Brezhnev seeks to break Senate trade opposition
Brezhnev met with U.S. senators at Blair House seeking to overcome opposition to MFN status for the Soviet Union. He denied a “Jewish problem” and indicated willingness to push for easier emigration, while talks with Nixon shifted to Camp David for further discussions on trade.
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Senate
Camp David
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Potomac
Catoctin
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Blair House
Soviet Union
Congress
Soviet Communist Party
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Maryland
Nikita S. Krushchev
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kerwin reports Skylab crew in excellent condition after 26 days
Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin the first physician to fly in space says Skylab 1 crew Charles Conrad Jr Paul J. Weitz are in excellent condition and notes some body changes from weightlessness while exercising on a bicycle device. He calls the results encouraging for long duration flights.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Mission Control
Kerwin
Conrad
Publisher named to head Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce
The Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce designated Galth Lords publisher of The Pioneer as president-elect to succeed Vern Wrolstad. Lords will take office Sept 1 and may form his program and appoint key posts. A nominating panel led by John Glas was formed to pick four new board members. The meeting also reviewed plans for a $21,000 chamber office near the Bunyan House and the publishing of the Bemidji Area Vacation Guide by Northprint Company.
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Bemidji Area
Sid Erickson
Dick Baumgartner
Lords
Chamber Board of Directors
Bunyan House
Senior Citizens Craft Shop
Nixon knew of clemency offer in Watergate case
Ousted White House counsel John W. Dean III says Nixon was consulted before an executive clemency offer in a Watergate conspirator’s name. Senate investigators expect Dean to testify that Nixon knew about the coverup by top aides.
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Washington
White House
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Dean
Senate
Associated Press
Bemidji Star Desmond Wilson Drops Lamont Quip on Carson
Desmond Wilson of Sanford and Son joked on Johnny Carson Tonight Show that Bemidji Minnesota residents greet him with Hi Lamont as a nod to his TV role. He spoke with guest host Joey Bishop about actors from small towns gaining notoriety.
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Bemidji
Desmond Wilson
Governor vows action if asbestos health threat found
Gov. Wendell Anderson said decisive steps would follow if tests show asbestos fibers in Lake Superior pose a health risk to Duluth and North Shore residents. EPA linked the tailings from Reserve Mining Co to high fiber levels. Wisconsin and Michigan lawmakers urged a court injunction to stop daily discharges.
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Duluth, Minn
Wendell Anderson
Lake Superior
Duluth
North Shore
Wisconsin
Michigan
Reserve Mining Co
Silver Bay
Minn
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Superior
Irving J. Selikoff
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York City
Minnesota
Anderson
Selikoff
Robert Griffin
R-Mich
David R. Obey
Dwis
Elliot Richardson
Richardson
Autopsy Finds Carbon Dioxide Poisoning From Minisub Tragedy
Autopsy confirms two men died of carbon dioxide poisoning after being trapped in a civilian minisub designed by Clayton Link. Clayton Link 31 and Albert Stover 51 died Monday after a 31 hour rescue ordeal in a rear diving chamber, while two crew members survived. The Smithsonian funded research and a review board will investigate the accident as lawmakers call for probing Navy readiness.
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Key West
Fla
Clayton Link
Albert Stover
Monroe County
A.F. Fernandez
David Youngblood
Smithsonian Institution
Oceanographers
Link
Edwin Link
Stover
Vero Beach
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Middle West
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San Clemente
Calif
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Leite
Semion P. Removsky
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Leonid Brezhnev
Spacemen
James McMahon
Northprint Company of
Grand Rapids
Weitz
Pacific Ocean
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Skylab
Outer Space
Earth
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Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Madrid
Isabel
Hector J. Campora
Bonn, Germany
Willy Brandt
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Czechoslovakia
Brandt
Bonn
East Berlin
Prague
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Atlantic
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Smithsonian
U.S
Richard Fulton
Dtenn
House Armed Services Committee
Navy
T.W. Cuddy
Key West Naval Base
Fort Pierce
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