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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1971
Page
1
Folk singer Burl Ives, 61, and interior decorator Dorothy Koster, 44, plan to marry in London though no date is set. They have known each other for 10 years and will make a home in New Mexico after marriage.
United States officials announced at the Geneva Disarmament Conference that the national biological arsenal, enough to kill the world’s population several times over, will be destroyed within 12 months. About 300 technicians will handle elimination with maximum security measures. work begins within 45 days at facilities in Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, and California.
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird will have a double hernia operation on April 29 at Walter Reed Hospital and will be on a restricted work schedule through mid May. The move follows President Nixon’s aide briefings and indicates ongoing health management within the administration.
A 15 member U S table tennis delegation and three newsmen arrived in Shanghai from Beijing aboard an Ilyushin 18. They were greeted at Rainbow Bridge airport by players and officials and toured key sites, including Peking, where Premier Chou En Lai hosted a reception. The visit marks one of the first large American groups admitted to Communist China in 22 years, and follows a world table tennis championship event. The group will travel on to Canton and Hong Kong before returning home.
Two American congressmen on a 24 day tour to study world opium and heroin centers. Rep Morgan Murphy of Illinois and Rep Robert Steele of California visit Chiang Mai Thailand and hear from the U S consul that opium is a key cash crop for hill tribes in north Thailand and neighboring Burma and Laos.
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