Queen seeks larger royal pay amid Parliament debate
Queen Elizabeth requests a parliament approved increase for herself and royal finances. Court sources estimate about 1.92 million dollars needed, with current allowances around 1.02 million. She offers to surrender 144000 dollars of personal expenses to fund upkeep of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Budget details show other royal family allowances and estate revenues, while Prince Charles currently receives none from Parliament. Bill Cosby signs CBS deal for a September 1972 comedy series after leaving NBC. Tricia Nixon expresses wedding plans and White House exit concerns in Ladies' Home Journal. Miss Alaska Katherine Hartman wins Miss USA costume contest in Miami Beach.
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Shat Valley clash marks first major campaign battle
In Shat Valley South Vietnamese marines and infantry clash five Communist regiments. 14 Communists dead and four ARVN wounded. six Americans wounded near Highway 1 complex. U S air support targeted Communist positions as MiG 21s threaten SAM2 batteries. Other world items report Meir stance in Jerusalem and Trudeau Kosygin talks.
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Prison escape attempt interrupted during Draper Prison tour
Two convicts armed with knives grabbed two Auburn University sociology students touring Draper Prison in Wetumpka Alabama. They were overpowered by guards and fellow inmates. Kim Davis 19 sustained throat scratches while Laura Randolph 21 escaped unharmed.
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Ogden Nash, Noted Humorist, Dies At 68
Ogden Nash, renowned humorist and poet, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore at age 68 after kidney illness and abdominal surgery. He had been hospitalized since March 18 and treated with dialysis. his cause of death was heart failure. Nash, born in Rye, New York, rose to fame on television and in books starting with Hard Lines in 1931, with later works including The Cruise of the Aardvark and There’s Always Another Windmill.
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Space veteran Lovell to take MSFC deputy director post
Navy Captain James Lovell, commander of the Apollo 13 mission and the most experienced American in space, will resign from the astronaut corps to become deputy director of science and applications at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.
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Nixon predicts freer travel with China within ten years
President Nixon expressed confidence that Americans could freely visit Chinese people on the mainland within a decade. He spoke during an informal address to a national Red Cross convention, signaling a modest thaw in U S Peking relations.
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Norwegian woman pilot wins Harmon Trophy amid lighthearted moment
Spiro Agnew presented the Harmon Trophy to Turi Wideroe of Norway, the first woman pilot of a scheduled airline. Wideroe kissed him in return, and Agnew quipped that he is getting to like the job better.
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