Persians Celebrate 2500th Birthday Under Desert Skies
In Persepolis Iran a star studded audience including Vice President Spiro Agnew President Nikolai Podgorny of the USSR and leaders from Pakistan India South Africa and Mauritania gathered Wednesday for the 2500th birthday of the kingdom of Persia. The assembly occurred in a camplike setting as dignitaries eyed each other across the desert night.
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Shah hosts world leaders amid desert Caravansary
The Shah of Iran hosted guests including Emperor Haile Selassie and King Moshoeshoe II at a lavish desert camp in Per sia. He invited the visiting heads of state to private talks between tents to advance world issues. Red Skelton was sued for 108655 by Texas promoters over an incomplete appearance tour.
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Be-Bop Gene Vincent dies at 36 in Newhall hospital
Be-Bop Gene Vincent, famed for Be-Bop A Lula, died at age 36 at Inter-Valley Community Hospital Newhall after a Tuesday ER visit. Hospital officials would not confirm the cause, while a family friend cited bleeding ulcers as a possible factor. His father accompanied him to the ER.
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Graham Appreciation Day Draws Nixon to Charlotte
Thousands including President Nixon are expected at Billy Graham Appreciation Day in Charlotte North Carolina his hometown. President and Mrs Nixon, longtime friends of Graham, will appear with the evangelist Friday in the event’s ceremonies.
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Soviet Egypt arms aid pledge sparks crisis clash
The Soviet Union announced it would increase military aid to Egypt amid Middle East tensions. A joint Soviet Egyptian communique after a Kremlin-Sadat summit said Moscow aims to strengthen Egypt’s military might despite purges of Cairo loyalists. Sadat and his delegation left Moscow after two days of talks. A separate report from Londonderry described sniper attacks and cross-border fire as British troops faced IRA activity, with roads being blown to prevent IRA use. In Vatican news, World Synod bishops criticized priests wearing secular dress while Europe trends continue. Emperor Hirohito arrived in Anchorage after a seven-nation Europe tour. Defense Secretary Laird said he would visit Vietnam before Nixon’s withdrawal plan to assess American troop reductions.
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Nixon proposes 63.6 million for minority business aid
President Nixon called for a twentyfold rise to 63.6 million dollars in federal aid for minority owned business enterprises, aiming to fulfill his 1966 pledge to foster black capitalism, saying racial barriers block full participation in the American marketplace.
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Guerrillas Attack Saigon Area Base Blowing Up Five Helicopters
Communist commandos blew up five U S helicopters at Di An base eight miles northeast of Saigon. They crept in at dawn, planted at least six satchel charges in Huey air taxa and escaped in the early darkness in what was the closest strike to the South Vietnamese capital since 1968.
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