Nixon Calls For Unity In St Louis Speech Tone
President Nixon urged Americans to unite and stop divisions while in St Louis. He discussed race relations and the generation gap, pledged a future Cambodia report, and announced a live TV Q A with three networks. He spoke off the cuff to 14 000 Jaycees at the 50th anniversary convention.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
America
St. Louis
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Ill
Washington
Marine Air
Here
U.S
Cambodia
United States Jaycees
Billy Graham crusade draws 35000 at Shea Stadium
New York AP reports Billy Graham drew about 35 000 at Shea Stadium for the second of five rallies with a Youth Night. Many attendees shared lifelong devotion and personal faith stories while 315 chartered buses carried more than 15000 youths to the event and about 3000 made commitments during the altar call.
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New York
Country
Billy Graham
Christ
Christene Ewert
Hillsboro
Kan
Shea Stadium
Richard M
Peke’ Gunn
Knoxville
Tenn
Friends
Waldorf Astoria
Susan Scheerer
Knoxtimid
Ville
Ind
Shea
Gandy Dancers and the Name Origin of a Railroad Section Gang
A railroad gandy dancer is described as a work ere in a section gang. One theory suggests the colorful name came from the gander like tremulations of a man tamping ties.
Strategic river maneuver to choke Cambodian and Vietnamese supply lines
Analysts discuss using Cambodian troops to seal the Mekong Se Kong junction, cutting off upper supply routes and impacting Vietnamization. Challenges include diplomatic, staff hurdles and heavy fighting, with potential parallels to Shiloh era river strongholds.
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Mekong
Se Kong
Sihanoukville
U.S
Shiloh
Henry and
Donelson
Whaling Faces Decline As Markets Shrink Worldwide
London reports at the International Whaling Commission conference describe a collapsing market for whaling. quotas drop from 16000 to 2700 Antarctic kills since 1952 and Norwegian expeditions fall to one last season. many species near extinction with 2 million killed since 1900. Dr Colin Holloway notes last year’s quota not met and sees recovery if kept.
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International Whaling Commission
London
Ronald G. Wall
British
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Commission
Norway
Colin Holloway
Drugs Harmful to Unborn: Cites Placental Transfer Risks
Dr. Mary Louis Soentgen warned at the American Medical Association meeting that many drugs given to pregnant women can harm the fetus. She noted that drugs and their breakdown products can cross the placental barrier and cause death, malformations, growth retardation, or illness, with withdrawal risks if initiated before birth.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Mary Louis Soentgen
American Medical Association
Soentgen
Atlantic rower completes 6000 mile journey to Miami
Sidney Genders, a 51 year old Briton, rowed 6000 miles from Penzance to Miami in 166 days with stops in Las Palmas and Antigua. He received a 90 day visiting permit after docking, citing water shortages and chafing from constant movement. He weighed 185 pounds, down from 200, and planned to prove age is no barrier.
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Dennis Friel
Associated Press
MIAMI
England
U.S
Sidney Genders
Genders
Atlantic
Antigua
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John Chancellor
NBC
Eric Severeid
Howard K. Smith
ABC
Pat
Newport Beach
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Charles Manson
Susan Atkins
Santa Monica
Cal
Manson
Miss Atkins
Gary Hinman
Graham ‘Deaks
God
Graham
Gandy Dancer
Dr. Soentgen
Thomas Jefferson University
Ished
Penzance
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
British West Indies
Sidney
Ephoto
R. Harrison - Contracto
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