No Bitterness Felt By Bishop Walsh In Hong Kong
Bishop James Edward Walsh, 79, said he never expected to be freed from a Communist Chinese prison and denied spy charges. From a wheelchair in Hong Kong, he expressed love for the Chinese people and showed no bitterness toward Peking after 12 years in confinement.
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Optimistic Nixon See Economy Rebound This Year
President Spore orates confidence in a late year economic upturn despite a persistent dip in the industrial index. The briefing lists top advisers Budget Director Schultz and others as optimistic, while the Fed reports a 0.3 percent drop in May industrial production to the lowest since 1968, the ninth decline in 11 months.
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Cambodian Troops Withdraw After Ammunition Shortage
Cambodian forces retreated from Kirirom after six days of costly counterattacks against guerrillas who seized the hilltop village. A government spokesman said ammo shortages forced the withdrawal and noted Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks on a government depot at Long Vek while Saigon reported 18,000 troops in Cambodia killed 33 guerrillas near the border. The fight for Highway 4 remains a strategic objective as skirmishes spread around Siem Reap and areas south of Phnom Penh.
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Senate approves $1 billion land claims settlement for Alaska natives
The Senate passed by 76 to 8 a bill to give Alaska Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts $1 billion in cash and land, with $500 million cash over 12 years and $500 million from oil and mineral resources, plus 10 million acres of land. Walter J. Interior Hickel called it a great victory and urged quick House action. The House supported a separate anticrime bill for the capital with no knock and preventive detention provisions.
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Slaying of Kansas City Black Leader Shocks City
Leon M. Jordan, prominent Kansas City Black leader and former police officer, was shot to death near the Green Duck Tavern. Jordan helped Liberia reform its police and co-founded Freedom Inc. with Bruce Watkins to elect Black officials. The motives remain unclear as witnesses disagree and authorities, including the FBI, investigate.
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UPI
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Missouri General Assembly
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Freedom, Inc
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Lee Bohannon
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South Korea Opposes U S Troop Reduction
South Korea's National Assembly unanimously opposes a U S troop reduction in Korea arguing it would invite North Korean provocation. The body urged the United States to honor pledges from 1966 and maintain the 64 000 troops amid rising North Korean threat.
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Westmoreland Says Cambodia Drive Deters Major Viet Offensive
UPI dispatch reports Gen. William C. Westmoreland, chief of staff, says the Allied push into Cambodia has deprived Communist forces of capacity for a large scale attack in the Saigon area and III Corps. He notes northern regions may still face guerrilla actions as Vietnamization progresses and disengagement continues. A separate UPI item from Honiton, England, notes Keith Hooper, 22, fined $4.80 for displaying a beer label on his ears with a shield-like sticker.
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Nixon to sign bill aiding shaky papers with joint operations
The White House said President Nixon will approve a bill to exempt financially troubled newspapers from antitrust laws, enabling 22 cities to form joint operating agreements for mechanical, advertising and business departments while keeping editorial work separate. The Senate passed the measure by voice vote, and future agreements require Justice Department approval.
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Troops Possible In UK Dock Strike Crisis
London reports Prime Minister Heath convened cabinet to draft emergency measures and authorize troops in a national seaport shutdown by Britain's 47,000 longshoremen. Talks break as 40 ports halt operations over an 80 percent pay demand, with union leader Jack Jones warning a prolonged strike.
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