United States Faces Mixed Outcome in China Seating Bid
At the United Nations the U S won a procedural victory by having its two Chinas proposal recommended. The measure seeks to seat Peking and Taiwan, but the campaign also saw setbacks as expulsion efforts proceeded slowly and with resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
United States
China
United Nations
Peking
Taiwan
General Assembly
Security Council
U.S
US S
U.N
Foreign Ministry
Com Council
Naan
George Bush
Liu Chieh
New York
Condition Of Cities Worsens
A National Urban Coalition task force reports three years after Kerner that U.S. cities have worsened with higher homelessness, unemployment, heroin use, and welfare rolls. It cites ghettos, strained police relations, and a loss of faith in the system, urging a stronger response to minority hardship without offering remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kerner Commission
National Urban Coalition
Coalition
Commission On
Police
Virginia to screen 19 junk yards and city dump
Bids due October 20 for screening 19 junk yards and a city dump under a cooperative state federal program. Projects estimated at 200000 dollars with 75 percent federal and 25 percent state funds. Plans include 2500 trees and shrubs and 6000 feet of chain link fencing in Frederick Rockingham Prince William and other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Department of Highways
Virginia
Frederick
Rockingham
Prince William
Greene
Sussex
Botetourt
Henry, Floyd
Amelia
Chesterfield
Nottoway
Rockbridge
Page
Warren
Clarke Counties
McGovern accuses Thieu government of hiring rioters in Saigon
Sen McGovern charged in Washington that rioters who attacked him in Saigon were hired by South Vietnamese President Thieu. He tied the incident to his 10 day Paris Saigon Tokyo trip and urged U.S. troop withdrawal citing morale and antiwar sentiment among troops.
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Washington
George S. McGovern
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
McGovern
Paris
Tokyo
South Dakota
U.S
South Vietnam
Hawaii
Berkeley
University of Wisconsin
United States
House Revises Tax Proposals
The House Ways and Means Committee approves the tax portion of President Nixon’s program in a sharply revised form. It trims business relief by about 4.9 billion dollars over three years and adds about 3.4 billion to individuals, with targeted low income relief and higher personal exemptions. The plan begins to show on 1972 returns and faces a House vote around October 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Medina Acquitted in My Lai Massacre Trial Ends Leave Plans
Captain Ernest L. Medina, acquitted of murder, involuntary manslaughter and assault for My Lai actions, says he bears no bitterness toward the Army and still plans to resign. He testified he would have stopped the killings if he knew of civilian deaths.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
Army
U.S
William L. Calley Jr
Medina
William D. Proctor
Proctor
Barbara
National Guard
Robert E. Nelson
Nelson
Eatonton
Calley
Capt
President Orders Air Raids Target Fuel Depots in North Vietnam
AP reports that Nixon ordered sweeping U S air strikes in North Vietnam to blunt a dry season push southward, with confirmation that about 200 strikes across a 35 mile front north of the DMZ hit fuel storage depots and other targets while initial statements cited anti aircraft defenses. Officials say the depots were primary targets though past actions cited protective reactions against enemy defenses.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Nixon
aShe
U.S. Command
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
Periece
Democrats Open Headquarters in Winchester Downtown
Winchester and Frederick County Democrats opened their downtown Winchester HQ at 12 S Loudoun St with a rock band and brief talks by state candidates. Robert W Smalley of Berryville spoke on legislative transparency while Del Duncan Gibb and J Fred Larrick discussed House races. about 30 people attended.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Democrats
Robert W. Smalley
Berryville
GOP
William Truban
del. Duncan Gibb
Front Royal
J. Fred Larrick
House of Delegates
S. Loudoun St
Weather clouds and drizzle over Virginia. sale postponed
A stationary high over the mid Atlantic brought general cloudiness to Virginia with a chance of light rain. The Trustee's Sale of 314 Highland Ave Winchester Va scheduled for October 1 1971 has been postponed and will be re advertised next week.
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Richmond
mid-Atlantic States
Virginia
Highland Ave
Winchester
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National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Otto Kerner
Ilinois
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
John V. Lindsay
Atlanta
Detroit
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Newark
el Paso
Tex
Frederick, Clarke
Just. Ferns
Adidas
Snag
S. Sport
Weber & Sons Nursery
Penney’s
Treasury
Vietnam
Korea
Pentagon
Ernest Medina
Ft. McPherson
Sedna
County
Demos
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