Pope Paul VI Makes Brief Stop in Ceylon on Asia Tour
Pope Paul VI arrived in Colombo after a 2,600 mile Hong Kong leg on his Asia pilgrimage. A crowd of about 800000 greeted him at Katunayake airport 21 miles north of Colombo. Bandaranaike welcomed the pontiff while noting Sri Lanka’s cultural diversity and Buddhist reverence for snakes. He avoided politics, spoke of love and Christ as redeemer, and prepared for a Rome return.
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Award winner questions Nixon sincerity at White House
Debra Jean Sweet, 19, accepted a service medal from President Nixon then told him she doubts his sincerity about ending the Indochina war. She said she spoke as an individual and urged action, while Nixon said they were doing the best they can.
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Latin America
Vietnam
Nixon orders defector pleas protected by all agencies
President Nixon ordered federal agencies to prevent arbitrary or summary returns of would be defectors until asylum pleas are judged. The White House must be informed of any similar incidents, signaling a shift from State Department control after the November 23 Martha's Vineyard incident involving Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka.
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House panel clears Douglas in ouster probe
Washington reports the House Judiciary Subcommittee voted 3 to 1 to adopt a report finding no grounds to impeach Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. Critics pledged ongoing effort, citing past ties to gamblers and controversial writings as factors in the long campaign.
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Three Coast Guard officers relieved of their duties
In Boston three Coast Guard officers including 1st District commander Rear Adm. William B. Ellis were relieved during an investigation into the attempted defection of a Lithuanian seaman. Capt. Fletcher W. Brown Cmdr. Ralph W. Eustis and acting commander Capt. John V. Hume were involved in hearings in Cambridge with a full board. The transcript will be sent to Adm. Chester Bender with findings and recommendations.
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Ohio
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Thomas R. Sargent
Cambridge
Mass
Simas Kudirka
UPI
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William B. Ellis
Boston Herald-Traveler
Chester Bender
Fletcher W. Brown
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Ellis
Brown
Eustis
Bender
Cambodia amendment tacked onto arms bill in Senate
In Washington UPI reports a Senate amendment restricting Nixon over Cambodia was quietly added to a $66.4 billion arms bill. The move, which stalled the Senate last spring, is now advancing through Congress with little opposition and aims to curb the introduction of U S ground combat troops into Cambodia.
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Tropic of Cancer on Screen and Cambodian War Limits
A review notes Miller’s Tropic of Cancer as a film opening at Williams town College Cinema rated X with debate over its merit while The Postgraduate carries a sexual warning. Meanwhile Clint Eastwood stars in Kelly's Heroes at Cinema Theatre. A defense bill defense appropriations issue from the Senate backs a Cambodia ground troops ban with Cooper Church amendment, sparking White House pushback and Senate debate about presidential powers.
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Dartmouth alumnus Martin Remsen dies at Sea Island
Martin J. Remsen of Quebec Vermont a Dartmouth College alumnus who gave 1.75 million dollars in 1968 the largest living alumnus donation to the college up to that time died here on Wednesday at
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