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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1972

Page

4

Kissinger to Visit China Amid Viet Nam Strain

Kissinger heads to Peking for talks with Chou En Lai after a 16 day China trip by Mike Mansfield signals U S concerns over Vietnam and Taiwan. The White House notes the mission was arranged recently and includes NSC aides. Reagan to tour Western Europe July 2 to stress NATO ties and attend Copenhagen Rebild Festival.

Stockholm USS Vietnam Chinese Foreign Ministry China State Department Mike Mansfield Senate Nixon Unth U.S Indochina White House Kissinger Peking Depny Gerald L. Warren Reagan Europe NATO Copenhagen

Army still plans nerve gas tests at Dugway

Brig. Gen. Max Etkin said Dugway Proving Ground may resume open air nerve gas tests as soon as the stage is reached. The tests were halted after 1969 when 6400 sheep died in Skull Valley from a nerve gas discharge. Since then the Army has used field tests only for defensive weapons and conventional munitions at the 1500 acre site while lethal-gas work has occurred only in controlled labs.

Dugway Proving Ground Utah IPI Desert Test Center Max Etkin Skull Valley Etkin

Trunked Body Found Near Airport Linked To Taiwan Case

Police found a bloodstained car trunk near Los Angeles International Airport containing the body of a young Chinese woman. Investigators tied the case to Ching Hao Chung, a 31 year old UCSD civil engineering doctoral student, who allegedly confessed to slitting his wife Tang Yu wan's throat following a domestic dispute.

Tang Yu-wan Los Angeles International UC San Diego Taiwan Los Angeles International Ching Haoman San Diego Chung University of California At San Diego

Vietnam War update shows huge U S air power impact

A senior U S official says 60 000 North Vietnamese casualties occurred from sustained air attacks in the South and North. He notes nine bridges along the Hanoi Haiphong rail line were knocked out and major supply routes cut. B52 bombers hit targets along the Laos Cambodia border while Hue An Loc Kontum and Quang Tri areas face renewed pressure.

Hung Hoa U.S South Vietnam Hanoi Haiphong Demilitarized Zone China U.S. Command Air Force Navy Cai Hai Duong 7Th Fleet Thanh Hoa Vinh Highway LA Ha Tinh An Loc Ho Chi Minh Trail Hue 3Rd Ndivision Quang Tri Quang ‘I'rf South Tupen Binh Moc Hoa Cambodian Suigan

U S probe ties police to drug scandal in New York

Federal inquiry into bribery by heroin dealers expands to police, prosecutors, lawyers, and judges. An undercover Narcotics detective, active since 1971, gathers evidence for a special federal team amid threats and protection. The probe, ongoing since fall 1970, aims to indict key law enforcement figures beyond the city.

New York Federal Prosecutor United States Whitney Narli Seymour Jr

Defense bill Nixon wants to bolster arms pact gains

The House Armed Services Committee approved a $21.3 billion defense bill for the fiscal year, trimming Nixon’s $22.4 billion request. It funds major hardware like planes missiles ships and tanks and advances new weapon systems including ULMS submarines B1 bomber and a fourth nuclear powered carrier. The panel also urged withholding military research contracts from campuses with ROTC bans as it aligns with SALT limits on ABM sites and ICBMs.

Bill Nixon Washington Nixon House United States Russia Defense Melvin BR. Laird Sai Congress Navy

Hayden predicts Hanoi will intensify fight to topple Nixon

Antiwar figure Tom Hayden said North Vietnamese officials told him in Paris on June 6 the offensive will continue and intensify until Nixon's Vietnamization is destroyed and the Saigon government falls. He described talks with NLF officers and said U.S. bombardment has reached an unprecedented stage.

Berkeley Tom Hayden Vietnam Nixon Hayden Hanoi Thien U.S North

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