Sourdough Reunion Brings Long Bustling Tales From Yukon era Pioneers
Seattle AP reports the International Sourdough Reunion gathers aging reminiscers from Alaska and the Yukon to swap stories of gold rush life. Charlie Fyfe recounts boxing a million in Dawson and washing bank records at home, while Peter Jensen recalls crossing a glacier to Chisana.
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Alaska
Yukon Territory
Charlie Fyfe
Dawson
V. T
Peter Jensen
Bremerton
Wash
Chisana
Clear Labeling Sought From Tire Makers
The Transportation Department proposes a uniform tire labeling system with grades for high speed road endurance and road hazard resistance. Labels would rate tires on speed capability, hazard resistance, endurance, uniformity and balance with grades 1 through 3 and must be affixed to the tread. Comments invited by December 20 1971 with rule to take effect September 1 1972.
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Washington
Transportation Department Today
Edith Heads for Alabama After Louisiana Destruction
Edith the former hurricane weakened to a tropical depression as it moved into Alabama and could spawn tornadoes or flash floods. The storm lashed Louisiana and Mississippi with high tides and power outages, with 28 000 customers still without electricity and extensive cane field damage. A disaster survey team will assess for possible federal aid as shelters close.
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New Orleans
Edith
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
U S Russia Near Agreement on Hotline and Accident Talks
Sources say a pair of accords will be signed by Secretary Rogers and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko by month end. One modernizes the White House Kremlin hotline via satellite links, the other creates rapid consultative procedures after nuclear accidents to avoid misinterpretation as an attack.
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William P. Rogers
Andrei A. Gromyko
White House- Kremlin
Stafford Named to VT Senate Seat to Back Draft Vote
Gov. Deane C. Davis appointed Rep. Robert T. Stafford to Vermont’s U.S. Senate after the burial of Sen. Winston Prouty. Nixon urged swift action and Colson notified the governor. Stafford, a veteran and former governor, will serve the remaining five years and vote for the draft extension.
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Nixon
U.S. Senate
Stafford
Rutland County
Communists Renounce Partial Peace Hopes at Talks
In Paris the Vietnam peace talks slipped to a new low after North Vietnamese leaders Xuan Thuy and Nguyen Thanh Le rejected previous hints of compromise. They insisted on U.S. withdrawal and Thieu ouster before prisoner releases, reversing early signals and dashing McGovern's policy read. The stand complicates a possible separate peace and tightens the political aim of Hanoi and the Viet Cong.
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Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thanh le
Sen
George S. McGovern
D.D
Thuy
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Viet Cong
McGovern
Nude Desdemona Shocks London in Othello Debut
Actress Sarah Stephenson, 24, performs Desdemona nude in Shakespeare's Othello at Mermaid Theatre. She replaced the original Desdemona who refused naked scenes and dies wrapped in satin sheets. Michael Billington of the Times calls the production crude though the nude moment is praised.
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Sarah Stephenson
Desdemona
Miss Stephenson
Mermaid Theater
Othello
Michael Billington
the Times
Cloudy Tonight with Thunder Threat and Mild Temps
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with a chance of thundershowers this evening. Temperatures will rise to the upper 60s for the day and fall to the mid-50s at night. Yesterday's high reached 72 and this morning's low was 60.
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