White doubts Mao illness after Peking trip
Dr. Paul Dudley White arrived from Peking saying he found no evidence Mao Tse-tung is seriously ill. The 85 year old Boston cardiologist noted rumors arose from Western broadcasts and a canceled October 1 parade. He defended Chinese doctors and praised their rural medical efforts during his 12 day stay.
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Hong Kong
Paul Dudley White
Peking
China
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
White
Boston
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mao
Chinese Medical Association
New $2.25 Wage Floor Push by Senate Panel
Senate Labor Committee chairman Harrison Williams Jr. announces plans to draft a bill raising the minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.00 after 60 days and to 2.25 after one year. He notes the need exceeds poverty levels despite potential clashes with Nixon’s economic program.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Nixon
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
North Forces Launch Heavy Attacks Along Cambodian Border
North Vietnamese troops pressed near the Cambodia border in South Vietnam for a second day, inflicting heavy losses on South Vietnamese and wounding five U.S. airmen. South Vietnamese casualties topped 20 dead and about 100 wounded, with tanks and artillery destroyed. North losses reached 92 killed, while Viet Cong sappers attacked Tan Son Nhut and a central coast train. The clash marks intensified sapper activity and a bid to push defenders from highways 1, 7 and 22 amid regional unrest.
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George Esper
Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Qui Nhon
Tuy Hoa
Denmark's Premier Resigns and Heads Caretaker Government
Prime Minister Hilmar Baunsgaard resigned and agreed to lead a caretaker government until after an electoral standoff. The 88 87 coalition tightness in parliament keeps Denmark stalled as Faroe Islands elections on Oct 5 and Greenland legislators' decisions determine the next alliance. Baunsgaard, in power since 1968, sought a broad coalition including opposition Social Democrats, but Jens Otto Krag rejected the plan.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Hilmar Baunsgaard
Whch
Baunsgaard
Faroe Islands
Greenland
Frederick
Jens Otto Krag
Boy on bike shot in Cleveland may lose sight
Seven year old Tyrone Hill riding a new bicycle on Cleveland East Side was shot. A doctor said the bullet pierced his brain and lodged near his right eye leaving that eye sightless and possibly endangering the left eye. Tyrone remained in guarded condition as police sought suspects.
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Tyrone Hill
Clifford Hill
Isaac Glover
Tyrone
Hrame
Police Walk Out Shuts Quebec Posts in Pay Dispute
Scores of Quebec police posts closed as many stations operated by supervisors during a massive strike to dramatize demands for higher pay from the provincial government.
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Drummondville
Que
Quebec
Nixon and Hirohito meet in Alaska in historic visit
President Nixon and Emperor Hirohito met in Anchorage for over an hour marking a rare high level encounter between the United States and Japan. The meeting followed ceremonies at Elmendorf Air Force Base with no joint communique issued.
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Hirohito
United States
Emperor Air Anchorage
Frank Cormier
Anchorage
Alaska
Nixon
Japan
U.S
Pacific
Copenhagen
Anchorge
Walter J. Hickel
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Tokyo
Washington D.C
Nagako
Europe
Aleutian Islands
America
Army
Marine Corps
Washington
Elmendorf
Ing Sun
Willian Rogers
Takeo Fukuda
Compromise Unlikely Soon On State Tax Bill
In Columbus a conference committee will be named to craft a compromise version of the $7.6 billion budget tax measure. The Senate passed a sales tax hike and corporate tax. the House backed personal and corporate income taxes. Estimates show a family of four would pay about $67.50 annually.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Anthony Calabrese
Cleveland
Michael Maloney
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Education Committee
Oakley Collins
Ironton
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Harry Meshel
Youngstown
Finance Department
John Gilligan
Ohio Weather Keeps Warm Trend With Mid 80s Expected
A warming pattern continues as the Miami Valley sees daytime highs in the low 80s and overnight temps in the 60s. Showers Saturday night and Sunday trimmed yesterday's high to 75 and dropped 0.53 inches of rain.
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Ohio
Miami Valley
Gilligan Deems Senate Tax Bill Inadequate and Unfair
Gov John Gilligan in Cleveland denounces the Senate tax bill as a tax increase that harms low and middle income Ohioans. He criticizes the Senate version as ill conceived and unfair and hopes House members resist its passage. Gilligan spoke during a Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival event at West Side Market.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Senate
John Gilligan
West Side
Greatakes Shakespeare Festival Women’s Committee
House
Senate
Chart Compares Present Rate Proposed Tax in Columbus Ohio
The table shows current sales tax on purchases and proposed increases from four to five and a half cents to fund government for 1971-73. It details tax amounts by purchase ranges, noting exemptions for food rent utilities and medicine remain unchanged.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate House Conference Committee
Senate
Jealousy Cure Suggested for Women in Satirical Line
A humorous remark asserts most women could be cured of jealousy if they would view their husbands impartially. The witticism reflects gendered commentary and domestic satire from the period.
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