Senate Leadership Battles Shape Early Congress
The 91st Congress opens with leadership challenges in both parties as senators seek early control ahead of Nixon’s White House term. House leaders McCormack and Ord prevail. Senate posts largely stay with Mansfield and Dirksen while Kennedy and Long contest the whip. Proposed pay raises and seating fights loom as Johnson pushes nonproliferation talks amid filibuster reform debates. Muskie and O’Hara call to reallocate North Carolina's electoral votes to Nixon.
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Nixon to Finish Naming His Top Level Roster
President elect Nixon plans to announce the selection of Elliot L. Richardson as undersecretary of state and A Alexis Johnson as undersecretary for political affairs. The moves kick off a slate of sub cabinet picks ahead of the January 20 inauguration.
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Cuba rally signals eased Soviet Cuban tensions
Fidel Castro used a Havana rally to claim ongoing solidarity with the Soviet Union and a willingness to overlook major differences. May or Sam Yorty announced a plan to run again, defending his record amid graft and ethics inquiries. Leslie Caron and Michael Laughlin wed in Jamaica and will reside in London.
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Grand jury to probe 33 cases as January term opens
Athens County grand jurors will investigate 33 cases when the January term of court begins Monday. The Ohio University trustees face criticism over out-of-state subsidies as part of the same issue. The Meigs County CAP group re-elects officers and discusses programs.
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Israel Anger Rises Over World Lebanon Concern and Pope Critique
Israeli officials denounce U N Security Council actions while Lebanon conflict flares with border artillery. Abba Eban accuses the council of bias and questions compensation talk as Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim criticizes Pope Paul VI for his Lebanon message.
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Airliner Hijacked To Havana From New York
An Eastern DC8-61 with 146 aboard was hijacked on a nonstop flight from Kennedy Airport to Miami and diverted to Havana arriving at 1:05 a.m. Eastern. Captain Dennis Vanhuss notified the FAA as the jet, 60 miles east of Jacksonville, set course for Cuba.
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NLF Finds Vance Proposals Difficult to Accept
Paris AP The National Liberation Front said it finds the latest U S proposals for Vietnam peace talks difficult to accept though not rejected. NLF deputy chief Tran Hoai Nam called the ideas tortuous and two sided, insisting on a four party format with NLF status. Vance proposed six conference shapes and a round table while Hanoi favored a center strip to symbolize two sides. North Vietnam accused the U S of delaying the talks.
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Heavy B52 Bombing Falls on South Vietnam In Three Weeks
The US Command reports the heaviest B52 strikes in three weeks with about 1,000 tons dropped northwest of Saigon and 500 tons on the U Minh Forest in the Mekong Delta. Ground actions stay light as allied sweeps push toward Da Nang and fresh enemy movements are noted in the A Shau Valley and the DMZ. Naval air power from carriers Coral Sea and Constellation conducts 31 sorties on the A Shau Valley, the day's peak naval effort since North Vietnam bombing paused.
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Navy Kept From Southeast Asia Fuel Duties
Defense officials pulled the Navy from sole responsibility for fuel quantity and quality for U S forces in Southeast Asia after disclosures of thefts totaling millions of gallons of gasoline diesel and lubricants intended for U S Army and Air Force units in Thailand in 1967 The GAO traced thefts to bribery forgery collusion and laxity and noted large shares of deliveries were diverted. A Navy source said Army replacements of fuel inspection were ordered and the change was kept quiet as routine and linked to the Navy no longer being prime user in the region. John McGee who exposed the thefts says Navy superiors told him not to discuss internal fuel office operations.
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