WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Nixon and _ Sovie
leader Leonid I.  Brezhney
pledged today to avoid military
confrontations and threats of
force that might lead to nuclear
war between their two nations.
In a policy declaration, the
leaders of the two nuclear
superpowers agreed to ‘‘im-
mediately enter into urgent
consultations with each other’’
should the risk of a nuclear
conflict arise.

Nixon and Brezhnev. signed
 the agreement —the eighth
since the start of their summit
talks —in a ceremony in the

East Room of the White House
a few hours’ before their
scheduled departure aboard the
presidential jetliner for San
Clemente, Calif., for the conclu.
sion of their week-long con-
ference.

In the agreement, the two
leaders promised that the
United States and the Soviet
Union “will act in such a

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| BISMARCK, N. D.. Aug. 28—
(AP)—Gor. A. G_ Sorlle, of North
Daketa, died here this moming.
| Death was caused by heart dis-
ease {rom Which the covernor has
Deen critically i11 for the past
three dars.

Gov. Sorile’s death bring: to
the executive's chair, Waiter
Maddock, the lieutenant gover-
nor, who is a reali dirt farmer.
and is rated a self made maa. He
wss educated in the commor
schools and business college
Later he studied jaw and civil
engineering. takicg mall course:
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