Mansfield Signals Senate Backing for Nixon Foreign Policy
Senate Majority Leader Mansfield says President-elect Nixon will receive Senate support for policies adapting to today’s world. He cautions against oversea commitments and says reforms already in motion will likely continue under the next administration. Mansfield spoke to the Manufacturing Chemists' Association in New York.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Thieu Sets Timeline for Viet Talks and Paris Delegation
In Saigon President Nguyen Van Thieu announced a South Vietnamese delegation will go to Paris within 10 days, led by Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky as overall coordinator but not chief. He warned talks will be layered with fighting and urged resilience while signaling goodwill toward allies.
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Paris
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Viet Cong
U.S
Saigon Roundup Arrests 85 Viet Cong Cadres
Saigon police report 85 Viet Cong political workers detained over a two week crackdown to dismantle a nascent Communist political network in the capital. Fifteen cadre were women. most detainees had prior criminal or pro Communist records. The operation began November 11 after a senior Communist lieutenant exposed 16 Viet cells in the city.
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North Vietnam
Communist Party
South Vietnam
U.S
Flower Girl Can Breathe Normally
Janet Young 16 from Boise Idaho was treated after a plastic lily of the valley inserted in her bronchus caused years of asthma like coughing. Surgeons at National Jewish Hospital removed the fragment two weeks ago and she left breathing normally on her way home.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Janet Young
National Jewish Hospital
Boise
Idaho
Janet
Penver’s National Jewish Hospital
Hormel distribution: 2.43 million to 7,549 workers nationwide
The Hormel Co distributed 2,430,135 to 7,549 employees in the United States in its 30th Joint Earnings year. Austin workers received 1,288,204, with each eligible employee earning 2.139 times a 40 hour basic weekly check.
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Austin
Four party Vietnam peace talks urged by Viet Cong
The Viet Cong National Liberation Front demanded a four party Paris peace conference with NLF as an independent participant equal to the United States North Vietnam and the Saigon government. Duong Dinh Thao rejected Washington’s two sided framing and said Saigon’s presence does not mean NLF recognition. The NLF also asserted Thieu’s regime is a U.S. puppet.
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Brooke Declines Nixon Cabinet Post Offer
New York AP report says Sen. Ed Brooke of Massachusetts discussed a cabinet post with President elect Nixon but declined. Brooke said he would continue in the Senate and work closely with the administration. Ziegler noted Nelson Rockefeller and David Rockefeller had secret talks with Nixon but no cabinet offer was made.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Chase Manhattan Bank
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Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Thurmond
French business leaders complain of mild austerity plan
In Paris, Premier Maurice Couve de Murville outlined a 1969 budget aimed at cutting the deficit from 2.34 billion to 1.27 billion dollars and strengthening the franc. Communist leader Robert Ballanger vetoed the measures as insufficient, citing a 2 billion franc rise in value added taxes and calling for deeper cuts to curb inflation.
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National Assembly
Maurice Couve de Murville
Robert Ballanger
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Soviets Fail to Seat N Korea in U N Debate
In New York the General Assembly committee rejected a Soviet bid for an unconditional North Korea invitation. The panel backed a US led plan to invite both Koreas if they accept UN competence. Vote counts: 40 to 5 with 28 abstentions for the Soviet motion. 67 to 26 with 28 abstentions for the US plan. In Minnesota, Red Wing voters approved a 4.4 million bond for a new south side junior high by 2 238 to 1 626.
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Costs spike as October prices rise fastest in eight years
U S government data show living costs up six tenths of one percent in October, the largest monthly increase in eight years and the sharpest price hike in 17 years for 1968. Clothing and transportation each up nine tenths, food and housing four tenths, medical care seven tenths.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sato Wins 3rd Term as Japan Prime Minister
Eisaku Sato secured a third term as Japan’s prime minister at a party convention with 249 votes, boosting the Liberal Democratic party’s leadership. He pledges an early return of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands from the United States and an “action Cabinet” over the weekend. Fellow contenders were Takeo Miki and Shigesaburo Maeo, with Fujiyama briefly noted.
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TOKYO
Eisaku Sato
Japan
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
United States
Action
Sato
al Democratic Party
Takeo Miki
Shigesaburo Maeo
Aiichiro Fujiyama
End of Farm Price Supports Seen by Farm Bureau Chief
Minneapolis AP report quotes Charles B. Shuman president of the American Farm Bureau saying federal price support programs are bankrupt and will shrink under President-Elect Nixon. He advocates a market oriented approach and a four to five year phasing out, urging the agriculture secretary to enforce laws over creating socialization schemes. He spoke at the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation banquet during the 50th annual meeting.
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Richard Nixon
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Families of 78 Miners Face a Sad Thanksgiving
The Mountaineer No. 9 mine in Morgantown area traps 78 workers after a week of no contact. Family members, including Mrs. Robert Friend, face a restrained holiday as rescue efforts continue. Comrades issued food to aid affected families, while company officials debate sealing options that would cut off air and end rescue chances.
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W. Va
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Parkersburg
Mountaineer Coal Co
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Dent John Corcoran
United Mine Workers
Norman Willard
Frank Matish
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Thompson seeks new trial in wife murder case
Minneapolis AP report says T Eugene Thompson’s hearing on a motion for a new trial was reset to December 16 due to his attorney’s illness. Thompson, a St Paul lawyer, was convicted of first degree murder in his wife Carol Thompson’s death in December 1946. His motion argues the conviction was obtained by perjury and illegal and hearsay testimony, with publicity affecting the outcome. Thompson is serving a sentence at Stillwater.
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