U S and Israel Find Common Ground on Suez Talks
American and Israeli diplomats report convergence on key issues in reopening the Suez Canal. Secretary Rogers and Prime Minister Meir held a lengthy meeting while Dayan and Sisco discussed interim arrangements. Israel seeks security assurances and a token Egyptian force on the canal bank.
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Peter Grose
New York Times
Tel Aviv
United States
Israel
Suez Canal
Joseph J. Sisco
Cairo
United Arab Republic
William P. Rogers
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
Sisco
Egypt
U.S
Florida House Memo Bans Short Skirts For Female Staff
A recent Florida House memo restricts dress for all female employees citing modesty. The report notes lawmakers objected to hot pants and scooter skirts while two young women in short skirts near the Capitol drew attention and an elderly woman in a covered outfit crosses the street by the capitol steps.
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Florida House of Representatives
Capitol
Capitol Steps
Warrant Out For Al Capp
Dist Atty Lawrence W Durning said a warrant charging cartoonist Alfred G Kaplin known as Al Capp with morals offenses was issued by County Judge Thomas H Barland. Capp is accused of sodomy attempted adultery and indecent exposure related to an April 1 incident at a motel suite in Eau Claire. Capp denied the charges in a statement through his Boston attorney.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Lawrence W. Durning
al Capp
Eau Claire State University
Thomas H. Barland
Durning
Alfred G. Kaplin
Cambridge
Mass
Li’l Abner
Capp
Boston
Alfred Hockberg
Jurors Chosen To Decide Case Against Higdon
Five jurors were seated in the court martial of M. Sgt. William E. Higdon after dismissing two tentative jurors. Higdon faces charges of bribery larceny and graft tied to Army Service Clubs in Vietnam. The case also involves a Los Angeles grand jury indictment.
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Higdon
Redstone Arsenal
William E. Higdon
Millard D. Terry
John C. Winter, Jr
Donald E. Bennett
James W. Cape
Jerret R. Grisham
Vietnam
George F. Adamson
Adamson
Edward Hopper
Huntsville
Masonic Brotherhood
Hopper
Howard
George Little
Kenneth Howard
Robert Coon
East Point
Los Angeles
William C. Wooldridge
Army
Long Binh
Dollar Ban Lifted For China Trade
The United States lifts a generation-old restriction allowing the dollar in all transactions with mainland China and its people. The move, tied to Nixon’s policy to ease trade and financial controls, also relaxes shipping rules for foreign flag vessels and overseas oil fueling Red Chinese ships. A Commerce list of nonstrategic commodities to trade with Red China is expected soon.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington
United States
China
Treasury Department
Nixon
Treasury
U.S
Commerce Department
Nixons
Mariner 8 Prepares for Long Mars Mission
Caped Kennedy report says Mariner 8 launches toward Mars on a 287 million mile mission atop an Atlas Centaur rocket. It will orbit Mars after May 18 with Mariner 9, to follow, to map the planet for three months and search for signs of a possible primitive life environment.
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Cape
Kennedy
Fila
Mariner 8
Mars
Discovery
Mariner 9
Martian
Red Planet
Space Agency
Mariner
Burglars Hit Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant Office
Police report burglars broke into the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company plant office at 2001 Spring Ave SW on Friday night. Entry was through a back door hole and a burglar alarm sounded. Officers found no one inside and the value of stolen items remains undetermined pending plant inventory.
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Pepsi Cola Bottling Company
Spring Ave
Be An Informer Tips Reward at Decatur Daily
THE DECATUR DAILY invites readers to call in news tips with a chance to win weekly prizes. A winner receives five dollars plus a five dollar subscriber bonus if the tip is chosen. Call 353-4612 to participate.
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Decatur Daily
De Soto Reaches Mississippi River Near Memphis
On this date in 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto is credited with discovering the Mississippi River near what is now Memphis Tennessee. The calendar note sits amid daily items and notices in the paper.
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Hernando de Soto
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tennessee
Spotted Fever Rising in Eastern U S Says CDC Doctor
Dr. Allen P. Peters of the CDC reports in the May 10 JAMA that Rocky Mountain spotted fever is now more common in the East, with 498 cases in 1969 vs 298 in 1968. Virginia led with 91 cases and four deaths noted, marking a decade of rising tick borne disease despite antibiotics.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Allen P. Peters
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Journal of the American Medical Association
Peters
Virginia
South Atlantic
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Sth Ave
Decatur
John Byron Dillard
Rigel Dr
Bobby Herbert
Tennessee River
Wheeler National Refuge
Billy Smith
GO Power
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Robinson Furniture Co
Ave
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