Navy orders equal opportunity from top to bottom
Navy leaders demanded strict equal opportunity enforcement at all levels after a Pentagon meeting with 80 to 90 admirals and Marine generals. Simultaneously Nixon reviews foreign policy machinery in Florida, while Thieu insists on total North Vietnamese troop pullout in any peace. Dow hits all time high on peace hopes. London face bombs prompt security concerns. Congress sees rotating chairmen in several key committees.
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Washington
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
John Warner
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr
Naval Operations
Pentagon
Dow Jones hits 1000 intraday high for first time
The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose past 1000 to a new intraday peak on Friday, then slipped but finished at a fresh closing high.
Death claims Dr. Clements in Princeton hospital
Dr. Bernard St. Clair Clements, a Mercer County physician and pioneer, died Friday night at Princeton Community Hospital after years at Glenwood Methodist Home. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Seaver Mortuary in Princeton.
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Bernard St. Clair Clements
Mercer County
Princeton Community Hospital
Glenwood Methodist Home
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Tazewell Man Found Dead in Thompson Valley
The elderly Charles Walker Bowling age 82 of Rt. 1 Tazewell was found dead Friday evening in a wooded area behind Pleasant Hill Church in Thompson Valley. An autopsy was ordered and funeral arrangements are incomplete at Greever Funeral Home. Deputy R A Brewster identified the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Thompson Valley
Tazewell County
Thieu Holds Firm on Peace Plan After Haig Talks
U S envoy Haig met Thieu in Saigon for two hours amid pressure to accept a cease fire plan. Thieu demanded full withdrawal of North Vietnamese troops, disputing U S estimates of 125 000 to 140 000. A Saigon official warned against any secret agreements and urged all troops to withdraw north.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Washington
Haig
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Indochina
U.S
Republic of Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
Letter Bomb Attacks Continue Across London and Abroad
Scotland Yard warned the bombs may be part of a global consignment. Indian police have intercepted at least 24 letter bombs in Bombay and New Delhi. The Black September group is blamed for attacks linked to the Munich Olympic killings. An Israeli diplomat was killed last September. another victim, diamond dealer Vivian Prins, suffered severe injuries. No further injuries reported in London locations including Mayfair and Golders Green.
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London
India
Geneva
Scotland Yard
Matt Rodger
Special Branch
Bombay
New Delhi
Rodger
Munich
Ami Shachori
Vivian Prins
Hennigs
Britain
Prins
Mayfair
Golders Green
Viet Air Strikes Rise As Ground Fighting Lessens
U S air power doubles in the southern panhandle of North Vietnam with 180 strikes and 352 more south of the DMZ as ground fighting stays light. Haig meets Thieu who insists on full North Vietnamese troop withdrawal before any cease fire, while U S cargo planes deliver vast supplies to Saigon and Tan Son Nhut.
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Saigon
United States
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
U.S
Nixon
Alexander Haig Jr
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
North
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Washington
20Th Parallel
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnams
Dmz
Tan Son Nhut
Republic of Vietnam
Dow Jones Hits All Time High Amid Election Hopes
The Dow Jones average surged to a new peak surpassing 1000, with an intraday high of 1001.43 and the closing figure tallied at 1007.15 after 30 stocks averaged. Volume on the NYSE reached 24.36 million shares as ticker timing lag persisted.
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New York
Nixon
Nixof
Dow
New York Stock Exchange
Nixon and aides study reshaping foreign policy machinery
President Nixon and advisers Henry Kissinger H R Haldeman and John Ehrlichman review the budget and personnel of all departments agencies and commissions with foreign policy roles. They consider creating a White House commission to oversee and coordinate the policy apparatus as Nixon plans his second term steps ahead of the January inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Florida White House
Henry Kissinger
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
R. Haldeman
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Commerce and Agriculture
Itinerant family questioned in nationwide murders and robberies
Five wanderers linked to a cross country series of homicides and robberies were questioned in Santa Barbara. Police noted multiple deaths and robberies across Florida, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Nevada, Utah and Colorado, with investigations under way in Wyoming and Oregon.
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Santa Barbara, Calif
Santa Barbara
Charles Thompson
Thompson
Ginger McCrary Taylor
Wyoming
Oregon
Ginger Taylor
Lakewood
Colo
Danny McCrary
Dallas
Tex
Colorado
Texas
Australian welder leaves Russia after brief stay seeking good life
John Doohan an Australian welder arrived in Leningrad with his family in search of a good life but left for London after three weeks. He cited difficulties with the Soviet diet and a Siberia job offer as reasons for departing. They sought exit visas through the Australia Embassy and retained their passports.
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Moscow
Russia
West
John Doohan
London
Siberia
Perth
Doohan
Leningrad
Doohans
Australia
Britain
Haysi High Student Dies After Sudden Illness
A 17-year-old Haysi High School student, David Lee O’Quin, died two hours after illness at school. An autopsy was performed with cause pending. Funeral services set for Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Haysi High Gym. Burial in O’Quin Cemetery Bee Virginia. Funeral home in charge.
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Haysi High School
David Lee O’quin
Arthur O’quin
Rt. 1
Clinchco
Haysi Hospital
Linda Bostick
Vansant
Wanda Edwards
Elizabeth Sherwood
Warren, Mich
Betty May O’quin
Althea O’quin
Charles
Anthony O’quin
Gobel Rose
Carl Rose
Clayton Hay
O’quin
Bee
Lick Creek Freewill Baptist Church
Steve Counts
Earl Dean Yates
Barney Mullens
Jackie Nowlin
Ronnie Colley
Bobby Rainey
Haysi Funeral Home
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Charles E. Trimble
National Congress of American Indians
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Diurfield
Washngton
House
Rules
Rules Committee
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Ray J. Madden
D-Ind
Democratic House
Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Peter W. Rodine, Jr
Iine
Celler
William O. Douglas
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
McCulloch
George P. Miller
D-Calif
Miller
Science and Astronautics Committee
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
Veterans Affairs Panel
Wall Street
Dr. Clements
Ellsworth Bunker
Tin Song
Presidential
Paris
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Saigon Radio
Bridge
Dear Abby Teen
Dixon
Giles County
Jack O
Brian Er
Telegraph-ete
DOW Jones
Export- Import Bank
Warren
Sherman McCrary
Inlaw
Carl Raymond Taylor
California
San Quentin
Carolyn McCrary
Danny
Daugh
Haysi
Southern University
New Orleans
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