Whitlam in Washington for talks with Nixon and Kissinger
Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, in Washington for a brief informal visit, confers with Kissinger before meeting Nixon. He is first of two heads of state to meet the President this week as Tanaka arrives for eight days of talks on trade, security, and regional issues.
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Washington
Gough Whitlam
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Kissinger
Whitlam
Oval Office
Australian Labor Party
Kakuei Tanaka
National Press Club
New York
Ottawa
Tanaka
Masayoshi Ohira
William P. Rogers
Japan
Hirohito
Laos Peace Accord Gives Communist Bloc 80 Percent Control
Premier Souvanna Phouma and the Pathet Lao sign a political and military agreement leaving the Communists in control of about 80 percent of Laos. A coalition government will form with neutralists, Pathet Lao, and rightists sharing power as foreign forces withdraw within 60 days.
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Vientiane, Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
United States
Vientiane
Souphanouvong
Pheng Phongsavang
Royal Army
Mekong River
Savannakhet
Pakse
Cambodia says over 1000 Reds killed near Phnom Penh
Cambodian military claims more than 1,000 insurgents killed around Phnom Penh's southern defenses since Friday with U.S. bombing and air support cited as major factors. Hanoi's Vietnam News Agency reported allied losses, while field reports and access to the front remain limited.
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U.S
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Congress
Hanoi
Vietnam
Am Rong
Prateah Lang
Kompong Tuol
Pochentong
Baseth Mountain
Thalidomide Victims Win $50 Million Award in London
A High Court judge approved a $50 million compensation to children born deformed after maternal thalidomide use. Distillers Co. will pay about $15 million to 443 victims and families, while $35 million goes to a trust for future care. The drug was marketed 1958 to 1961 by a German firm.
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London
Distillers Co
Britain
Skylab 2 astronauts awaken to fix leak in orbiting station
Skylab 2 crew Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma wake from rest to locate and stop a small leak in the station as they adapt to weightlessness. Ground control delays a planned space walk and eases the day to help overcome seasickness like symptoms.
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Garriott
Mission Control
Lousma
Bean
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Ehrlichman Panel Plans Seven More Witnesses Hearings
The Senate Watergate committee, in private, scheduled seven witnesses after John D. Ehrlichman. Haldeman, Gray III, Kleindienst, and four DOJ and CIA officials were tentatively set to appear before a summer recess.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
John D. Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Watergate Panel
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Commerce Department
Nixon
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Senate
Stans
Kidnaped British Banker Charles Lockwood Released
Charles Agnew Lockwood, 67, chairman of Roberts Corp., was released in Buenos Aires after almost two months in captivity. He was abducted June 6 by four gunmen near his home. ransom reports circulated but no payment confirmed. No link to guerrilla groups confirmed.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Charles Agnew Lockwood
House of Friends
Lockwood
The
Roberts Corp
People’s Revolutionary Army
Tragic flash flood in Toms Brook kills four month old infant
The four month old Shawn Anders and his mother were swept from a car on Interstate 81 during Thursdays flood. The body of Shawn was found Saturday near the Shenandoah River on the Rhodes farm. Victims also include Mrs. Scott Michael Anders and Mrs. Bernice Orndorff. One home lost its foundation and eight families face displacement as Red Cross and aid groups assist. Local donations total about $5000 on Main Street.
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Toms Brook
Anders
Interstate 81
Shenandoah River
Rhodes Farm
Shenandoah County
Red Cross
Main Street
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Army Audit Agency
Army
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D-Wis
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Oklahoma
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