Death of Chou En-lai prompts global mourning
Non Communist world mourns Premier Chou En-lai. Leaders from Ford to Kissinger and Waldheim offer tributes. Observers doubt major shifts in Chinese policy. NATO and EU officials assess Sino Soviet dynamics amid the passing.
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Chou En-lai
China
Moscow
Chou
Takeo Miki
Japan-China
Soviet Union
Tass
Central Committee
Communist Party of China
State Council of
People’s Republic of China
Ford
Kissinger
Brussels
Europe
NATO
Marines report decline in corps quality and discipline
The report to Congress cites lower overall Marine Corps quality, higher rates of unauthorized absences, desertion, and drug use tied to the end of the draft. It notes many recruits in 1973 and mentions recruiters cheating on entrance exams to meet quotas.
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Washington
UPI
Marine Corps
Congress
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Lewis Wilson
Defense Department
Nixon birthday amid hopes of rising esteem and Sino ties
Former President Richard Nixon turned 63 in California as a small family gathering and a mini museum were planned. He issued a long statement mourning Chou En Lai and voiced confidence that his administration will be reassessed favorably.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Richard Nixon
Nixon
White House
Chou En-lai
Chou
Washington
Julie
David Eisenhower
Korff
Californians Directed to Get Full Refunds for Body Shaper
A stipulated judgment orders refunds to about 100000 California buyers of the Five Minute Body Shaper. The suit, brought by the state attorney general and county district attorney, accuses the Weiders of false advertising using before and after photos to imply rapid weight loss from five minutes of daily exercise.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Joseph
Betty Weider
Record of historic cold wave and scattered incidents across the Midwest
A brutal cold snap grips the eastern two thirds of the nation with subzero temps and wind chills 40 to 50 below. Reported weather deaths number at least 26 across multiple states while fires from septic tanks are warned against in Crawfordsville Iowa.
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United Press International
Crawfordsville
Iowa
Plains
Great Lakes
Rockies
Chicago
Amtrak
Creston
Green Bay
Wis
Brown County
New Jersey
Missouri
North Carolina
Kansas
Wisconsin
Alton
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
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Henry Kissinger
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Luis Echeverria
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Corps
Mainland
Baruch Korff
Oceanside
Oes
Henry Block
IRS
H & R Block
Wocecser
Lompoc
Magnavox
Bes
Aii
Videomatic Electric Eye
Baldwin Music
Lompoc Plaza
Santa Ynez Western
Del
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