Nixon in Peking Opens Historic Visit With Quiet Welcome
President Nixon arrived in Peking on a subdued welcome to begin a historic trip ending four years of U.S.-China isolation. Premier Chou Enlai greeted the Nixons as Mao was expected to meet them Tuesday. no speeches or crowds marked the arrival.
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Walter Winchell Dies at 74 in Los Angeles
UPI reports Walter Winchell legendary gossip columnist and radio commentator died aged 74 in UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles after hospital stay since November 19. The famed writer, known for rapid fire style and a nation wide column, shaped celebrity and political gossip for decades.
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Viet Red attacks mark eve of Nixon's China trip
Viet Namese Communists stepped up strikes as President Nixon planned China talks. In the 24 hours ending, three Americans and 18 South Vietnamese were killed, with 12 Americans and 13 Vietnamese wounded. Attacks hit Phu Lai base, air bases, outposts, and a marketplace. A U.S. spokesman downplayed it as not signaling a turning point.
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Chiang Kai-shek announces he will not seek reelection
Chiang Kai-shek told the National Assembly at its opening that he will not run for president next month, citing a deteriorating world situation. He urged the assembly to choose a virtuous successor, while supporters push a popular draft to extend his rule for a fifth six-year term amid Taiwan’s ongoing political tensions.
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Open Campus Plan Sparks Controversy at Fremont High
Local residents clash over an open campus proposal at Washington High School. Principal Robert Callahan supports letting 18 year olds leave for lunch, while parents and merchants raise concerns about safety, loitering, and drug traffic. Signatures of support reach about 1,000 from parents.
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Weather synopsis with scattered clouds and rain chances
Partly cloudy conditions followed by increasing cloudiness and a 40 to 45 percent chance of rain. Tuesday forecasts show light winds from 10 to 20 mph with low and high temperatures in the 40s and upper 50s. Readings note yesterday's high of 69 and low of 53.
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Lawmaker to ease welfare support law for adult children
Assemblyman John L. Burton of San Francisco announces plans to introduce legislation lightening the duties of a new welfare law that requires adult children to contribute to their parents’ support. Three young men, two with prior crimes, are ordered to face pretrial in San Francisco on March 13 after conviction for robbing a liquor store last April.
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McCtosky foresees Vietnam collapse to communism
National GOP hopeful Rep. Paul McCtosky warns nothing could avert South Vietnam’s fall to Communist domination if Nixon seeks re election. Labor leaders attack Nixon over tax favors to business and wealthy and press Congress to close loopholes. Space scientists plan to refocus from the moon to Earth for planetary data in 1872. Noah Dietrich says Howard Hughes avoids public view due to fears about mental competence. Washington Birthday 1974 reports note activists planned to dynamite heating pipes at five government weddings in Washington.
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British plan for Northern Ireland governance sparks debate
A newspaper reports the British government will appoint a three Protestant three Catholic and one man commission to rule Northern Ireland, a move seen as a step toward stability amid sectarian tension and political sensitivity.
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