Long Journey ten travels with two young children toward Amish
A family of four began a cross country trek from northcentral Maine on May 4 with a two and four year old. They stopped overnight in Oswego to visit local resident Nicholas Malone and plan three more months on the road toward Hardy Arkansas to meet Amish families they correspond with.
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Northcentral Maine
Oswego
Nicholas Malone
Hardy, Ark
Arkansas
Maine
Roland Church
Soviet President Podgorny Arrives in Calcutta En Route Hanoi
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny lands in Calcutta for refueling en route to Hanoi amid speculation he may press a peace solution in Vietnam. He urges quick settlement and American bombing cessation while analysts weigh Washington-Moscow expectations.
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Calcutta
N. Viet
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Hanoi
Podgorny
Vietnam
Moscow
America
South Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Nine TB cases reported in Mineville hamlet
MORIAH N Y AP nine tuberculosis cases diagnosed in the last six months in Mineville Adirondack hamlet. Health officials plan a major screening involving schoolchildren and adults to locate undetected cases. Officials note most residents work in nearby mines and economy has slumped since mine closures.
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Moriah
N.Y
Alth
Adirondack
Mineville
Berwyn Mattison
Glens Falls
Mattison
Essex County
Republic Steel Iron
Adirondack Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
State Health Department
Essex County Public Health Nursing Service
Flood Victims Burials Resume in Rapid City
Survivors of the Rapid City flood resume burials for more than 200 victims as the disaster toll includes 3000 homeless and damages over 100 million dollars. Ho Hausmann 75, his son Donald 45, and daughter Doris 40 are among those mourned. Red Cross, Salvation Army and federal agencies begin reconstruction along Rapid Creek.
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Rapid City
Ho . Hausmann
Donald
Doris
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Rapid Creek
McGovern Questions Nixon’s Credibility On War and Finances
In Albany McGovern challenged Nixon on the Vietnam war progress and budget shifts, asked for disclosure of all campaign contributions since Jan 1 1972, and pressed about the arms race with the Soviet Union. He cited Nixon’s Moscow claim of a reduced arms race versus later reports of higher spending.
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McGovern
Nixon
Albany
N.Y
South Dakota
Georges
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
New York
Upstate
Syracuse
Buffalo
Tom Paxton
United States
Moscow
Tary
Melvin
Laird
Kissinger to Visit China for Followup Talks
President Nixon's national security adviser Henry Kissinger will visit the People's Republic of China for four days in mid June for concrete consultations with Chinese leaders. The trip aims to further normalize relations and discuss international issues with Premier Chou En Lai and Foreign Ministry officials. Kissinger plans to depart from Hawaii via Guam, arriving in Shanghai on Monday June 19 and returning to Washington soon after.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
People’s Repulsc of
China
White House
Peking
U.S
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
Communist China
Chou En-lai
Foreign Ministry
Ziegler
Hawaii
Guam
Shanghai
Zielger
Vietnam
Tokyo
Hale Boggs
Gerald Ford
Blast at Alabama coal mine injures at least twenty
A late Tuesday blast at U.S. Steel Concord coal mine injures at least 20 workers. All 200 miners were evacuated with no fatalities, most injuries from shock. Eight ambulances dispatched to the isolated scene near Concord, about 20 miles west of Birmingham.
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Concord
Ala
U.S. Steel
Birmingham
Soviet Reduces Its Fleet In S. China Sea
Pentagon sources report the Soviet Navy has cut its concentration in the South China Sea to the lowest level since the mine barriers blocked North Vietnamese supply routes. About 13 surface ships submarines and support craft are now in two distant anchorages 600 to 700 miles east of Vietnam.
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Washington
South China Sea
United States
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Farmer Rescued After Night Lost in Swamp Near New Paltz
A 74-year-old farmer Gunther Luch eman was rescued from a swamp near his New Paltz area farm after spending the night lost. State troopers and forest rangers carried him out on a stretcher Tuesday, after he disappeared Monday evening while surveying field boundaries east of the village.
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New Paltz
N.Y
Gunther Lucheman
Whitelaw rejects IRA cease-fire offer as ultimatum
Britain’s top Northern Ireland official William Whitelaw called the IRA Provisional cease-fire request an ultimatum from terrorists. Protestants cheer, while Catholic figures denounce his stance as a bid for surrender. IRA leader Sean MacStiofain announced the plan to meet Whitelaw in Free Derry or elsewhere with safe conduct. The talks sought end to internment, amnesty for jailed activists, and troop withdrawal.
