Hoffa Freed From Prison for Easter Visit to San Francisco
James R Hoffa the imprisoned Teamsters leader was furloughed from Lewisburg to visit his seriously ill wife in San Francisco He arrived late Wednesday and is expected to return Monday Hoffa and at least one other Teamsters leader were seen in the city but officials deny any union business was discussed Shenker Hoffas lawyer and Gibbons a San Francisco labor negotiator said casual greetings only occurred with no plans for further meetings
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St. Louis
Shenker
San Francisco Hilton Hotel
Gibbons
Saturn Airlines
Joseph Diving
China grants entry to American newsmen for table tennis tour
U S officials welcomed China granting entry visas to three American reporters and two Japanese technicians to cover the U S table tennis team tour. The move signals China’s cautious diplomatic opening with the United States as the exhibition series unfolds from Canton to Peking with possible Shanghai and Nanking visits.
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Washington
United States
China
Africa
John Roderick
Associated Press
John Rich
Jack Reynolds
National Broadcasting Company
Hiromasa Yamanaka
Masaaki Shiihara
NBC
Tokyo
U.S
Canton
Peking
Geological Survey Detects Stripping Damage in Kentucky Creek Basin
The U S Geological Survey issued a 90 page professional paper on the Beaver Creek Basin Kentucky strip mining showing fish kill and habitat destruction from 1955 to 1960. It concludes aquatic life failed to repopulate after mining ceased and warns damage may persist for years. The report marks the first independent study of local strip mining impacts and fuels environmental and legislative battles over mining bans.
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United States Geological Survey
McCreary County
Tennessee Line
Nature
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Hughes Fork
Beaver Creek Basin
Geological Survey
Father remains confident as U.S. table tennis team visits China
Chester Tannehill, executive editor of the Gallipolis Tribune, says his son John Tannehill, 19, of Middleport Ohio, a member of the U S table tennis team visiting Communist China, will have a very nice trip. He is not worried about safety and is tickled his son got to go.
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Gallipolis
Antiwar protest of about 500 women at the Pentagon
About 500 women including a Navy Wave lieutenant demonstrated two hours on the Pentagon steps chanting antiwar and Women’s Liberation slogans. They denounced Nixon and cabinet members as warmongers and arrived from a park near the Justice Department. No arrests. A lone man tossed eggs with a hammer and sickle into the crowd.
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UPI
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Nixon
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Army
Stanley R. Resor
Physician airlifted after fall from Coast Guard cutter
Public Health Service doctor James M. Weiner 28 of Peabody Massachusetts fell from the Coast Guard cutter Boutwell into icy North Atlantic about 400 miles off Labrador. He was rescued unconscious with exposure and pneumonia and transported by CH113 helicopter to Goose Bay then by C90 medical jet to McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey arriving early Saturday morning.
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Scott Air Force Base
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