Casualties Fall in Vietnam War Week Amid Border Fighting
AP reports that U S military casualties in Vietnam dropped last week with eight Americans killed and 72 wounded, the lowest weekly combat deaths in over six years. Nonhostile American deaths reached ten. Allied totals list American 45 572 killed in action and 301 936 wounded, South Vietnamese 133 955 killed and 290 996 wounded, and North Vietnamese 777 033 killed.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Krek
Ben Nhi
U Minh
Mekong
Vanderbilt Doctor Wins 1971 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Dr Earl W Sutherland Jr of Vanderbilt University wins the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in Stockholm for research on hormones. He receives an $88 000 tax free prize and international prestige for his work.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Earl W. Sutherland Jr
Vanderbilt University
Sutherland
Karolinska Medical Institute
Nashville
Tenn
Burlingame
Kan
Washburn University
Topeka
Washington University Medical School
St. Louis
Vanderbilt
Case- Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
the Lasker Foundation
Dr. Sutherland
Miller to speak at Frederick County Democratic Round-Up
Richard G. Dick announces State Attorney General Andrew P. Miller will headline the Frederick County Democratic Round-Up at Izaac Walton League Park next Wednesday from 5 30 to 7 30 p m. Attending will be Robert W Smalley and candidates J Fred Larrick Duncan C Gibb and other local Democrats. The event targets Clarke Fauquier Frederick Shenandoah Warren counties and Winchester.
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Richard G. Dick
Frederick County
Democratic Committee
Andrew P. Miller
Izaac Walton League Park
Andy Miller
Robert W.smalley
State Senate
J. Fred Larrick
Duncan C. Gibb
House of Delegates
Clarke
Fauquier
Frederick
Shenandoah
Warren
Winchester
Coal Strike Violence Surges as Talks Stagnate in 1969
The nationwide coal strike nears its second week with escalating violence and mass picketing. A mob of over 100 damaged a St Clairsville coal firm, burning a repair shop and threatening nonunion operations. In Farmington a mine foreman was assaulted as Weirton pickets disrupted stockpile deliveries despite a court restraining order.
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Charleston
W. Va
St. Clairsville
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Anthony Gentile
Ohio River Colliers
Nonunion Coal
West Virginia
Marion County
Consolidation Coal Co
Farmington
Weirton
Weirton Steel Division
UMW
Tom Pysell
UMW Localeirton
Kostel Sees Campaign Momentum Toward Gubernatorial Race
Democrat George J. Kostel says his campaign for lieutenant governor is gaining momentum after a Richmond briefing. He views the race as Kostel vs independent Henry E. Howell Jr. with Republican George P. Shafran trailing. Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. endorsed Kostel in part.
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John F. Daffrron
Associated Press
George J. Kostel
Virginia
Richmond
Henry E. Howell Jr
George P. Shafran
Kostel
Kissinger Plans Peking Trip With Nixon Aide Group
White House says Henry Kissinger will depart Saturday for Peking to map final plans for President Nixon’s China visit. The four day stay includes stopovers in Hawaii and Guam en route, with a presidential jet carrying James Hughes Dwight Chapin Albert Redman Timothy Elbourne Robert Taylor Alfred Jenkins and NSC aides Holdridge Lord Howe and others.
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Washington
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Nixon
Mainland
China
Kissinger
Hawaii
Guam
Air Force
James D. Hughes
The
Pesident
Dwight L. Chapin
Army
Albert Redman
Timothy G. Elbourne
Nixon seeks 1973 extension of wage price control powers
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration is pushing a bill to extend authority to regulate wages prices and rents to April 1973 and to grant new powers over interest and dividends as a backstop. The measure may create an emergency court of appeals to hear Phase 2 cases and expand Pay Board and Price Commission powers.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Court of Appeals
Pay Board
The
Price Commission
Commission
Treasury
John B. Corinall
Connally
Pay Board and Price Commission
Citizens For A New Prosperity
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Gunter Responds to Court Rulings on Ethics Adjudications
Frederick County Commonwealth's Attorney E Eugene Gunter, under voluntary suspension, releases a statement on two adverse court rulings from the past two weeks. One ruling found unprofessional conduct with a reprimand, the other reversed a prior decision and dismissed the Bar Committee complaint.
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E. Eugene Gunter
Frederick County
Commonwealth
Gunter
Seventh District Committee
Virginia State Bar
George M. Coles
Charlottesville
Winchester Corporation Court
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Bar Committee
Reds Zero In Paris on Nixon Vietnam Policy
Communist delegates at the Paris peace talks charged that President Nixon aims to prolong the war indefinitely citing his recent news conference. They did not reference his announced May trip to Moscow.
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Paris
Vietnam
Nixon
North
W.ise
Moscow
Weather Richmond Southwesterly Flow Through Friday
AP report notes Virginia remains under a mild southwesterly air flow expected to persist until Friday. Local items mention Lovett Bros Shoe Store remodeling sale with weekend luggage case priced at 4.99 and a 2.87 King and Queen sweets from Diskay Discount. A Shawnee District notice lists Donald Baughman as supervisor with a temporary phone 662 7191 for county matters after 7 PM.
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Richmond
Virginia
Shawnee Dist
Donald Baughman
Two Women Among Six Nominees Sent to ABA for Justic e
A list of six prospective Supreme Court candidates is sent to the American Bar Association for review. Herschel Friday, a Little Rock municipal bond lawyer, and Mildred Lillie, a Los Angeles judge, are leading contenders alongside Paul H. Roney, Charles Clark, Robert Byrd, and Sylvia Bacon. The ABA will assess qualifications for possible Senate confirmation to fill seats vacated by Black and Harlan.
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Arkansas
California
Supreme
American Bar Association
Herschel Friday
Little Rock
Mildred Lillie
Los Angeles
ABA
Justice Department
Paul H. Roney
Charles Clark
U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
ABA Committee
John N. Mitchell
White House
South
Little Rock Board
Orville Faubus
Friday
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Secret Service
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Audrey Coleman
Lovett Bros
Sherwin Williams
Diskay
Mrs. Lillie
Iowa
Roney
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Senate
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Jackson, Miss
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