Nixon China visit headlines spark TV audience and funds
Estimates place 60 million Americans watching Nixon in Peking on TV, with viewers comparing the figure to Sunday network audiences. Costs for the trip are pegged at least $300,000 for transport, with total figures unclear. Public opinion leans positive on the visit while questions linger on Vietnam timelines. A lighthearted note notes spitting as a Chinese custom and Mao buttons sell briskly. A toastmasters group awards Nixon a special silver gavel for his televised China speech.
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Secret Mail Scheme In Harrisburg Trial Widens
In Harrisburg AP report, Elizabeth McAlister testifies amid a six defendant case accusing involvement in secret mail drops to antiwar figures. The trial includes Sister Savard and Marymount affiliates discussing letters to Rev. Philip Berrigan and alleged plans to kidnap Kissinger. Rev. Daniel Berrigan in Danbury federal prison gained parole after 18 months, greeted by supporters and plans for a religious service.
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Lottery license drive amid nun led mail plot revelations
Federal jurors hear of a scheme involving lottery agents, nun informants, and antiwar letters from a prison cell. The Harrisburg Seven, including Berrigan and Sr McAllister, face charges of illicit mail networks and planned actions against draft boards and federal buildings. Boyd Douglas Jr. is cited as a key witness.
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Six on Trial in Athens Over Car Bombings
Six persons went on trial in Athens on charges of blowing up two American Cars just before Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived last Oct. 16.
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Senator Proxmire Hair Transplant Moves At Last
Washington AP reports Sen. William Proxmire plans hair transplants begun Tuesday night with expected two month treatments and about a year and a half for full growth. He says the change will be moderate and will not affect his duties. He declines interviews about his appearance as speculation swirls over the earlier eye injuries and possible cosmetic procedures.
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Viet Nam conflicts ease briefly as air strikes continue
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks slackened overnight while U S fighter-bombers conducted two strikes in South Vietnam. No signs of a large enemy withdrawal along the western borders with Laos and Cambodia were observed, though Communist command remained capable of a major offensive.
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Shapp withdraws push to oust Milk Board member Huber
Gov Milton Shapp reversed course and decided not to remove J Lin Huber from the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board. A hearing found no willful misconduct by Huber, citing that mistakes reflected changed circumstances and uninformed prior practices rather than fault by Huber or board staff.
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UPI
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J. Lin Huber
State Milk Marketing Board
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Carson Tonight show to move from New York to California
NBC confirms Johnny Carson and the Tonight show will relocate from New York to southern California in the spring. The first West Coast broadcast on a regular basis is set for May 1.
Soldiers gain police powers in Northern Ireland flare
In Belfast 15000 British soldiers were rearmed with police powers amid a reported Belfast shootout that proved a false alarm. London rushed a bill overturning a Northern Ireland high court ruling that the army could not order dispersal or search suspected individuals.
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Foes stall action on Mansfield Scott busing bill
Senate debate on a compromise busing desegregation measure is blocked by Southern Democrats and some Republicans. The amendment package would curb federal funding for desegregation busing and bar federal orders unless local officials request it, with a health and education impact clause.
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