China faces tight UN vote over seat as two China policy looms
Nationalist China retains its UN seat amid shifting opinions on admitting Communist China. Observers expect a close Friday vote with potential U S backed insurance to protect the current holder. Peking’s bid faltered after Mauritius reversed its stance.
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Mao Tsetung
Peking
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Italy
Mauritius
Taiwan
Starving peasants haunt cyclone ruins in East Pakistan
UPI photos and eyewitness account describe vast devastation after the cyclone and tidal waves near Dacca. Islands like Manpura show mass graves and survivors recount hunger, disease, and scorched earth searching for food and water amid thousands of bodies.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
UPI
United Press International
Ed van Kan
Manpura
Pakistan
Nixon asks for $1 billion in foreign aid rekindling Cambodia clash
President Nixon requests $1 billion in new foreign aid to bolster allies in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, renewing the Cambodia dispute in Congress. Sen Fulbright warns of enlarged Southeast Asia responsibilities while Sen Mansfield seeks quid pro quo on troop withdrawals.
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UPI
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U.S
Middle East
Southeast Asia
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
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Korea
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
White House
Administration
Hickel
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Republican House
Rep
Rogers C. B. Morton
Republican National
Americans wasteful habits drive rising solid waste totals
A long exposé cites national and local data on daily and yearly trash generation. It cites Americans discarding billions of items from autos to bottles, notes paper and plastic shares, and outlines city recycling efforts, costs, and future recycling options.
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Wilma Jack
U.S. Forest Service
City Sanitation Department
Lompoc
Eco-Center
N. H St
Record
City Street Department
Jr. Grossi
Public Works
Ken Dawson
Manson Defense Rests Case Without Witnesses
The Los Angeles Tate murder trial defense for Charles Manson and three female codefendants announces it will rest its case without calling a single witness. Defense attorney Paul Fitzgerald led the dramatic move as the 19 week trial approaches its expected start of rebuttal.
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LOS Angeles
UPI
Tate
Charles Manson
Paulitzgerald Rose
Platoons told to save ammo at My Lai killings trial
John Paul testified in the Lt. William L. Calley Jr. court martial describing a heavy fire from two American platoons that swept an undefended village in 1968 and prompted the commander to order ammunition conservation. The March 16 assault near My Lai 4 targeted the 48th North Vietnamese Battalion.
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UPI
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
John Paul
Jupiter
Fla
Ernest Medina
Paul
My Lai
Miami
Medina
Large brush fire in San Bernardino Mountains hampers control
About 3,125 firefighters ringed an 81 square mile blaze as 50 mph Santa Ana winds tested containment. The fire burned 55 240 acres with hot spots while damage reached $16 million in timber and up to 500000 in structures including cabins.
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UPI
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U. S. Forest Service
Santa Ana
Cucamonga Canyon
The
Insurance Information Institute
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