Mururoa Testing Ground for French Nuclear Bomb
A Reuters report aboard the New Zealand frigate Otago describes Mururoa atoll in French Polynesia as France plans its seventh series of nuclear tests. The piece notes Agataufa Tureia and Anna as nearby test facilities and discusses the international protest and historical context in the Pacific.
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Otago
Reuter
Mururoa
South Seas
Atoll
French Polynesia
France
New Zealand
South Pacific
Sahara
Algeria
Polynesia
de Gaulle
Tahiti
Tuamoto-Gambier Island
Agataufa
Tureia
Anna
James Cook
William Bligh
South Sea
Pacific
Building Projects Change Face Of China In Peking
Hundreds of workers in Peking press ahead with a spring building boom described as the biggest in a decade. New projects include a modern terminal for the airport, a multi story hotel beside the Forbidden City, a long distance telephone building, road overpasses, housing, schools and hotels.
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China
Peking
Capitals
Forbidden City
Peking Hotel
Sihanouk
Legation Street
St. Michaels Church
French truckers savor meals as Routier guide marks 40th year
France hosts 4000 Relais Routiers serving 70 million meals under three dollars each. The Routier guide rates 130 eateries with The Casserole honor for top cooking, welcome, and price. Pierre Langlois, 34, won first annual driver’s award at Hotel De La Poste Varzy. The guide, founded in 1933 by Vicomte Francois De Saulieu, blends travel and gastronomy.
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Paris
France
Relais Routiers
Routier
Truckers Union
Relais
Pierre Langlois
Hotel de la Poste
Varzy
Langlois
the Drivers Union
Guide Book Were
Vicomte
Francois de Saulieu
Journa
Police Wage Traffic War
East Berlin police crack down on dangerous driving and drunken driving with harsh penalties. In 1971 drunk driving caused eight percent of road accidents and 14.1 percent of deaths, with 21,000 licenses confiscated.
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Derek Parr
East Berlin
Reuter
East Germany
Fake Swiss Watches Spark Global Counterfeit Alarm
World wide sale of watches bearing the words Swiss made has risen as fakes from Italy Hong Kong and elsewhere flood markets. Swiss officials inspect Singapore as a countermeasure while industry leaders warn even high end brands are copied and sold in reputable shops.
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Singapore
Reuter
Switzerland
Italy
Hong Kong
India
Pakistan
Jean Benoit
Interpol
M. D. A. Thomas
Swiss Watch Manufacturers Federation
South Africa
Indonesia
Willy Saladin
Swiss Watch Industry Information and Technical Center
NATO Agrees To Start Troop Cut Talks In Central Europe
After five months of Vienna diplomacy, NATO and the Warsaw Pact consent to begin talks on reducing troops in central Europe with October 30 as the planned start. The pact's handling drew concern from small nations and amid U S Soviet contacts critics warned of back room deals.
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Vienna
Reuter
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Europe
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Washington
Romania
Belgium
U. S
Hungary
Russia
U.S
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