Series On Black History Begins In Today's SUN
The SUN carries the first of a 15 part series Blacks in America Then and Now by Edgar A. Toppin. The project is a joint effort with Copley News Service and the Christian Science Monitor. The initial installment covers the African background of Black people.
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the Sun
SUN
Edgar A. Toppin
Harlem
Howard University
Northwestern
Virginia State College
Toppin
Tricia Nixon Hospitalized With Abdominal Pain
Tricia Nixon entered Walter Reed Army Medical Center for abdominal pains suspected to be appendicitis. Doctors reported she was about 50 percent better within hours and would stay overnight as tests were normal and she rested comfortably.
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Stanley Bear
White House
Ronald Ziegler
President Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Tricia
Pond ers Delay in Mary Jo Inquest
A Nevada newspaper note reports Divis Ponders delay in the Mary Jo inquest as the Las Vegas Sun describes an F-111A flight feature and a luncheon at the Desert Inn outlining how the first ride was awarded by coin flip to the Sun crew.
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Divis
Mary JO
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Bill Brooks
Canton
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SUN
Jim Barrows
James Black
Dallas
Nellis Air Force Base
Barrows
Sunfoto
Ken Jones
Button Commands Dominate F-111A Mission Shuffle
The F-111A autopiloted by Black altered course after his briefing with over 100 instruments in view. He issued Button Two and Target to steer toward a simulated target near Tonopah while another jet, the F-101A from the 428th Squadron at Nellis AFB, followed a westward path over southern Utah before the final Target command.
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Tonopah
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428Th Tactical
Nellis Afb
Utah
Exhumation ruling in Kopechne case due today in Pa
Pennsylvania judge may allow or deny exhumation for autopsy as Dist. Atty. Dinis decides whether to delay the Sept. 3 inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne death. Dinis will confer with Judge Boyle in Edgartown and has also received a state police bodyguard amid threats.
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Mass
UPI
Atty. Edmund
Dinis
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Miss Kopechne
Edgartown
James A. Boyle
Bernard Brominski
Luzerne County
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Armand Fernandes
Brominski
Boyle
Edward Kennedy
Vegas Wash adopts stricter pollution rules with delays
Nevada state Board of Health approved stringent pollution standards for Las Vegas Wash, with interim compliance by 1973 and ultimate goals by 1950. The panel softened the impact by permitting phosphates up to ten times the original limit. The action followed strong objections from city county and water experts.
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Las Vegas Wash
Germain Houle
Las Vegas
China Offers Arms to Hanoi Amid Vietnam Peace Pressures
Peking has proposed greater arms and economic aid to Hanoi to counter Soviet influence and push North Vietnam toward a hard line in peace talks with the United States. Talks followed a North Vietnamese mission meeting top Chinese leaders, urging Hanoi to stand fast until American withdrawal.
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Chou En-lai
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Russia
Red China
Marines Pull Back After Fierce Battle Near Que Son Valley
U S Marines with all ranks joined with Americal Division forces to link up in the Que Son Valley but were driven back into the jungle after hidden North Vietnamese machine gunners in camouflaged spider holes opened fire. Officials reported heavy casualties possibly over 100 dead and wounded as the fight raged for eight days.
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U.S
Weather Outlook With Mild Winds and Clear Skies
Mostly fair conditions with afternoon clouds and southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Today's high near 15 and low around 7 with noontime humidity at 22 percent. Sunrise is 6 08 and sunset 7 16.
United States Withdrawals Reach 526 500 in Vietnam
UPI report notes 7 700 U S troops left in the last week as Nixon's 25 000 man reduction nears completion. Peak strength was 542 500 on February 22 with further withdrawals continuing amid Thieu pressure and cabinet reshuffles.
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Vietnam
Thieu Rejects Coalition and Defeats Aim in Saigon
President Nguyen Van Thieu told more than 2,000 provincial officials that the Americans will not accept a shameful defeat in Vietnam and that a Communist coalition government in Saigon will never be established. He said Paris talks stall tactics cannot succeed and that South Vietnam is growing more self reliant with 90 percent population control. He noted Gen Tran Khien Khiem replacing Tran Van Huong as prime minister would not alter basic policies.
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Women Dealers At LV Casinos Seen This Year
Carson City state labor chief Stanley Jones predicts that women will be hired as casino dealers in Las Vegas by year end. He cites state law over local bans, notes prior inaction, and warns of possible state or federal action if casinos refuse to hire qualified women. The push originates from a group opposing discrimination against women dealers.
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Las Vegas
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Lavor
Wamen
Nevada Human Relations Commission
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Justice Department
Nevada
Henderson
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