Global news and events brief from Saigon to Washington
U S troop withdrawals reduce Vietnam forces to 267 100 the lowest since 1966 and affect the last full division, with 18 000 Navy and Coast Guard off Vietnam shores excluded. North Vietnam calls a Chinese adviser report ridiculous and denies troops. Cairo notes strong air defenses but limited offensive support from the Soviet Union. Hills Hotel fire in London kills seven, injures nine. bus crash near Kapyong Korea leaves 76 dead. Rome endures heat and garbage strike. Brussels concessions in Common Market talks. Rogers reports to Nixon on Middle East peace mission. Nixon proposes Gateway East recreation area around New York harbor. Mars mission launch possible delayed to May 18. Miami Beach jewel heist nets 500 000 in gems. eagles found dead near Casper not from shooting or pesticides.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Navy
Coast Guard
Nationwide Rail Strike Called For Next Monday
Chicago based Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen declares a nationwide rail strike to start Monday at 6 am if wage and fringe benefits disputes remain unresolved. President C J Chamberlain says all Railway Labor Act procedures exhausted and legal to proceed after May 14. If no agreement by May 17 Congress may intervene to prevent shutdown of railroads nationwide.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
C. J. Chamberlain
The
Signalmen
Congress
Nixon
Former Army top official Carl Turner jailed three years
Retired Maj. Gen. Carl Turner once provost marshal and chief U S marshal was sentenced in Alexandria Virginia to three years in prison after pleading guilty to illegally obtaining 136 guns from the Chicago Police Department. He faces tax evasion charges set for trial June 7.
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Carl Turner
Army
U.S
Chicago
Turner
Alexandria
U.S. District Court
Oren Lewis
Senate
Martin Luther King Jr
Nixon Reagan honor Navy's oldest living officer
President Nixon and Gov. Reagan honored Adm. Richard Jackson, the Navy's oldest living officer, on his 105th birthday. They sent letters to the World War I and Spanish-American War veteran who rose at 4 a.m. to greet visitors at his Coronado home as the Navy League declared Monday Admiral Jackson Day. Jackson began his naval career in 1888 after graduating from the Naval Academy and retired in 1930 after 55 years of service.
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Nixon
Reagan
Navy
Richard Jackson
Jackson
Coronado
Navy League
Admiral Jackson
Naval Academy
Bridal sets for Tricia Nixons engagement revealed
Elegant price details show Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox selecting Blue Tree china by Lenox Eloquence silver by Lunt and Lismore crystal from Waterford after shop browsing in New York and Washington. A ornate baroque teaspoon costs 12.25 a crystal champagne glass 9 and a five piece setting 34.95.
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White House
Tricia Nixon
Edward Cox
New York City
Washington
Lenox
Lunt
Greenfield
Mass
Waterford
Georgetown
China
Tiny Tim's Wife Delivers Girl at Doctor's Hospital
Victoria May Khoury, 19, gave birth to a six pound ten ounce daughter to Tiny Tim, real name Herbert Khoury. both mother and baby in good condition at Doctor's Hospital New York. The child will be named later. Also note Christiaan Barnard's successful first heart transplant in over two years at Groote Schuur Hospital Capetown.
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Tiny Tim
Victoria May Khoury
Doctor’s Hospital
New York
Herbert Khoury
Christiaan Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Capetown
South Africa
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Soviet Union
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Hills Hotel
Kensington Gardens
Scotland Yard
Kapyong
South Korea
Here
Rome
Brussels
Trance
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Economic Club
Jamaica
Guayana
Mauritius
Rogers
William Rogers
Middle East
Oval Office
Henry Kissinger
Ronald Ziegler
Nixon Takes ‘Park
Newark
Bistate
New York Harbor
Sandy Hook Peninsula
New Jersey
New York Bay
Long Island
Cape Kennedy
Space Agency
Mariner
Mars
James Fletcher
Miami Beach
Eagles
Wasihington
Casper
Wyo
Charles Lawrence
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Jackson Canyon
Ion A
Ellsworth Bunker
Carol Laise
Nepal
Katmandu
U.S. Marshals
Justice Department
Alec Douglas-Home
Andrei Gromyko
Rudolf Hess
Ancient Mariner
Tiny Girl
Lakewood
Schiaparelli
Bullock’s
Clark Avenue
Nhone
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