World leaders told of Nixon China visit at Woodstock conference
A select group of world political and financial leaders were briefed months ahead on Nixon's planned visit to China and his economic policies. The Woodstock meeting in April hosted 90 participants, including Trudeau, Kissinger, and Rockefeller associates, with discussions on recognizing China and opening markets worth an estimated 15 to 20 billion dollars.
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Woodstock
Nixon
China
Manchester
N.H
UPI
Manchester Union Leader
United States
Peking
Mainland
Arthur C. Egan Jr
Egan
Europe
U.S
Congress
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
Joseph E. Johnson
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Ford
Rockefeller
Woodstock Inn
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
Robert Bourassa
Foreign aid wrangle delays other appropriation bills
The Senate approved the military portion of a two part foreign aid bill and backed a companion economic aid measure after killing a larger omnibus package. With midnight deadlines looming, continuing appropriations face risk as House and Senate battle over revived aid legislation and a looming Thanksgiving recess.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
White House
Agency For International Development ( Aid
Defense Department
District of Columbia
Allen Ellender
D-La
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
NATO allies balk at defense costs
In Brussels NATO officials say Europe will resist higher payments for defense when Washington seeks more funding. They note the 1 billion European Improvement Program spans five years and fear new cuts or negotiations may follow the December 8 to 10 ministers’ meeting.
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Brussels
UPI
America
Washington
Tion
NATO
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Germany
McCormack urges expansion of Washington hospital space
Former House Speaker John W. McCormack urges Congress to approve a $72 million hospital bill to expand hospital space in Washington DC. He calls for construction grants up to $70 million and $2 million in loan guarantees to modernize medical facilities while praising Providence Hospital staff by his wife’s bedside.
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Washington
UPI
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Harriet
Congress
District of Columbia
McCormack
Providence Hospital
Morrisseau Seeks Congress To Represent Vermont Voters
Dennis Morrisseau, born and educated in Vermont, campaigns to represent Vermonters in Congress promising to spend half his time listening locally and act on concerns in Washington. He argues the government’s original aim was to give every American dignity and pledges to steer the country back on the right road before it’s too late.
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Vermont
University of Vermont
Washington
Dennis Morrisseau
Congress
IBEW says 32000 NE Telephone workers qualify for 12 percent retro pay
IBEW executive vice president John Flynn announced that the Office of Emergency Preparedness confirmed 32,000 New England Telephone workers are entitled to a retroactive 12 percent raise. The gain covers wages agreed before the August 15 wage-price freeze and totals about 30 million dollars. The increase would be retroactive to May 2, 1971, with 12 percent first year and 3 percent plus cost of living adjustments in years two and three, including pay for the 90-day freeze period.
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Waltham, Mass
UPI
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Office of Emergency Preparedness
New England Telephone Co
John Flynn
Elmer F. Bennett
OEP
New England Telephone
Flynn
Bennett
Mills to visit Vermont for Barre fundraising event
UPI reports House Ways and Means Chair Wilbur D. Mills will visit Vermont on Nov. 20 for a Democratic fundraising cocktail hour in Barre hosted by state party leaders. Tickets are 15 dollars per person or 25 dollars per couple. Separately, Liberty Union seeks to force Secretary of State to place it on the Jan. 7 ballot after a ruling on petition requirements. In Essex Junction, Willis Higgins voices caution on rapid 1972 abortion law changes, preferring court guidance. Francis J. Hoermann named chief of quality control for Vermont Department of Social Welfare to oversee welfare eligibility checks.
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Burlington
UPI
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Vermont
Democratic Party
Barre
Francis Esposito
Rutland
Mills
National Party
Sen
Robert Dole
Tobin Armstrong
Liberty Union Party
Chittenden
Richard Thomas
Liberty Union
Thomas
Essex Junction
Willis Higgins
Williston
Burlington Area
New York Prisons Net Formidable Array of Homemade Weapons
Police and guards conducted intensive searches in two New York maximum security prisons after the Attica revolt, uncovering over 200 homemade weapons. The finds included nailed wooden planks, knives on broom handles, and long-handled knives on clubs as authorities planned broader searches across maximum security facilities.
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Albany
New York State
Corrections
Russell Oswald
Attica
Eastern
Naponach
Clinton
Dannemora
Troy man found guilty of bribery in city contract case
James J. Mitchell was found guilty by a Rensselaar County Court jury of offering money to former Troy mayor Lawrence D. Meyer in 1969 to influence a garbage contract with Capitol Garbage Disposal Corp. The 10 day trial ended in 21 minutes verdict, with potential prison terms from three to seven years, plus other penalties. Attorneys plan to appeal.
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Troy
James J. Mitchell
Rensselaar
Lawrence D. Meyer
Mitchell
Meyer
Troy City
Capitol Garbage Disposal Corp
Frank R. McDonald
Berkshire Schools Adopt New Discipline Code Amid Debate
Pittsfield reports the School Committee approves a new secondary school discipline code allowing corporal punishment by teachers under a defined mild physical force, except in self-defense or for protecting others or property. In a separate note, Mary Murphy becomes the first woman elected to Pittsfield City Council since the 1940s after filing without expenditures or contributions, campaigning on self-penned releases and door-to-door effort.
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Pittsfield
UPI
Mary Murphy
Murphy
Reporter nearly expelled from city hall meeting
Transcript reporter Bruce Cutler stayed after the City Hall Building Committee voted to enter executive session. Mayor Bianco ordered him to leave and police would remove him if he did not. Hardman, Transcript publisher, asked Cutler to depart and he complied.
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North Adams
Transcript
Bruce Cutler
City Hall
Cutler
Joseph R. Bianco
James Hardman
Hardman
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Cyrus Vance
Howard Stein
Dreyfus Investment Corp
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H.J. Heinz Co
George W. Ball
John D. Rockefeller IV
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