Nixon denial of criticizing Ford sparks China toast fallout
Nixon said his Peking toast was in a general context and not aimed at detente or Ford Kissinger. Officials disputed readings citing the Shanghai Communique while Nixon greeted a China crowd at Tiananmen Square in an unscripted, ceremonial moment. Sisco resigns to head American University in Washington. A 20 year old Gregg Joplin shot and killed Terry Trice, a teenage neighbor, in a family massacre. no motive yet found and no charges filed.
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Senate approves U S acquisition of Northern Marianas
The Senate voted 66 to 24 to grant commonwealth status to the Northern Mariana Islands, expanding U S territory for the first time in years. The measure returns to the House, which passed it last July, as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands includes the Marianas, Marshalls, and Carolines.
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Flu outbreak prompts weekly England Wales death toll rise
Influenza killed 259 people in England and Wales in the week to February 14, a threefold rise from the prior week’s 100 deaths. A Central Public Health Laboratory spokesman said ample flu remains but not a major epidemic, noting the 1969-70 peak of 1,200 to 7,500 weekly deaths as a reference. In Chile, five were killed in a shootout between secret police and leftist guerrillas at a hideout, three guerrillas, one security agent, and a bystander child dying.
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Adultery Scandal Tests Lords Over Baron's Lineage
In a Lords privileges committee review a half century dispute unfolds over whether Geoffrey Russell is a legitimate heir or a bastard. John Hugo Russell seeks to overturn a 1926 finding that Geoffrey is the heir to the Russell barony.
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Humorist H Allen Smith Dies at 69 in San Francisco
H Allen H Allen Smith, the newspaperman turned humorist who called humanity a seething psychopathic ward, died at a San Francisco hotel at age 69. His body was found by a maid at the Clift Hotel with cause not immediately known. he had been visiting friends and was bound for a Chile Society event in Los Angeles. Born in McLeansboro Illinois, he began journalism at 15 with the Huntington Press before a friend published Stranded On A Davenport, ending his newspaper career.
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Burton Taylor separation agreement ready for signatures
The separation agreement between Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor is prepared for signing. Their lawyer Aaron Froseh said on Tuesday it has not yet been signed and he has received no instructions on divorce.
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Apollo veteran to fly first space shuttle mission
Apollo 13 veteran Fred Haise will command the first free flight test of the space shuttle at the Houston Space Center. He will supervise approach and landing tests for the reusable shuttle, with Charles Fullerton as crew and Joe Engle and Richard Truly as others. The craft, worth about 42 billion, will fly atop a Boeing 147 transport to Dryden for a glider-like, unpowered landing.
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Nevada student attempts three day high wire at Hoover Dam
Steve McPeak a 30 year old University of Nevada Las Vegas engineering student and former circus performer walked onto the Hoover Dam cables 700 feet above the river on Monday and vowed to stay for three days. Security officials promise to arrest him on descent. He carried two hammocks a sleeping bag food and a walkie talkie.
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TVA committee kills Hooper nomination for TVA director
Senate Public Works Committee with an 11-1 vote indefinitely postponed James Hooper's nomination to the Tennessee Valley Authority board. Hooper, an 18 year old Columbus Mississippi dairy farmer, faced criticism over alleged inexperience and a string of personal business failures. The post had been vacant for over nine months. Alfred Lash LaRue drug conviction overturned by Georgia Supreme Court. LaRue testified marijuana found in his car came from hitchhikers in exchange for a Bible. The court ruled his arrest for public drunkenness illegal, invalidating evidence from a subsequent search.
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