Rogers Leaves for Europe on Suez Canal Mission
Secretary of State William P. Rogers begins a two week tour of Europe and the Middle East from Andrews Air Force Base to press for an interim Egypt Israel agreement to reopen the Suez Canal. He will meet British, French, and SEATO CENTO officials and visit Jordan Saudi Arabia Lebanon Egypt and Israel.
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UPI
William P. Rogers
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Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Rogers
Special Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
London
Alec Douglas- Home
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
U.S
China
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
Maurice Schumann
Ankara
Central Treaty Organization
CENTO
Great Britain
Turkey
Pakistan
Iran
Jordan
Saudi
Arabia
Lebanon
America
Suez Waterway
Mideast
Briton and girlfriend start Pacific row from San Francisco
John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook push off from Fisherman’s Wharf at 2:47 a m in a 35 foot orange rowboat named Britannia bound for Australia. They carry supplies for 100 days and plan to row, cook, fish and sleep as their open boat copes with the Pacific.
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San Francisco
UPI
John Fairfax
Fisherman's Wharf
Pacific Ocean
Sylvia Cook
London
Fairfax
Golden Gate
Australia
San Francisco Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Miss Cook
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Rate Notice
Audit bureau rate notice for monthly mail delivery set at 2.25 dollars in advance. Includes daily delivery except Sundays and Christmas Day.
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Member Audit Bureau of Circulations
Fires kill 29 nationwide including children in Seattle and Ohio
United Press International reports 29 dead in weekend fires across Seattle, Ohio, St Paul, Boston, New York City. Among the victims are 13 children including a Seattle group of 12 who perished. families flee flames as firefighters respond to multiple blazes in frame houses and apartments.
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United Press International
Seattle
Ohio
St. Paul
Boston
New York City
Cleveland
Charles Walker
Madeline Walker
Christo Davis
Lloyd Walker
Gallipolis
Bert Yost
Bobby
Thelma
Jeff Dobbins
Paul Kent Jr
Yost
Cecil
Thomas Burnett
Chicago
Otto Pospisil
Joseph LaMonica
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Two Airmen Die in Flyl Fighter Bomber Crash
Barstow reports two Air Force Majors James W. Hurt of Indianapolis and Robert J. Furman of New York City were killed when an ejection capsule failed during a test flight of a Flyl fighter bomber. Investigators pursue cause as the 14th and 15th fatalities in 18 crashes of the controversial aircraft formerly known as the TFX. Both officers were married with three children.
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Barstow
UPI
Air Force
James W. Hurt
Indianapolis
Robert J. Furman
New York City
TFX
Violence erupts at massive San Francisco peace march
A 150000 strong San Francisco peace rally at Golden Gate Park ended when Brown Berets seized the speaker platform. The incident interrupted scheduled speakers including Rep Pete McCloskey and pacifist David Harris. Protesters dispersed amid chants of peace while Berets called for drastic revolutionary action. Samuel Sanchez, part of a La Raza contingent, said his group numbered about 8000 from across the state. James Lafferty called the event a huge success in contrast to 1969 Moratorium Day.
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Sanchez
James Lafferty
Detroit
National Peace Action Coalition
Washington, D.C
Lafferty
Paul N
Pete) McCloskey
Rcalif
David Harris
Brown Beret
Abe Tapia
Los Angeles
Militant
David Sanchez
Drought Stricken Florida Seeks Rain as West Weathers In
Cloud-seeding efforts over a 15 mile cloud belt north of Miami aimed to produce rain amid Florida's prolonged drought. Snow and cold swept parts of Wyoming Idaho Utah California and Michigan as winds gusted up to 56 mph in Rock Springs. Across the nation dry conditions prevailed with a coastal $85 000 beachfront home damaged by high tides and winds. Duodenal ulcers are more common in men than women Britannica notes.
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United Press International
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Colorado
Miami
Lander
Wyo
Evanston
Cheyenne
Idaho
Utah
Sierra, Nevada
California
Ogden
South Lake Tahoe
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Pacific
Oxnard
Calif
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Troop Strength in South Vietnam Drops Again
U S troop strength in South Vietnam fell by 6 200 last week to 281 400 as of April 22 officials said. The drop exceeds the Phase VI target by at least nine days and accelerates toward Phase VII which targets a further 100 000 reduction by December 1 1971.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U. S
Navy
Coast Guard
Demonstrators Shut Down New Jersey Turnpike Traffic
More than 1,000 antiwar protesters blocked the New Jersey Turnpike for five hours, triggering 80 arrests for disorderly conduct. State police cleared the scene after guiding a 15 mile march and diverting crowds, with many held on bail.
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N. J
UPI
Washington, D.C
New Jersey Turnpike
Mt. Laurel
N.J
Delaware
Abby Eddy
New Britain
Conn
Washington
Vietnam
Maryland
Aberdeen
Former China premier T. V. Soong dies at 77
T. V. Soong, once Nationalist China foreign minister during World War II and acting premier in 1945, collapsed at a dinner party and died at 77. An autopsy was planned. cause of death undetermined. Soong led foreign affairs after Pearl Harbor and remained influential in Chinese American banking circles. He was brother to Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and Madame Sun Yat-Sen, with Soong Ching- Ling as a Communist leader.
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China
T. V. Soong
Edward EU
Bank of Canton
Soong
Pearl Harbor
Chiang Kai-Shek
Madame Sun Yat-Sen
Soong Ching- Ling
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