Nixon Brezhnev Peace Summit Signs Communique
President Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev ended a week long summit at Nixon's California home with a signed communique and talks touted as paving a new track in Soviet American relations. Brezhnev predicted further visits and talks while both sides cited progress on preventing nuclear war and reviving stalled SALT talks.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
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Camp David
Moscow
Paris
el Toro Marine Air Station
California
Soviet Union
William P. Rogers
Geneva
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Population on farms shows minor rise in 1972
Washington reports the 1972 farm population at 9.61 million, up 185,000 from 1971, but officials caution the gain does not alter long term downward trends and may reflect sampling error. Earlier years: 9.7 million in 1970 and 15.6 million in 1960.
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Economic Research Service
Chief Prepared For Showers In Teepee Forecast
Weather note from an Indian chief predicts variable cloudiness with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s to low 80s and lows in the mid 50s to low 60s. Tuesday expected warmer with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Entertainment brief reports Pearl Bailey discharged from Bramton Hospital after treatment for exhaustion and chest pains.
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Tommy Hawk
London
Pearl Bailey
Bramton Hospital
Dean Admits Helping To Manage Watergate Cover-Up
Senate Watergate hearings resume as Dean testifies he aided in managing the cover-up and reported actions to Nixon’s aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman. He said he warned Ehrlichman against pushing plans he believed Colson knew more about, and alleged Colson’s involvement in other covert acts. Dean’s testimony followed a one week break amid summit talks.
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Nixon
Dean
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John D. Ehrlichman
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Haldeman
Gordon Strachan
Charles W. Colson
John Caulfield
Colson
Brookings Institution
Two Indiana men removed from critical list
Two Indiana area men who were critically injured June 3 when they touched a high-voltage line have been moved off the critical list at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh. James Mack, 35, of Indiana, is now in satisfactory condition, while Michael Yakimovich, 31, of Black Lick, his brother in law, is in guarded condition. They were erecting an antenna at Mr. Mack's home when the 23,000 volt line was contacted.
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West Penn Hospital
Pittsburgh
James Mack
Michael Yakimovich
Black Lick
Mr. Mack
Tragedy Halts Beer Bust at Up Stairs Lounge
In New Orleans French Quarter the Up Stairs Lounge fire killed 29 and injured 15 as burglar bars trapped many at a weekly Sunday beer bust. Firemen arrived within two minutes and had it out in 16 minutes. Authorities investigate cause and possible arson claims while patrons escaped through windows and fire escapes.
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Laurell
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Up Stairs
William McCrosse
Adolph Medina
San Antonio
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Witness Blames Kelley For Kansas City Riots
Washington AP witness Bruce Wadkins accuses Kansas City Police Chief Clarence M Kelley of responsibility for six black deaths during the 1968 riots. Senate Judiciary hearings on Kelley's FBI nomination continue alongside other witnesses.
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Clarence M. Kelley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Kelley
Wadkins
Clifford M. Spottsville
Everett P. O'Neal
Martin Luther King
Charles B. Wilkinson
Blaze in French Quarter bar kills 29 in 16 minutes
New Orleans fire killed 29 people at The Up Stairs lounge on Sunday night. Fire lasted about 16 minutes and consumed the interior with intense smoke. Investigators weigh a possible gasoline attack while survivors describe frantic exits and flames leaping from windows.
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