Red China seeks port facilities in Ceylon for naval access
U S intelligence indicates China aims to lease a port at Trincomalee to service naval and merchant ships in the Indian Ocean. Officials say Colombo may favor an arrangement limiting use to merchant craft while Beijing expands its sea power and studies an intercontinental ballistic missile test range.
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Washington
U.S
China
Ceylon
Peking
Indian Ocean
Trincomalee
Russia
United States
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Pentaeon
Red Chinese
Poetic Nomad Aims for Peaceful Space Age Road Trip
Frederick North, an elderly poet, plans an inter-Gotham jog from Philadelphia to New York to promote his poems and seek a TV sponsor for his African guide. He recalls four years in Kenya 1924 28 delivering babies and learning native lore, and travels from Santa Barbara to Yoakum Texas for recovery after a recent accident while sharing stories of space, children, and exploration.
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North
Santa Barbara
Calif
Kenya
Kaijabi
Africa
Frederick
Yoakum
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
States
Harrisburg
Middletown
Conn
Nixon Says Recession Persists Despite Auto Bounce
The Federal Reserve reports January industrial production fell 0.4 percent, continuing weakness after two earlier gains. Auto output rose 8 percent in February to about 9 million units, while most durable goods declined. The index sits at 164.8 with 5.6 percent drop from the 1969 peak as consumer spending stays hesitant.
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Washington
Nixon
Federal Reserve Board
General Motors
Federation Of Priests To Ballot On Celibacy
The National Federation of Priests Councils plans a vote on a policy supporting optional celibacy for Catholic clergy. The proposal, led by Rev Frank Bonnike, could allow former priests who married to return to service. Hesburgh urged continued celibacy, noting possible roles for married priests in certain settings. The federation covers about 60 percent of the nation’s 59,000 diocesan priests.
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Baltimore
House of Delegates
National Federation of Priests’ Councils
Frank Bonnike
Chicago
Bonnike
Bomike
Theodore M Hesburgh
Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
William Graney
Chi
Cago
Father Hesburgh
Federcation
John Koval
Notre Dame
Federation
United States
Thursay
Substitute Tax Plan Proposed By Rep Byrnes
Washington Reuters reports Rep John W Byrnes Wisconsin senior GOP member of the Ways and Means Committee unveiled a substitute federal tax plan. He argued his plan would create independence for local governments versus Nixon s five billion revenue sharing proposal, marking a sharp policy contrast.
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Washington
Cap
House
Nixon
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
GOP
Wayns and Means Committee
Bank faces over six million dollar shortage in embezzlement
Cos mopolitan National Bank in Chicago reports a shortage between six and seven million dollars after a customer confessed to an officer and implicated a long time bookkeeper. FBI probing. no arrests expected soon. Bank says liquidity remains strong as audit continues. Leonardo Lavezzorio notes 1970 earnings of 835000 and assets near 60 million.
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Chicago
Cosmopolitan National Bank
FBI
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
U.S
Donald D. Magers
Magers
Leonardo Lavezzorio
Cosmopolitan National
Baltimore housing costs send area to third highest rise
The Baltimore metropolitan area saw a 6.2 percent cost of living increase in 1970, with housing up 9.5 percent, ranking third nationally behind Philadelphia and New York. The rise, described as spectacular by state secretary Edmond Rovner, reflects housing shortages and broader increases in medical, clothing, health, and recreation costs. The area includes Baltimore city and five counties.
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Baltimore
State Economic and Community Development Department
Philadelphia
New York
U.S. Labor Department
Edmond F. Rovner
Department
Baltimore Area
Quintuplets Born To Calif Couple
In Van Nuys California a 28 year old man Paul Kaplan and his 25 year old wife Pearl welcomed quintuplets after a premature birth. One boy was stillborn and four girls survived and were placed in incubators at Valley Presbyterian Hospital. The newborns weighed one and a half to two pounds each and doctors expect two to three months in incubators until reaching five pounds. The mother and babies were reported to be doing well.
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Los Angeles
Paul Kaplan
van Nuys
Hubert Rubenstein
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Kaplan
Pearl
McGovern Would Consider Black or Female Running Mate
McGovern said he could carry the South in 1972 and would consider a Negro or a woman as vice president. He named farmers, small businessmen, Vietnam war opponents and conservationists as strong supporters. He vowed a nationwide 18 month campaign and urged ending US involvement in Indochina to focus on domestic issues. He dismissed Muskie as frontrunner and warned Nixon would need a miracle to exit Vietnam before the election.
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Atlanta, Ga
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
South
McGovern
Wsb-Tv
Indochina
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Nixon
Vietnam
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Cabe
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Federation of Priests
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Army
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Rubenstein
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Ederick Maryland Telephone
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