Saigon Debut Beauty Contest Sets Modest Tone
Saigon held its first beauty contest at the Rex cinema with 30 contestants chosen from 371 applicants. The event promoted by Teijin Ltd used all polyester material, featured ao dai gowns, and drew a mostly local audience with few soldiers present. Contestants wore makeup and false eyelashes, while judges weighed beauty grace and intelligence. Tran Thi To Van won along with a runner up. both earned trips to Japan and cash prizes.
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Tran Thi To van Said
Japan
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Navy to Launch Drug Amnesty in Vietnam
U.S. Navy plans a drug amnesty program in Vietnam modeled after the Army policy. Sources said Saturday that Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. ordered the program to curb narcotics use among Navy personnel abroad.
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U N Seat Priority in China Policy Talks
U N seat is seen as China's top goal with experts arguing it surpasses US relations. Nixon faces a fall General Assembly decision with options including one China or dual representation for Peking and Taiwan. Public sentiment leans toward seating Peking, complicating a two China policy. A future shift seems unlikely as time passes.
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Soviet Mars probes lead US Mariner 9 in race to red planet
Two unmanned Soviet spacecraft Mars 2 and Mars 3 race toward Mars on a 291.8 million mile journey while U.S. Mariner 9 waits behind. Tass notes aims include atmosphere, surface structure, canals and cloud formation. A separate U.S. report urges immediate U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam over narcotics. Zumwalt to announce amnesty for about 30,000 Navy personnel.
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Israel Justifies Arms Requests Over Cairo Moscow Pact
Acting Prime Minister Yigal Allon said Cairo's treaty with Moscow could embolden the Egyptian army and justify Israel seeking more U S weapons. Golda Meir said the pact would force Israel to ask for continued military aid as Arab nations welcomed the agreement.
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Saeb Salam
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U.S. Carrier Blunder Sparks Channel Flare Warning
The U S Navy and Britain s coast guard traded statements after an American aircraft carrier wandered into a hazardous English Channel shipping graveyard and had to be warned off with flares. Navy denies coast guard report of the event.
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