Ben-Gurion Dies in Tel Aviv at 87 After Stroke
Former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion died at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv at 11:06 a.m. He had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on November 18 and declined after a stroke. Ben-Gurion, born David Green in Poland, led Israel from 1948 to 1963 and shaped the state through wars with Arab neighbors.
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Israel
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Sheba Medical Center
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Sde Baker
Negev Desert
Zion
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Palestine
America
United States
Paula Manness
New York
City Hall
Holy Land
Ben Gurion
Negev
Murdered man may be Nazi doctor in Brazil border area
Three unidentified men beat a German national suspected as Joseph Mengele to death at his home near the Brazil Paraguay border in Mato Grosso. Police search for the attackers as rumors link the victim to the Auschwitz doctor and Nazi war crimes.
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Cuiaba
Brazil
UPI
Joseph Mengele
Mato Grosso
Albert Fredericf
Fredericf
Mengele
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Argentina
Paraguay
Pedro Juan Caballero
Ponta Pora
Getty III Kidnap Negotiators Seek Ransom Drop in Rome
In Rome the alleged kidnapers of J Paul Getty III contacted his father in London and agreed to exchange the youth for over 1 million dollars. Friends of the boy’s mother said a representative of J Paul Getty Jr. is en route to Rome with the ransom to secure his release.
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UPI
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London
J. Paul Getty Jr
Getty
Pioneer 10 nears Jupiter to measure helium abundance
Pioneer 10 uses ultraviolet measurements to determine the helium to hydrogen ratio in Jupiter's atmosphere as it speeds toward the planet. The 570 pound craft, now 2.4 million miles away, faces intense radiation and evolving magnetic field data as it travels 81,000 mph toward a Monday Jupiter encounter.
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Calif
UPI
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Pioneer 10
Pioneer
Space Agency
Mission Control Center
San Francisco
James A. van Allen
van Allen
Earth
Tom Gehrels
University of Arizona
Clark demands farm funds be released
UPI reports Senator Dick Clark of Iowa warned a Nixon Administration plan to impound up to 75 million dollars in rural soil and water conservation funds would be a slap in the face to Congress and rural America. He said REAP and RECP funds were nearly finalized for withholding and filed a protest with the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
UPI
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Lowa
Congress
Rural America
Nixon
Clark
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Agriculture
Earl Butz
Department
Iowa 2000 plan aims to let citizens shape future energy policy
Futurist Robert Theobald and Gov. Robert D. Ray promote grassroots involvement in Iowa 2000, an ongoing program to gather public input on energy, economy, and resources. Nixon era energy concerns include possible gasoline rationing and shifts to coal, with utilities urged to act.
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Venezuela
Eastern Airlines
Ford Motor Co
John A. Love
Love
Cost of Living Council
CLC
Woodhaven
Detroit
Ford
Shell Oil Co
Atlantic Richfield
ARCO
Sun Oil Co
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Theobald
Washington
Rep Scherle urges 60 mph national speed limit
Rep William Scherle of Iowa voiced support for a 60 mph national speed limit amid the energy shortage. He urged President Nixon to reconsider his 50 mph car limit and 55 mph top for trucks and buses, arguing cars only burn significantly more gas past 63 to 65 mph and a 55 mph truck limit could harm the trucking industry.
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Washington
UPI
William Scherle
Iowa
Nixon
Scherle
Three Fryer brothers to stand trial for Sioux Falls murders
Three South Dakota brothers Allen Fryer 29 David Fryer 24 and James Fryer 21 were returned to Iowa to face four murder charges after the Gitchie Manitou killings. They waived extradition to Lyon County Iowa where prosecutors say the four Sioux Falls teens were shot dead. The suspects were arrested separately in Hartford Iowa and Sioux Falls and arraigned on fugitive-from-justice warrants. A 13 year old witness identified the farmhouse and assisted officers during the investigation.
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Rock Rapids
UPI
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. D
Iowa
Gitchie Manitou State Park
Here
Allen Earl Fryer
Hartford
S.C
David Lyle Fryer
James Ray Fryer
Robert Patterson
Fryer Brothers
Lyon County
Allen
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
BCI
Weekend Weather Forecast Calls for Mild Temperatures
Mostly fair today with highs around 50. Tonight partly cloudy and warmer with lows 35 to 40. Sunday will bring increasing clouds and warmer air with a chance of showers by afternoon, highs in the mid 50s. Winds today from the southeast 8 to 18 mph then about 10 mph tonight.
Senate approves Social Security raise and work bonus plan
The Senate passed a bill to raise Social Security payments by 11 percent and to grant a work bonus of up to 400 dollars annually for the working poor. It would also hike payroll taxes in 1974 to fund Medicare drug coverage and expand drug costs for elderly chronic illnesses.
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