Russia and Red China Open Talks On Borders
In Peking the Soviet diplomat Vasily Kuznetsov and Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan Hua opened border talks. They aim to avert armed clashes along a 4500 mile frontier with provisional measures including troop withdrawals and a demilitarized zone. The talks follow last month's Kosygin Chou En Lai summit and come amid contrasting public warnings and cautious diplomacy.
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Russia
Red China
Moscow
Peking
Tass
Radio Peking
Asahi
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
China
Kuznetsov
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Chiao Kuan-hua
Tass A8
Communist Party
Mikhail Suslov
Alexei N. Kosygin
Chou Enai
Chappaquiddickautopsy debate continues in Mass hearing
The hearing on the cause of death for Miss Kopechne resumed with doctors disputing drowning as the cause. Pathologist Mills testified the body showed water and foam consistent with drowning, while experts urged an autopsy for definitive findings. Witnesses noted Kennedy’s car scene and prior sightings as the case underscores legal scrutiny and inquest plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
Dinis
Kennedy
Dominick J. Arena
Edgartown
Mass
Mills
Armand Fernandes Jr
Miss Kopechne
Fernandes
Lee
Joseph Fi Flagan
Joseph A. Kaye
Berkeley Heights
Flanagan
Arena
Flannagan
Massachusetts
Eugene “Frieh
Forexs
Martha’a Vinéyard
Spellman
Christopher Lock ‘Jr
Dukes County
Chappaquiddick Island
Lock
Chappaquiddick Road
Look
Kopechne
Larksville
Pennsylvania
Australian agent links NCO clubs case to Vietnam service
Jane I. Skewes testified Higdon extended his Vietnam tour because he could not afford not to. Skewes said her firm paid more than $8,000 in kickbacks over two years. Cole, tied to NCC clubs’ Vietnam operations, led personnel and admin duties June 1966 to January 1968, supervising non-appropriated fund activities. Senate aides noted no formal subpoena, while investigators prepared interviews.
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Jane I. Skewes
Vietnam
Higdon
Miss Skewes
Ribicoff
Connecticut
Cole
Madison County
Neb
Army
Subcommittee
Senate
Carl C. Turner
Russians Tour United States With Apollo 8 Hero
Soviet cosmonauts begin a two week U S tour arriving at Kennedy Center and touring Houston Houston Disneyland San Diego San Francisco Detroit Williamsburg and Pennsylvania with astronauts Borman and wife Susan hosting. They aim to see the U S space program and enjoy American hospitality.
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American Space Center
Houston
Borman
Susan
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Moscow
Beregovoi
United States
Feoktistov
Voshkod
Berégovoi
Cyclamate bans ripple through stores and markets
Cyclamate faced a government ban affecting Diet Rite Cola and other products. Store managers refunded prices as manufacturers withheld returns, while chains such as A and P Grand Union and Pathmark paused cyclamate items. Abbott Laboratories and Miles Labs fell on the news, and sugar stocks rose as investors bet sugar would replace cyclamate in beverages.
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Grand Union
Supermarkets General Corp
Pathmark
General Foods Corp
Lakewood
Ohio
Detroit
Donald Barrett
Grocer Land
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Labs
Robert H. Finch
Department of ‘Health, Education and Welfare
Abbott
Miles Laboratories
Royal Crown Cola
Royal Crown
W.C. Durkee
PepsiCo
George Novallo
Moody’s Investors Service
American Sugar Co
Great Western United
SuCrest Corp
American Crystal Sugar
Amalgamated Sugar
Novello
Monsanto
Kremlin Welcomes New Czechoslovak Leadership In Moscow
Moscow rolls out artillery salutes and a flag bedecked welcome as Gustav Husak Oldrich Cernik and Ludvik Svoboda arrive for talks with Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny. Talks center on normalization and a possible basic political document with limited troop withdrawal likely. Soviet hope for economic rewards grows amid cautious Prague expectations.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Gustav Husak
Communist ‘Party
Oldrich ‘Cernik
Ludvik Svoboda
Svoboda
Alexander Dubcek
Communist Party
Prague
Vnukovo
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Tass
Laurie Hurricane Threatens Louisiana Gulf Coast
Laurie, an unusually late hurricane and the eighth of the season, drifted through the gulf at 8 mph. About 1,000 Plaquemines Parish residents and 1,500 Grand Isle residents were ordered to evacuate. Near-coast tides ran 3 feet above normal as emergency operations formed in New Orleans. Offshore oil crews were moved ashore while Cameron Parish closed schools and planned refugee provisions. Local officials prepared evacuation centers at McNeese State College Lake Charles as Laurie loomed inland with battering winds.
