Question and Answers in The Enterprise Advice Column
Readers ask about Gary Palmer or Arnold Palmer as tennis stars and learn no notable tennis figure named Palmer exists. Tulips need care. advise on repeating bloom, digging vs leaving, and suggestion Red Emperor as a repeater. Also notes on sex education, water company sign up, tax filing reminders, and framing a color photo stuck to glass with cautious, humorous commentary.
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Gary Palmer
D.C. A
Arnold Palmer
Gary Player
South Africa
U. S
Arthur Ashe
Palmer
R.C. A
Dear Readers Action Line Readers Request Volume
Letter column notes high volume of reader requests. editors aim to feature the most interesting items but cannot reply to every inquiry due to the large backlog.
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Action Line
Pompidou Faces Mixed Reception During Joint Congress Visit
French President Georges Pompidou arrives in Washington amid talk of a boycott by about 220 House members protesting France's sale of fighters to Libya. He defends the move, says France is not aligned with either side in the Middle East, and meets President Nixon before addressing Congress under heavy security and protest planning.
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Washington
Middle East
Georges Pompidou
Congress
House
Libya
Lester L. Wolff
Dn.y
Pompidou
United States
France
Israel
National Press Club
Ziegler
Nixon
White House
Europe
U.S
Bertram L. Podell
Torbert H. Macdonald
D-Mass
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
U S Army Hands Lai Khe Camp to ARVN in Vietnam Move
The United States transfers Lai Khe base camp 30 miles north of Saigon to the ARVN 5th Division as the 1st Infantry Division departs for the United States by April 15. Lt Gen Julian J. Ewell calls the shift symbolic of the war’s current course while two other U S divisions remain overseas.
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Lai Khe
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
U.S. 1St Infanty Division
United States
Ameri
Cans
5Th Division
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
ARVN
Julian J. Ewell
3Rd Corps
25Th Infantry
1St Air Cavalry
United Airlines plans engine redesigns by 1972 end
The airline intends to modify 665 engines with redesigned combustion chambers by year end 1972. U.S. and South Vietnamese commanders discuss unit replacements at Lai Khe as 5th ARVN division prepares to use part of the base. B52s pound eastern Laos while South Vietnam sees low enemy activity and a helicopter is shot down near the DMZ with one crewman killed.
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United Airlines
Saigon
Do Cao Tri
3Rd Corps
Lai Khe
U.S
Ewell
Laos
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
An Khe
Demilitarized Zone
Planned Parenthood Leader Argues Pregnancy Fatality Risk Higher Than Pill
In testimony to a Senate subcommittee, Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher claims pregnancy causes far more deaths among young women than oral contraceptives. He notes 20s and 30s age groups face higher mortality from pregnancy, cites illegals abortions with 100 per 100,000 death rate, and defends pills as life-saving.
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Washington
Planned Parenthood
Alan F. Guttmacher
Senate
Guttmacher
Gaylord Nelson
Dwis
U.S
United States
Kidnaped Girls Found Unharmed in Missouri near Kansas City
FBI reports two Alabama girls Tina Cain three and Tiffany two were recovered unharmed in Liberty Missouri a Kansas City suburb. One suspect John Charles Messick 22 Tucson Arizona arrested with three pistols found in his car. Another suspect Donald Bradford Lee Jones 23 sought in state and federal warrants.
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Kansas City
FBI
Alabama
John Charles Messick
Tucson
Ariz
Liberty
Tina Cain
Tiffany
Butler
Ala
Donald Bradford Lee Jones
Jones
Debra Cheryl Cain
Carl W. Dissly
Messick
Alan Cain
Leon Clark
Cain
Laurel
Miss
Dissly
G. W. Rozzell
Medicare cost ceilings proposed for hospital and physician fees
Nixon administration proposes ceilings on hospital and physician charges under Medicare and Medicaid. John G. Veneman outlined three hospital cost ceiling methods and urged a fee schedule rise tied to general medical cost trends, aiming to curb costs in federal programs.
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Washington
John G. Veneman
Veneman
Senate Finance Committee
North Carolina Democrats Reject National Fund Request
Raleigh based Democratic leaders reject a $50,000 contribution request from the national party as ridiculous and premature. State party chairman Gene Simmons says funds must come first for the state organization. Executive director Chuck Barbour notes the request came to former chairman Jimmy Johnson and awaits national party response.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Democratic Party
National Party
Gene Simmons
Simmons
Chuck Barbour
Jimmy Johnson
Students Riot In California At UC Santa Barbara
In Santa Barbara California crowds of demonstrators rioted overnight at the University of California campus injuring a patrolman and damaging property. Six youths were arrested as 15 fires and broken windows were reported amid reportedly organized activity before a scheduled William Kunstler speech on campus.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
University of California
William Kunstler
Kunstler
Los Angeles
UC System
Berkeley
Morton Duhurst
Avalanche survivors found as eight buried victims die
In Lans-le-Villard France a Paris dentist and his wife were rescued after nearly 24 hours under an avalanche that killed eight others. Firefighters used pneumatic hammers to reach the couple in the Hotel Grand du Signal second floor. Earlier two other missing people were found alive behind planks. Across the region 23 dead and 19 missing after avalanches in Lans-le-Villard Reckingen.
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Lans-Le-Villard
France
Paris
Reckingen
Switzerland
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