Nixon sees productive talks before China trip
President Nixon described secret talks on his upcoming China visit as going well and expressed hope for a productive session in Peking. He said both sides are avoiding native sentimental notions, acknowledging differences and aiming to discuss timing and agenda. He also touched on wage price controls and U.S. Vietnam policy amid Thieu election plans.
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Washington
Nixon
China
Peking
Oval Office
Chou En-lai
White House
Ambush Kills Soldier in Belfast as Bomb Planted
News report from Belfast states a British soldier was shot dead and two others wounded at an intersection where a bomb had been planted. Police were alerted by a woman’s phone call and the blast unit confirmed a 22 pound explosive.
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Selfast
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Flas Street
Pompton Road
Suzi
Northern schools may face federal desegregation pressure
Seattle School Board member David E. Wagoner writes in the American Board Journal that northern communities will feel increased federal pressure to desegregate. He says national public schools are more racially segregated now than 17 years after the 1954 ruling.
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Washington
Seattle
David E. Wagoner
Supreme Court
Vietnamese counterattacks inflict heavy losses in Me Delta clash
North Vietnamese forces launched counterattacks in the U Minh forest and Me Delta area, killing 47 South Vietnamese and wounding 37 in a daylong fight. Allied spokesmen reported 100 North Vietnamese troops killed, two captured, with weapons seized.
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Saigon
U Minh
Me Delta
Canal
Sai
Wheat price slump boosts 1971 loan activity, ASCS reports
Washington AP reports a drop in wheat prices drives farmers to use government price support loans for the 1971 crop. New crop wheat under loan totaled 134.3 million bushels, about 25 million less than 1970, with rapid growth by month end as August loans reached 57.1 million bushels versus 34 million the prior year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Auest
ASCS
Agnew Links Violence to Rhetoric by Leaders in Prisons
Vice President Spiro Agnew argues that extremist tacit approval by leaders of both races fed Attica and San Quentin violence. He cites Panther leaders vowing to harm officials as fueling seeds of violence. In California, Charles Manson is said to have influenced Tex Watson, with defense claiming shared psychosis.
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New York
Spiro T. Agnew
Attica
San Quentin
Agnew
New York Times
United States
Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Charles
Tex
Watson
Sharon Tate
Keith S. Ditman
Manson
Wallace pushes new Alabama busing bill to curb desegregation
Gov George C Wallace urged Alabama school officials to comply with a bill aimed at stopping busing to achieve racial balance in classrooms. The Senate passed it 26 to 0 after House approval and Wallace plans to sign soon, with the legislature still in session.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
House
State Senate
Wallace
Senate
Nixon aides seek extra pay to shore up draft bill
Washington reports Nixon approved adding 300 million dollars for military pay raises to a separate bill to win Senate support for the House draft extension. In Saigon, officials say American combat maneuver battalions will fall to under 20 percent of peak by late November, with further cuts possible through spring.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Senate
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Robert T. Stafford
Winston L. Prouty
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Stafford
Burlington
Mansfield
U.S
Indochina
Sen
Gordon Allott
Colorado
House
Saigon
Vietnam
da Nang
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Peace talks at low ebb in Vietnam negotiations
Paris AP reports the three year old Vietnam peace talks hit a new low after North Vietnamese negotiators Xuan Thuy and Nguyen Thanh Le renounced recent hints of compromise. The move surprised optimistic Western politicians including Senator George McGovern, while the U S delegation remained unmoved, doubtfully signaling any prospect of a separate peace.
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Paris
Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thanh le
Sen
George S. McGovern
Ds.d
Thuy
U.S
Hanoi
United States
Rockefeller cites crossfire in Attica prison rebellion deaths
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller says hostages who died at Attica were caught in a crossfire as authorities stormed the yard. He notes attackers converged from four sides and disputes over whether nine hostages were shot or died from throat slashes linger. Autopsies confirm gunshot wounds for nine hostages.
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Attica
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Attica State Prison
Rockefeller
Albany
New York
Robert E. Fischer
Nixon signals selective phase 2 wage price controls
President Nixon hints Phase 2 after the 90 day wage price rent freeze will target major industries with teeth. He says wage price restraints may be applied selectively to big firms and that interest rate ceilings could be considered. The import surcharge remains until a permanent monetary solution is found.
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Washington
Nixon
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
Cost of Living Council
Treasury
John B. Connally
Disney World to Open October First in Central Florida
Orlando AP reports Disney World will open Oct 1 drawing about 10 million visitors in the first year. County officials fear highways, restaurants, lodging may be strained by the influx and worry construction may not keep pace with demand.
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Orlando
Fla
Walt Disney World Entertainment Complex
Central Florida
Disney
Virus clues in cancer cause debate across experts
New York virologists push the idea that viruses may trigger cancer rather than directly infecting people. Researchers like Dr. Robert J. Huebner and Dr. George J. Todaro propose genetic seeds present at conception, while others seek antibodies in Hodgkin’s disease cases. Caution remains as evidence is not conclusive and proof of causation is elusive.
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Robert J. Huebner
George J. Todaro
National Cancer Institute
Sanders
Sloan-Lettering Institute For Cancer Research
Magdalena Eisinger
Albany, N.Y
Elizabeth
Priori
Leon Dmochowski
M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Houston
Tex
Sol Spigelman
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Dan J. Moore
Institute For Medical Research
Camden
N.J
Howard Temin
University of Wisconsin At
Dison
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