Nine Nation Asian Conference Opens in Japan
The ASPAC ministerial talks in Kawana, Japan, focus on post Vietnam security and economic aid. Delegates from Australia, the Philippines, New Zealand, South Korea, Nationalist China, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and South Vietnam meet amid protests and fears of a move toward a military alliance.
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Kawana
Japan
ASPAC
Asian and Pacific Council
Ito
Moscow
Peking
Australia
Philippines
New Zeland
South Korea
China
Thailand
Malaysia
South Vietnam
Carlos P. Romulo
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
America
Pacific
Romulo
Asia
Vietnam
Tran Chanh Thanh
Kiichi Aichi
Kyu Hah-choi
Gordon Freeth
Peking Broadcast Reports Ongoing Opposition to Mao
Peking broadcasts say opposition to Mao Tse tung continues in Communist China with disunity in provincial administrative committees. An editorial from Maoist papers urges united front, while noting past victories and warning enemies abroad and at home to remain vigilant.
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Peking
Mao
Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
China
Peking People’s Daily
Liberation Army
Red Flag
New China News Agency
Liu Shao-chi
Peking People's Daily
Communist
Seoul Says North Korea Spy Boat Sunk In Battle
South Korean forces sank a North Korean rubber spy boat 140 miles southeast of Seoul after a 20 minute battle off Pukp'yong ni. A North Korean officer's body, a submachine gun, and 4 pounds of TNT were recovered. six occupants were aboard the craft and are presumed drowned. A larger escort vessel fired 82mm shells and one shell killed five sleeping family members in a nearby house.
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Seoul
Defense Ministry
Pukp
Young-Ni
Mixed Reactions to Nixon Troop Withdrawal Move
Democratic critics deemed the 25 000 troop pullout inadequate while Republicans called it a cautious step toward de escalation. Senators McGovern McCarthy Gore and others questioned whether real policy shifts or progress in Paris peace talks will follow, with some Republicans praising the move as a beginning toward endgame.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
McGovern
Sikes
Bune
House
Gerald R. Ford
U.S
Paris
Robert Packwood
Edward W. Brooke
Mass
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Foreign Relations Committee
William B. Widnall
Rn.j
Midway
Thieu
Gore
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Robert L. Sikes
D-Fla
Hanoi
Literacy Testing Program Slated In West Carroll
West Carroll Parish School Board will run a literacy testing program this summer in cooperation with the State Department of Education. The tests will target adults who did not finish the fifth grade in public schools, with Mack Albritton of Pioneer traveling the parish to administer and arrange testing in June July and August.
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Oak Grove
West Carroll Parish
Schoool Board
Jo L. McKinzie
State Department of Education
West Carroll
Mack Albritton
Pioneer
Robert Taylor Dies at 57 A Hollywood Leading Man
Hollywood star Robert Taylor, famed for roles opposite Irene Dunne and Greta Garbo, dies at 57 from cancer. A Nebraskan, he rose to top pay in 1940s to 1950s, later TV police work and Death Valley Days appearances. He smoked heavily, battled lung disease, and left a ranching and aviation legacy.
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Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Irene Dunne
Greta Garbo
Taylor
Tate
Spain closes road to Gibraltar workers face border shutdown
Spain seals the border at La Linea cutting off 4600 Spanish workers from Gibraltar as Franco presses to reclaim the rock. The cabinet ordered the move with 48 hours notice, jeopardizing tourism and local wages while Britain debates retaliation and plans overtime substitutions with workers from Morocco and Malta.
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Gibraltar
Spain
Rock of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
la Linea
Francisco Franco
Britain
Rock
London
Times of London
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