US China ties seen brightening amid talks restart
Washington reports Nixon officials optimistic about resuming diplomacy with Communist China after a 23 month lapse. Talks may reopen in Poland within weeks, with Rogers hoping to ease trade and travel restrictions. Stoessel met Chinese diplomat Lei Yang in Warsaw as Washington pushed for a new round.
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Conspiracy Jury Having A Ball In Chicago
In Chicago the conspiracy trial of seven men over rioting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention sees jurors breaking into laughter during defense witnesses. Poets Allen Ginsberg and William Styron testify as jurors react to erotic poems and a reading of Nat Turner, amid prior witnesses and a hotel stink bomb claim.
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Santa And The Dumbbell The Troll Is On The Rampage
Santa and companions discover the reindeer turned into eight bells wearing pigs. The Troll’s mischief halts toy production as elves fearfully pause work. The Ghost and Booby Bobby plan to trap the Troll in the shop’s liquid rubber tub tonight.
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Pitt students allege lottery was stacked by birthdates
Three University of Pittsburgh students using computer analysis claim the national draft lottery showed a pattern suggesting stacking of capsules by month. They say December births appeared earlier, January to March later, while Washington officials deny any manipulation and describe the process as properly mixed.
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Senate Backs Ban on TV Cigarette Ads Across Airwaves
Washington AP Senators voted 170 to 7 to ban television and radio cigarette advertising by January 1, 1971. The measure, tied to the surgeon general's cancer link, moves to a conference committee to reconcile with a weaker House bill. The package warning would read Facing health risks and a 250 million dollars yearly ad revenue loss is projected.
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