Great Wall Wows Sightseers Nixon Visits Peking
AP reports President Nixon marveling at the Great Wall of China noting its age and scale. The piece recounts the wall’s origins linking walls of four states in 3rd century BC, its construction by slave labor, expansion by successive dynasties, and its historic breaches by Genghis Khan and later Manchus ending the Ming era.
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Peking
Nixon
China
New York
Denver
United States
Chou
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
War Action Slacks Off In Vietnam
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks slackened at night while U S fighter bombers did not fly in South Vietnam. Officials saw no signs of enemy movements across western borders with Laos and Cambodia but warned a major offensive could still be planned. Heavy U S air strikes continued on the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos and North Vietnam to disrupt supplies.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
Xuan Loc
Roundup reports Vietnam talks walkout and U S regional updates
AP dispatches from Paris Washington Palo Alto Danbury Frankfurt and Saigon relay a walkout by Communist delegations at the Vietnam peace talks over intensified U S air operations The Senate moves toward confirming Richard Kleindienst as attorney general Angela Davis is freed on bail Daniel Berrigan leaves prison hijackers depart Aden as war strikes accrue amid Mekong Delta fighting and Thieu signals openness to a Southeast Asia summit near Saigon
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U.S
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Palo Alto
Calif
Angela Davis
Santa Clara County
UCLA
Renters Lose Court Case in Supreme Court Loss for Withholding Rent
Washington AP Tenants in Oregon lost a bid to withhold rent until repairs are made. The Supreme Court, in a 1969 case brought by Donald and Edna Lindsey of Portland, upheld most of Oregon's eviction framework while striking down a bond requirement on appeals. Justice White cautioned the Constitution does not fix every social ill. The Lindseys won a partial victory as the court struck the double bond posting rule.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron R. White
Oregon
Portland
Donald
Edna Lindsey
Lindsey
Lindseys
Interstate Work Warms Up With Warmer Weather
Winter halted I-35 dirt work near Ottawa as Sherwood Construction and rivals logged weather related delays. With 55 possible work days, about 22 for Sherwood and 34 for Russell and Son plus Midwest Construction, the crews note December through February are non charged due to cold. Low temps around 20 degrees stop outdoor labor and heavy clothing slows production. Beachner Bros. of St Paul bid 433 894 for roadside seeding and improvements along the corridor. The eastern Kansas project budget totals 4 538 773 for maintenance resurfacing and related work.
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Dan Mullen
Ottawa
Sherwood Construction Company
Wichita
Russell and Son Construction Company
Midwest Construction Company
Eureka
Sherwood
Sherwood Construction
Russell and Son
Midwest Construction
S. Ed Smith
Sherwood Company
Smith
Topeka
Beachner Bros
St. Paul
Kan
Interstate 35
Kansas
Nixon Calls For End To Walls On China Visit
President Nixon toured the Great Wall of China and urged an end to walls between peoples while meeting Premier Chou Enlai for three hours. Talks in the Great Hall of the People yielded no immediate breakthroughs, but both nations pressed toward closer ties amid unresolved Vietnam issues.
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Peking
Nixon
Great Wall of
China
Chou Enlai
Chou
Forbidden City
Nixons
Great Wall
Asia
William P. Rogers
Local Census Finds Ottawa Housing and Utilities Details
The Commerce Department reports post 1970 census figures for Ottawa showing 3 215 housing units with air conditioning 2 735 with room units 480 with central systems 5 007 units with clothes washing machines 2 982 with clothes dryers 843 with dishwashers. Household kitchen facilities total 6 613 and complete toilets 6 644. Bedrooms range from none to four or more. Owners hold 4 972 units renters 1 770 and 449 vacant year round. Franklin County counts 7 205 housing units and 6 472 households own a television.
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Commerce Department
Ottawa
Franklin County
Reapportionment Plan Advances in Senate Committee
The Senate Apportionment Committee approved the House reapportionment plan for passage with little debate. The panel plans to debate the third Senate plan later, which includes zones in Sedgwick and Johnson counties.
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Kan
Senate
House of Representatives
Jack W. Robinson
Wichita
House
Robinson
Sedgwick
Johnson
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