Open China US ties praised as ping pong diplomacy begins
Editorial lauds openness as path to peace. Nixon eases trade limits and invites Chinese visitors after Premier Chou En-lai warmly welcomes Americans to China. Authors argue renewed exchanges help mutual understanding, seeing ping pong diplomacy as diplomacy’s leverage and a step toward friendlier relations.
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Edward Teller
Long
China
United States
Chou En-lai
Nixon
People’s Republic of China
News of
America
Red Regipe
O ‘Ious
Indochina
Russia
A Bit in Common With the Chinese
An American table tennis team tours mainland China the first time in 22 years and receives cordial hospitality. A banquet toast in Peking emphasizes friendship between Chinese and American peoples, amid similar remarks in Hanoi about peace with the United States.
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China
Chinese Peoples’ Association For Friendship
Peking
U.S
Hanoi
America
Boyle's Column Highlights Admissions Papers and Parental Pressure
HAL BOYLE collects a string of anonymous letters to a college admissions director. Parents plead for entry for their children, satirizing the admission process and exposing the tension between merit and influence in college choices.
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Hal Boyle
New Yook
Pickinpaw
Fred L. Peckinpaw
Peckinpaw
Timekeeping's ticking future and the Accutron era
The text traces the 1960 shift to tuning fork watches, noting Bulova’s Accutron and quartz advances, and imagines future precision including satellite time, body clocks, and potential links between watchmaking and neurosurgery. It cites costs, accuracy, and ongoing research into clock correction via satellites and biological timing.
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Harry Bulova Henshel
Henshel
Accutron
Earth
Health Insurance Plans Split Over How To Fund National Program
Congress gears up mid June to consider a sweeping national health insurance bill. Proposals diverge on government run, tax financed plans versus private market with government subsidies. Costs range from about 12 to 30 billion dollars, with employer mandates and HMOs central to most plans.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Nixon
Afl-Cio
American Medical Association
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Afl-Cip
AMA
Medicredit
The Awot Lawyer on Bicycle Responsibility and Fault
A discussion of bicycle traffic safety notes motorists must adapt to riders who share roads. Summaries of cases show fault hinges on driver foreseeability and rider control. dark clothing and no lights can absolve drivers, while riders must avoid collisions with parked cars or standing vehicles.
Costs Rise for Health Care and Social Security in Coming Decades
The analyst projects 1975 federal outlays for health care and Medicare will reach about 57 billion, with Social Security around 45.7 billion by 1975. By 2000, health costs plus Social Security could total 170 billion, likely surpassing defense spending. The figures underscore a growing federal burden amid an expanding economy.
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Washington
Nea
Congress
Daniel Moynihan
Moynihan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Asia
Europe
U S Must Restore Faith in the Dollar
An editorial laments the dollar’s deepening deficits and shrinking gold reserves. It urges inflation control, ending Vietnam war drains, and clear U S policy to restore faith in the dollar as the world’s key reserve currency. It warns of potential gold runs and global economic disruption if action lags.
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U.S
United States
West Germany
Switzerland
Treasury
Free World
International Monetary Fund
Frederic Seebohm
Britain
Barclay’s Bank
Washington
Sir Frederic
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