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Chicola
Fla
Laurie
Gulf
New Orleans
Plaquemines
Paris
Camille
Grand Isle
West Louisiana
National Guard
feAtenes
Plaquemines Parish
Franklin
Gulf of Mexico
Red Cross
Morgan City
Lafayette
Cameron Parish
Cameron
McNeese State College
Lake
Charles
Louisiana
Continental Oil Co
Senate hearing on U S Laos involvement praised as productive
Washington AP reports a Senate subcommittee began secret hearings on US Laos involvement. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield called the proceedings productive, educational and worthwhile. Leadoff witnesses included an informed figure in the early briefing.
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Washington
Senate
Laos
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Legislative push to adopt draft lottery and end bias
The proposal favors replacing the present oldest‑first method with a lottery to determine draft order. A one in six chance at 300 000 annual calls, or better odds if calls fall, is projected for 19 to 25 year olds. The plan envisions a 1.8 million pool next year and a shift to 19 year olds after a transitional year.
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Selective Service
Vietnam War Clashes Kill Nearly 850 Since July
A surge in Viet Cong and North Vietnamese operations has produced almost 850 deaths since July, with infiltrations moving through U Minh toward forested areas. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces halt crossings, while two marine battalions chase enemy units across swamps as the 21st Division expands sweeps. Separately in Saigon, a propane gas explosion and fire damaged the USO club downtown, forcing evacuations but causing no reported deaths or injuries.
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Delta
Chau Doc
Long Xuyen
U Minh
U.S
Saigon
USO Club
Tooftops
A.U.S
USO ‘ Club
Nobel Prize Awarded to An Organization Not a Person
The 1960s overview describes the ILO and its aims, noting its labor rights conventions and programs. It recalls criticism from U.S. business groups, and mentions past Nobel Peace Prize awards to organizations such as the International Red Cross, UNICEF, and the Nansen International Office for Refugees, highlighting the prize's history.
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The
TLO
International Institute For Labor Studies
Geneva
International Center For
Turin
Italy
International Labor Conference
ILO
U.S
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Afl-Cio
National Association of Manufacturers
Alfred Nobel
International’ Red Cross
U.N. Children’s Fund
U.N. High Commissioner For
American Friends Service Committee
Friends Service Council ‘of London
Nansen International Office For ‘Refugees
International Peace Bureau
Institute of International Law
Nixon backs Haynsworth in Senate confirmation fight
President Nixon urged senators to support Haynsworth after a Judiciary Committee review and urged critics to study all documents. Nixon defended Haynsworth as a man of integrity and dismissed conflict of interest charges raised by Bayh as sloppy staff work. Bayh cited the charges amid Republican opposition led by Griffin and Smith amid the confirmation debate.
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Nixon
Haynsworth
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Bayh
Indiana
Law labor study sparks Capitol Hill protest debate
Senators and lawyers clash over a time keeping program for government attorneys. Ervin calls it nitpicking while Kleindienst defends it as an efficiency measure modeled on private firms. The effort aims to prove attorneys are overworked and justify higher budgets as data guides reforms and possible broader use.
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Capitol Hill
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Kleindienst
Congress
Pellezzi
Marijuana debate cited by health officials on risks
Dr. Roger Egeberg of the Department of Health and Welfare called marijuana a rag with no medical value and a hallucinogen that poses clear risks to users and others. He argued there is no sound evidence that marijuana use alone leads to heroin or other powerful drugs, noting the effects of long term use remain unclear.
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Ingersoll
Roger
Egeberg
Secrecy of Health and Science
Afsa Department of Healthn and Welfare
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Central Intelligence Agency
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