Crossing into Hong Kong after China press trip with U S table tennis team
AP correspondent John Roderick recounts the ten day China visit with guide Mr Wu and assistant Mr Kuo. He describes logistics, film delays, and cultural divides among ministries, as the NBC crew travels from Canton to Hong Kong. The piece notes travel details, meals, and VIP handling at Lowu bridge.
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John Roderick
Associated Press
Hong Kong
China
Kuo
John Rich
Jack Rynolds
NBC
U.S
People’s Republic
Mr. Wu
Mr. Roderick
China Travel People
Summer Palace
Tokyo
Peking
Mao
Lowu
Quick rise in minimum wage proposed by Mills
Washington AP report notes House Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills introduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.00 per hour with February 1, 1972 effective date. The Education and Labor Committee hearings explored several plans up to 2.25. Labor officials cite about 8 million workers earning less than 2.00 as of 1970. The bill also ties to a federally financed $2,400 annual family income for a four person household.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
House Education and Labor Committee
Education and Labor Committee
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Carl D. Perkins
D-Ky
Dent
Labor Department
Cougar Vanishing Species Colloquy in California
In Sacramento AP reports the California cougar once hunted by bounty hunters with $50 to $60 rewards. About 12,500 killed from 1907 to 1963. current numbers uncertain, with a rough estimate near 600. Assemblyman Dunlap proposes a hunting ban to save the species and likens it to wolves and grizzly bears.
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Sacramento
Calif
Sierra
California
Bengees
John Dunlap
Napa
Bodies found. journalist Kate Webb believed dead
The remains of Kate Webb, UPI correspondent in Cambodia who disappeared in an ambush April 8, are believed to be her. A Cambodian soldier reported seeing enemies grab a woman and drag her into the jungle. The body, found southwest of Phnom Penh, has head and chest wounds and was cremated.
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Phnom Penh
Kate Webb
United Press International
Cambodia
UPI
Miss Webb
New Zealand
Kim Willenson
Government backing eyed for Lockheed jumbo jet plan
Prospects of government guaranteed loans and progress in talks boost efforts to rescue Lockheed’s TriStar jumbo jet. Treasury says it may propose a multimillion dollar loan guarantee in Congress subject to Nixon approval as officials push for continued development amid engine and contractor troubles.
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Washington
Lockheed Aircraft
Treasury Department
Nixon
Congress
Lockheed
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Whale Ride Brings Bite at Sea World
Annette Eckis 22-year-old received bruises and puncture wounds when Shamu the killer whale bit her during a ride at Sea World. Trainers pried open the whale’s mouth to free her leg. officials say the whale was playing, not attacking, and Eckis expects to return for the show opening in May.
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Calif
Annette Eckis
Shamu
Sea World Marine Park
Miss Eckis
Kent Burgess
The
Marine Park
Ann
Burgess
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