Longshoremen ordered back to work as strikes spread
The Associated Press reports judges in New Orleans and Philadelphia ordered 6 000 and 5 000 dock workers to return to work amid a 27 000 strong East and Gulf Coast walkout while coal miners continue a nationwide strike. The Nor fork and Western Railway chief said the coal walkout is more damaging than a rail strike, with 40 percent of income from coal. President Nixon praised Arkansas quarterback Joe Ferguson per Gov. Dale Bumpers, amid governors’ return from a Russia Romania tour.
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Cuban Delegation Presses Case for Exit as Kosygin Visits
A Cuban delegation guarded its right to attend the conference after the US denied visas and ordered passage home. Ray Marina refused to leave without government orders, nine hours later the group rested in an airport hotel as FAA and State Department weighed when the jumbo jet might depart. Havana radio claimed Fidel Castro joined the welcoming crowd, disputing rumors of illness.
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Okinawa Review of Jap Relations Prompts Senate Hearing
Secretary Rogers leads two day Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the Okinawa reversion treaty returning control to Japan after 27 years of U.S. rule. The Nixon administration aims for committee approval and Senate ratification, amid conservative concern over Japan as a security threat. Rogers cited the textile agreement and Japan’s UN stance as factors aiding ratification efforts.
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Associated Press
Washington
William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Okinawa
Japan
Nixon
Senate
Barry Goldwater
China
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Far East
Rogers
United Nations
Insurance Men Push Private Coverage Plan in National Health Debate
Industry spokesmen urged a national health care plan built on private insurance with tax incentives. Unlike Nixon’s plan, it would not require employers to provide coverage but would use tax provisions and federal state financing for the poor. Leaders from life, health, and dental groups argued for flexibility, consumer choice, and a dental component to ensure access to care for all.
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Associated Press
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America
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International Assn. of Health Underwriters
American Dental Association
LeRoy N. Larson
Fort Dodge
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Association
U S record at United Nations outpaces Soviet bloc
At the United Nations United States diplomacy outperformed the Soviet Union Britain and France on several votes though not without defeats. The piece notes U S success in most issues including colonial matters and highlights Vietnam era debates and the 1967 Arab Israeli conflict as notable setbacks.
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General Assembly
Arthur J. Goldberg
Security Councils
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North Vietnam
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Assembly
China joins UN veto ranks reshaping world power balance
In a shift by Beijing China takes a permanent seat on the Security Council joining the United States and Soviet Union as a key veto power. The entry of China into the UN leadership triangle could complicate crises as three governments must now agree for major actions. Peking’s rise brings new support dynamics across Africa Asia and Latin America and may tilt outcomes in regional issues. The change raises concerns over deadlocks and the ability of the UN to act decisively in future disputes.
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United Nations
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General Assembly
Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
Peking
Africa
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Latin America
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Red China
U.N
Smallest of Quintuplets Dies in Israel
In Jerusalem, the smallest of Israel's first quintuplets, a boy weighing 24.7 ounces at birth, died four days after birth at Hadassah Hospital. Breathing difficulties developed since Tuesday. cause not yet released. The remaining three girls and one other boy were reported in satisfactory condition. The mother, Mrs. Yitzhak Berman, 22, was doing well.
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City and County Prisoner Fees Spark Cooperative Talk
Arkla denies city will be charged 2.00 per prisoner in county jail and calls for sheriff meeting at next board session to discuss city sheriff cooperation. Art Stretch and Hobart Shirley push for district highways study of bypass from Highway 29 30 exchange to Highwesy 67, district engineer says study will begin on formal request.
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Art Stretch
Hobart Shirley
Highway Department
Highwesy 67
Naval Forces in Vietnam Reduced
The U.S. Navy nears completion of Vietnamization with 24 river craft four bases and 14 radar stations to be turned over to South Vietnam. Nixon expected to set a withdrawal date as advisers remain in electronics radar ship repair and logistics. Vietnamization target is next July with a Vietnamese officer to command a major base at Nha Be south of Saigon. The navy has handed over 939 ships and 29 bases since 1968 while the South Vietnamese navy grows to about 40,000. In Indochina the Spean Dek bridge near Phnom Penh was destroyed by Viet Cong frogmen for the second time this year. In South Vietnam only small contacts were reported with one U.S. plane shot down and two airmen wounded.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S. Navy
Nixon
U.S
Navy
South Vietnam
Indochina
Spean Dek
Phoomn Penh
Things You Could Well Do Without Says Hal Boyle
New York UP dispatch lists various annoyances and irritants from everyday life. The column covers lukewarm tea, bug ridden beaches, forgotten civic statues, greasy toast, risky lightning gaps in golf, payphone outages, rising sandwich prices, pottery lesson fiascos, cautious cashiers, tiny hats, stiff fashion trends, busy career women, oversized stadium hot dogs, stingy households on Halloween, and profiteers amid war debates.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Blast Damages NATO Building Near Lisbon
An explosion at 3 10 a.m. damaged the NATO IBERLANT command headquarters eight miles west of Lisbon. Unconfirmed reports said windows doors and masonry were damaged. The inauguration planned Friday by Portuguese President Americo Thomaz was expected to proceed. The IBERLANT headquarters face formal opening after years in Rio Maior, under Rear Adm. Eugene B. Flucker.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Iberlant
Iberian Atlantic Command
Americo Thomaz
Rio Maior
Adm
Eugene B. Flucker
United States
NATO
Portugal
Tito Arrives in Washington for Six Day U S Visit
Yugoslavia's President Tito lands in Washington to begin a six day state visit and meet President Nixon and top officials. Talks will focus on Middle East diplomacy and reopening the Suez Canal, with Tito expected to aid interim agreements.
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Nixon
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U.S
Middle East
William P. Rogers
Belgrade Television
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Rogers
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Indochina
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