Truman's Daughter Reveals MacArthur Firing Reason
Margaret Truman Daniel recounts her father Harry S Truman advised firing Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1951 over panicked moves in Korea. She notes approval of the decision amid China threat comments and discusses Truman's wartime choices and 1952 campaign views.
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UPI
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Douglas MacArthur
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Korea
MacArthur
Truman
Margaret Truman
Daniel
Far East
Vermont survey finds inadequacies in hospital emergency care
A Vermont Health Department survey of 15 Vermont and two New Hampshire hospitals shows most emergency departments have limited scope and staffing. High capacity at Medical Center Hospital of Vermont and Mary Hitchcock contrasts with others that handle few patients. The report led to an advisory committee and calls for guidelines, staffing studies, and expanded prehospital care amid tourism and highway fatality concerns.
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UPS
Vermont
New Hampshire
Vermont Health Department
C. Earl Gettinger
Medical Center Hospital of
Mary Hitchcock
Hanover
N.H
Gettinger
John Kansit
State Health Department
Threats to Burn Mayflower Replica on Thanksgiving
In Plymouth Massachusetts UPI reports threats that the Mayflower replica, a chief town tourist draw second only to Plymouth Rock, would be burned on Thanksgiving Day. The ship was built to original English specifications in 1957.
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UPI
England
Atlantic
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Nixon family to dine on Thanksgiving at Camp David
President Nixon and his family will eat a traditional Thanksgiving dinner at Camp David under Ron Jackson. The menu includes roast turkey, bread dressing, giblet gravy, whipped potatoes, green peas and onions, hot rolls, fresh cranberries with minted pears, and pumpkin pie with whipped cream. A separate note mentions threats linked to the Day of Mourning but no evidence ties Indians to the threats.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Camp David
White House
Ron Jackson
Court bars sympathy strike by AFTRA at CBS
New York court injunction blocked AFTRA members with CBS contracts from joining a sympathy walkout for IBEW striking technicians. About 1,000 AFTRA members including Cronkite Sevareid Mudd Hart and Wallace were ordered not to cross picket lines while AFTRA planned appeals and vowed to keep working.
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New York
UPI
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TRA
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Eric Sevareid
Roger Mudd
John Hart
Mike Walace
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Salmon names tax plan top priority in Vermont pledge
Governor elect Thomas P. Salmon in Montpelier vowed to honor the November mandate by pushing tax reform, environmental protections, and open government. He asked minority lawmakers to back his program while stressing party lines should not block the people’s needs. He planned seminars before the 1973 session and said he would avoid entangling leadership fights. David Shutte of Bennington earned applause after defeating Rep. R. Marshall Witten in a recent race.
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Vermont
Democratic Party
General Assembly
David Shutte
Bennington
R. Marshall Witten
Republican House Appropriations
Jehovah's Witnesses host guest speaker in Shaftsbury lecture
Lawrence Walker of the Watchtower Society presents "Who Is Your God?" at 9:30 am Sunday at the Bennington Kingdom Hall Route 67 Shaftsbury. Walker oversees 22 Vermont Adirondack congregations and visits biannually. Local services are free with no collections.
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Route 67
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Watchtower Society
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Walker
Vermont
Adirondack
New York
Watchtower
Clarence Barrows
Vermont quota probe sparks independent inquiry
Around Vermont police quota allegations triggered an independent staff investigation led by Gov Corcoran and involving state figures. The probe follows comments by Windham County State's Attorney Diamond about a quota-arrest system, with officials deferring to Jamaica? The report notes subsequent political note and local governance responses.
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Sten Lium
Montpelier
Lium
GOP
Lefkowitz to hold hearing on organic foods prices
New York Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz announced a public hearing next month to study organic foods content and pricing and to probe for possible fraud in sales and promotions. The Dec 1 session will be in New York City.
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Sleany
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
New York City
Berkshire zoning hearing draws 200 plus attendees
Berkshire Barton Pittsfield hearing over a master zoning ordinance attracted 200 or more residents with fewer objections to garden apartment zones. Planning Board backs 18 R-G zones, smaller than former 1972 statute, while more individual owners spoke than in earlier sessions.
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Planning Board
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