Salute satellite launch marks Soviet space effort
The Salute unmanned satellite lifted into orbit as the Soviet Union updates its space program aims toward orbital laboratories. Tass reported an 88.5 minute orbit at 51.6 degree inclination with perigee 124.2 miles and apogee 137.9 miles. The last manned flight was Soyuz 9 in 1970.
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Moscow
West Germany
Bochum Observatory
Orbital Space Laboratories
Tass
Coordination-Computing Center
Andrian Nikolayev
Vitaly Sevastyanov
Ohio motorists post second worst weekend death toll of year
Ohio drivers logged at least 22 traffic deaths over the weekend, including four double fatalities. Two Chesapeake girls died Friday, two elderly Akron women and two Cleveland area men died Saturday, and a Cleveland woman and her son died Sunday. The March 12 14 weekend remains the year’s worst with 26 deaths.
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Ohio
Chesapeake
Akron
Cleveland Area
Cleveland
Israeli Deputy Premier Leaves for Washington on Egypt Talks
Deputy Premier Yigal Allon departed for Washington to discuss Israel's partial settlement ideas with Egypt. In Moscow, Foreign Minister Riad met Kosygin and Gromyko as Tass urged Israel to withdraw from occupied territories before peace. In US courts, Muhammad Ali received 30 minutes to plead for draft exemption.Meanwhile Carmen Lombardo died at 67 after a cancer battle in Miami.
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Yigal Allon
Israel
Washington
Egypt
Mamound Riad
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Tass
Supreme Court
Muhammad Ali
Ali
Philadelphia
Table Tennis Team Members Return from China Visit
American table tennis team members share impressions after a historic mainland China tour. They note Mao imagery widespread and reflect on cultural differences, hospitality, and hopes for future U.S.-China friendship. team leader Howard recommends Mao Tse-tung Thoughts and a Chinese guest program continues discussions.
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China
U.S
Middleport
John Tannehill
New York
Kennedy Airport
Errol Reisek
Tannehill
Jack
Howard
Timmy Boggan
Boggan
Associated Press
Mao Tsetung
Newsmen
Mao
Jack Howard
Mao Tse-tung
Judy Bochenski
Eugene
Ore
United States
Glen Cowan
Japan
McGovern backs new charge against Hoover over TWA pilot
Sen. George S. McGovern accused FBI Director J Edgar Hoover of seeking to destroy the career of Trans World Airlines pilot Donald J Cook after Cook criticized FBI handling of a hijack. He cited Hoover pressuring TWA and blocking FBI personnel from sky marshal duties while U.S. critics tied Hoover to broader investigations.
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Washington
George S. McGovern
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
An Airlines
South Dakota
Hoover
GOP
Joe McCarthy
Edmund S. Muskie
Robert J. Dole
Williamsburg
Muskie
Dole
Maine
McGovern
Lockport
Ill
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Donald J. Cook
Rome
Cook
National health program plan eyed as congress nears mid year
Congress moves toward a sweeping national health insurance proposal likely to be debated in mid June. A broad consensus backs universal coverage with options for government run or private plans tied to employer and individual financing, with costs varying from 12 to 30 billion dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Afl-Cio
American Medical
Nixor
House Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Tance
HMO
North Vietnam attack planned as U S fighters press A Shau valley
U S fighter bombers hit North Vietnamese positions in the A Shau valley for a second day. President Thieu and Gen Abrams announced the operation, while field reports indicated only reconnaissance troops were inside the valley with a larger force to move in later.
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North Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
A Shau
Nguyen van Thieu
Creighton W. Abrams
South Vietnam
Abrams
A Shan
Col
Robert W. Leonard
Gilligan to Amend Budget to Protect School Funding
Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan will amend the budget to guarantee that no qualifying district loses funding next year. Fifty seven districts would have seen state subsidies cut under the original plan, and the amendment, costing about 17 million dollars, aims to spare them.
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Columbus, Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Garantee
Gilligan
House
4. G. Lancione
General Assembly
Ment
Lancione
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Eeeneee
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Orlando
Fla
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Chicago
Tim Boggan
Merrick
N.Y
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National Health Insurance
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Vietnam
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Central Highlands
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