Black Panther Huey Newton attends Peking National Day reception
In Peking Chou En-lai met Huey Newton co founder of the Black Panthers at a national day reception. NCNA named two other Panthers Elaine Brown and Robert Bay and noted several hundred thousand celebrants across parks and factories with Tiananmen Square festively decorated.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Chou En-lai
Black Panther Party
Huey Newton
Mainland
Peking
New China News Agency
NCNA
Newton
Chou
State Council
People’s Association For Friendship
Elaine Brown
Robert Bay
Oakland
Calif
William H. Hinton
Joanne Hinton
Max Granich
Communist Party
Tienanmen Square
Nixon official stabbed to death in Executive Office Building
Ritchie H. Reed 30, director of economic resources for the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future, was found stabbed about 4 p.m. in a fifth floor washroom of the new Executive Office Building near the White House. Police report no suspects and say Reed had no ID on him. he wore rings and a watch. He lived in Cheverly Maryland with his wife and no children. The death involved about 20 stab wounds and followed a violent struggle. investigators said Reed may have been robbed. The case unfolded on a floor housing Kennedy Center and White House Historical Association offices while the Passport Office was moving buildings.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon Administration
Executive Office
White House
Ritchie H. Reed
Cheverly
Jackson Place
Lafayette Square
Reed
The
Commission On Population Growth and the American Future
District of Columbia
D.C
James L. Luke
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Nationwide mine and dock strikes escalate nationwide
Some 80,000 soft coal miners and 45,000 East and Gulf Coast dockworkers walked out in no-contract, no-work strikes spreading from Maine to Louisiana and Texas ports. UMW and operators recessed talks as federal mediators urged settlement while the White House weighed options.
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Gulf Coast
Maine
Louisiana
Texas
United Mine Workers
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
James
Riots erupt in Saigon and Hue over Thieu bid for reelection
UPI reports students and veterans firebombed posters of President Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon and Hue during protests over his one man candidacy. Police battles accompany the clashes as Thieu urged voting while Ky called for staying away from the polls amid violence and political tension.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Hue
Nguyen Cao Ky
Reagan Blames Court Over Welfare Checks Delay
Gov. Ronald Reagan accuses California Supreme Court of causing welfare payment delays as thousands wait for AFDC checks. State officials seek clarification on court orders and announce an emergency regulation to empower county welfare directors to mail Oct 15 payments adjusting Oct 1 grants for any over or underpayments.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
State Supreme Court
High Court
San Francisco
AFDC
Libyan premier Khadafy in shock after deadly traffic accident
A Beirut paper reported Libyan Premier Muammar Khadafy in shock after a September 18 motorcycle motorcade crash that killed five guards en route to Tripoli airport. Speculation swirled about injury or overthrow as overseas trips were canceled and Khadafy made few public appearances.
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United Press International
Beirut
Muammar Khadafy
Khadafy
le Jour
Tripoli
Niger
Hamani Diori
Nuisance Hearing Set for Abandoned Local Drive-Ins
Lompoc City Council plans a public hearing to determine if the Minnie Pearl Roast Beet and Minnie Pearl Chicken drive-ins on North H Street are a nuisance. Owners have until Nov 1 to clean and remove signs. failure leads to city work and a lien. The order follows a new nuisance ordinance.
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Lompoc
North H Street
United Fund aims for seventy three thousand in 1971 drive
The 1971 United Fund kickoff drew about 90 local leaders. Organ announced a $73,000 goal to fund 17 agencies, higher than last year. Mayor Scott urged community support and a push for individual gifts, while Larsson and others presented cheques totaling over 3 000.
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John Larsson
United Fund
William Organ
Hu Young
UF Fund
Hugh Young
Robert Kranig
Lompoc Valley
Organ
Young
Helen Smith
Larsson
Festival Committee
Chamber
Penney’s
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Mao
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Kentucky
West Virginia
New Orleans
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Great Lakes
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ILA
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Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
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Ohio
Illinois
Colorado
New Mexico
Progressive Mine Workers of America
PMWA
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Montana
Wyoming
W. A. Tony Boyle
North Coast
Middle East News Agency
MENA
Kurdish Democratic Party
Iraq
Mulla Mustafa Barzai
Scott
Art Scott
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