Russia snubs talks on European military cuts
NATO observers say Moscow has offered little response to a planned MBFR dialogue led by ex secretary general Manlio Brosio. Western officials cite Soviet tight grip on satellites and doubts about Western willingness to cut unilaterally as signals of waning negotiation interest.
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Ray McHugh
Copley
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Belgium
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Europe
Western Alliance
Manlio Brosio
Brosio
Washington
Turin
Nixon
Peking
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France
Telegraph
Andrew Goodpaster
Shape
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Gium
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Helsinki
Vienna
Russia
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Berlin
Willy Brandt
Georges Pompidou
London
U.S
Blacks and Chicanos face mutual distrust and social change
The piece argues that Black and Mexican American communities in California clash over welfare and access to resources while both sides seek progress. It notes historical grievances, the need for internal social change, and calls for mutual support, with broader remarks on postwar security diplomacy and NATO plans.
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Copley News Service
California
America
Mexico
Apollo 16 covers processing set by Navy coordinators
The U S Navy Manned Spacecraft Recovery forces will process Apollo 16 philatelic covers through designated coordinators in Norfolk Virginia and Honolulu Hawaii. Collectors must send stamped self addressed envelopes before February 25 with standard sized covers and two per collector limits.
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Manned
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Pacific
Norfolk
Honolulu
Hawaii
U.S. Postal Service
Atlantic Recovery Force
U.S
Naval Air Station
Naval Terminal
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Calif
Irving Hughes autohraphy case moves to federal grand jury
Key figures in the Howard Hughes Clifford Irving autobiography mystery are summoned to testify as the federal grand jury enters its second week probing possible mail fraud. Edith Irving Richard Suskind and others face testimony while Life magazine adds Ann Baxter to the cast and Nina van Pallandt may testify. Newsweek reports a Look magazine profile manuscript may be involved.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Clifford Irving
Irving
Edith
Richard Suskind
Hughes
Life Magazine
Ann Baxter
Virgin Islands
St. Croix
Miami
McGraw- Hill Publishing Co
McGraw-Hill
H. R. Hughes
Helga R. Hughes
Nina van Pallandt
Mexico
England
Newsweek
Look Magazine
Stephen White
Look
Jousting game thrills Newhall riders with padded poles
A local pony jousting update in Newhall California draws rodeo riders and movie stuntmen. Competitors strike at each other with padded poles in a display that ends with unhorsing and spectacular falls, though injuries are usually not lasting.
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Newhall
Calif
Bob Grant
Nixon Trudeau to tackle discord in Canada visit
President Nixon and Prime Minister Trudeau face disagreements on trade, defense, arctic sovereignty and other issues. Ottawa talks are seen as chances to ease tensions, boost election campaigns, and perhaps issue a joint statement reaffirming close US Canada ties. Security will be tightened for Nixon’s Ottawa stop.
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Greg Connolley
Copley
Ottawa
Nixon
Canada
Pierre Trudeau
Peking
Moscow
United States
Trudeau
U.S
Washington
Alexei Kosygin
John Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Frog plague hits eye expedition on Dahlak islands
An Anglo-Ethiopian research team reports a bizarre sequence on the Dahlak islands in the Red Sea. After extreme heat and heavy rain a plague of frogs appeared, followed by flocks of birds feeding on them until they became sick.
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Dahlak Islands
Red Sea
Barbs by Phil Pastoret Weekend Pause Reminder
The column jokes about calling the Friday to Monday break the weekend and notes there are six weeks before mowing season begins. It urges readers to keep advice to themselves as prudent public relations.
Nixon plan to curb cheap handguns faces gun lobby
The Nixon administration plans a broad proposal to close the Saturday Night Specials loophole in the 1968 Gun Control Act by requiring safety standards for imported and domestic handguns. Officials say the bill could reach Capitol Hill within two weeks, aiming to deter crime without infringing gun owners' rights.
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Treasury
Justice Department
Capitol Hill
White House
Detroit
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice
Bureau of Standards
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
Treasury Department
Gun Week
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Joseph Busch Jr
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John W. Lindsay
Lindsay
Legisla
James Mularky
New York State Conservation Council
Arnold Jeffcoat
National Rifle Association
NRA
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