Nixon arrives in Moscow for summit talks
More than 100000 Muscovites greet President Nixon as he arrives in Moscow to begin a nine day visit. He is escorted to the Kremlin with Premier Kosygin and President Podgorny and a formal tea with Soviet leaders follows. Brezhnev not at airport. Talks expected on arms limits trade and space cooperation.
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt
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Moscow
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
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Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Podgorny
Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Washington
Anatoly Dobrynin
Nixons
Grand Palace
Air and sea bombardment batches crush 400 enemy, Hue area
U S bombing and naval strikes killed about 400 North Vietnamese troops near Hue as U S forces reported destroying a dozen tanks. Fighter bombers struck the Hanoi Haiphong corridor and other North Vietnam targets with about 600 strikes. Frogmen damaged the U S ship Jefferson City Victory in Da Nang harbor.
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Hue
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New York
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Chicago cigarette tax ruling upholds city home rule powers
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Chicago may levy a cigarette tax under home rule powers and that the city comptroller can designate the collecting agent. The court also struck down a Boone County zoning rule on out of county refuse dumping and upheld a $375,000 damages award to a Salem police officer after a squad car crash.
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Salem
Pentagon Protesters Draw Crowds But Fail To Block Entrance
Antiwar demonstrators gathered near the Pentagon and across the Potomac, with about 500 to 1,000 participants, some forming a street circle before police moved in. Thirteen protesters were arrested for blocking an entrance and disorderly conduct. Notable attendees included Dr. Benjamin Spock, Rev. James Gropps, and David Dellinger.
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National Park
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James Gropps
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David Dellinger
Capitol
Wallace regains some toe movement after shooting
Gov George C Wallace shows partial neurologic improvement with involuntary toe movements and sensation reaching mid thigh doctors say at Holy Cross Hospital Doctors warn recovery is uncertain and stress cautious optimism as Agnew visits and plans for further surgery are discussed
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Alabama
Holy Cross Hospital
Wallace
George Jr
Tax exemption for seniors upheld by Illinois high court
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a $1500 homestead exemption for residents 65 and older on 1973 and later taxes. The ruling rejects applying the exemption to 1971 taxes due to a constitutional prohibition then, and finds the policy constitutional under equal protection. Justices Goldenhersh and Ryan dissented in part.
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Illinois Supreme Court
High Court
Illinois
Joseph Goldenhersh
Howard Ryan
Riots Fire In Kaunas After Lithuanian Self Immolation
Thousands of Lithuanian youths rioted in Kaunas after the funeral of Roman Talanta age 20 who burned himself to death for political reasons. Police faced assault with rocks and fires as soldiers and internal force units were deployed. at least one policeman died and hundreds were arrested.
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Lithuania
Roman Talanta
Talanta
Freedom
Judge Campbell to Boycott Daley Dinner Over Party Rift
Chicago AP Judge William J. Campbell said he will not attend the $100-a-plate Daley dinner aimed at smoothing cracks in the Democratic party. Campbell, a longtime Democrat and former chief U.S. district judge, was invited to sit with Sen. Edward Kennedy State's Atty. Edward Hanrahan and Dan Walker, who upset the party by winning the gubernatorial nomination. Walker led a 1968 presidential commission labeling the 1968 Democratic National Convention disturbances a police riot.
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William J. Campbell
Richard J. Daley
Soviet rights advocate confined after arrest during Nixon talks
A Soviet civil rights advocate, Alexei Tumerman, was arrested by secret police at his Moscow home and confined to a psychiatric hospital. Friends say the action aims to remove a dissenter without a trial while Nixon visits. Tumerman is linked to Pyotr Yakir, son of a general killed on Stalin’s orders.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
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Pyotr I. Yakir
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Weather outlook: warm week with scattered storms
Tonight fair with low near 60. Tuesday sunny reaching the upper 80s to low 90s. Partly cloudy through Friday with a chance of showers or thunderstorms on Wednesday. Map page 8 provides details.
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