U S Asked To Postpone Visit To Venezuela
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Calvani said the government has asked the United States to postpone Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York's official visit to Venezuela. He cited potential strains in U S Latin American relations amid student riots during Rockefeller's four fact finding missions. Rockefeller was due to arrive Monday from Trinidad for the windup of his second tour.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Aristide Calvani
United States
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Calvani
Rafael Caldera
U.S
Rockefeller
Latin America
Nixon
Western Hemisphere
Trinidad
Falls Church Man Killed In Crash
John Thomas Washington 22 of Falls Church and John Larry Mason 19 of Valley Lee were killed in a head on collision on Maryland 249 in St. Marys County. Washington was driving the first car and Mason was in the other vehicle. Police reported two fatalities in the early Sunday crash.
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Callaway
Falls Church
St. Mary’s County
John Thomas Washington
Washington
Maryland
John Larry Mason
Valley Lee
Ocean's vast reach and the S shaped trough's volume
The Atlantic Ocean covers around one sixth of the Earth's surface. An S shaped trough holds about 83 million cubic miles of water, illustrating the planet's immense underwater geography.
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Atlantic Ocean
Miners Told Of New Freedom in Kentucky Union Hall
Dr. I E Buff, health and safety advocate from West Virginia, addressed about 800 miners in Lynch Kentucky. He framed freedom as relief from want, criticized plantation economy and high-interest rates, urged voters to elect Congressmen who will prioritize miners over corporate balance sheets.
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Lynch
I. E. Buff
West Virginia
Kentucky
Buff
Congress
Escapee Nickerson Apprehended. Spencer Still Sought
Morgantown authorities report 18 year old Leo F. Nickerson of Malden Mass. captured in his hometown after escaping two weeks ago from the Robert F Kennedy Youth Center. A second escapee William Spencer 18 of Portsmouth Ohio remains at large as police continue the search.
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Morgantown
Leo F. Nickerson
Malden
Mass
Robert F. Kennedy
Nickerson
William Spencer
Portsmouth
Ohio
Spencer
Private Mint Shortage Triggers US Coin Worries
Private mints producing tokens misnamed as coins spark a Mint Bureau crisis as penny production climbs to 70 percent of fiscal year totals and dime inventories freeze by June. Eva Adams warns of slugs and tokens circulating as money, with banks rationing pennies and odd‑sized substitutes appearing nationwide.
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Alan Emory Washington
NANA
United States Mint
Mint
Eva B. Adams
Congress
Lincoln
Franklin
Miss Adams
United States
House Appropriations
Mint Bureau
Federal Reserve
Bureau
Adams
Treasury
Eugene Rassides
Columbia University Athletic Star
Thurmond urges Justice Douglas resignation over Parvin case
Sen. Strom Thurmond released a constituent newsletter arguing Justice William O. Douglas should resign. He cites nearly $85,000 in Parvin Foundation fees, gambling assets, a falsified tax return, and $5,000 lecture fees to controversial figures, calling Douglas a front for gambling interests and anti democratic figures.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Supreme Court
William 0. Douglas
Thurmond
Justice Douglas
Douglas
The
Parvin Foundation
Las Vegas
Internal Revenue Service
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Teodoro Moscoso
Center For the Study of
Center
National Conference For New Politics
Postal Changes Opposed by Virginia Letter Carriers
Norfolk AP reports about 400 members of the Virginia Association of Letter Carriers ended a three day conference with a resolution opposing the Nixon administration plan to convert the Post Office Department into a self supporting government owned corporation. J Stanley Lewis of the National Association of Letter Carriers denounced the plan as illusory and warned it would force service cuts or higher mail rates.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Nixon
Post Office Department
Virginia Association of Letter Carriers
J. Stanley Lewis
National Association of Letter Carriers
Postal Service
Lewis
Post Office
Governor urges peaceful service as Marshall graduates warned
Gov Arch Moore Jr urged Marshall University's 1301 graduates to avoid campus riots as a means to change rules. He warned that laws can be changed but riot cannot, and noted the upcoming Board of Regents selection. Brig Gen Charles Yeager and Sol Hurok received honorary degrees.
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Huntington
Arch Moore Jr
Marshall University
Moore
Board of Regents
West Virginia
Marshall
Charles Yeager
Hamlin
W.va
Sol Hurok
New York
Hurok
Oil pipeline blast seen as warning to Saudi aid flows
Israelis view the ARAMCO line blast in the Golan Heights as a warning to Saudi Arabia over aid to Arab guerrillas, while Lebanese and Beirut press suggest the message targets U S oil interests. The strike on the 23 million ton capacity line from Saudi fields to Sidon followed claims by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
United States
Tel Aviv
Saudi Arabia World
al Fatah
Arabian American Oil Company
Aramco
Golan Heights
Syria
Ries
Mediterranean
Sidon
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Beirut
le Jour
Middle East
Garden Club Conducts May Meeting in Hale Avenue Home
Mountain State Garden Club held its May session at Mrs. G. T. Brock’s Hale Avenue home with president Hedrick Bonham leading the club pledge. Officers reported, yearbooks were distributed, and plans discussed for City Beautification and a rummage sale.
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G. T. Brock
Mabel Bonner
Mountain State Garden Club
C. L. Blevins
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Dan Riordan
Riley
Petaluma
Calif
San Francisco
Riordan
California
Case
Singer
Omarrow
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
W. Va
Singer Company
Tonga
Pacific
Associated Press
McClure Syndicate
Garden Club
Hollywood
Cohen Drug
Goodykoontz Rexall
Bland and
South Streets
Prescription Chemists
Philco
Philgo
Ford Corporation
Roanoke St. Bluefield, W. Va
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