Casey Wins Senate Backing to Head SEC Nomination
William J. Casey secured a 9 to 3 Senate Banking Committee vote in favor of his nomination to head the SEC despite accusations of shady deals and misleading testimony about a 1961 plagiarism conviction. Judge Craven contradicted Casey’s earlier testimony and Casey admitted error, arguing the suits were minor and did not show personal wrongdoing.
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Casey
Committee
SEC
Washington
UPI
William J. Casey
Senate Banking Committee
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Wall Street
Nixon
J. Braxton Craven Jr
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Harry Fields
Craven
Foe shifts routes in face of bombing
UPI reports North Vietnamese truck traffic on the Ho Chi Minh Trail shifted west after Sepone fall. Despite Laos drive, total traffic down only 20 percent from a year earlier as supplies reach troops via western routes. Laotian hill falls and heavy casualties accompany the campaign. U.S. says the Laotian effort delays North Vietnam by months.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Sepone
Laos
Nixon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Bolovens
North Vietnam
Geneva talks slow as major powers under fire
The United States and the Soviet Union face growing criticism at the Geneva Disarmament Conference for stalling on halting the nuclear arms race. Sweden Japan and Ethiopia challenge Washington and Moscow and SALT progress, with Alva Myrdal calling SALT in its current form meaningless as Horoto Horoto weighs in on the talks.
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Washington
Moscow
Sweden
Japan
Ethiopia
Alva Myrdal
Gunnar Myrdal
One killed as twisters hit parts of Texas and Louisiana
A series of tornadoes struck Texas and Louisiana causing one death and injuries to at least 15 people. In Kenner Louisiana a tornado destroyed homes and damaged the Mardi Gras Motel injuring five residents and leaving half the town without power. Channelview Texas saw five injured when a funnel toppled a trailer trapping occupants and toppling roofs. Del Rio La and Opelousas La reported wind and hail, while Ark saw hail as well.
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Texas
Louisiana
United Press International
Kenner
New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Channelview
Tex
Houston
de Ridder
Opelousas
Hope
Ark
Connally Disputes Access Issues With Nixon
Treasury Secretary John B. Connally says he has excellent rapport with President Nixon and can see him whenever he wants. He notes no access problems unlike former Interior Secretary Hickel and declines to discuss political plans or a possible 1972 campaign role.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
White House Oval Office
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Rainmaker Berry aims to conjure five inches in Texas drought
ASPERMONT Texas residents race against time as Homer Berry offers a 30 day plan to create five inches of rain at 2000 per inch in Stonewall County amid a six month drought. If successful he could earn 10000 and a year long contract. Skeptics caution weather may doom the effort as a dust storm looms and locals weigh quitting.
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Aspermont
Tex
UPI
Stonewall County
Homer Berry
Berry
West Texas
Sally Frazier
Frazier’s Cafe
Little Rock
Ark
Frank Poore
Doyle Rash
Rash
Washington Window Polls Detect Declining Trust in Vietnam Policy
Washington reports that seven of ten Americans doubt official candor on Southeast Asia. The Gallup poll highlights a deeper credibility crisis, already troubling three presidents and contributing to a White House concern as trust weakens from February 1967 levels during Johnson's era.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
White House
Gallup
Johnson
Brewster McCloud and films at local cinemas
At College Cinema Williamstown Brewster McCloud a campy Wings comedy arrives while Harte Theatre features Little Fauss and Big Halsy with Pollard and Redford in a motorcycle driven caper. Satyricon by Fellini plays at Manchester Cinema. Time clocks 7 and 9 at Williamstown Manchester Harte.
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Brewster McCloud
Williamstown
R. Harte
Little Fauss
Big Halsy
Michael J. Pollard
Robert Redford
Pollard
Redford
Negotiations stall over two simple war definitions
After three sessions beginning November 17 1969 the United States and the Soviet Union remain divided on what counts as strategic weapons. The dispute centers on offensive and defensive definitions and whether 500 U.S. fighter bombers in Europe and at sea should be included. Melvin Laird says those aircraft are tactical and belong in a future conference on European forces.
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Cambodia
North Vietnam
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Hanoi
Nixon
Southeast Asia
United States
Soviet
Vienna
U.S
Europe
Melvin Laird
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Gerard C. Smith
SALT
U.S. Disarmament Agency
Texas Rainmaker
Eugene V. Risher
Fellini
Petronius
Rome
Manchester
G.C.C
Manchester and Harte
Achael Veale
Hotel Putnam Bldg
Bennington
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Mass
Bennington Banner
Main St
The
Banner Publishing Corp
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
Troy
Bennington Road
Burt Rock Wood
Morris Rancourt
Hoosick Falls
Fienberg
Phil Newsom
van Heusen
Shaffe
Coats
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