China US Ambassadors Hold First Talks in Paris
In Paris Arthur K. Watson and Huang Chen opened a series of contacts between the United States and China. The initial 50 minute meeting at the Chinese Embassy on Avenue George V was described as very friendly and warm with hopes for continued dialogue.
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Paris
U.S
Arthur K. Watson
Huang Chen
Avenue George V
Watson
White House
Nixon
Chou En-lai
China
Washington
Huang
Newsmen
International Business Machines
World Trade Corporation
Chinese Communist Party Central Committee
Charles de Gaulle
Peking
Fire Destroys Two Tankers At Mobil Oil Plant
A fire early today destroyed a shed and two Scoby Ratliff Mobil Oil Co. tanker trucks on Richmond Street, damaged two cars and slightly harmed two homes. Fire Chief Mattson cited a possible short circuit as the cause. $17 500 in damage was estimated. Police and fire units evacuated about a dozen households.
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Scoby Ratliff
Mobil Oil Co
Richmond Street
James L. Mattson
Miami Carey
Robert Fry
Curtis Peck
Oil Company
Burglars Motives Perplex Rural Decatur Break In
Decatur sheriff's deputies investigate a rural Decatur burglary in which Harold Catlin's home was entered over the weekend. The burglars took a toilet bowl valued at 50 cents and a light bulb worth 1.50, leaving $140 in cash untouched.
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Decatur, Ill
Decatur
Harold Catlin
Secretary Quits After Criticism Exchange
Chuckle secretary tells her boss she has taken all criticism and asks how to spell quit. The remark highlights workplace tensions and a blunt sense of limits in her role.
Black Convention Creates First National Black Political Movement
The National Black Convention in Gary Indiana concludes with the tentative formation of a national movement dubbed The National Assembly. Delegates clash over resolutions, as a steering committee will shape final policy on issues including school integration, reparations, and a reduced defense budget.
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Ind
National Assembly
Chicago
Jesse Jackson
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
New York
Michigan
Illinois
Shirley Chisholm
D—N.y
Charles Diggs
Senate
House
Africa
Lon Nol Declares Himself Khmer Republic President
Lon Nol, already premier, proclaims himself chief of state and takes the title president of the Khmer Republic. He will also head the cabinet and name a vice president and premier to assist him while suspending the Constituent Assembly amid a planned constitutional plan.
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Lon Nol
Council of Ministers
Sisowath Sirik Matak
Norodom Sihanouk
Cheng Heng
Constituent Assembly
National Assembly
Mother's Death Ends Cease-Fire in Belfast
A 24 year old mother Hyndman was killed by a terrorist bullet on her Belfast doorstep during a three day truce announced by the Provisional IRA. The cease-fire amid Northern Ireland’s violence ended as the death marked the 268th fatality in the conflict. The attack occurred as crowds enjoyed a rare peaceful weekend in the city.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Hyndman
Irish Republican Army
IRA
London
Edward Heath
Mystery Writer Fredric Brown Dies
Tucson AP report states mystery and science fiction author Fredric Brown died at 65. A prolific writer of more than 30 novels including The Fabulous Clip Joint which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1947, he also penned movie scripts and TV plays after moving from Cincinnati to Arizona in the 1950s.
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Tucson
Ariz
Fredric Brown
Mystery Writers of America
Edgar Allen Poe
Brown
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mild tonight into tomorrow with shower chances
The forecast calls for little change as the weatherman notes mild conditions with a chance of showers and thundershowers. Highs reach the 60s and overnight lows stay in the upper 40s, after yesterday's 71 high and this morning's 52 low.
Inside Page Highlights Across The Paper
The section lists features such as Ann Landers Bridge comics crossword and Deaths and Funerals notices alongside editorials Heloise House of the Week sports television theaters and want ads plus women’s news sections.
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Ann Landers
Heloise
House of the Week
Women's News
Fiancé of Sun Nicholas Crew Member Found at Sea
Giulia Gagliardo, mother of one survivor, said her son Giorgio Gagliardo aged 28 and Daniel Pizziga aged 20 were rescued after six days on a raft in the Gulf of Mexico and flown to New Orleans. The tanker San Nicholas crew of 30 includes two women still missing. She had learned her son had fallen in love with Maria Antonia Cont, one of the missing women, and they had planned to marry. Her birthday brought mixed emotions as she mourned the 28 absent crew members’ families.
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Giulia Gagliardo
Giorgio Gagliardo
Daniel Pizziga
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Maria Antonia Cont
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