U S Table Tennis Delegation Tours Red China
A 15 member U S table tennis team completed a week in China with exhibition matches in Canton Peking Shanghai and Hong Kong and met Premier Chou En Lai. They praised China as friendly and noted Mao badges and admiration for Mao as a central figure. The trip sparked talk of Ping Pong diplomacy and Nixon potential China visit.
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Tokyo
China
U.S
Nixon
Graham Steenhoven
Detroit
United States
George Ruben
Canton
South China
Hong Kong
Steenhoven
Red China
Mainland China
Peking
Shanghai
Great Wall of China
Summer Palace
Chinghua University
Chou En-Lai
John Roderick
Associated Press
John Rich
Jack Reynolds
NBC Television
John Tannehill
Middleport
Ohio
America
Tannehill
Mao
University of Cincinnati
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Tim Boggan
Merrick
N.Y
Long Island University
Jesus Christ
Judy Bochenski
Eugene, Ore
Judy
Women's Liberation Movement
Errol Reseck
New York City
Reseck
Nagoya
Japan
Used Car Salesman Shot to Death in Jefferson City
A used car salesman named Ferman A. Thomas, 23, was shot and killed at a Jefferson City lot late Friday. Two men surrendered at the police station, while police withheld the names of the suspects and another person allegedly implicated.
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Jefferson City
Ferman A. Thomas
Town Can't Explain Killings in Mexican Mountain Town
In El Realito, Mexico, twelve civilians were killed when an army patrol fired on residents during an operation near a suspected marijuana site. Nine days later villagers, including mothers of baptized children, a pregnant woman, a 12-year-old boy, and others, seek answers as officials cite hostilities and narcotics activity.
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EL Realito
Mexico
Maria Trinidad Paez
Angel
Paez
Rosendo Flores
Mexico Scouts Lead Ecology Week For City Cleanup
Mexico youths from Brownies to Senior Scouts organize ecology activities starting with a Camera Safari and a campus cleanup. Gene Baldwin of the Missouri Department of Conservation will speak. students promote anti pollution actions and urge daily environmental choices.
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Mexico
Mexico High School
Gene Baldwin
Missouri Department of Conservation
MHS
Ers
Elmwood Cemetery
Kathleen Barnes
MHS Ecology Week
Earth
Scouts
Jaycees
Boy Scouts
Glenn Singleton
Mexico Girl Scouts
City County Health Unit
Salvation Army
Nixon Says Some Troops To Stay In Vietnam Indefinitely
President Nixon told a national audience that some American ground and air forces will remain in Vietnam indefinitely to pressure North Vietnam on prisoner releases and to maintain a fighting chance for South Vietnam. He defended delaying total withdrawal, citing prisoner negotiations, and warned bombing could resume if attacks on exiting troops continue.
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Viet
Nixon
Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Saison
American Society of Newspaper Editors
White House
Hoover
FBI
Senate
Hugh Scott
United States
North Vietnam
North Eee
Otis Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Paris
Korea
Scout-O-Rama District Event Set For May 1
Area Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts headline Scout-O-Rama on May 1 at the Fairgrounds grandstand. Charles H. Shaffer announces 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. schedule with booth displays, in-person patrol rivalries, and awards. Tickets cost 50 cents with half of proceeds benefiting units.
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Charles H. Shaffer
Little, Dixie
Dfther
Great Rivers Council
Fairgrounds
Columbia Construction Strike Nears Halt in Missouri
About 200 laborers and painters struck in Columbia Missouri over proposed wage hikes. Local unions seek a 25 percent raise to 5.90 per hour for laborers within six months, challenging contractors who had offered 7.5 percent before Nixon's March 29 wage guidelines set 6 percent. Contracts expired at midnight Thursday. no picket lines Friday as other trades kept working.
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Columbia, Mo
Columbia
Columbia Contractors Association
Veterans Hospital
University of Missouri
Laborers Union Local 955
Painters Union Local 1185
Nixon
Beard Growing On in Auxvasse Beard Contest
Auxvasse Lions Club sponsors a beard growing contest to benefit the Auxvasse Fair. Prize money equals all entry fees plus $25 added by the Lions. Open now. registrants must be clean shaven at registration with County Clerk Red Carrington in Fulton or Bob Kirgan at Central Loan Co in Mexico. Entry fee is $1. Judging set for 7 p m July 10.
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Auxvasse
Auxvasse Lions Club
Lions
Red Carrington
Fulton
Bob Kirgan
Central Loan Co
Mexico
City Budget Discussion Planned By City Council
The city council will meet with citizens Monday at 7 30 p m in city hall to discuss the 1971 72 budget. The planning and zoning commission will meet Tuesday to consider Crawford Construction Co proposal for apartment buildings south of Lakeview Rd. The Mexico park board will meet Wednesday to organize and tour park and recreation facilities.
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City Hall
Planning and Zoning Commission
Crawford Construction Co
Lakeview Rd
St. Louis
Mexico Park Board
Mighty Wurlitzer saved for School of the Ozarks dedication
In Lookout Missouri the Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ nearly dumped after a trucking accident now restored at the School of the Ozarks. Organist Bert Buhrman recalls the near end, the long repair including 1,380 uncolored wires, and the organ finally playing by 1970. Dedication Sunday will feature Ruhrman at the keyboard with a Buster Keaton silent, and an audience sing along.
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Mighty Wurlitzer
School of Ozarks
Point Lookout
RKO Stanley Warner Theaters, Inc
Indiana
Bert Buhrman
School of the Ozarks
Buhrman
Salem
Ind
Flushing
N.Y
Midwest College
Paramount Theater
New York
Jesse Crawford
Civic Auditorium
Wichita
Ruhrman
Buster Keaton
Steel Union Merger Hint Signals Big Union Growth
AP reports a possible merger between the United Steelworkers of America USW and District 50 Allied & Technical Workers of the United States and Canada. Spokesman declined to confirm. President I W Abel teased a Tuesday announcement during NSW convention in Pittsburgh. If real, USW would reach about 1.5 million members, trailing only the Teamsters and surpassing the Auto Workers.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of America
USW
Orchais
C Oncesses Oirarenare
District 50, Allied & Technical Workers
United States
Canada
I. W. Abel
Nsw
Abel
United Auto Workers
Steelworkers
Teamsters
District 50
Pope Criticized For Hot Pants Visitors
Rome papers clash over Pope Paul VI receiving rock groups in Clementine Hall. Tl Tempo calls the scene shocking and says the Pontiff should avoid actresses and hot pants, while Vatican spokesman denies an official comment and praises the pope for seeking peace.
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Rome
Paul VI
Vatican
Tl Tempo
Claudia Cardinale
Clementine Hall
Federico Alessandrini
Tempo
Railroads Asked To Fix Crossings In Mexico City
City Manager Neil Nielsen announced continued inquiries about repairs at the Jefferson and Calhoun Street grade crossings. The city mailed letters to GM&O and Norfolk and Western railroads requesting improvements this summer, with a plan to meet railroad engineers if they do not respond.
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Neil Nielsen
Jefferson and
Calhoun Sts
Gm&co
Norfolk and Western Railroads
Nielsen
Mexico
Gm&o
N&w
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My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Scout-O-Rama
Columbia Construction
Steel Union
Pope
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