Peking Thesis of a Visit Reveals Quiet Modernism
AP correspondent portraits a dawn in Peking during Nixon's visit, noting calisthenics, sparse traffic, and a drab neo Stalinist skyline. The piece contrasts Mao era symbols with a city of unisex styles, rebuilt institutions, and signs scrubbed of anti imperial rhetoric while Lin Piao's fate remains unmentioned.
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Exiled General Banned From Vietnam Flight
In Saigon Pan Am Flight 841 carried exiled Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi who was barred from disembarking due to lacking official permission. About 189 U.S. servicemen bound for leave remained at the airport as Thi departed with 17 crew and three Americans aboard.
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Communist Attacks Rise Across South Vietnam. Qui Nhon Shelling
Communist forces launched 37 attacks on government troops nationwide with rockets and mortars dominating. The assault included shelling of the U.S. Army Support Command in Qui Nhon wounding four Americans. Reports cite 19 South Vietnamese killed and 76 wounded. Saigon claims 158 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fatalities.
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Weather Forecast Notes Light Rain Near Tomorrow
Snow is turning to light rain by tonight with lows in the mid-30s. Expect a cloudy day tomorrow with a chance of rain or showers and highs in the 40s. Yesterday’s high reached 33 and the overnight low was 21.
IRA Leader Arrested as Britain Hunts Revenge IRA Cell
In Dublin police arrested Cathal Goulding and three Sinn Fein members, officials say the arrests follow an IRA bombing at Aldershot that killed seven, including two women, a gardener and a chaplain, and wounded seventeen. The blast, using gelignite, occurred near lunch hour outside the 16th Parachute Brigade base.
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Meany Attacks Nixon Over China Signing Of Strike Bill
AFL-CIO chief George Meany blasted President Nixon for signing an antistrike bill in Peking. He called the move a symbolic insult to American workers. The dock strike ended with 13,000 longshoremen accepting a new two year contract. Meany leaves for Washington after labor policy meetings.
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Soviet Luna 20 Scoops Moon Rock Returns to Earth
Tass reports Luna 20 collected rock samples from the lunar highlands and began return to Earth by rocket. The landing stage remains on the Moon and the exact Earth landing site was not disclosed.
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Nixon and Chou Hold Four Hour Private China Talks
President Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai met for four hours in Peking marking their third private session as they probe longstanding Sino American differences. The talks included a tentative openness to media access and featured aides Holdridge and Lord alongside Chou officials. Mrs Nixon toured a rural commune and a glass factory during the visit.
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