Franco relinquishes presidency while remaining chief of state
Spanish leader Francisco Franco has ceded the presidency to Adm. Luis Carrero Blanco while staying as chief of state. Carrero Blanco, 70, would preside over cabinet meetings and enforce Franco’s policies. Franco, 80, plans a cabinet shakeup after Campora's visit, with Prince Juan Carlos named as future king.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
Franco
Adm
Luis Carrero Blanco
Carrero Blanco
Generalissimo
Juan Carlos
Secret Council of the Realm
Associated Press
Hector J. Campora
Alejandro Rodriguez de Valcarcel
Cortes
Lions Club Opens Covered Bridge in Austin
The Austin Lions Club sponsors a ribbon cutting for a fully funded and built treasure bridge. Pictured from left are Loren Capretz president Mayor Leo Reding Nordin and Ted Brink past president at the ceremony.
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Richard Nordin
Jay C. Hormel Nature Center Advisory Council
Austin Lions Club
Loren Capretz
the Lions
Leo Reding
Nordin
Ted Brink
U S Firms Agree to Import Soviet Natural Gas for 25 Years
El Paso Natural Gas Co and Occidental Petroleum sign an intent to import over 10 billion dollars of Soviet gas over 25 years. Quantities up to two billion cubic feet daily are planned, with a 2000 mile pipeline from Yakutsk to Vladivostok and a fleet of 20 cryogenic tankers.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Occidental
Armand Hammer
U.S.S.R
U.S
Hammer
Yakutsk
Vladivostok
United States
Occidental Petroleum
Howard Boyd
el Paso
Boyd
Watergate hearings seek tighter news blackout
Special prosecutors request a federal court limit live radio and TV coverage of Senate Watergate hearings. They seek closed session questioning for witnesses facing possible charges, or at least no live broadcasts. The dispute over court authority and immunity remains unresolved.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Hope
Archibald Cox
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Kelley chosen as FBI chief praised by agents
Kansas City police chief Clarence M. Kelley is nominated to lead the FBI. Agents praise his 21 years in the bureau and police leadership, hoping to lift morale and public image after the Hoover era and Gray resignation. He faces Senate confirmation and scrutiny on agency independence. Byrd says he was impressed after meeting Kelley.
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Washington AP
Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
FBI
Kelley
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Kansas City Police
L. Patrick Gray Ili
Gray
White House
Howard Hunt Jr
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
William D. Ruckelshaus
Hoover
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Greece to elect president with seven year term and vast powers
The government announced Greece will elect a president in general elections. The president would serve seven years with no second term and hold broad powers. The move caps a proclaimed republic as the nation structures its leadership.
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Athens
Ehrlichman and Colson to testify in Ellsberg break-in case
Los Angeles AP Ehrlichman and Colson will testify before the county grand jury probing the 1971 burglary of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist office. District Attorney Busch said Krogh refuses to testify, seeking immunity and possible use of his sworn affidavit. Indictments possible on conspiracy aiding and abetting trespassing burglary. grand jury transcripts to stay secret unless indictments issued.
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Los Angeles
White House
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
Daniel Ellsberg
Dist. Atty
Joseph Busch
Ehrlichman
Colson
Busch
Egil Krogh Jr
Washington
Krogh
Lewis Fielding
Plumbers
Grand Jury
Watergate
Archibald Cox
California
St Johns Gets $100,000 Grant for PE Complex Debt
St Johns University in Collegeville Minnesota receives a $100,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation to pay off half of the remaining debt on its new physical education complex.
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Crant Collegeville
Minn
St. John's University
Kresge Foundation
Hormel Institute Receives Minnesota State Grant
The Hormel Institute, part of the University of Minnesota Graduate School, has been awarded a state grant of 200000 dollars. The institute previously relied on The Hormel Foundation and federal sources for funding and had not before sought state support.
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Hormel Institute
Graduate School of
The
University of Minnesota
State of
Minnesota
Hormel Foundation
Hansen
Raymond B&b
Ondov
Hormell Institute
Austin
Stuck panel frees job on Skylab wing deployment
A worker freed a stuck panel by cutting an aluminum strap and lifting with a rope secured to the wing end. Three solar panels partially deployed, adding power to the Skylab spacecraft as Conrad and crew observed the action.
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Russell Arnsmith
The
Los Angeles Times
Joseph Kerwin
Charles Conrad, Jr
Conrad
VS Market 2 TV Entertain Editorial
Society and sports columns tease upcoming features in the TV guide section alongside editorial notes. Area news items and a comic page are previewed with brief entries and ads.
Loophole Seen After Minnesota Age of Majority Drop
Judge Lindsay Arthur of Hennepin County Juvenile Court warns that lowering Minnesota's age of majority from 21 to 18 could let someone commit a murder at 17 and go free if not arrested before turning 18. He calls for Supreme Court or legislative clarification and notes gaps between juvenile and adult court authority.
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Minneapolis
Juvenile Court
Arthur
Defeated N J mayoral candidate slain in Cherry Hill
CHERRY HILL N J AP Major B Coxson a flamboyant ex convict defeated in Camden's mayoral race was killed in his mansion in an early morning ambush. Coxson's wife Lois and daughter Lita were wounded and another son escaped unharmed as police hunted four armed suspects.
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Cherry Hill
N.J
APD
B. Coxson
Camden
Coxson
Lois
Lita
Toro
Camden County
Tom Daley
Courthouse Employees Vote to Unionize
The employees of Mower County Courthouse voted to unionize. Ernest Jones, president of Local PY, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, said 34 of 38 eligible voters approved. One abstained due to illness and one resigned before the election.
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Mower County
Ernest Jones
North America
Jones
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