disaster.
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Lima
Peru
Ecudor
Piura
Turbres
Peru-Ecuador
Sulland
Quito
University of California Seismological Station
Berkeley
Sullana
Delicacy Price Up in Manila
River pollution drives up the cost of unborn duck, a famed Philippine delicacy, nearly doubling its price over the past year.
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Manila
Philippines
Hornell Tank Car Leaks Toxic Load Handled by Replacements
In Hornell New York an all white collar Erie Lackawanna crew replaced striking workers to haul a leaking tank car through the city center. The train halted at midnight Wednesday as unions walked off the job and the regular crew refused to cross picket lines. In Rochester an official said New York may hold a fall primary instead of June due to redistricting timing.
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Hornell
N.Y
Erie-Lakawanna
New York City
Rochester
State and County Officers Association
New York
Herbert H. Smith
Association
Trash Production Surges Across United States
Britannica reports the United States generates about 17 tons of trash per person annually, covering garbage, commercial refuse, industrial scrap, and demolition debris throughout the country.
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United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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