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Whitelaw
Belfast
Northern Ireland
William Whitelaw
Britain
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional
Ulster
UDA
Londonderry
Deci
Sion
Bernadette Devlin
Free Derry
Senate clash looms over Social Security boosts before election
The Senate Finance Committee finishes a large welfare and Social Security bill amid a push for 10 percent to 20 percent across the board increases. Time constraints threaten a Aug. 10 sign off, with debate and a possible split of provisions under consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Robert M. Ball
Nixon
House
Russell B. Long
Dla
Mao Tse-Tung Health Sparks Chinese Leadership Meeting
The South China Morning Post reports an urgent meeting held last week to decide Mao Tse-Tung’s succession as China weighs a possible death at age 73. Hong Kong Communist leaders told to prepare a serious health statement.
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Hong Kong
China
Mao Tse-Tung
South China Morning Post
Mao
B52s Blast 9 North Vietnam Rail Bridges in Record 340 Strikes
U S B52 bombers conducted a record 340 strikes against North Vietnam on Tuesday, blasting at least nine rail bridges including four on the China line and three between Hanoi and Hai Phong. One B52 mission reported near Dong Hoi, while heavy raids hit troop concentrations near A Shau Valley and Laotian border areas. South Vietnamese forces fortified An Loc with helicopter-aided reinforcements as fighting continued along Lai Khe.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
China
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Peking
Northetnam
Dong Hoi
Ers
South Vietnm
Laos
Cambodia
A Shau
Hue
Lai Khe
An Loc
Migrants Beaten in Camp Indictment of Six Men
Six men from Forest City Arkansas were indicted by a federal grand jury in Tampa on conspiracy and involuntary servitude for beating migrant tomato pickers and holding them at an abandoned schoolhouse. An FBI official cited forced return to the camp and beating workers who tried to leave as key acts in the conspiracy.
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Ruskin, Fla
Forest City
Ark
Tampa
FBI
J. F. Santoiana Jr
Santoiana
SUNY Tuition Hike Seen Unstopped by Federal Aid Shortfall
Albany AP report says federal higher education funds will not cover SUNY tuition increases. Chancellor Boyer notes four year colleges may get up to 2.2 million in year one, far less than the hoped 73.3 million. Tuition rises to 650 for undergraduates, 890 for upperclassmen.
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Albany
N.Y
Congress
Ernest L. Boyer
SUNY
City University
State University
Boyer
State College At
Cobleskill
Japanese airliner crashes near Delhi killing many
An airliner from Japan crashed near Jaitpur, 15 miles from Palam Airport in New Delhi. Police fear about 80 dead, with 76 passengers and 11 crew aboard. About 10 people were taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in critical condition.
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New Delhi
Jaitpur
Palam
Japan Air Lines
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Deficit Worsens in First Quarter 1972 Balance of Payments
The Commerce Department reports the current account and long term capital deficit rose to 3.2 billion dollars in Q1 1972, up from 1.8 billion in Q4 1971. The measure tracks the long term dollar drain and is seasonally adjusted.
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Washington
Commerce Department
EPA chief bans most DDT use in United States
Environmental Protection Agency head William D. Ruckelshaus ordered a near total ban on DDT in the United States effective December 31, 1972. The decree allows limited, non health uses only for public health needs and three minor crop protection cases on stored green peppers onions and sweet potatoes where no alternatives exist.
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Washington
Environmental Protection
William D. Ruckelshaus
United States
Ruckelshaus
Key West Identifies Amnesic Teen As 16 Year Old Kadas
The teenage boy found ashore ten days earlier in Key West with memory loss was identified as Im Basi Kadas, 16, of East Chicago, Indiana. Authorities expressed certainty, and his parents arrived to meet him at the police station. In Albany, a separate case, three construction workers injured when a crane boom fell at the South Mall state office building project won nearly 1 million dollars in a negotiated out-of-court settlement.
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Key West
Fla
Im Basi! Kadas
East
Chicago
Ind
Earl L
Albany, N.Y
South Mall
Arms Bill Advances Amid Cuts and Additions by Committee
The House Armed Services Committee approved a 21.3 billion weapons authorization bill after cutting 1.5 billion from requests. A 692 million Safeguard antimissile system was eliminated due to arms limitation talks, while 110 million was added for offensive weapons per Defense Secretary Laird.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Edward Hebert
D-La
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Four men arrested in airport theft plot over $3 million
FBI says four men were seized after an air freight shipment was used in a plan to steal $3 million in securities from a plane. Three arrests occurred at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta Tuesday night, with a fourth caught near Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Atlanta, Ga
FBI
Atlanta
Hartsfield International Airport
Greensboro
N.C
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Werner Kolln Jr
Kingston
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