Editorial U N moral issue on Red China seat
The piece argues expelling Free China for Red China would violate the U N charter and threaten peace and self determination. It notes Taiwan’s likely free election support, cites U N voting dynamics, and urges the United States to veto expulsion if necessary while defending the U N’s principles.
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China
United Nations
Red China
U. N
Taiwan
Mao
Albania
Red
U. S
Free China
U.S
Israel
Abba Eban
Rogers
U.N
Peace talks amid Soviet arms buildup threaten talks
The article argues Moscow uses peace discussions to mask a massive weapons buildup. Reconnaissance imagery reportedly shows new missile silos and expanding submarine construction while the Soviet effort aims to surpass the United States in military power, risking arms limitation talks. Vice President Agnew criticizes doves and media for resisting a firmer stance against Russia.
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Russia
U. S
Reconnaisance
Spiro Agnew
Today in History October 19 1971 Highlights
On this date in history several events are noted including Yorktown surrender in 1781, John Adams birth in 1735, Napoleon retreat in 1812, Andrianople siege in 1912, Guadalcanal bombing in 1942, Brando Broadway debut in 1944, US Cuba embargo in 1960, and LBJ visit to New Zealand in 1965. Also marked are a 10 year and one year ago Nuclear tests and Quebec kidnapping case respectively, plus Nigeria's Gen. Gowon aged 37 birthday.
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Associated Press
Yorktown
U. S
John Adams
Braintree
Mass
Russia
Andrianople
Guadalcanal
Marlon Brando
New York
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Nigeria
Yakubu Gowon
Boyle's Column Highlights Oddities and Facts
New York AP column by HAL BOYLE surveys curious bits from mail, including a study on longevity of politicians, nature's cooling via forests and trees, the value of radium, household glycerine to prevent mirror fog, ragweed pollution, and quotes on curiosity, creativity, and birth risks.
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Hal Boyle
New York
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Carrie Chapman Catt
Twinkle
Earth
Nicholas Appert
Canning
Napoleon Bonaparte
Appert
Harvard
Abraham Towbin
Drake taps petroleum at source in Titusville oil well
The World Almanac recalls Edwin Drake drilled the first commercially productive oil well near Titusville, Pennsylvania on August 27, 1859. It marks the first productive tapping of petroleum at its source.
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Titusville
Edwin Drake
Drake
Train Trip Through Kansas Ends In Quiet Reflection
Morning aboard the train finds the narrator leaving Iowa for Kansas near Dodge City with memories of Boot Hill and legendary figures. The piece notes the cramped roomette life and the ritual of closing the privacy curtain as travelers adjust to sleeping and washing in tight quarters while crossing the flatlands.
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Iowa
Kansas
Dodge City
Bat Masterson
Wyatt Earp
Marshal
Boot Hill
Dorothy
On the Super Chief to California A Pullman Tale
A first-person travel narrative aboard the Super Chief from Garden City Kansas to Glendora California details landscapes from windmills to Raton Pass. The writer describes train life, cuisine, a tunnel claustrophobia, and a passenger death by suicide near Glendora, affecting the trip back to Los Angeles.
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Garden City
Kan
Kansas
Colorado
Trinidad
Raton Pass
Ge-ro
Purgatoire
Super Chief
Oscar Shelton Jr
Shelton
Raton
N. M
Cimarron Valley
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Raton Tunnel
New Mexico
Dolores ‘Hardys
Port Brunette
Albuquerque
Pueblo
San Felipe
Holbrook
Ariz
Winslow
Vista Dome
Mojave Desert
Victorville
California
Glendora
Ivan Julian Underwood
Photographer cited after fall from plane over Manhattan
Sean O'Reilly, 23, a New York photographer, fell from a plane while taking aerial pictures of Central Park. He wore a parachute and landed near a crowded fountain where a police officer issued him a summons for parachuting inside the city limits.
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Sean O’reilly
New York
Manhattan
Central Park
Odds and Ends from L M Boyd Medical News and Wit
A curio column blends health data and trivia from L M Boyd. It covers body weights and risks, name popularity, London fog effects on student grades, Martini categories, a Cornish game hen, muscle versus bone weight, Elizabeth Blackwell, a forecast about Brooklyn, and a note on a kangaroo’s pouch.
Espionage Rampant Across Global Embassies
The piece outlines widespread Soviet spying, with 105 agents ousted and an estimated 100 more active in London missions. It details officials expelled in 1971 and 1970 across Sudan, Ghana, Ecuador, Italy, Mexico, West Germany, Argentina, Norway, the Congo, and more, highlighting a global network seeking industrial and military secrets.
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Washington Nea
Britain
London
United States
England
Soviet Union
U.S
Sudan
Ghana
Ecuador
Italy
Mexico
West Germany
Intourist
Argentina
Norwegian
Defense Department
Congo
K.G.B
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Pecos Exterprise
Steve May
Mike Oestreicher
Georgia Stroud
Women’s
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Pecos
Texas
West Vers Press
Bssoclot Gy
Boyle
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Flatlands
Beverly Beyette
Copley News Service
Rees
St.georges Church
Nordlingen
Germany
Chicago
Gigi
Gallup
Arizona Line
Holdys
Ivan Underwood
L.m.boyd
Albert
Harry
Frank
Henry
Michael
Bank of England
St. Louis
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Blackwell
Geneva College
Brooklyn
L.M. Boyd
P.O
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