U S and China Move to Renew Relations
Washington and Peking announce official liaison offices to speed up normalization and expand trade while avoiding formal diplomatic ties. Kissinger says offices will have full privileges. Prisoners Maj. Philip E. Smith and Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn to be released. Downey sentence to be reviewed. Talks target Taiwan posture and private claims settlement.
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United States
China
Peking
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Air Force
Philip E. Smith
Navy
Robert J. Flynn
Flynn
Houston
Minn
John Thomas Downey
Central Intelligence Agency
Downey
Taiwan
William P. Rogers
Chi Peng-fei
Paris
Forbidden City
Jack Winter to Open La Crosse Plant at Lorillard Building
Milwaukee based sportswear maker Jack Winter Inc announced plans to open a 65,000 square foot La Crosse plant at the P Lorillard Building on Rose Street employing about 250 workers. The move marks a northern factory location away from the South and followed by Gov. Lucey and local leaders. Production will begin as equipment arrives, focusing on women garments with back orders to fill this year. Training aid from Western Wisconsin Technical Institute will support the new labor force.
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P. Lorillard
la Crosse Garment Co
7Th and
Adams Streets
Blair
Garment Co
Daniel
Lorillard
Walter Raeder
Losey Court
Winter
Michael Cordes
la Crosse Area
Flick
Cordes
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
WWTI
Jack Winter, Inc
la Crosse
Jack Winter
Quake Damage Tests Oxnard Relief Gap
Oxnard seeks property repair without state aid after a Southern California quake. The quake hit Santa Barbara to San Diego, injuring five, cutting power to 7,000 in Oxnard Camarillo, causing a rock slide on the Pacific Coast Highway. Estimated losses reach about 1 million dollars.
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Oxnard
California
Oxnard-Camarillo
Ventura County
California Edison
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Palm Springs
Otto Schiess
Calif
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy With Small Cold Spells
The forecast shows partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change tonight and Friday. Lows around 20, highs near 28 on Friday, NW winds 15 mph by Friday, 10 mph tonight, 10 percent precipitation chance. Saturday remains partly cloudy with similar temperatures.
Divided Congress Hopes For Stricter Food Safety Law
The food and chemical industry pushes for a softer prohibition on cancer-causing substances in food while Congress remains split, with some members seeking tighter regulations. A separate note outlines a Wisconsin cooperation program for Western Wisconsin Technical Institute and local districts as a new education approach. A USPS satisfaction survey finds Wisconsin customers mostly content with service, though large mailers note irregularities.
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Food and Chemical Industry
Congress
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Wisconsin
U.S. Postal Service
Nixon backs tax reform and property relief plans
President Nixon said he will urge a tax reform bill and measures to ease property tax burdens for the elderly. He outlined broader steps to improve unemployment compensation, minimum wage laws, private pensions, and transportation funding, while urging a $269 billion spending ceiling for 1974 to restrict deficits.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
State of the Union
House
Ways and Means Committee
Libyan jet downing draws global protests
World leaders denounce Israel after Libyan Air 727 was shot down near Sinai killing over 100. Egypt questions pilot contact as tape of last radio chatter emerges. Survivors reported nine. death toll cited as 105 to 112.
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Nixon
Sinai
Cairo
Abdul Khader Hatem
Egypt
Air Force
Mordechai
Suez Canal
Middle East
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Lucinda Neumann
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