China accuses Soviets of border invasion in Sinkiang
Peking charges Soviet troops crossed into Yumin County Sinkiang provinces provoking Chinese frontier guards. A Chinese herdswoman was killed and a herdsman kidnapped as tanks and armored cars were reported sent into border areas. Beijing demanded an immediate halt and warned of severe consequences. The Soviet government had no comment.
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Red China
Sinkiang Province
New China
Chinese Foreign Ministry
Peking
Yumin County
Sinkiang
Soviet Union
China
Tass
Moscow
Ussuri
Manchuria
Nixon bids pace Hanoi response on Vietnam pullout
Washington waits for Hanoi reply to President Nixon’s plan for a simultaneous troop withdrawal with South Vietnam. U S sources warn of a negative reaction amid propaganda and renewed combat offensives while U S intelligence weighs potential North Vietnamese withdrawal and Paris talks resume. Nixon framed the Midway accord as opening a path to peace and urged North Vietnam to act. About 300,000 of 538,000 Americans in the south were on combat duty.
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Hanoi
Nixon
South Vietnam
U.S
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway
White House
Ers
North Vietnam
Paris
State Department
Survivors charged with setting fire in family tragedy
In Parkersburg West Virginia Susan 15 and Roger 13 Bailey face murder charges for a predawn house fire that killed their parents and 10 siblings. Investigators cited gasoline traces and possible motive linked to Susan dating her 17 year old cousin. The funeral will be in a common grave at Elizabeth with welfare covering about 1600 dollars. The siblings appeared at a preliminary hearing continued for psychiatric exams and Child Welfare report.
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Charles Bailey
Parkersburg
Bailey
Susan
Roger
Obie Bailey
W.va
Roger Bailey
Wood County
Donald F. Black
County Child Welfare Department
MOL Plan Cut Leaves NASA to Lead Space Lab Effort
The Air Force cancels the 3 billion manned orbiting laboratory program, clearing the civilian NASA orbiting workshop idea. NASA aims for a late 1971 to early 1972 launch with five anticipated missions, staying in polar orbit could have spy mission limits, while unmanned satellites may cover surveillance.
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Air Force
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Civilian Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Red China
Air Force Space Laboratory
David Packard
Missile costs seen double original estimate
Congressional testimony says 500 Minuteman missiles may cost about 7 billion dollars versus 3.268 billion. An Air Force spokesman disputed the figure but warned of a roughly 2 billion overrun and Pentagon totals for Minuteman II. Critics accuse defense procurement of underestimating costs. Weather outlook follows.
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Washington
Air Force
Congress
C. Merton Tyrrell
Performance Technology Corp
House
Senate
Tyrrell
Pentagon
Congressional
Joint
Subcommittee On
Gordon W. Rule
Navy Material Division
Rule
New Jersey congressman denies Mafia links after wiretap mention
A New Jersey congressman rejects federal wiretap claims linking him to organized crime after his name appeared in government tapes. The report notes he denies any wrongdoing and calls the evidence circumstantial.
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New Jersey
North Vietnamese Attack Kills 14 at Da Nang Area Bases
Saigon reports North Vietnamese forces attacked three U.S. bases south of Da Nang, killing 14 Americans and wounding 68, with 76 enemy fighters killed. In the heaviest assault, sappers blasted an artillery base 30 miles south of Da Nang, leaving eight enemy dead nearby and one American killed in the nightlong fight.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
Tam Ky
196Th Brigade
U.S. Bsis
North Vietnam
Dak
Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Dak To
Giles urges updating Ohio code to modernize local government
Urban Affairs director Albert G. Giles proposes a revised Ohio Revised Code plan to set rules for cities counties and villages. He seeks a $40 000 HUD grant for the Plan of Statute Revision and systematized Development Act to help state led modernization. Racial segregation debate roils Baptist meeting as Baptist Students Concerned aims to push an ant i segregation resolution before 15 600 delegates in New Orleans. Federal underwrite of bridge replacement may be drafted if 50 percent cap not raised. Rep Lu Kens asks for reconsideration of the C O Bridge funding share.
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Ohio
Albert G. Giles
Giles
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Washington
Donald “Buz” Lukens
Ohio Republican
Bureau of Public Roads
Cincinnati
Covington
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