Nixon orders DefCon Three in Middle East crisis
President Nixon orders Defense Condition Three after intel suggests Soviet troop involvement in the Middle East. Kissinger and aides relay crisis details from the State Department, White House, and CIA as the United Nations moves to dispatch a peacekeeping force, with alarms and precautions across the military.
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Nixon
America
Soviet Union
Middle East
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Henry A. Kissinger
State Department
Kremlin
United States
Dobrynin
State Departments
Moscow
Kissinger
Simcha Dinitz
White House
New Watergate Prosecutor Likely, Laird Says
President Nixon's aide Melvin Laird said a new Watergate prosecutor probably will be named to replace Archibald Cox. He noted public concern may push a special appointment though he favors keeping the probe in the Justice Department. The White House and Congress debate the best path forward amid fallout from Cox's firing.
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Nixon
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White House
Melvin R. Laird
Chicago
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Justice Department
Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo
Laird
Cox
Gerald R. Ford
GOP
House
Republican Conference
John B. Anderson
Illinois
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Watergate Committee
Judiciary Committee
Democratic Judiciary Committee
Connecticut
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
U.S
John J. Sirica
Edward J. Gurney
Florida
U S Forces Remain on Alert as Crisis Wanes
U S military units worldwide stayed on alert though the crisis eased. The 82nd Airborne at Ft Bragg and about 2.2 million service members faced precautionary readiness for possible Mideast redeployments. UN Security Council backed a peacekeeping force while Soviet plans were questioned.
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Fort Bragg
N.C
Washington
Mideast
Ft. Bragg
UN force sails to Middle East to police cease fire
United Nations drives a three-nation contingent from Cyprus to Cairo to begin a peacekeeping mission. Sweden, Panama and Canada offered troop commitments while China abstained as Kurt Waldheim seeks wider support for an immediate cease fire and a return to positions held at the first truce.
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Austria
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Panama
U. S
John A
China
Last Minute UAW Ford Contract Averts Strike
AP reports tentative Ford contract reached with the United Auto Workers averting a 10 am strike by 185 000 workers. Agreement details withheld but includes three year terms and pensions, with ratification to follow after Ford Council reviews.
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UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Ford
Woodcock
Cleveland
Ohio
Chrysler
Malcolm Denise
Denise
Ford of Canada
General Motors of Canada
Ford Council
Ford World
Dearborn
Finney says reapportionment faces court rejection
Florence South Carolina Rep Ernest A Finney Jr told NAACP convention delegates that the House reapportionment bill approved by the state legislature this week has no chance of federal approval. Finney a Sumter lawyer and one of four black legislators led the failed drive to divide 124 House seats into 124 single member districts.
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Dsumter
Justice Department
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NAACP
Sumter
Gilda Batters Carolina Coast
Tropical storm Gilda hits North Carolina with 3 foot surf and beach erosion along the Outer Banks. Flooding and water on roads from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke, with high tide at Avon pier and ongoing gale warnings as the storm moves northeast. Authorities report flooded highways and limited property damage risks, state weather service notes.
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Gilda
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Rodanthe
Nags Head
Kill Devil
Ocracoke Island
Avon Pier
Senate Forms Compromise Emergency Medical Bill
Congress nears final action on an 18 million emergency medical care bill stripped of hospital preservation clauses. The House passed 364 to 18 with bipartisan support, aiming to speed to President Nixon after Senate approval. The measure funds a three year program to improve ambulances emergency rooms and trained personnel to reduce deaths from heart attacks and accidents. The earlier veto cited hospital closings in Seattle Boston Baltimore San Francisco New Orleans Galveston Staten Island and Norfolk. those provisions were removed.
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