Kissinger Arrives in Peking for Nixon China Visit Plans
Henry Kissinger landed in Peking to finalize arrangements for President Nixon’s upcoming trip to Red China. He arrived after a Shanghai stop and was met by Chinese officials including Yeh Chien-ying and Seng Kuo-shu as a 14-man party. A 10-car motorcade moved through closed streets to a guest house.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Nixon
Red China
Radio
Kissinger
Yeh Chien-ying
Communist Party Politburo
Shanghai
China
Seng Kuo-shu
Tragic Nursing Home Fire Claims Fifteen In Honesdale
A fire at the Geiger Nursing Home near Honesdale, Pennsylvania, killed fifteen elderly residents and injured one nurse, Vaudine Lyon. Coroner Wayne County Robert Jennings ordered a state investigation for possible criminal negligence as firefighters found most victims in their rooms amid thick smoke.
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Wayne County
Robert Jennings
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Geiger Nursing Home
State Department of Labor and Industry
Department of Welfare
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Hawley
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Joyce Geiger
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Outdoor Burning Halt Ordered in Calcasieu Parish
The Louisiana Air Control Commission ordered a cease-and-desist to the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury to stop outdoor burning at 13 parish dumps. John Trygg cited the parish as having the state's largest air pollution problem.
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New Orleans
State Air Control Commission
Calcasieu Parish
John Trygg
Birthday greetings at Ouachita Parish Health Unit Chit Chat
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes staff at the Ouachita Parish Health Unit wrote Happy Birthday Norma on a large blackboard to honor Norma Evans a Monroe resident who works there. Alice Campbell and her West Monroe family returned from a weekend in Hot Spring Arkansas arriving Monday after sightseeing.
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Evans
Monroe
Alice Campbell
West Monroe
Hot Spring
Ark
Twin Cities
Wiretaps cited in crime war by Mitchell
Attorney General John N. Mitchell reported about 350 FBI wiretaps since the Nixon era began, yielding more than 1,500 arrests and 170 convictions of organized crime leaders. He noted many drug and bookmaking figures have abandoned operations due to surveillance. He also cited indictments of over 170 state and local officials across 21 cities, 12 counties, and five states.
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John N. Mitchell
FBI
Nixon
Mitchell
Miami
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
River Stage Changes Reported As Flood Threat
Flood watch notes river stages with Carden at 4.85 feet and Monroe at 13.7 feet. One stage shows a rise while another shows a fall, indicating shifting flood risk along the river.
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Carden
Monroe
Nixon May Bypass ABA on Nominees
Washington reports Nixon may bypass the American Bar Association in selecting Supreme Court nominees. A White House aide said more names are under consideration beyond those before the ABA committee and that an announced choice could come soon. The vacancies arose from the retirements of Hugo Black and John Marshall Harlan.
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Nixon
American Bar Association
White House
Bar
New York
Ronald L. Ziegler
Supreme Court
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Mildred Lillie
Herschel H. Friday
Hugo L. Black
John Marshall Harlan
Robert C. Byrd
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Sylvia A. Bacon
District of
Brandt Wins 1971 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, 57, receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to improve East Europe relations, with a prize of 88 dollars from Alfred Nobel funds. Danish Socialists and German Social Democrats lauded his relaxation of tensions. Other 1971 winners include Sutherland in medicine Kuznets in economics. Literature, chemistry, and physics prizes follow in Stockholm.
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Norway
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Alfred Nobel
Brandt
East Europe
Earl W. Sutherland Jr
Vanderbilt University
Simon Kuznets
Harvard University
Stockholm
Mostly Cloudy Skies Continue In Northeast Louisiana
Forecasts show mostly cloudy skies over Northeast Louisiana today and Thursday with cooler temperatures. Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible in the afternoon, highs 76 to 85 degrees, lows 58 to 70. Humid conditions with dew points around 60, sunshine about 60 percent today and 40 percent tonight. FAA Monroe records high 85 Tuesday and low 55 with no precipitation.
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Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Chuckle: Popularity through listening to known things
A light joke notes that being popular can come from listening to many things you already know. It playfully suggests comfort in familiar ideas as a social tactic.
UN Photos Shows Chieh as Nationalist China Delegate
AP Wire photo depicts Chieh, Nationalist China's chief UN delegate, with an aide in the background as the scene. The caption notes the expulsion stance as punitive in substance and intent.
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China
U N Debate Over China Seating Persists at UN
The United Nations debates over seating China moved into a third day with Albania backing to seat the Peking government and expel Nationalist China. US backed two-Chinas proposal gains cosponsors Liberia and Swaziland, with other likely supporters. several nations indicate possible position changes.
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Japan
Pay and Price Panels Near Completion
Washington sources say the Nixon administration is close to naming all members for the Pay Board and Price Commission. Announcement is expected Thursday with first meetings this week. The boards will set post freeze wage, price, and rent limits after midnight November 13. Officials note time commitment, not conflict of interest, as the main hurdle.
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Washington
Nixon
Pay Board and Price Commission
Icus
White House
Congress
Mmajor
Tornadoes and Floods Hit Texas Suburbs
Torrential storms sweeping from the Red River to the Mexican border spawned at least two tornadoes and monsoon like floods. In Fort Worth a tornado tore roofs from four apartments in Wedgewood Arms and a missing woman, Ann Harden, 37, was swept away in flood waters. Winds reached 70 mph before equipment failed.
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Texas
Red River
Mexican
Fort Worth
Dallas- Fort Worth
Wedgewood Arms
Ann Harden
National Weather Service
Banks Trim Prime Rate as Morgan Leads Cut
Morgan Guaranty Trust of New York lowered the prime rate from 6% to 5 3/4% today, followed by Chase Manhattan Citizens & Southern and Bank of California. The move aims to ease borrowing costs for large firms, with spillover potential for consumer loans and the Nixon administration’s economic program. The Dow briefly recovered from a prior decline as markets reacted.
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Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
Citizens & Southern National Bank of Atlanta
Bank of California
Morgan Guaranty
Nixon
Congress
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Dow Jones
Surgeon Describes Wrinkle Removal Method At Congress
Miami surgeon Dr. Thomas J. Baker Jr described chemical peeling as a method to remove fine facial wrinkles. The painful procedure bleaches skin, requires 5 to 7 days in hospital, and yields a "fresh look" after 21 to 28 days as new skin forms. Baker cited 10 year follow ups and said the method may help prevent skin malignancy and is increasingly used on men.
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Atlantic City
Miami
Thomas J. Baker Jr
American College of Surgeons
Baker
Ada G. King Dies in Winnsboro Hospital
Ada Gregory King 90 mother of Dr. Ralph Fr. Wing Sr. died at Winnsboro Sanitarium after a lengthy illness. Funeral set for 10 30 a m Thursday at Mulhearn Funeral Home Winnsboro with Dr Randall Sledge. burial in New Winnsboro Cemetery. Surviving daughters Ida Lee King Wilbert Monroe and Haakon Nelsen New Orleans. three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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Ada Gregory King
Ralph Fr. Wing Sr
Palestine Baptist Church
John William King
Caldwell Parish
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Progressive Bank
Columbia
Ida Lee King Wilbert
Monroe
Haakon Nelsen
New Orleans
Marie King Nelsen
Bettye King Hallett
Ralph King Jr
A. B. Gregory Jr
Benton Gregory
Leo Gregory
Id In. Gregory
Barney Davitt
Clyde James
Citizens Progressive Bank of Columbia
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