Senator Mansfield Describes China During 16 Day Visit
Senate Leader Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott returned from a 16 day trip to China describing it as a hard working orderly society with clean streets low crime and ample subsistence income. Mansfield noted factory wages about 22 dollars a month and free public schooling with low fixed food prices and free medical care. He observed bikes and buses as common transport, rare private cars, and rickshaws gone. He framed China as half empty by Western measures but half full when viewed in its own context and history.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
China
Mansfield
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Canton
People’s Hotel
Peking
No-Fault Auto Insurance Bill Dies In New York
Albany reports the Assembly Insurance Committee chairman withdrew the no-fault auto insurance bill amid opposition. Assemblyman John G. McCarthy said the effort cannot be amended to meet objectives while preserving the right to sue. The bill was deferred and set aside as adjournment looms.
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Albany
Assembly Insurance Committee
McCarthy
Assembly
Rockefeller
John Kingston
Bus Driver Charged After Fatal Crash
New City ap reports Joseph Larkin, a moonlighting NYC fireman, charged with five counts of criminally negligent death after a March 4 collision between a freight train and a school bus carrying Nyack High School students, killing five. Arraigned in Rockland County court, released in recognizance. trial set for July 5 with pretrial motions June 15.
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New City
N.Y
Joseph Larkin
Gilchrist Road
Nyack
Larkin
New York City
Manhattan
Timothy Gaines
Robert Meehan
Fire Department
Meehan
Common Market Vote Strengthens Lynch Hold in Ireland
Prime Minister Jack Lynch hailed a landslide yes vote of 1 036 890 to 211 908 in favor of joining the Common Market, saying it strengthens his mandate against the IRA. Sinn Fein officials vowed to continue the struggle in Northern Ireland, pledging economic resistance to Community policies as border tensions persist.
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Dublin
Jack Lynch
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Lynch
Ireland
Britain
IRA
Sinn Fein
Republic
Rory O'Brady
Europe
Fishing On Plane Triggers Police Response in Enfield
Enfield police rush five patrol cars and fire units after a Simsbury pharmacist, John Kevorkian, fishes shad from a red seaplane drifting on the Connecticut River near Enfield dam. The incident ends when the plane lifts off safely and flies away. In a separate item from Port Elizabeth, applicants for a new national ID are asked to provide birth year if full birth date is unknown.
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Enfield, Conn
Simsbury
John Kevorkian
Connecticut
Kevorkian
Springfield
Mass
Enfield
Enfield Dam
Fire Department
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Violence persists as British forces face Northern Ireland unrest
In Belfast a British soldier was killed by gunfire and two bombs wounded 39 people. Three more soldiers were wounded in Ballymurphy as gunmen were struck. Londonderry saw exchanges between soldiers and snipers with no injuries reported.
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Northern Ireland
Belfast
Ballymurphy
TRA
Londonderry
Convention Center Idea Aimed at Jobs in Chautauqua County
Mount Clemens Michigan AP report outlines a year round convention center for Jamestown area to reduce county unemployment. Proposed center would operate year round with summer water sports on Chautauqua Lake and winter sports at nearby resorts and attract private capital. Also notes 37 percent of West Germans avoid sports despite fitness push.
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Jamestown
Grossinger
Chautauqua County
Joseph Gerace
Gerace
Convention Center
Chautauqua Lake
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