Prince Hitachi Visit Tops White House Activities
Japan's Prince Hitachi and Princess Hanako toured the White House Rose Garden with President Nixon as guide and attended a ceremony hosted by Mrs. Nixon. They discussed Nixon family events and past visits, while Prince Charles began two years in the British Royal Navy and Prince Edward started Gibbs Preparatory schooling in Kensington. Charles will train as a sublieutenant at Dartmouth and serve aboard the guided missile destroyer Norfolk after six weeks of basic naval instruction.
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Prince Hitachi
Hanako
White House
Rose Garden
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Edward Finch Cox
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Prince Charles
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Prince Edward
Gibbs Preparatory
Kensington
Edward
Queen Elizabeth II
Gibbs
James Ogilvy
Princess Alexandra
James Faber
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Palace
Princess Margaret
Viscount Linley
Sarah Windsor
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Navy
George VI
George V
Dartmouth Academy
Naval College
Prince
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Rock singer Carl Wilson to perform as conscientious objector
U S District Judge Darry Pregerson approved Carl Deam Wilson of the Beach Boys for a two year alternative service touring prisons hospitals and orphanages. Wilson, previously classified a conscientious objector, will devote at least 40 hours weekly, with Beach Boys members donating time. The judge cited inmate letter support for the plan.
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Beach Boys
Wilson
U.S. District Court
Darry Pregerson
Los Angeles
Huge arms cache found near Khe Sanh by South Vietnamese forces
In the Khe Sanh area near the Laotian border troops uncovered a major North Vietnamese supply base and the largest munition cache in recent months. The 20-structure complex held over 400 000 rounds of ammunition, large quantities of wire and fuel, and five tons of rice. A smaller cache nearby contained rockets and rifle rounds. The operation coincides with broader efforts below the DMZ as U.S. commanders report continued air strikes and troop adjustments ahead of withdrawal.
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Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Dmz
U. 5
Jost
U.S
Khe Sanh
South
Vietnam
Petition drive delivers Calley pardon plea to White House
About 22 000 names urging President Nixon to pardon Lt. William L. Calley Jr. were delivered to the White House. Richard Barrett, 27, a Jackson Mississippi law student, said he spoke for America's Victory Force, a Vietnam veterans group, asserting Calley’s conviction was a raw deal and criticizing those who he said stabbed troops in the back.
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William L. Calley Jr
White House
Richard Barrett
Jackson, Miss
America’s Victory Force
Calley
Barrett
My Lai
Actor Burt Lancaster drunk driving trial set for Nov 17
Burt Lancaster was ordered to stand trial on drunken driving charges after a Malibu arrest on August 6. A highway patrolman testified that Lancaster’s car weaved, he had no ID, refused a sobriety test, and would not sign. The trial date was set Tuesday.
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Lancaster
Pacific Canal Highway
Malibu
Peace move hinges on U S offer before Christmas
Vietnamese Communist officials, speaking ahead of the Vietnam peace talks in Paris, confirmed their readiness to speed a timetable for releasing American prisoners and sending them home by Christmas in exchange for a U S withdrawal from South Vietnam before December 31. They said the next move at the conference is up to the American delegation led by William J. Porter, promising a serious response to Viet Cong offers while signaling no new initiatives beyond the prearranged plan to present a proposal on July 1 by Madame Nguyen Thi Binh.
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Vetnamese Cliat Mats
U.S
South Vietnam
Vietnam
William J. Porter
Six elderly die in nursing home fire in Salt Lake City
A fire at the Lil Haven Nursing Home in Salt Lake City killed six elderly men and injured others. One resident jumped from a second story window and survived with fractures. Firefighters said the blaze began on the first floor rear, raced up the stairwell, and was out within ten minutes of the alarm. Neighbor Carl Swenson helped evacuate four patients and the manager Montie Waldron suffered shock and smoke inhalation. Only one of 18 residents escaped unhurt.
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Norman Burress
G. L. Ferris
Carl Swenson
Swenson
Lil-Haven
Montie Waldron
Ferris
James
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