Vatican Puts Its Wealth At Under 128 Million Dollars
The Vatican released figures showing productive wealth, including bank deposits and investments but excluding religious orders, well under 128 million dollars. It rejected estimates as high as 11.2 to 12.8 billion as fantastical exaggeration. The disclosure appeared in L Osservatore Romano and noted the Vatican holds no majority shares in any company worldwide.
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Vatican City
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
Italy
Congress Votes To Broadcast Public House Committee Meetings
The House approved a reform measure by 96 to 93 to allow broadcasting of public committee meetings under restrictions. Committees may opt in, witnesses can pause the camera view while testifying, and limits on cameras microphones and photographers are imposed as part of broader reorganizational legislation.
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Washington
House
Stocks Open Lower As Profit Taking Pressures Market
New York stock market opened slightly lower in moderate trading with more declines than advances on the NYSE. Opening quotes show Plessey Ltd up, Occidental Petroleum down, Control Data and GE down, AT&T down, Dow Jones average ends down 1.17 at 733.91 after early gains.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Plessey Ltd
Occidental Petroleum
Control
Care For Migrant Workers Urges Doctors to Act
Four physicians urged the medical profession to take on care for the nation’s poor migrant laborers. Dr. Harry S. Lipscomb of Houston testified before the Senate migratory labor subcommittee studying conditions in Texas Michigan and Florida.
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Washington
Harry S. Lipscomb
Houston
Senate
Migratory Labor Subcommittee
Texas
Michigan
Florida
Lipscomb
British Dock Strike Halts Cargo as Shippers Divert Orders
Amid a continuing British dock strike, foreign shippers cancel or divert cargos to the United Kingdom. Three North Atlantic operators, including United States Lines, won't accept new consignments. existing ships will be held in other European ports. The Trades Union Congress endorses the workers' demand for reasonable basic wage standards, the first wartime-scale support for a major nationwide strike.
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London
Britain
North Atlantic
New York
United Kingdom
United States
England
Pean
Trades Union Congress
TUC
Domestic Marshall Plan proposed to aid U.S. poor
Whitney M. Young Jr. says 25 U.S. senators support a multi billion dollar domestic Marshall Plan to aid the poor. He spoke at the National Urban League's 60th annual convention noting the plan he proposed in 1964.
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New York
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
U.S
Young
League
South Vietnam to raze tiger cages on Con Son Island
The government announced immediate demolition of the so called tiger cages at Con Son Island prison and the replacement with new disciplinary cells. A spokesman said a survey of correctional institutions will guide possible improvements within available funds.
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Saigon
Con Son Island
U.S
South Vietnam
Stumper Contest Seeks Winner With $160 Prize
Deadline is Wednesday noon for the $160 Stumper puzzle contest. Extra time given for puzzle fans to try their luck as the winning greenbacks await. Participants urged to hurry and submit.
Aiken Chief of Police Is Dismissed as Public Safety Director Created
City manager Roland Windham dismissed James B. Brown chief of police after he refused to resign. James C. Busbee, longtime fire chief, promoted to director of Public Safety combining police and fire. No criminal charges. Brown plans legal counsel and challenges Windham cited performance concerns.
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Aiken
Roland Windham
James B. Brown
Windham
James C. Busbee
Public Safety Department
Brown
Russia
Rock Hill
E. M. Hanna
Nixon outlines Vietnam freedom and import quotas stance
President Nixon says South Vietnam must choose its government by elections not Paris talks. He opposes imposed coalitions and vetoes mandatory import quotas, warning of inflation and export harm. He predicts a 1971 economic upturn and presses for defense budget talks at the Western White House.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Paris
House
Ways and Means Committee
Vietnam
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
Department of Justice
Congress
White House
Saigon
Thieu
Hanoi
Ronald L. Ziegler
Aiken Lawyer Summoned To Agnew Nixon Talks
George Anderson head of the Aiken Edgefield Community Action program will meet with President Nixon Vice President Agnew and other top officials in Washington Thursday. Anderson is summoned as a member of a South Carolina committee on spending federal funds for schools under unitary desegregation. The panel will discuss the $150 million requested to ease integration pressures. He and about 14 committee members will meet Secretary of Health Education and Welfare Elliott L Richardson at 10 am Thursday. The President and Vice President arrive at 1 pm. Anderson says the committee will inform Agnew and work with the secretary but is not an implementation panel. Edgefield serves as a cited example.
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George Anderson
Aiken- Edgefield
Nixon
Agnew
Washington
Anderson
South Carolina
P.m. Anderson
National Education Advisory Committee
Edgefield
Ima
Storm Disrupts Service At Aiken Cablevision
Aiken Cablevision facilities suffered extensive damage during a brief thunderstorm around 6 p.m. Lightning struck a tower on Trolley Line Road near Six Points causing power loss at 6:45 p.m. General manager Cecil Lawrence said amplifiers and cables were damaged. Service was restored to most of the system by early morning, with full repairs expected to take several days.
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Aiken Cablevision
Trolley Line Road
Six Points
Cecil Lawrence
Souvenir Hunters Strike Again Over Street Signs
City manager Roland Windham says the thefts at Whiskey Road and Easy Street have continued with signs disappearing hours after replacement. He notes costs over 10 dollars per sign including labor and laments the recurring loss while police offer no clear solution.
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Whiskey Road
Easy Street
Sonic Boom Research Under Way
The Transportation Department will spend 27.6 million dollars to study SST effects on weather, noise, and environment. William M. Magruder, director of SST development, says adverse effects are seen as remote. Two advisory councils and an inter agency program lead the research.
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William M. Magruder
SST Development
Magruder
Siem Reap Angkor Faces New Viet Cong Offensive
Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces move into Siem Reap Angkor region as Cambodian and Sai Gon reports warn of a major offensive aimed at recapturing Angkor ruins. Villagers say temples host troops and a field hospital while government calls Angkor an open city.
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Siem Reap-Angkor
Cambodia
Siem Reap
Norodom Sihanouk
Angkor
Angkor An
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
South Vietnam
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