China Trade Eases Barriers and Limits on Exports
The Commerce Department outlines general license exports to China with item list freedom and licenses for non-listed items. It notes slow approval, cites $85 million in trucking equipment to the Soviet Union approved after two years, and says China trade will remain a small portion of U S exports. Officials cite need for tech equipment, raw materials, fertilizers, and wheat.
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Commerce Department
Soviet Union
China
Nixon
U.S
Peking
Russia
United States
Free World
Department
House OKs Bargaining Bill Dies in Oklahoma House
Oklahoma City AP report states the House rejected a conference committee report 47 to 37 on a bill to authorize formation of organizations to represent teachers and other school employees in contract negotiations with school boards.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House
House
Legislative Conference Committee
Lawmakers discuss bill process and funding items
Legislators note that event funding requests will route through House Speaker Rex Privett and Senate President Pro Tempore Finis Smith. The committee advanced major appropriations at a cost of about 185000 for Agriculture and approved a cost of living raise for state workers, with Grand River Dam Authority exemptions. The school finance bill outlines funding for common schools and a property deed reporting requirement to study local assessments versus cash value.
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Wayne Sanguin
D-Hugo
House
Rex Privett
D-Maramec
Senate
Finis Smith
Tulsa
Sanguin
State Department of Agriculture
Grand River Dam
State Tax Commission
Commission
Offshore oil interests surface in Southeast Asia notes
The report notes Esso alone showed interest in Vietnam offshore potential to the Department of State while Cambodia already granted exploration rights to a French company. The terse item highlights limited corporate engagement in the region’s oil prospects.
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Fices
Vietnam
Esso
Department of State
Cambodia
Russian Firm Sues Over $12 Million Collision Damage
The Suleyman Stalskiy a 44 crew Russian vessel owned by Far East Steamship Co. faces a $12 million damage suit after a collision. John Bierns of a San Francisco firm represents Soviet shipping interests and expects posting of additional security to allow the ship to depart.
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Russian Corporation
Suleyman Stalskiy
Far East Steamship Co
John Bierns
San Francisco
Cuban Four Convicted of Poaching Face Return to Cuba
A Cuban radio broadcast from Cuba City described the sentencing of four young Cuban fishermen in Key West with harsh claims that their U S lawyers were venal tools of Yankee imperialism. The report noted a federal judge had allowed return to Cuba on ten thousand dollar bonds per man, a development the broadcast omitted.
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Key West
U. S
Cuba
Military seeks answer on Vietnam drug use survey findings
A congressional hearing explored drug use among U S troops in Vietnam. Estimates range from 30,000 to 60,000 users, with amnesty programs offered to addicts. A Defense Department report claimed low abuse but a Cam Ranh Bay survey showed 17.4 percent of personnel affected.
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Hughes
Vietnam
Defense Department
Cam Rahn Bay
Subscriptions Rates At Lawton Newspapers
The Lawton Constitution and Lawton Morning Press publish subscription plans for in town and out of town readers. Rates show monthly and yearly options for Oklahoma residents and military APO addresses with distinct prices for combined editions and weekend issues.
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Sun
Lawton Morning Press
Mon
Lawton Constitution and Morning Press
Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
Ord & A Ave
Lawton
Okio
Oklahome
Fort Sill
Constitution Press
Constitution
MAIL
Oflahoma
Apo's
White House Wedding Nears With Nixon Family Ahead
The President and family enjoy a two hour Potomac yacht cruise on Sequoia as Tricia Nixon Cox prepares for marriage. Friends and relatives gather for pre wedding events including a private club bachelor dinner and a Blair House rehearsal dinner ahead of Saturdays ceremony.
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Tricia
Edward Cox
White House
Julie Eisenhower
David
Mediterranean
Charlies R. Horsburgh Jr
Peace Corp
Iran
Cox
Princeton
Eddie
Hugh McKean
Winter Park
Fla
Sulgrave Club
Howard
McKean
Blair House
Acquittal for Shotgun Murder Suspect in Atlantic City
Craig Jackson, 22, acquitted of killing Patrolman John Burke outside a night club on Sept 30 in Atlantic City. Prosecutors said a second man, James Cherry, 23, was indicted but remains at large. public safety director called the verdict ridiculous.
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Mays Landing
Sareekads Giate
Atlantic City
Craig Jackson
John Burke
Mario F. Filoriani
Burke
James Cherry
Jackson
Cherry
Kitty Feifer
The
Whose
Cosmonauts Prepare for First Spaceflight On Salute
The Soyuz 11 crew Viktor Patsayev Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov report strong rest and readiness. Tass says medical biological experiments will fill much of day four as they unpack, enjoy books, and operate aboard the Salute station in a higher Earth orbit.
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Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
River Pollution Rules Outlined At Local Meeting
About 20 local citizens and industry representatives heard Tulsa District Corps of Engineers officials explain permit rules for industrial and municipal discharges into navigable waters. Lt. Col. Eddie L. Morris led the panel detailing when a permit is required and the July 1 deadline.
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Morris
Vietnam War Toll and Withdrawal Plans Edge Toward Acceleration
U S forces faced minimal action as 128 438 South Vietnamese troops were killed 278 695 wounded and 750 088 enemy killed. Ambassador Bunker will return to Washington for 10 days as talks shift to speeding up withdrawals and the October 3 South Vietnamese election. Officials consider reducing to 40 000 50 000 by next June with a new program to be announced in November. The current total rests at 250 900 with a May withdrawal rate near 20 000, possibly dipping to 180 000 by December 1.
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Indochina
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Washington
Vietnam
Bunker
Nixon
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Washington Post
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Forest fires claim average 35 American lives yearly
Each year an average of 35 Americans die as a result of forest fires, underscoring ongoing wildfire risk and mortality across the United States.
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