Brezhnev Powers Move to Purge Soviet Ranks
Moscow AP reports the Soviet Communist Party endorsed Brezhnev’s plan to exchange party cards, a purge tactic Stalin used to trim millions. The measure, to be carried out by the central committee, could accelerate Brezhnev’s rise by removing disloyal members and sharpening discipline.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Josef Stalin
Brezhnev
Pravda
Soviet Union
Cdy
Central Committee
Amarchari
Table Tennis Players Cross into Red China
Fifteen Americans from the 1 8 table tennis squad crossed into Communist China from Hong Kong for exhibitions and sightseeing. They were welcomed by Chinese officials and will visit factories and possibly farms, with matches planned in Peking and Shanghai.
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China
Hong Kong
Rafford Harrison
Wilmington
Del
Harrison
Graham Steenhoven
Detroit
Peking
Hanes
Shanghai
Nanking
Adinistry
Jaim Roderick
Associated Press
John Rich
Jack Reynolds
NBC
U.S. Tables Tennis Assn
Japan
Chairman Mao
Jack Howard
Seattle
John Tannehill
Middleport
Ohio
Guilty Plea by Ex Army Police Chief
Retired Major General Gail Turner, former provost marshal general and chief U S marshal for a period, pleaded guilty to soliciting 136 firearms from Chicago police for himself. Sentencing deferred. Turner released on bond. Several charges dismissed per government recommendation. Turner faces separate tax evasion trial set for June 7.
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Alexandria
Gail Turner
Alec
Arty
Chicago
U.S
Oren. Lewis
Turner
Ely
Springsfield
Justice Department
Senate
Senate Permanent Investigations
Kansas City
Army
Students Spend Vacation Aiding Less Fortunate in Nevada Missouri
Nearly 100 students from 10 colleges participate in a week long program in Nevada Missouri aiding the less fortunate. They target a day care center, elderly and disabled individuals across 17 welfare sites, plus youth center cleanup. Students stay at a Sisters of St Francis school and share meals in the cafeteria. Attendance includes religious events and the schedule is modest.
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Nevada
Astern
Sisters of St. Francis
Brooke says Nixon vows no war burden on 1972 campaign
Senator Brooke of Massachusetts reports that President Nixon told him Republican candidates will not campaign under a burden of the war in 1972. The remark frames the GOP strategy as removing wartime strain from candidates.
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Boston
Brooke
R-Mass
Nixon
First Black GM Director Breaks With Board Over South Africa
Philadelphia AP report notes Rev. Leon Sullivan the first Black GM director publicly opposing the board in a proxy statement. Sullivan supports closing GM plants in South Africa, arguing it serves the corporation and country despite the board’s stance. He says this marks the first opposition recorded on the proxy list and urges shareholders to back the Church resolution criticizing racial separation.
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Philadelphia
General Motors Board of Directors
South Africa
Leon. Sullivan
Hielp
America
Sullivan
Episcopal Church
Jerusalem Rejoices as Passover Pilgrims Flood City
Hazes, crowds fill Jerusalem for Passover and Easter observances the first since the 1967 war. Thousands pray at the Western Wall as Christians, Catholics, Protestants, and Greek Orthodox join in rites, with Pope Paul VI leading Good Friday cross ceremony in Rome and a series of Holy Land observances planned through Easter.
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Jerusalem
Holy City
Middle End
Old City
Msgr
G. G. Belliik
Church of the Holy Sepulche
Mark
Jesus
Rome
Faut VI
Christ
Holy Land
Peleiavel
Moly
Israel
King mackerel bites fisherman in Empire coast trip
In Empire Louisiana Chuck Gogreve 24 was fishing when a king mackerel leaped from the water and bit his arm. The fish landed back in the boat and required nine stitches, but Gogreve called the catch the day’s biggest.
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Empire, la
Chuck Gogreve
Louisiana
New Orleans
Gogreve
Nixon to seek $64.3 million for 100000 summer jobs
President Nixon will ask Congress for an extra 64.3 million dollars to fund nine weeks of summer work at 4.80 per hour for about 414000 high school youths in impoverished areas through the Neighborhood Youth Corps.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Chuckle Pome Addresses Woman Question With Snappy Answer
A lighthearted verse wonders how men could live without women and playfully suggests life would be cheaper. The piece ends with a cheeky nod to marriage dynamics and social norms of the era.
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Pome
Elevator at Clayton Must Move Its Site
Des Moines reports a grain elevator on the Mississippi River, heavy with last year's business, facing a mandated relocation. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that contractual restrictions prevent its use for industrial or commercial purposes, while a separate village battle saw U.S. helicopter airlifts assist a beleaguered outpost near Pleiku as North Vietnamese forces pressed attacks in the central highlands.
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Cheryl Arvidson
DES Moines
UPS
Mississippi
Saigon
Iowa Supreme Jet
U.S. Army
Grayson
Brian Thacker
Mawail
Pleiku
Jett
Jen
Dal To
Pattison Bros Grain Terminal Faces High Court Challenge
The Pattison brothers grain terminal project near Claylot spurred a legal dispute with A J Johnson who sued after learning land near his home would not remain residential only. Villa Madad Inc previously sold land with non commercial promises but title later omitted such restrictions. Johnson had purchased land based on those assurances.
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James Pattison
High Court
A. J. Johnson
Johnson
Pattison
Dean Jones
Jones
Lam
Villa Ma Elad, Inc
Pattison Bros
Jahnson
Thien lauds South Vietnam troops in Lan invasion
SAIGON RP reports President Thien praised South Vietnamese forces for the Lan invasion and said the campaign fully disrupted Hanoi’s plans for 1971, signaling a strategic shift in the war effort.
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Saigon
Thien
Lan
North Vietnam
A Weird Flight and Weird Reason for It
Captain Herb Stover and co pilot Tom Zinn faced a strange incident on a 33 000 foot flight from New Orleans to New York. A thump in the cockpit persisted despite normal instruments. The crew continued to New York after a passenger reportedly locked herself in the forward lavatory for about 20 minutes before the unusual event ended.
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UPI
Herbert
Smokey Stover
Eastern Airlines
New Orleans
New York
Stover
Tom Zinn
Zinn
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