Nixon to Brief Congress Leaders On Red China Trip
President Nixon plans to visit Communist China to seek normalization. He will brief Senate and House leaders in Washington and convene a Cabinet meeting as support builds, while Nationalist China protests. William Rogers stays ready in Washington to handle diplomacy.
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Nixon
Congress
San Clemente
Calif
William P. Rogers
China
Rogers
Washington
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Peking
Soviet Union
People’s Republic of China
Nationalist China
Soviet Bloc Reacts to Nixon China Visit Call
Eastern bloc papers denounce Nixon China trip as base ball diplomacy and a shocking somersault while others praise the move as wise policy. U.S. Senators Humphrey and Cranston urge adding Moscow leg to the trip to avoid alienating the Soviet Union.
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Budapest
Esti Hirlap
Nixon
Warsaw
Peking
Washington
Cairo
Egypt
Soviet Union
al Ahram
U.S
al Gumhuriya
Mideast
Abba Eban
China
Moscow
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Russia
Humphrey
New Voters Not Required to Register in Hocking County
Dean Collison, elections director, said 18 to 20 year olds do not need to register to vote in Hocking County. To vote, individuals must be 18 on election day, U.S. citizens, residents of the county and precinct for 40 days, and residents of Ohio for six months.
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Dean Collison
Hocking County
Election Board
United States
Ohio
East Germany Freezes 6 Americans From Jail Amid Strike Talks
East Germany releases six Americans from jail as telephone strike talks continue through the weekend. The nationwide CWA walkout against Bell Telephone System enters fourth day with scattered vandalism. Most calls processed by automated dial. some delays persist. Ohio Bell secured court orders to curb picketing amid disturbances. Separately UTU strike halts two railroads, affecting 48,000 workers and 23 percent of rail shipped produce on Southern and Union Pacific lines.
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Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
Bell
Philadelphia
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Dayton
Belmont County
Washington
United Transportation Union
Southern
Union Pacific
UTU
Charles Luna
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Civil Defense funds new nationwide alert system
Washington reports Civil Defense will deploy a CIDS nationwide alert network. A $2.7 million contract to Westinghouse Electric Corp aims to speed and improve warnings for nuclear attack or natural disasters, according to Director John E. Davis.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Conelrad
EBS
CIDS
John E. Davis
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Davis Case Testimony Names Killer
A survivor testified before Marin County grand jury that Ruchell Magee fired the sawed off shotgun killing Judge Harold Haley. Gary D. Thomas identified Magee in secret testimony that was sealed to avoid pretrial publicity. Davis and Magee face murder kidnapping and conspiracy charges.
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San Rafael
Calif
Ruchell Magee
Gary D. Thomas
Marin County Grand Jury
Magee
San Quentin State Prison
Harold Haley
Thomas
State Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Angela Davis
UCLA
Miss Davis
Howard Moore Jr
Appeals Court
Midwest Storms Shift Weather Across the Nation
Storms moved into the Midwest bringing cooler air and thunder showers. Chicago endured winds up to 45 mph while northern Illinois received heavy rain. Meridian Mississippi recorded about five inches and Jackson Mississippi nearly an inch in under an hour. Dust and rain lashed the Southwest.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Chicago
Meridian
Miss
Jackson
Typhoon Halts Indochina Actions Over Vietnam War
Typhoon Jean lashes Vietnam’s northern coast slowing operations as U S B 52 raids halt in the north and Hanoi targets the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. South Vietnamese forces report 77 enemy killed with seven wounded. a U S helicopter is shot down near the A Shau valley, raising U S aircraft losses to 7 862.
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Saigon
Jean
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S
A Shau
No New Developments In Slaying In Hocking County
James Woodgeard faces a second degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Barton Payne at a tavern near South Bloomingville. The murder weapon remains unfound and the autopsy report from Columbus has not been received locally. A preliminary hearing date is postponed until the autopsy confirmation is received.
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James Gilbert Woodgeard
Laurelville
Hocking
James Stilwell
Richard Gerken
Woodgeard
Payne
Princess Anne Leaves Hospital After Ovarian Cyst Operation
Princess Anne, 20, departed London hospital after surgery to remove an ovarian cyst performed ten days earlier. She appeared in high spirits and smiling as she left.
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London
Anne
Elizabeth II
Tri County Anti Poverty Aide Resigns
D H Brown property manager for the Tri County Community Action Agency resigns at the CAA board meeting in Perry County. The letter cites an order from the agency director and awaiting property inventory approval from the Chicago regional office plus accrued vacation time for 1971, blaming interference and harassment by the Peoples Rights Benefits League.
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D. H. Brown
Tri-County Community Action Agency
CAA
Perry County
Brown
Chicago
People’s Rights & Benefits League
Community Action Agency
Lost Tribe Of Philippines Emerges From Stone Age
An Associated Press report follows the Tasaday of Taladay Forest in Mindanao as government officials and researchers describe their first contact with 20th century technology. Experts warn of risks from logging and sudden exposure while planning a forest reserve to protect the tribe’s fragile isolation.
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Philippines
Associated Press
Taladay Forest
Mindanao
Manuel Elizalde Jr
Elizalde
Tasaday
Robert B. Fox
Panamin
Philippines’ National Museum
Taladay's
Fox
Ayam
Diwata
Six Americans Freed as Berlin Talks Advance
East Germany released six Americans held on charges from assault to aiding escape attempts as four power talks in Berlin pressed forward. The U.S. reported the border release occurred Friday near West Berlin with a four-hour four-power meeting to resume next Thursday and hints of summer talks.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
U.S
United States
Russia
Britain
France
America
East Berlin
Piotr Abrassimov
Ronald F. Mudd
David F. Mudd
Columbus
Ohio
Mark Huessy
Jericho
Lyle Jenkins
Cambridge
Mass
Jack Strickland
Santa Barbara
Calif
Frank King
Highland Park
Mich
Michael Woodbridge
Ronald Balch
Huntsville
Ala
U.S. Army
Bavaria
Poland
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Tran van Lam
Red China
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Douglas W. Toms
Ashers Fork
Davis
Indochina
Veidt
University Hospital
Owen F. Yaw
Franklin County
Princess Anne
Tri-County
John Nance
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