Fighter Attacks For North Battery
An antiaircraft battery fired on a U S reconnaissance plane in North Vietnam as one escorting Phantom attacked the guns. The action occurred 95 miles north of the DMZ and 14 miles east of the Laotian border. Nine killed in Mekong Delta ambush. 23 enemy casualties reported at U Minh forest. The U S Command announced a 12 unit troop reduction totaling 4 650 men as part of the withdrawal plan.
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North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Mekong
Kien Thien
Saigon
U Minh Forest
U.S
Vietnam
Dmz
New Corn Estimate Sets Record Carryover Concerns
Washington AP reports a 4.4 billion bushel corn crop projection by the Agriculture Department, underpinning a large 1971-72 supply and the prospect of record feed grain carryovers. The bumper harvest, plus sorghum, lowers prices and complicates policy amid export uncertainty and tight money.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Nixon
White House
Sees Danger In Biased Tv News
G Duncan Bauman of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat warned at the International Typographic Composition Association convention that biased TV reporting harms public understanding. He likened biased coverage to a poison sandwich and cited Edith Efron's TV Guide critique of Nixon coverage in 1968 as evidence.
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ST. Louis
G. Duncan Bauman
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bauman
International Typographic Composition Association
Edith Efron
TV Guide Magazine
Richard Nixon
Nixon to visit Peking within six weeks says Kissinger
AP reports Kissinger will depart on a 10-day mission to mainland China to finalize preparations for President Nixon’s anticipated trip. Nixon has domestic duties through November 9. News also covers Knauer backing a consumer protection bill passing the House, and Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Simon Kuznets. The Shah hosts a banquet in Persepolis with an eclectic guest list amid Persia’s ruins.
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Washington
Nixon
Peking
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
China
Virginia Knauer
House
Senate
Con
Nobel Prize to US Prof Kuznets in Economics
Cambridge Massachusetts AP Dr Simon Kuznets Harvard University emeritus wins Nobel Prize in economics for empirically based growth interpretation. He is 70, born in Kharkov, Russia, surprised yet delighted, with $88000 prize. Kuznets retires from Harvard, does research at home, and is the second American Nobel winner this week.
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Persepolis
Iran
Persia
Cambridge
Mass
Simon Kuznets
Harvard University
Kuznets
Stockholm
Kharkov
Russia
Royal Academy of Sciences
Elai] Sutherland
Vanderbilt University
Swedish Academy
United States
Columbia University
National Bureau of Economic Research
University of Pennsylvania
Johns Hopkins University
Frank W. Taussig
Harvard
Cambridge Institution
Economist
Sargent Signs Endangered Species Bill in Massachusetts
Gov Francis W Sargent signed a bill in Boston prohibiting sales of products made from animals believed endangered. The measure aims to curb trade in wildlife at risk of extinction and protect protected species within the state.
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Boston
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Remarkable Precambrian Rock Gift to Missouri Survey
Richard Wagner of Flat River and Rosser C Brophy of River Mines donated 56 Precambrian igneous rock specimens to the Missouri Geological Survey at Rolla. The collection encompasses all Missouri Precambrian rock types.
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Rolla
Missouri
Missouri Geological Survey
Richard ©. Wagner
Flat River
Rosser C. Brophy
Widespread Blast Hits Iranian Consulate in San Francisco
An explosion shattered the interior of the Iranian Consulate in Presidio Heights San Francisco late Thursday. Police say a powerful bomb caused the blast which lit fires after gas meters ruptured. four unidentified youths fled in night clothes. No injuries reported. Damage estimated at 100000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Keith Caiden
Calden
Theodore Peck
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
P. G. Wodehouse Turns 90 A Very Happy Man
Novelist P. G. Wodehouse turned 90 in REMSENBURG New York calling himself a very happy man. Birthday telegrams and gifts poured in from around the world for the English author and his wife Ethel. He noted pipes as a favored gift and recalled a cake, cranberry jelly, Madeira wine, a tuning fork, and a note from Elizabeth Taylor among the greetings.
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Remsenburg
N.Y
P. G. Wodehouse
Long Island
Ethel
London
Wodehouse
Elizabeth Taylor
Romeo and Juliet, 1971 style split by sectarian feud
In Leeds a Belfast couple Deborah Dewey 16 and William Steel 19 faced shoplifting charges after eloping to England to escape Protestant Catholic tension. Defense likens them to Romeo and Juliet. judge discharges them and tells them both to return home as separation follows on courthouse steps.
