Nixon and Brezhnev Open Historic Summit Talks
President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev began their second summit with pledges to pursue lasting world peace. The leaders arrived with security tight as demonstrations unfolded around Washington amid Watergate fallout and calls for Soviet Jewish emigration.
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Four Men Trapped In Mini Sub Near Key West
Four researchers remain trapped inside a small submarine on the Atlantic floor off Key West as oxygen dwindles. Navy divers battle wreckage and cold, carbon dioxide buildup while a stalled air chamber rescue struggle continues. Clayton Link, son of the sub’s designer Edwin Link, is among the crew, with two others in the rear compartment and two in the front.
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Fred T. Berry
Smithsonian Institution
Washington D.C
Archibald ‘Jock’ Menzies
Scotland
Robert Meek
Santa Barbara
Calif
Albert Stover
West Palm Beach
Fla
R.H. Bisbing
Maurer
Johnny-On-The-Spot Dean Faces Watergate Testimony
John W. Dean III prepares to testify before the Senate Watergate committee as the most likely witness to implicate President Nixon in the scandal. Previous testimony by Magruder and others describes Dean’s role in assembling Liddy and discussing intelligence gathering and the plan to misstate payments.
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Watergate Complex
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Feld
FBI
Vernon A. Walters
Central Intelligence Agency
Dollar plunges as euro currencies hit record lows
The U S dollar slid to new lows in France and Germany while gold rose near 2 dollars an ounce as Bank for International Settlements cautioned the dollar crisis could persist. London bullion centers saw gold climb to 122 an ounce, with the pound reaching 2 58 per dollar as Basel bankers warned of protracted reforms and ongoing inflation pressures.
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Basel
Switzerland
Bank For International Settlements
Skylab crew set record for longest space flight
Skylab 1 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz surpassed the Soyuz 11 record of 23 days 18 hours 22 minutes becoming history's longest flying space travelers at 3 22 a m EDT. The trio were 275 miles over Nigeria with four days remaining in their mission.
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Africa
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Red crabs seen as potential lobster savior off New England
Researchers from New Hampshire Massachusetts and Rhode Island report vast numbers of red crabs along the Atlantic shelf. The crabs taste sweet white with a reddish tint and could be caught with little gear modification, offering a new industry and easing pressure on lobster stocks.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Atlantic Coast
B.E. Barrett
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Robert J. Learson
National Marine Fisheries Service
Gloucester Mass
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Barrett
Midwest
Inside The Journal Business News Chuckle
A hundred years ago readers faced no laundries or dry cleaners and simply tore off their own buttons. The lighthearted note reflects on past household fixes and everyday frugality.
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