Air Force fires consultant tied to Lockheed audit
Washington reports the Air Force dropped John J. Dyment, partner at Arthur Young and Co., amid claims of a conflict of interest after Dyment served one day as a consultant to audit Lockheed costs. The move follows the firing of civilian auditor A. Ernest Fitzgerald who exposed a $2 billion cost overrun in the C5A program. Congress and House members protest, while Lockheed seeks bids on a new bomber project termed Bland.
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A. Ernest Fitzgerald
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Lockheed
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Arthur Young and Co
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Fitzgerald
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Dpa
Richard J. Stull
New York
Moorhead
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Nixon
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Americans For Democratic Action
William Dickinson
R-Ala
Congress
AMSA
Mansfield and Scott push ceasefire and elections call
Senate leaders Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott introduced a bipartisan resolution urging President Nixon to seek a mutual cease-fire and free elections in Vietnam. Supported by 40 senators, the measure aims to pressure for just peace while acknowledging limited optimism about immediate outcomes.
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Hugh Scott Friday
Nixon
Vietnam
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White House
Mansfield
Ole Miss Resists Desegregation Crackdown in Mississippi
Mississippi leaders warned Friday that a federal court order demanding total integration by month end will force many schools to close or become all black. Gov. John Bell Williams said quality education would be impossible and disruption would halt schooling actions across 30 districts affecting about 100,000 pupils. Attorney General Summer warned some schools may shut, especially where black populations outnumber whites.
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Miss
Mississippi
John Bell Williams
Williams
Davis Heads Unity Week in Vermont Announcement
Vermont Governor Davis was named national co chair of the Week of National Unity committee led by Bob Hope. Hope asked for a proclamation for November 9 16 to urge silent majority support for President Nixon’s Vietnam policy while Davis plans a support your President rally at the Vermont State House on Veteran's Day.
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Vermont Statehouse
Weather Outlook With Rain Spells This Weekend
Damp weather continues with occasional rain today tonight and Sunday. Expect highs near 50 with nightly lows in the mid to upper 40s. More of the same pattern across the period.
Ford hints at impeachment hold against Douglas in Haynsworth fight
Washington reports House Republican leader Gerald Ford suggested possible impeachment proceedings against Justice William O. Douglas if the Senate rejects Haynsworth, acting on his own with backing from some colleagues who want ethical standards applied to judges. Douglas had resigned as head of the Albert Parvin Foundation amid Las Vegas interests tied to its finances.
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D-Ind
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Foundation
Nevada
Angen Sater
Flamingo
Parvin-Dohrmann Co
Fremont
Aladdin
Stardust
Las Vegas
Marchers Granted Different Avenue March to White House
Washington based protesters won permission to march Nov. 15 along Constitution Avenue past the south side of the White House after day-long talks among Justice Department officials police and military officers and the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam The government refused a Pennsylvania Avenue permit but pledged to keep order while respecting petition rights and the demonstrators right to meet and march to redress grievances.
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Justice Department
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White House
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Eiites
Pennsylvania Avenue
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Kennedy critiques Nixon pollution cuts on Merrimack tour
Senator Edward M Kennedy rode an outboard along the Nashua River in a drenching rain to press President Nixon to boost federal anti pollution efforts. He criticized Nixon's request of 214 million for 1970, citing 1 billion needed for Clean Waters restoration, and called the Merrimack Valley pollution facility a catalyst for action.
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Nashua
Ayer
Groton
Congress
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Merrimack Valley Works
Kennedy
Groton School
Inside Editorial Favors PSB Backing by Pro-Development Groups
A page four note describes an Inside editorial urging the Public Service Board to favor groups seeking orderly growth when backed by attorneys. Charles Kershner reports that Sons Aiken and Prouty, who can propose Judge Ernest Gibson's successor, may resist Governor Davis's recommendations. Page five previews Mt Anthony Union High School drama Our Town with a photo page.
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Charles Kershner
Aiken and Prouty
Ernest Gibson
Guv. Davis
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
New Conservation Aims Through International Biological Program
Congressman Emilio Q. Daddario outlines the International Biological Program as a 54 nation effort to tackle untidy environmental problems. He argues IBP will coordinate universities and government, upgrade field biology, develop data methods from space tech, and create a generation of ecologists and engineers to guide policy and management across farms, forests, fisheries, and urban regions.
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Haddam Neck
Conn
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Daddario
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International Biological Program
IBP
U.S
International Congress of Scientific Unions
International Geophysical Year
IGY
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