Agnew Visits Thieu and Hails Troops in Saigon
Vice President Spiro Agnew visited Vietnam on New Year's Day, telling U S troops at a model Vietnamisation camp that the American people support them 100 percent. He met President Thieu at the Presidential Palace, then flew to a base 30 miles northwest of Saigon and planned to stay overnight. He was to continue to Taipei the next day.
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Vice President's Vietnam visit boosts troops morale
The Vice President told US troops at Fire Base Kein that Americans back home are "100 per cent" proud of them and urged endurance. He then toured Fire Base Patton with commanders and later met President Marcos in Manila to discuss renegotiating treaties and the Nixon doctrine.
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Wine Talk Holiday Drinks and Penfolds Recipes
A festive Wine Talk feature recommends icy drinks and desserts for the holiday season. It promotes Penfolds HR SA Riesling Bin 700 and Hunter Valley Blanquette Bin 700, plus a Grape Water Ice and Syllabub recipe using Penfolds Flor Sherry and other ingredients. Readers are invited to request a free Wine Talk cookbook and SIBON leaflet by writing to Penfolds Wines at 634 Princes Highway Tempe NSW 2044.
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Annual Review Warns Agnew Threatens Press Freedom
The International Press Institute reports the US Vice President Agnew posed the era's most serious threat to Western press freedom last year. The survey cites attacks on television and biased news, notes President Nixon's office as potential source, and highlights deteriorating press freedom in South America and South Vietnam while praising Rhodesia and France's stance after de Gaulle.
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Reagan OKs Seale Extradition to Connecticut Murder Case
Governor Ronald Reagan approved the extradition of Black Panther leader Bobby Seale to Connecticut to face murder charges in the killing of a Panther member believed by the group to be a police informer. Seale, 33, has been held in San Francisco custody for months after his arrest.
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Tumor safari reveals virus link to cancer claims
A Ugandan surgeon leads a determined effort suggesting a viral cause for cancer, a finding highlighted as a landmark in medical history. The tale forms part of Reader's Digest January issue featuring 26 stories, including this dramatic account of medical discovery.
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Parents charged in LSD incident with toddlers
In San Francisco a couple, John R. Wilson 27 and Christine 25, were charged with possession of dangerous drugs and endangering the health of minors. Police filed the complaint after their two young children, a one year old son and a two year old daughter, were taken to a hospital after ingesting LSD coated sweets.
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United Press International
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World's Rarest Stamp to be Auctioned in New York
The 1856 British Guiana one cent magenta stamp, the only example known, will be auctioned in New York on March 24. It last sold privately in 1941 for about 550000 pounds and is expected to bring at least 200000 dollars. The stamp is printed in black on magenta paper and known as the Mona Lisa of philately. It was found in 1873 by Vernon Vaughan in British Guiana.
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Stormy years predicted as 1970s rise in world revolts
China warned the 1970s would be stormy with fierce battles between revolutionary and counter revolutionary forces worldwide. The joint editorial in People's Daily Red Flag Journal and Liberation Army Daily, released by Xinhua and broadcast by Radio Peking, pledges to support world revolution against US and Soviet led imperialism and vows to liberate Taiwan while stressing peaceful coexistence in foreign relations.
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Half leaders purged in Mao era upheaval
Tass reported that at least half of the Chinese Communist Party leadership was purged in Mao Tsetung’s cultural revolution. Survivors aligned with revolutionary committees now wield power as the military dominates. This followed Sino-Soviet border talks that began in Peking October 20, with negotiations recessed until December 14 and to resume soon.
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New York Transport Strike Postponed Four Hours
New Yorks 35000 bus and subway workers strike was postponed for four hours as employers and union reps seek a new work contract. Mediation head Theodore Khel said progress led to a deadline extension to midnight AEST. The dispute centers on the 20c fare and plans to subsidize transport via state taxes. London likewise called off a one day halt of bus and tube services.
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Transplant man in New York in serious condition after operation
Edward Falk, 43, the second person to receive a heart and lungs transplant, was reported last night in serious condition at a New York hospital with breathing complications. He had been progressing after a 3 hour Christmas Day operation that used the heart and lungs of a 50 year old woman.
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Edward Falk
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Kennedy to testify at Chappaquiddick inquest
Senator Edward Kennedy is expected to testify among more than 20 witnesses at the inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne's death on Chappaquiddick Island. Kopechne, 28, died July 18 when a car driven by Kennedy left a narrow bridge and entered a tidal pond.
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Malaysia 30 Safe After Ship Sinks Near Tawau
Captain William Owen and 29 crewmen of the Panamanian registered cargo vessel Hares arrived in Tawau in two lifeboats after the ship sank about 120 miles southeast of Tawau following a severe leak on Tuesday. The Hares, in service since 1944 and owned by Kinabatangan Su of Hong Kong, left Surabaya bound for Hong Kong. No explosion occurred as the hold and engine room flooded.
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Malaysia
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Associated Press
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Absenteeism hits ports and industry on New Year
British ports and industry faced heavy absenteeism on New Year’s Day amid a flu wave. At Liverpool only one coaster and 62 deep sea ships were idle, 454 dockers showed, and port work nearly halted. Hull standstill left nearly 3,000 dockers off duty, with nearly 40 ships idle and some haulage warnings issued. Ford Halewood kept day-shift output amid over 50 percent absence, about 400 vehicles lost. London hospital admissions fell slightly but remain high, with 280 admitted yesterday after 381 the day before.
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Shooting in Glasgow links to bank robbery case in Scotland
In Glasgow two ex policemen and a third man appeared in court charged with murdering a detective and wounding two officers after a Tuesday shooting near a bank heist four miles away. The trio were remanded after a 30 second hearing as investigators combed the scene and sought the killer’s motive. In New York a Harlem man died after a police tear gas attack and a fire from a gunfire exchange.
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John Sim
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Angus McKenzie
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Hill
Secrets of war spill from archived papers
London reports published documents reveal Britain pressed France to act quickly before Germany’s 1939 invasion of Poland. Goering diplomacy, Henderson clashes, and Churchill misjudgments on Singapore defense are detailed in nearly 2000 Foreign Office and Cabinet volumes.
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Poland
United Press International
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Neville] Henderson
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