Nixon in China parley shows chilly reception and tobacco paradox
President Nixon lands in Peking to a muted welcome as Mao meets him at the airport and crowds are sparse. A paradox emerges as the United States fights tobacco while protecting tobacco farmers against discriminatory taxation, suggesting government support for an industry it seeks to curb.
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Nixon
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
China
Soviet Union
Russia
Moscow
America
United States
Europe
Hijackers Hold Plane With RFK's Son Aboard
Palestinian hijackers seized a West German jet in Aden with 136 on board including Joseph P Kennedy III. Reports vary on releases as Egypt Yemen and US seek resolution and hostage safety. The hijackers demand freedom for Palestinians on trial in Cairo while Kennedy remains aboard.
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RFK
Dennis Neeld
Associated Press
Beirut
Robert F. Kennedy
Aden
Palestine Liberation Force
India
New Delhi
Yemen
United States
International Red Cross
Joseph Kennedy
Bangladesh
San. Ed
Ward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Mahmood Aras
Civil Aviation
Kennedy
Egypt
Middle East
New Agency
Cairo
Wasfi Tell
Jordan
New York
Joseph P. Kennedy III
Americans Down Second MIG in Five Weeks Flight Claims
U S fliers shot down their second North Vietnamese MIG in five weeks Monday night and carried out five attacks on anti aircraft batteries in North Vietnam U S Command reported Maj Robert A Lodge 30 of Columbus Ohio and 1st Lt Roger C Locher 25 of Sabetha Kan said they intercepted the aircraft and then documentation noted
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Georgespen
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Robert A. Lodge
Columbus
Ohio
Roger C. Locher
Sabetha
Kan
Americans claim downed second MIG over Laos in air clash
Military spokesmen said two MIG21s crossed into Laos as American F4 Phantom jets supported Laotian forces north of the border. One MIG was shot down about 90 miles southwest of Hanoi, with three missiles fired and a fireball lighting the night sky.
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Laos
Hanoi
Lodge
Locher
U.S
James d’Entremont
North Vietnam
Plain of Jars
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
Que Son
da Nang
Local Blood Donors In February Highlight Community Giving
Local donors contributed pints to the Red Cross Blood Program in February, including eleven new donors. The Bloodmobile schedule lists visits and names many volunteers, with a return trip noted for May 15 and 16. In war news, U S pilots engaged near North Vietnam, with several raids on radar and artillery sites, while forces in Laos and Vietnam report various moves and battles, including a clash near Da Nang.
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Red Cross
Haskell’ Jones
Tis i
Charles W. Burtch
Luther Holloman
Betty Jane Townsend
H. B. McRae
W. T. Sanders
Winston Davidson
Faustin Hill Fowler
Dexter Alford
Ed Aslin
Elizabeth Cheatham
Doris Donaldson
Linda K. Lively
Herbert Honeycutt
Vonda Moore
James Luck
Carlo Lester
Jack Young
June Young
Everett Ehlert
Raymond Clarence Johnson
Eddie Radcliff
T. C. Sumner
Robert Gullet
Olin Purtell
Drew Herron
Wendel McCorkle
Andrew A. Hasket
Thomas Smith
C. T. Hawthorne
A. C. Lingard
Roy Byers
Ralph Lehman
Norman Bradford
Ben Rice
Louise Fowler
Buel Verser
Willie Shepard
Richard
Hughes Tool Co Faces Supreme Court Review Over $165 Million
The Supreme Court agreed to review a $165 million default judgment against Hughes Tool Co owned by Howard R. Hughes. The award to Trans World Airlines is over thirty times larger than any prior U S judgment. Hughes Tool and executive Raymond M Holliday appealed December 23 for a hearing.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Supreme Court Today
Hughes Tool Co
Howard R. Hughes
Trans World Airlines
Hughes Tool
Raymond M. Holliday
Judge Duval Purkins Death Shocks Hope Native Leader
Judge Duval L. Purkins aged 80 of Lake Village former state representative senator and circuit judge died Sunday. A Hope native he served as executive secretary to Governor Futrell in the 1930s and was once Warren Eagle Democrat publisher. Survived by wife daughter sisters and a Little Rock connection. Funeral Tuesday at Frazer Chapel Warren with Oakland Cemetery burial.
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Lake Village
Warren
Warren Eagle Democrat
J. Marion Futrell
Hope
William Irvin Purkins
Picken
Gettysburg
Nannie Delaney Purkins
Hope High School
Hendrix
Fulton
Bradley County
Arkansas
Senate
Futrell
Little Rock
Rotary Club
American Legion
Nannette E. Akin Purkins
Nancy Dingler
Marie
Nannie Purkins
SBA Meeting Here February 23
Maurice Footsie Britt district director and Earl Wells of the SBA Little Rock will convene a meeting on Wednesday February 23 at 7 30 p m in the Douglas Building 720 Texas Street. The session focuses on concerns displaced by the Urban Renewal Project and the public is invited to attend.
