Shanghai Is Different in Tone and Pulse of the City
The Ledger editor recounts a 4000 mile delegation trip to five Chinese provinces, with a vivid view of Shanghai. He notes a quicker pace, crowded streets, bilingual signs, and a cosmopolitan hotel scene at the Peace Hotel on the Bund. The piece contrasts Shanghai’s vitality with boilerplate depictions of Maoist uniformity and mentions diverse visitors, harbor views, and a rare moment of a couple on a park bench before hinting at early CCP activity.
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Ledger
China
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Shanghai
Chengchou
Peace Hotel
Cathay
Bund
Wang Pu River
Peking
Howard University
Cuba
Wang Pu
Yangtze
Mao
Chinese Communist Party
Weather Eases Pinch On Fuel Shortages In Missouri
A warming trend over the weekend allowed MP and L to restore natural gas service to all customers by 9:30 this morning after a week of interruptions for those with interruptible contracts. Below zero temperatures had driven usage over the district’s daily allotment, but weekend demand drop enabled recovery. Gas curtailment has pushed many users to higher fuel costs and created a standby fuel shortage, affecting hospitals, schools, industries, and oil suppliers across the area.
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Missouri Power and Light Co
Mp&l
J.J. McNamara
Audrain Medical Center
A. P. Green Refractories
A. B. Chance Co
MFA Mill
Fulton
Christopher Bond
Middlewest
Nixon Halts Offensive In North Vietnam
President Nixon ordered an immediate halt to all offensive operations in North Vietnam citing progress in Paris peace talks. The move covers bombing, shelling, and mining with Mines to remain in place for discussion in future talks. Haig was sent to Saigon to confer with Thieu and regional leaders on the status and next steps.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
North Vietnam
Paris
Florida White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
South Vietnam
U.S
Zeigler
Nguyen van Thieu
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Saigon
Thieu
Haig
Ronald J. Ziegler
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
United States
Haiphong
Aleyler
Washington
Nguyen Trieu Dan
National Advisory Commission Proposes 25 Year Prison Caps
Washington AP A national advisory commission on criminal justice urges a 25 year maximum for all crimes except murder and five years for non dangerous offenders. It backs full legal access for inmates, single appeals, decriminalizing simple drunkenness, and community based corrections with expanded inmate rights.
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Washington
National Advisory Commission On Criminal Justice
Commission
Nixon
Delaware
Russell Peterson
Jerris Leonard
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Leonard
Peterson
Richard Ghleindienst
Frozen Blood Threatens Wedding Date
Margie Zillinger of Phillipsburg and Jerry Holmes of Kansas City face a possible delay to their January 20 wedding as Holmes blood sample froze en route to a lab. The sample was tested last week after frigid weather. no local lab facilities exist. A repeat test is planned at KU Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas.
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Phillipsburg
Kan
Margie Zillinger
Jerry Holmes
Kansas City
Holmes
University of Kansas Medical Center
Gulf Oil Station Sold at Monroe and Western Corners
The unused Gulf Oil Station on the southwest corner of Monroe and Western Streets was sold by Harry and Thurza Grainger to West Plaza of Mexico Inc. The deed at the Audrain recorder's office shows West Plaza now owns the property between the railroad and Monroe Street and between Western and Wade Streets, except for the house of Mrs. Lois Gipson at 622 W Monroe St.
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Gulf Oil
Monroe and
Western Streets
Harry and Thurza
Saigon Moves Toward Possible Vietnam Cease-Fire
The Associated Press reports signs Kissinger Haig and Nixon aid negotiating a cease-fire this week in Vietnam. Saigon sources say a tacit withdrawal and demarcation plan may be included in a peace treaty with a larger supervision body.
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Associated Press
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Nixon
North Vietnam
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nguyen van Thieu
Haig
Kissinger
Key Biscayne
Fla
Paris
CBS
Richard Wagner
Thieu
South Vietnam
Wagner
Hanoi
Four more Watergate defendants plead guilty in trial
Four Miami defendants Bernard Barker Eugenio Martinez Frank Surgis and Virgilio Gonzalez pleaded guilty in the Watergate case leaving only G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord Jr. At issue were possible mistrial moves and the impact on the full public airing of evidence as appeals and defense push continue.
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Washington
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio R. Martinez
Frank A. Surgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Miami
White House
E. Howard Hunt
al Newmeyer
Lell
New York
Henry B. Rothblatt
Hunt
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Rothblatt
Sirica
Newmeyer
Washington Post Today
William ©. Bittman
Post
New York Times
Sturgis
Newsday
Long Island
Time
Nixon
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Treasury
Finance Committee
James W. McCord Jr
Liddy
McCord
Gerald Alch
Boston
Mexico Mex-Tech Classes Sign Up Tonight
Enrollment at 7:00 tonight for 22 skilled and technical adult classes at Mexico Area Vocational Technical School. Also enroll at Mexico High School for William Woods Westminster College courses sponsored by Mexico Chamber of Commerce and University of Missouri. Programs include various technical and education courses with July offerings.
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Mexico Area
E A Moore Dies Rites Pending In New Mexico Origin
Ernest Alberta Moore died at 6 10 am at his home 618 S Trinity St funeral services pending at Arnold Funeral home He was born in Mexico in May 1984 son of Hoger Ray and Elva Kemp Moore A Garfield High School graduate and Air Force veteran He belonged to Second Baptist Church Surviving relatives include two brothers John Raymond Moore Cleveland Ohio Lewis Moore Mexico and four sisters Vertna West Mexico Frances Johnson Des Moines Maury Moore Chicago and Wilhelmine Hicks St Louis
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Ernest Alberta Moore
S. Trinity St
Arnold Funeral Home
Hoger Ray
Elva Kemp Moore
Moore
Mexico
Garfield High School
Air Force
Second Baptist Church
John Raymond Moore
Cleveland
Ohio
Lewis Moore
Vertna West
Frances Johnson
Des Moines
Maury Moore
Chicago
Wilhelmine Hicks
St. Louis
Beef Sets Record Price On Omaha Steer Market
In Omaha, the top price for steer sales reached 41.65 per hundredweight, with three loads of high choice and prime 1,100 to 1,200 pound steers at that level. Heifers climbed to 39.50 to 40.25 per hundredweight, both all time highs as limited offerings pressured prices.
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Omaha
Neb
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Corona Remains Hospitalized as Deliberations Continue
Juan V. Corona, charged with fatally hacking and stabbing 25 drifters and field workers and burying them in crude graves, stays in the hospital after a heart attack during trial recess. A four-day jury deliberation enters its fourth day, with Corona reported very comfortable at Vacaville state medical facility.
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Fairfield
Calif
Juan V. Corona
Corona
State
Vacaville
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Westminster College
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E.A. Moore
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