Bolivian President Barrientos Dead In Helicopter Crash
Thousands mourn Bolivian President Rene Barrientos at La Paz as acting President Siles orders 30 days of mourning. Barrientos, 49, died when a helicopter crashed near Cochabamba after a meeting with local leaders. The crash also killed pilot Rafael Estivariz Cardoza and Leomengildo Orellana. Barrientos had steered pro US policies and defended democratic institutions.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
UPI
Rene Barrientos
U.S
Cochabamba
Sin
Barrientos
Faunty Air Force
Luis Adolfo Siles
Fa Paz
Murillo Square
Hemisphere
Nixon
Siles
Buriac
United States
Formr
Leomengildo Orellana
Rafael Estivariz Cardoza
Tacopaya
Gruro
Fai
Mechanized Rodeo Draws Fremont Bus Drivers for Safety rodeo
Mrs. Dwane Riddle of 3920 Haven Avenue Fremont receives instruction from Paul Mognaga Fremont Unified School District transportation supervisor during Saturdays Annual School Bus Safety Rodeo. South County drivers competed for prizes.
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Dwane Riddle
Haven Ave
Fremont
Paul Mognaga
Fremont Unified School District
South County
Peking Names Lin Piao Heir To Mao In New Chinese Constitution
Hong Kong based UPI report states Communist China publicly names Defense Minister Lin Piao as successor to Mao Zedong in a new constitution. The Politburo and standing committee were reshaped with Lin and Mao reappointed to key posts. five new Politburo members were military officers. The document also elevates Maoist thought to equal ideological status with Marxism Leninism.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Communist China
Lin Pia
Mao Tse-tung
Radio Pexing
Mao
Lin
Communist Chinese Party
China
Chou Enlai
Chen Po- la
Kang Sheng
Chen Yi
Thei
Shoul
Central Committee
Eighth Central Committee
Chou
Liu Shao-chi
Cheng Yun
Chu Teh
Assembly Leaders Clash as Bids to Speed Bills Stir
In Sacramento a rift opened as Assembly leaders proposed accelerating action on bills ahead of Memorial Day. Republican W Craig Biddle announced plans to speed sessions with Friday meetings and extra committee times. Democrats Jess Unruh and George Zenovich criticized the move amid a 39-39 split with two vacancies.
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Sacramento
UPI
Anf
Unruh
Los Angeles
Zenovich
Monapan
SUA
BSS
W. Craig Biddle
Riverside
Assembly
Robert 7. Monagan
R-Tracy
Washington
D.C
New York
House
Biddle
Assembly Democratic
Jess M. Unruh
Inglewood
Democratic Caucus
Willie L. Brown Jr
Brown
Senate
Eight Ships Left Protective Armada In Sea Of Japan
The Pentagon said the U.S. task force protecting reconnaissance planes off Korea was reduced from 28 ships to eight. The Enterprise aircraft carrier and seven destroyers remained, relocated from the Sea of Japan to the Yellow Sea. Defense spokesmen gave no reasons for the cut or relocation. The fleet has faced repeated threats and occasional incidents as it operated in East Asian waters near North Korea.
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Sea of Japan
Yellow Sea
Washington
YPS
Pentagon
Navy
Enterprise
Korea
Defense Department
Daniel Z. Henkin
Henkin
U.S. Navy
U.S
United States
Korean Peninsula
South China Sea
Parks Protest Rally at Pleasanton Job Corps Center
About 200 corpsmen gathered at the Parks Job Corps Center in Pleasanton to protest the facility’s impending closure. Center Director Eugene R. Allen spoke with a delegation of seven, while staff monitored the scene to keep peace. The rally, held near the administration building flagpole, focused on opposition to the Nixon administration action.
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Center
Nixon
Nixon nominates Armin H. Meyer as U S ambassador to Japan
President Nixon names Armin H. Meyer to lead the U S mission in Japan. Born January 19, 1914 in Fort Wayne Indiana, Meyer studied at Capital University Ohio State and served in the Foreign Service since 1944 with postings in Baghdad Beirut and Tehran.
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Washington
Nixon
Armin H. Meyer
U.S
Japan
Meyer
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Lincoln, Hl
Iran
Capital University
U.S. Office of War Information
Cairo
Foreign Service
Baghdad
Beirut
Lebanon
Teheran
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