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Maurice
Britt
Earl D. Wells
Small Business Administration
Little Rock
Arkansas
Douglas
Texas Street
Thornton Plans to Seek Congress Seat
Arkansas Attorney General Ray Thornton enters a three way race for the 4th District seat held by Rep. David Pryor. Pryor will run against Sen. John L. McClellan, with Thornton touting his consumer protection division criminal law reforms and expanded legal representation for state agencies. Other candidates include Richard Arnold of Texarkana and Jack G. Coleman of McGehee. Thornton is a native of Arkansas and a Yale and University of Arkansas graduate.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Ray Thornton
David Pryor
D-Ark
Pryor
John L. McClellan
Thornton
Richard Arnold
Texarkana
Jack G. Coleman
McGehee
Arkansas
University of Arkansas
Yale University
Bomb Kill Seven at British Army Base in Aldershot
An IRA bomb at the British army base in Aldershot killed seven people including Capt. Gerry Weston, a 38 year old Catholic chaplain, and wounded nineteen. The attack, described as reprisal for Londonderry Bloody Sunday, also left five women and a man dead among nearby civilians. Nineteen injured include twelve army officers.
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Aldershot
England
Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
Gerry Weston
Britain
Northern Ireland
Warren Fire Fatality in Arkansas Home Fire
Warren Ark AP Officials report Robert Lee Walston age 27 burned to death in his home on Monday. Firefighters found his body while extinguishing the blaze.
Nixon and Chou Focus on Core Chinese American Issues
Nixon and Chou En-lai held nearly four hours of talks in Beijing highlighting disagreements and possible normalization steps. The leaders, with Kissinger and Rogers nearby, met in a small room for direct discussion amid a cordial mood and a later viewing of a modern revolutionary ballet with Mrs Nixon and Mme Chiang Ching.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Peking
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Mme
Chiang Ching
Mao Tse-tung
Chou
China
Mao
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security
William P. Rogers
Pat Nixon Tours Peking Hotel Kitchens
First Lady Pat Nixon tours the Peking Hotel kitchens as 115 chefs prepare hundreds of Chinese dishes for 200 guests. She samples sweet and sour squash and an egg roll while mingling with hotel officials and accompanying dignitaries.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Peking
Pat Nixon
Peking Hotel
Sun Hein Ming
Revolutionary Committee
Equal Employment Issue Likely to Win Approval
Senate moves toward passage of a bill to strengthen the federal ban on employment discrimination after five weeks of Southern dominated debate. Senate leaders expected debate to end today as a petition by 53 senators was filed, surpassing the required threshold.
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Harrison Humphries
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
U.S
EEOC
Nixon
House
Fatal Shooting in Garland City Lewisville man charged with murder
Willie E. Easter, 28, of Garland City, Miller County, was charged with murder in the shooting death of James Cox, 30, of Lewisville. Cox was shot once in the back at Garland City, near Lewisville.
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Lewisville, Ark
Willie E. Easter
Garland
Patterson to seek Senate seat in District 2 after Holsted death
North Little Rock lawyer and State Rep. Ralph Patterson, 35, announced at a news conference he will run for the Senate District 2 seat. The move follows the death of State Rep. Leon Holsted. Patterson serves his first term in the House and represents most of North Little Rock.
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North Little Rock
Ralph Patterson
Patterson
Leon Holsted
All Around Town Navy Seaman Apprent Harold F Anderson
Navy Seaman Apprentice Harold F. Anderson, son of Mr and Mrs Kmrma Anderson of Rt. 2 Nashville, graduated from recruit training in Great Lakes and will report aboard USS Barbour City after a 1970 Nashville High School graduation. Navy Seaman Edward E. Jefferson returns home to Nashville Ark from seven month Western Pacific deployment aboard USS Mauna Kea. The Southwest Arkansas Jamborees travel to Third District Livestock Show Coliseum February 26 at 7 30 p.m. admission 1 for adults and free for under 12. Drilling progresses at 3470 feet on W L Sinclair wildcat No 1 near McNab plans to drill 15000 feet. Citizens Committee for Better Quality Schools meets February 24 at 7 30 p.m. in Hope County Hall courtroom.
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Navy
Harold F. Anderson
Kmrma Anderson
Rt. 2
Nashville
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Barbour City
Southwest Arkansas
Red Goodner
The
Country Boys
Citizens Committee For Better Quality Schools
Hope Cty Hall
News Quiz tests readers on China before Nixon visit
President Nixon studied China before his trip to Peking. The weekly News Quiz on China appears on Page 4 with answers on Page 3. It is part of the VEC Instructional Materials sponsored by First National Bank and Hope Star under the Living Textbook Program for area schools.
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Nixon
China
Peking
VEC
First National Bank
Hope Star
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