Quake and Political Killing Strike Bingol Area
Rescue teams labored amid ruin in Bingol eastern Turkey as a quake disaster raised the death toll toward 800 to 1,000. Officials said 90 percent of the town was destroyed including the hospital and jail. Prime Minister Erim visited as relief poured in from Elazig with tents and food while the Red Crescent coordinated help and survivors searched for loved ones.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bingol
Elazig
8Th Army Corps
Ankara
Lake van
The
Red Crescent
Red Cross
International
Nihat Erim
Erim
Ephraim Elrom
75 Killed as Yugoslav Jet Crashes at Rijeka Airport
A twin-engine TU134 jet operated by Yugoslav Aviogenex crashed at Rijeka Airport in cloudy conditions, killing 75 people including a British tourist group of 72 and their Yugoslav family of three. Four crew members survived as the wreck burned, with reports noting the control cabin detached during the impact.
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Rijeka
Yugoslavia
Yugotours
London
North Adriatic
Gatwick
Aviogenex
Ljubljana
Chattanooga Curfew Fails To Halt Violence
Sporadic violence lit Chattanooga for a third night despite a city curfew. Firemen faced sniper fire as fires set with fire bombs struck two locations but no injuries were reported. Window smashing and disorder continued after Mayor Walker briefed on National Guard plans.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
State Safety
Claude
Armour
National Guard
Robert Kirk Walker
Walker
Wilson Pickett
County Charter Sets Jan 1 Start For Manager Post
County officials announce the charter cannot name a county manager before January 1 1972 even if approved in the June 8 referendum. An advisory seven member council will screen applicants by Oct 1 with Democrats and GOP members apportioned, and the manager would start only when the charter takes effect. Edward J. Quinn says the statement reflects the plan and that a lame duck legislature could end a tenure quickly if a GOP majority remains.
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Rensselaer County
Edward J. Quinn
Charter Commission
Jnot
Quinn
Anti Pope Leaflet Attack Shocks Vatican Crowd
Thousands of leaflets denouncing Pope Paul VI as a heretic fell on St. Peter’s Square during a Sunday blessing. About 10 French anti pope followers atop St. Peter’s Basilica were seized and later released. The pamphlets spoke of the third Fatima secret and urged the pope to end his heresy.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
St. Peter's Basilica
Clement VI
Michel Collin
Vatican
Pope Paul
Mary
Body of Israeli diplomat found after kidnapping in Istanbul
Israeli Consul General Ephraim Elrom, 58, was found shot to death in a luxury Istanbul apartment during a large manhunt. Premier Erim vowed swift new laws to strike a blow against terrorists who seized him a week earlier. Elrom, a known figure in Eichmann investigations, was abducted from his home as Turkish forces pressed the search. His body was flown to Israel in a Turkish air force jet.
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Tel Aviv
Ephraim Elrom
Elrom
Istanbul
Turkey
Nihat Erim
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Semiha Olayto
Turkish authorities arrest hundreds in hunt for Elrom killers
Turkish police seized hundreds of suspects Sunday in a sweeping manhunt after the kidnapped Israeli consul general Ephraim Elrom was found shot and bullet torn in a house search. A doctor said Elrom was killed Saturday night, as authorities imposed a 15 hour curfew to permit searches.
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Istanbul
API
Ephraim Elrom
Elrom
Terrorists Kidnap British Diplomat in Rosario
In Rosario Argentina three gunmen abducted Stanley E M Sylvester honorary British consul aged 58. The Revolutionary Army of the People claimed responsibility saying the act tied to commemorating a 1969 police clash death. Sylvester directed the Swift de la Plata meat packing complex and held dual citizenship.
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Rosario
Argentina
Stanley E. M. Sylvester
Revolutionary Army of the People
Sylvester
Swift de la Plata
Revolutionary Army
Ernesto “Che” Guevara
Juan D. Peron
Luis Norberto Blanco
Buenos Aires
Sarah Alice
McCarthy Says Third Party a Last Resort for Peace
Former Senator Eugene McCarthy urged peace within one of the two major parties but said a new party could be needed if negotiations fail. At a large Dump the War rally in Minneapolis he urged ending endless loss of lives and questioned fixed withdrawal dates as a policy.
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Minneapolis, Minn
UPI
Eugene McCarthy
Jus
America
McCarthy
Donald Riegle
R-Mich
Nixon
New Hampshire
Vietnam
North Viet Rockets Hit Allied Base Near DMZ
North Vietnamese units fired five 122 mm rockets into Charlie 1, a joint South Vietnamese American base six miles south of the DMZ, with no casualties but one bunker damaged. Maj. Richard Gardner reported one American killed elsewhere as two time bombs exploded at Quang Tri base and a division sized operation in the central highlands claimed 179 North Vietnamese dead.
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U.S
Charlie 1
Dmz
Charlie 2
Quang Tri
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Richard Gardner
Gardner
Central Highlands
Dr. David E. Hunn Dies Troy Dentist at 63
Dr. David E. Hunn, 63, of 79 Pinewoods Ave., a Troy dentist since 1935, died Sunday at Samaritan Hospital. A Watervliet native and Harvard Dental School graduate, he led Samaritan’s dental staff from 1939 to 1970 and served as a U.S. Army[dental] officer during World War II.
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David E. Hunn
Pinewoods Ave
Troy
Samaritan Hospital
Watervliet
Hebert J
Harriette Lacey Hunn
Troy High School
Hamilton College
Harvard Dental School
Omicron Kappa Upsilon
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Mortimer Barrett
Samaritan
33Rd General Hospital
U.S. Army
Ft. Eustis
North
Birth Control Statute Passed By Assembly in Albany
The New York Assembly approved a bill allowing local welfare officials to provide birth control information to the poor after deleting controversial parts. It now permits information on the prevention of pregnancy and moves to the Senate.
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Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Lawrence Corbett
Fort Edward
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Troy Presbyterians Approve Merge To Form First United Church
Two Troy congregations First Presbyterian and Fifth Avenue Presbyterian voted to merge, to be named First United Presbyterian Church of Troy. A merger committee prepared the plan over three years, with church and presbytery approvals needed before final union. The first united service is slated for June 13, with both buildings kept in use.
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First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
First United Presbyterian Church of Troy
Supreme Court of New York
First United Service of Worship
Congress and
First Streets
Troy
Ashley's Tavern
First Church
Second Presbyterian
Sixth ‘Avenue
Fulton Street
Fifth Avenue
Ninth Presbyterian
Second
Fifth Avenue Church
Ferry
Fourth Streets
National
Presbyterian General Assembly
David S. Blackshear
George Borthwick
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N. Viet
Saigon
DR. Hunn
David E, Hunn
Troy Presbyterian Churches
Diane L. Anderson
William E. Bailey
J. Earl Bryce
L. Merrick Bryce
Caspar G. Burn
E. Bradley Carleton
G. Howard Carragan
Albert E. Cluett
Richard A. DuMez, Jr
L. Richard Hood
James P. Ferris
Eugene Hampton, Jr
Donald T. Lutz
Thomas F. Mac
William W. Shuster
Charles Stewart
Dennis JA. Veith
Ernest L. Warnicke
Donald L. Willbrant
Alison J. Winhold
S. Edward Young
Roger S. Welton
Kenneth L. Hicok
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