12 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1971
Page
1
Lyn Helton a brown eyed teen wife with a month old daughter says she learned to love everyone as doctors warn she may die within months from osteosarcoma. She and husband Om face her illness together while she writes a book on dying and motherhood.
The United States proposes a Geneva type Big Four summit with Israel and Arab states to resolve the Middle East conflict. France may push the plan in the upcoming U.N. General Assembly with U.N. mediator Gunnar V. Jarring present.
In Saigon the national police arrested 203 people including three Americans and seized 2,893 pounds of heroin along with 2,369 pounds of opium and 8,486 pounds of marijuana. The bust marks a major step in the new narcotics crackdown.
Senator Hubert Humphrey finished his speech at the Jewish War Veterans convention in Minneapolis after a caller warned of a bomb in the Radisson Hotel ballroom. Police and FBI responded as officers and guards secured the area, and the crowd was asked to exit quickly and quietly.
North Vietnamese troops shelled and attacked South Vietnamese bases along the DMZ line, marking the sharpest combat in seven weeks. Spokesmen cautioned it may be premature to call this a new offensive. At least four soldiers were killed and two American advisers wounded at one outpost.
Goldwater stated White House aides and Republican chairman Robert Dole assured him Spiro Agnew would remain on the 1972 GOP ticket. He noted no indications of a dump and commented on John Lindsay’s possible Democratic nomination impact.
Iowa Republican Rep. William J. Scherle charges a White House staff spa cost 100000, not 30000 to 34000, after inspectors labeled the five room exercise center an odd “Remote style romper room.” He pressed GSA for total figures, saying taxpayers are tired of extravagant, unjustified spending and suggesting funds could finance local schools. Scherle criticized lack of cost figures but said he does not want a fight with the administration.
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