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Leeds
England
Northern Ireland
Style
Malcolm Sorkin
Deborah Dewey
William Steel
Sorkin
Belfast
Sorin
John Randolph
William
Deborah
US paid out 3.1 billion in gold and reserve assets
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports that in the first eight months of 1971 the United States sent 3.1 billion in gold and other reserve assets to foreign central banks. The move eroded reserves despite record 3.6 billion draw downs on short term credit lines to stem losses. The report notes swap drawings absorb foreign gains potentially convertible to gold and cites a 4 percent annualized September money-supply decline, tempering growth to about 3 percent for the third quarter.
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New York
United States
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Treasury
Federal Reserve Exchange
Federal Reserve System
Bank of International Settlements
New York Bank
Ferrer Hospitalized Overwork In London Clinic
American producer Mel Ferrer, 54, collapsed at home and was hospitalized in London for what a spokesman called overwork. The former husband of Audrey Hepburn is now married to Lisa Soukhotine, a Belgian.
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London
Mel Ferrer
Ferrer
U.S
Audrey Hepburn
Lisa Soukhotine
House Group Would Raise Minimum Pay
The House Education and Labor Committee voted to raise the minimum wage for about 35 million workers to $2 an hour on Jan 1 two years early, and to lift 10 million more from $1.60 to $1.80 on Jan 1 and $2 the next year. An amendment would ban hiring illegal aliens with penalties up to 1000 dollars and one year in jail.
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Washington
House Education and Labor Committee
Nixon
United States
Los Angeles
Romana Banuelos
William D. Ford
D-Mich
Rules Committee
House
Swingles Named American Royal Farm Family of the Year
Kansas City AP report says Mr and Mrs Truman Swingle and their Kirksville daughter were chosen Missouri Farm Family of the Year by Royal president William E Maurer from Missouri lists. The family with 112 cows and 43 heifers will be honored on Missouri Day. Ca rol Lynn is 9. Swingle plans 350 acres of crops and pasture for rotation. he has lived on the farm since age nine except for seven years around World War I.
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Kansas City
Truman Swingle
Kirksville
Missouri
William E. Maurer
Swingles
University of Missouri-Columbia
Carol Lynn
Swingle
Vet Leads Unemployed Workers Union in Rhode Island
Arthur Hazard, a 29 year old Vietnam veteran who lost his programming job, helped form the Unemployed Workers Union in Providence. The group, about 200 members strong and funded by donations, seeks 28,000 signups and calls for extending unemployment benefits to 52 weeks and higher dependent benefits, citing leaflets distributed at the DES office after a federal court ruling.
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Providence, RI
Arthur Hazard
State Department of Employment Security
Hazard
Unemployed Workers Union
U.S
Frank Licht
Mary C. Hackett
DES
Licht
General Assembly
Cross Country Jogger Seeks U.S. Record Return
Marvin Swigert, a 31 year old Iowa science teacher, is jogging across the United States from San Francisco to New York City. He averaged 51.5 miles daily, aims for 68 miles, carries a letter from the San Francisco mayor to New York’s mayor, and has worn 11 pairs of shoes on his trek. He wants to reclaim the 64 days 22 hours world record set by Bruce Tulloch in 1969. Swigert has lost about 30 pounds and subsists on peanut butter, raisins, and wheat germ.
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Ligonier
Iowa
Pennsylvania
New York City
Marvin Swigert
San Francisco
Manhattan
Swigert
Creston
Bruce Tulloch
United States
Joseph Alito
John Lindsay
New York
Escapee From Penal Farm Sought Near Jefferson City
Jefferson City law officers hunted Darrell R. Jones a 24 year old prisoner who escaped Thursday night from the Church prison farm. Jones held about 18 months of a six year sentence for armed robbery and is from Kansas City. A car stolen in Jamestown Mo was reported the same night.
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Jefferson City
Darrell R. Jones
Church Prison Farm
State Highway Patrol
Jones
Kansas City
Jamestown
Missouri River
Rules On Status Of Teachers In School Mergers
Jefferson City Ma AP Teachers in annexed districts must be retained even without a teaching degree according to Atty. Gen. Danforth. The opinion notes permanent status before tenure act remains, and the Education Department policy avoids lowering district classification after expansion. Danforth also informs Vaughn that the 1970 federal census affects salaries for county magistrates and related officials.
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Jefferson City
John C. Danforth
Daniel M. Buescher
Union
Franklin County
Danforth
Opinio
State Department O Education
John C. Vaughn
Mexico Ledger Subscription Rates and Hours
Mexico Ledger lists publication at 300 N Washington St Mexico Mo with rates by payment method and area. Daily except Sundays and holidays with office hours 8 am to 5 30 pm weekdays and 8 am to 3 pm Saturday.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
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