Congress Opens with Democrats Challenging Nixon Policy
The 93rd Congress opens as Democrats move to curb Indochina funding and domestic spending. House votes 154 to 75 to cut war funds with prisoner return and withdrawal guarantees. Senate Democrats file suit to force Nixon to spend highway funds. caucuses set for the midday start and leadership signals.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Democrats
U.S
Senate
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Ohio lawmakers weigh 18 age limit and veteran bonuses
Ohio's new legislature saw 22 new and returning members receive bills. Proposals include lowering the age of majority to 18 and exempting servicemen from state income tax. A Vietnam veteran bonus up to 500 with 300 million bonds, and a state lottery commission to prepare for a possible May vote were also introduced.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
Harry Meshell
Youngstown
Stanley Aronoff
Cincinnati
Meshel
Riffe
Thomas Fries
Dayton
General Assembly
Fries
Norman Murdock
A-21
Navy Divers Join Clemente Search
Navy divers joined the search for the plane that killed Roberto Clemente and four others off San Juan Puerto Rico. The Coast Guard cutter Sagebrush hunted about one and a half miles from shore where the DC7 went down after taking off from San Juan. Clemente headed Puerto Rico relief efforts for Managua earthquake survivors and his death prompted mourning across the Pirates organization and Puerto Rico.
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San Juan
P.R
U.S. Navy
Roberto Clemente
Coast Guard
Sagebrush
Navy
Clemente
Pittsburgh Pirates
Managua
Nicaragua
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Capitol
Vera
Manny Sanguillen
Hijack Attempt Foiled By Cardinal FBI Agent And Psychiatrist
A Piedmont Airlines jet was hijacked in Baltimore with two hostages. After about three hours the 37 year old Charles Wenige surrendered following negotiations by FBI Agent Thomas Farrow Cardinal Lawrence Shehan and Dr John Lyon. No injuries and the plane never left the ground.
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Baltimore
FBI
Charles A. Wenige
Piedmont Airlines
Toronto
Canada
Thomas H. Farrow
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
John Lyon
War Debate Still Strong In House Over Vietnam Funding
Congressional Democrats push for an early cut off of war funds unless Nixon offers an exit. House vote 154 to 45 endorses immediate halt to combat in Indochina with prisoner release and safe withdrawal to follow. Senate leaders meet Nixon as Fulbright says Congress may act if no end by January 20 inauguration.
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Sen. J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Carl Albert
White House
Albert
House Democrats
U.S
Indochina
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
North Vietnam
Vietnam
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Middletown Opens City Bus Service In Six-Vehicle System
Middletown Ohio began public transit operations with six buses on five routes after Ortman Stewart Co exited the market. The city bought six 19 passenger buses for 94354 dollars and budgeted 107000 for operations, aiming to provide service rather than profit.
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Middletown
Ohio
Butler County
Ortman-Stewart Co
WV Strip Mining Output Seen 24 Percent Drop in 1972
West Virginia surface mining may total 21.5 to 22 million tons in 1972, about 24 percent below 1971’s 25.9 million tons, according to Ben Lusk, executive secretary of the West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Surface Mining and Reclamation Association
Ben Lusk
Songwriter Walter Rollins Dies At 66
Walter E. Rollins once a baggage clerk who became a prolific songwriter dies after a short illness in Cincinnati. At 66, he authored more than 500 songs including Peter Cottontail and Frosty the Snowman. Burial set for Thursday in his native West Virginia.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Walter E
Jack’’ Rollins
West Virginia
Rollins
Peter Cottontail
Frosty the Snowman
Fighter-Bomber Losses Mount in Vietnam Panhandle Actions
American warplanes conducted over 120 strikes in the southern North Vietnam panhandle with 84 by fighter-bombers and 40 by B52s. The U S Command reported the loss of a fighter-bomber and two crewmen six days earlier bringing total aircraft lost to 28 and airmen killed, captured or missing to 95. In Cambodia Communist forces seized a government outpost near Phnom Penh and pressed attacks around Tram Pnar as government troops withdrew from Sandol amid mortar barrages and ground assaults.
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Saigon
Panhandle
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
Mekong
Can Tho
U.S
Marine Corps A6
Nixon
Hanoi
Haiphong
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Ers
Tram Pnar
Sandol
Ang Kantoch
Toll Sets At 99 In Crash
Investigators found the body of Mrs. S. Karpen in the Everglades, bringing the death toll to 99 with 77 survivors in the Eastern Air Lines TriStar crash. Officials confirmed final figures as the NTSB and medical examiner released the totals and recovered flight instruments and control mechanisms from the Lockheed 1011. The left wing tip was determined to be the first ground contact.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Everglades
S. Karpen
U. S
Dade County Medical Examiner
Eastern
Ed Slattery
National Transportation Safety Board
Slattery
Parkersburg Open House Draws 1500 at Historic Jail
Parkersburg West Virginia deputies opened the 83 year old Wood County jail to public tours drawing more than 1500 visitors. Sheriff Bechtold touts rehabilitation efforts and civil service protections while weighing a regional jail plan over a new county facility.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Wood County
Lee Bechtold
Bechtold
Wood County Court
Sale Of Yankees Reported To Transfer Ownership
The New York Yankees have reportedly been sold by Columbia Broadcasting System to a group that will keep president Mike Burke and general manager Lee MacPhail. A major news conference was set for noon EST at Yankee Stadium to announce the move.
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NEW York
New York Yankees
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mike Burke
Lee MacPhail
Associated Press
Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Teacher Strikes Hit Three Areas Across Ohio
Teachers and school employees in Massillon Brecksville and Steubenville walked picket lines as schools faced closures and threatened injunctions. Steubenville closed all ten schools for a second day amid contract disputes with the board. Brecksville saw 130 nonteaching staff stay home to protest layoffs, while Massillon prepared to keep schools open despite reduced bus service and parent concerns.
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Ohio
Massillon
Brecksville
Steubenville
Jefferson County
Harold
Steubenville Education Association
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Woody Hayes
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