Nixon shows bold diplomacy with globe-spanning visits
President Nixon mounts a high profile foreign policy push by sending top aides Kissinger, Rogers, Burns, Connally, and David on extended missions across Tokyo, Moscow, Europe, and Latin America. Critics call it election‑season razzle dazzle, while supporters praise direct personal diplomacy as enhancing U.S. aims.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Kissinger
Tokyo
Moscow
William P. Rogers
Australia
Europe
Rogers
Federal Reserve Board
Argentina
Peru
Venezuela
Brazil
Secretary of Treasury
John B. Connally
Asia
Connally
Edward E. David Jr
David
Peter G. Peterson
White House
V.I.P
Acquittal in Nashville air piracy case ends Florida trial
Bobby Wayne Wallace is acquitted of all air piracy charges in a federal trial linked to a Nashville kidnapping and three killings at Jacksonville International Airport. The verdict absolves him of transporting a kidnapped person and related counts. Wallace maintained his innocence, saying his co-defendant acted erratically that night.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Bobby Wayne Wallace
Wallace
Nashville
Tenn
Jacksonville International
James Neal
George M. Giffe Jr
Susan Giffe
Giffe
Atlanta
Freeport
Bahamas
FBI
Brent Q. Downs
Randall G. Crump
George Giffe
Maier urges suburbs to share in poverty relief efforts
Milwaukee Mayor Henry Maier, a leading advocate for revenue sharing, urges national mayors to push the metropolitan area to help the poor outside center cities. He notes open housing and reordering national priorities as central aims, citing growth in city aid from 5.5 to 33 billion dollars since 1963.
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New Orleans
Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Maier
David
Palo Alto
Urban Coalition
Brookings Institution
City Docket Highlights Drunk and Licensed Violations
Barbara Hawkins faces a public drinking case with Randy McBay. bonds forfeited. Others include drunkenness and multiple traffic offenses with fines from 11.50 to 356.50 and jail terms. Notable items list driving while intoxicated pleas, evading blue lights, illegal cohabitation, and beer sales in a dry county with various outcomes.
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Barbara Hawkins
Randy R. McBay
Ronald Edwards Black
Glenn Eason
Ed Jones
Frank Smith
Chester Spearman
Charles Stuart
Barry Wright
Isaac Young
Johnny Pace
Jimmy Woodberry
LeRoy Conway
E.M. Alexander
Jefferson Gilkie, Jr
Lee James Hall
Louis Phillips, Jr
Helen G. Yancy
Robert Hickman
Jesse Bobo
Dorothy Jones
Eva Mae Arnold
Lester A. Boyce
Henry Turntine
Michael P. Waters
Andrew Pace
Joel Thompson
Thomas John Williams
Homer Scott
Thomas Williams
Freddie Lee Muldrew
Ben Johnson
James Monroe Morrison
John Harper
Beverley Ann Harris
Beulah Mae Poindexter
Robert Lee Hickman
Eva McClure
Monroe Hardeman
Hattie Bishop
Charlie Graham
Vernon Dawson
Gilbert Thomas
Willie Walton
A.E. Hartline
Elmer Milam
Rickey Glass
Frank Thompson
Ervin Ray Holland
Glen Dossey
Elton Havens
Julius Morrison
Benny Culpepper
James Johnson
Robert W. Arnold
Melvin Johnson
Julian Martin
Elmer Schuette
Marian Beverage
Franklin McBride
George
O.L. Harvey Truck Service
R.W. Truck Company
Nu Atc Authority
Moore Transportation Co
No. Atc Authority
Ricky Glass
Israel hits Lebanon border villages after attacks
The Associated Press reports Israel followed its raid on Lebanese villages and guerrilla camps in southeast Lebanon with artillery strikes on two border villages. Reports from Lebanon vary on casualties, with numbers ranging from 23 to about 150 dead and wounded. Israel claimed 10 prisoners, including a Syrian brigadier general and four colonels, while Beirut sources disputed totals.
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Associated Press
Israel
Lebanon
Mt. Hermon
Palestine Guerrilaas
Hasbaya
Beirut
Yasir Arafat
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Saeb Salam
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GOP
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Af McCaskill
Hempstead
Tommy Love
Paul Klipsch
Feathers
Clarence Geist
Haskell Jones
Helen Hatch
Little Rock
Lynn Harris
W.T. Keyes
Terry Becherer
Love
Paul Rawson
Geist
Effie Shell
Hempstead County
Henry Ford
Weiners
U.S. Choice
Chuck Roast
Borden
Minnesota Valley
Hamburger
Vy Gal
Blackburn Syrup
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