Secret Papers Reveal Taiwan Slaughter By Nationalists
Washington reports declassified State Department files show American diplomats urged immediate U.N. or direct intervention to stop a 1947 Formosan slaughter by Chiang Kai-shek forces. Messages to J. Leigh Tory Stuart in Nanking and George P. Marshall in Washington warned of imminent mass killings and urged protection for Formosans amid riots and martial law.
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Taiwan
Washington
State Department
U.S
J. Leighton Stuart
Nanking
George P. Marshall
Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
United Nations
Stuart
Marshall
George H. Kerr
Kerr
Trudeau s Western Support Looks Thin in West Canada
Western Canadians show lingering doubts about Pierre Trudeau as Oct elections loom. Analysts say Liberal strength may erode if eastern voters decide the outcome, risking a shift toward a minority or Conservative comeback. The issue mix covers economy, jobs, and national control of resources.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Liberal Party
Trudeau
Ontario
New Democratic Party
NDP
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Liberals
House of Commons
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
China
United States
Nixon
New Light On Activities Of Supreme Court
The Supreme Court opened its 1972 73 term with a brighter courtroom after a summer repaint and four minute session. All nine justices attended and eight new lawyers were admitted to the court bar. For the first time a girl page, Deborah Gelin, 14, served. Justice Thurgood Marshall arrived using a cane after an earlier summer car accident.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Page
Deborah Gelin
Rockville
Thurgood Marshall
Virgin Islands
Coastal Zone Management Jurisdiction Change Urged
A presidential advisory panel urges moving coastal zone management from Interior to NOAA, opposing the Nixon administration and aligning with Senate plans. Congress weighs two bills, conferees to reconcile differences as offshore oil interests push for Interior control and broader land-use ties.
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Washington
National Oceanographic Atmospheric Agency
Interior Department
National Advisory Committee
Congress
Senate
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
NOAA
Nixon
Agency of
Bureau of Fisheries
Interior
National Ocean Industries Association
NACOA
Commerce Department
Commerce
Peter G. Peterson
Clear Province of the Interior Advisory Committee
Mobil Oil Corp
William A
Ocean Law
India Marks Gandhi Birthday With Nationwide Observances
New Delhi observed Gandhi's 103rd birth anniversary with ceremonies and flag waving. Officials praised his ideals of equality and peace, while critics questioned Gandhi's relevance in modern India amid rising prices and corruption.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Winston Churchill
Gandhi
Annies
New Delhi Ghat
J.B. Kripalani
Gan
Harvard Arizona team finds ancient city on Cozumel island
Archaeologists from Harvard and the University of Arizona uncover a 250 acre pre-Columbian city on Cozumel with over 200 buildings and more than 30 sites. Two temple complexes date 13th to 15th centuries and six noble estates are found along with stone field walls. The discovery aims to illuminate Maya collapse and Toltec influence in central Mexico.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
University of Arizona
Cozumel
Central America
University
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico
Eption
Jeremy A. Sabloff
Arizona
William L. Rathje
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