Antiwar March Tensions Rise as Washington Prepares Troops
Amid assurances of nonviolence the Pentagon prepares stand by orders for armed personnel outside Washington to assist police and marshals if needed. In Memphis police use tear gas to disperse about 100 youths amid racial protests linked to school representation demands and a union strike at a Catholic hospital.
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Non-Striking Workers Return But Union Strikes GE Plant
A second union joined the General Electric strike as non-striking workers went back to work after two weeks. Local 450 members planned walkouts at the Schenectady plant and at Niskayuna West Milton and Malta facilities, starting 7 am today over local issues. State court reserved a decision on welfare eligibility for strikers with Syracuse proceedings, while IUE talks stalled and another UE bargaining session was planned in New York.
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Teen 14 Averts Airliner Hijack On Runway
In Cincinnati Ohio a 14 year old boy David L Booth held a hostage a girl Gloria J House 18 at Cincinnati Lunken airport and threatened a bomb with a knife He relaxed and dropped the knife after Airport Police Chief Byron Kinman intervened The Delta flight with 68 passengers and crew of five waited on the runway before returning to gate The boy was taken into custody and made a ward of Hamilton County Juvenile Court pending case disposition Miss House was unharmed and visiting for grandmother Mrs Armstrongs trip to Mexico City
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Tight Squeeze On Haynsworth Stalls In Senate Vote
Judge Clemens Haynsworth Jr. faces a tight Senate vote with 36 in favor and 39 opposed as supporters claim his record shows balance and ethics questions fail under scrutiny. Sen. McIntyre opposes confirmation citing lack of public confidence in his judicial bearing.
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Agnew Attacks Mob Action Amid Vietnam Protests
Vice President Agnew condemned mass street demonstrations as fashionable but pointless and said protests should be directed by a silent young majority. He urged the nonradical under-30s to organize, back President Nixon’s Vietnam policy, and blunt street activism.
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Veterans Day rallies split on war support in Nixon era
Supporters of President Nixon’s Vietnam policy mobilize nationwide for Veterans Day events aimed at showing broad backing for the war. They plan a Washington Monument rally and a parallel antiwar gathering, with organizers urging national unity through a week of events.
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Israelis Claim Knockout of Soviet Antiaircraft Sites in Suez Zone
Israeli senior officer says in three months of heavy attacks Israeli planes destroyed all Soviet made antiaircraft missile sites along the 103 mile Suez Canal and damaged Egyptian radar and artillery positions. He noted no Soviet participation in a naval attack and stressed Moscow shows no direct Middle East offensive intent.
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Doughney Weighs 1960s GOP Chair Bid in Rensselaer County
Former Troy councilman John F. Doughney said he is interested in the Rensselaer County Republican committee chair, if committeemen decide to change leadership. He backs a move to clarify the party’s direction after the GOP's heavy defeat, while incumbent Joseph F. Casey stays on pending committee action.
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Rensselaer County Republican Committee
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