Chinese Communism Death Toll Study Estimates Losses
A Senate Internal Security sub committee study estimates Chinese Communism caused at least 34 million deaths and perhaps up to 63 million over 90 years. Richard L. Walker of the University of South Carolina characterizes a plausible figure near 50 million Chinese.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security Sub-Committee
Richard L. Walker
Institute of International Studies
University of South Carolina
Government seeks profits from Gatorade in suit
A U S district court suit claims Stokely-Van Camp holds no exclusive rights to Gatorade. The beverage, popularized by the University of Florida team, allegedly developed with government grants from HEW to UF researchers. Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers boycott targets West Coast grocers pressuring Heublein Inc to bargain with grape pickers over Smirnoff Vodka and Italian Swiss Colony wine.
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Washington
U.S
Stokely-Van Camp, Inc
University of Florida
University of Florida College of Medicine
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Los Angeles
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Heublein Inc
Mayfair Markets
Heublein
West Coast longshore strike urged as national emergency
Sen. Alan Cranston says six week West Coast port walkout is a national emergency justifying use of the Taft Hartley Act. He cites ships stalled and losses to farmers and canners, opposing Hodgson’s claim that Nixon would not invoke the act to end the coastwide strike.
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San Francisco
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
O’cranston
Newsmen
James D. Hodgson
Nixon
Bethlehem Steel defers 8 percent cold rolled sheet hike
Bethlehem Steel Co announces a two month delay in an 8 per cent price rise on cold rolled sheet steel used in autos and appliances. The increase, which accounts for about 18 percent of U S steel production, will now take effect February 1 instead of December 1.
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Bethlehem, Pa
Bethlehem Steel Co
Apollo 15 Astronauts Hold News Conference at Space Center
Moonmen David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden hold their first news conference since returning from a 12 day lunar mission at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center. They display films from the moon describe the Pacific splashdown after traveling over 1.2 million miles and report 19 hours on the lunar surface with 175 to 185 pounds of samples including possible lunar crust.
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Space Center
Houston
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Moon
Manned Spacecraft Center
Pacific Ocean
Scott
Irwin
DMZ clashes erupt as Hanoi shells South Vietnam
North Vietnamese forces launch seven rocket and mortar strikes and three ground assaults along the DMZ. Saigon reports at least 15 South Vietnamese killed and 21 wounded in ground fighting, while rocket and mortar casualties are described as light. A Saigon spokesman calls it the heaviest fighting in the area since late June, but cautions it may not signal a new offensive.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
le Trung Hien
Saigon Command
Dmz
Lindsay Switch Gains Mixed Democratic Welcome
New York Mayor John Lindsay’s party switch drew mixed reactions from Democrats and Republicans. Several lawmakers welcomed him as a potential 1972 candidate, while others warned against rushing support.
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Lindsay
New York
John V. Lindsay
White House
Nixon
John Lindsay
Democratic Party
Democratic National
U S Aids Secret Mainland War Says Panel
Two China experts told Congress that the United States has sponsored a covert war in China for two decades. They urged end to such actions, warning Nixon’s peace drive could fail. They cited covert missions, Tibetan revolt aid, and operations by Taiwan supported forces.
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Washington
United States
China
Congress
Allen S. Whitting
University of Michigan
Center For Chinese Studies
Jerome A. Cohen
Harvard Law School
Nixon
Peking
John K. Fairbank
Harvard
East Asian Research Center
Fairbank
Joint Congressional
William Proxmire
Dwis
U.S
Cohen
North Vietnam
North Korea
Whiting
Tibet
Taiwan
Reagan to sign milder welfare reform bill
California lawmakers sent Gov. Ronald Reagan a scaled down welfare reform package and a Medi Cal bill. Reagan plans to sign both Friday with the reform proposal set to take effect October 1. The changes fall short of the $700 million savings he sought, but officials say the measures provide tools to curb growth, reduce abuse and prosecute fraud.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Assembly
Senate
Far East racial tensions cited by Pentagon civil rights chief
Pentagon civil rights chief Frank Render describes to Melvin Laird how U S black service members in Japan Korea Okinawa and the Philippines faced deep frustration and verbal paralysis when voicing troubles during a March April Far East tour. He cites incidents of tears and complaints over discriminatory promotion tasks and military justice amid rising racial polarization.
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Washington
Pentagon
Far East
Frank Render
Melvin R. Laird
Render
Defense
U. S
Japan
Korea
Okinawa
Philippines
Europe
South Korea
Pacific
Counc Cils
Terracial
Justice Department probes Wallace Alabama ties ends hunt
A confidential DOJ report says the investigation into Gov. George Wallace's Alabama administration found insufficient evidence for prosecution. A federal grand jury in Montgomery will reconvene Sept. 7 to consider possible tax indictments tied to Seymore Trammell and a school textbook firm's donations.
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Washington
Justice Department
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Wallace
Seymore Trammell
White House
Asst. Atty
Will R. Wilson
Birmingham
Trammell
House Deliberates on School Prayer Amendment Path
In Washington the House waits to act on a constitutional amendment allowing voluntary prayer in public schools. Rep. Emanuel Celler opposes the measure and has stalled action in the Judiciary Committee. A discharge petition seeks to move it to the floor, needing 219 signatures.
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Washington
House
Congress
Emanual Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
Celler
Supreme Court
Marine freed of desertion allegation
Marine Sgt. Jon M. Sweeney, 21, from West Babylon New York, was found not guilty of running away and deserting his unit during the Vietnam War and communicating with the enemy. The court martial at Quantico ended after he testified that his unit left him behind and he was captured by Viet Cong. He spoke of pride in an honorable discharge and hopes POWs are no longer used as political tools.
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Quantico
Jon M. Sweeney
Vietnam
West Babylon
N.Y
Leatherneck
B. Raymond Perkins
Sweeney
Quang Tri Province
Perkins
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Violence Surges in Northern Ireland Amid Belfast Unrest
In Belfast a fragile calm followed a wave of violence as British troops fought snipers and rioters early Wednesday. Across the province, 23 people were killed that week with thousands injured and many displaced by internment and arson. Lt. Gen. Tuzo said security forces were gaining control and anticipated further netting of suspects in coming weeks.
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Colin Frost
Associated Press
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
Harry Tuzo
Falls Road
Irish Republic
Tuzo
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