Nixon taps ABA to screen six Supreme Court nominees
President Nixon asks the American Bar Association to screen six candidates for two Supreme Court openings after Hugo Black's death and John Harlan's retirement. Names include Sylvia Bacon, Charles Clark, Herschel Friday, Mildred Lillie, Ida Grove, and Paul Roney, with White House hints of more contenders.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
American Bar Association
ABA
Supreme Court
White House
Justice Department
Richard H. Poff
R-Va
Hugo L. Black
John M. Harlan
Sylvia A. Bacon
Watertown
S.C
District of Columbia Superior Court
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
U.S. Senate
Charles Clark
Jackson
Miss
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Herschel H. Friday
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Mildred L. Lillie
Los Angeles
Ida Grove
Iowa
California Court of Appeal
Paul H. Roney
St. Petersburg
Fla
G. Harrold Carswell
Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Hollings floats tax refunds for poor and college families
Senator Hollings proposed a 3.7 billion plan to refund some sales and property taxes for poverty level families and to provide a college tuition tax credit of up to 325 dollars. The plan would supplement Nixon’s tax package and extend refunds to all states, while aiming to curb perceived big business favoritism in the administration's measures.
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Washington
UPI
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Hollings
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
House
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Pay Board
The
Price Commission
Organized Labor
Rumsfeld
Federal court acts against reluctant West Coast dockers
A federal judge ordered ILWU locals in San Francisco and Los Angeles to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for defying a government order to return to work. The action follows dockworkers at Los Angeles and Long Beach refusing to handle ships amid a longshore dispute over when workers should take first jobs.
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San Francisco
UPI
West Coast
Longshore
Los Angeles
Long Beach
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Local
ILWU
Marine Clerks Union
Seattle
Pacific Maritime Association
Sweigert
U.S. Attorne
James L. Browning
Cuba accuses US of commando raid killing Cubans
Havana radio reported a speedboat strafing raid on Boca de Sama in Oriente province killing two Cubans and wounding four others including a border patrol officer and two girls. The broadcast blamed mercenaries working for Yankee imperialists and said the raiders fled north to sea.
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Miami
UPI
Havana
Oriente
Boca de Sama
Banes
Cuba
Interior Ministry
Border Patrol
Inside Bits On Wilbur Mills And Future Votes
A bustling newspaper page outlines Wilbur Mills possible vote counting power and tax implications. It hints at evaluating political influence in the White House while listing several calendar items and an editorial note on local BSD funding for Sacred Heart school.
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Wilbur Mills
White House
Mt. Anthony
Sacred Heart
Norwich
Vermont
Arlington Day Care Center
Russell Baker
Joe Pello
Bennington
American professor wins Nobel prize for medicine
Nobel prize in medicine awarded to Dr. Earl Wilbur Sutherland of Vanderbilt University Medical School for discoveries on hormone mechanisms and cyclic AMP. His work illuminates how hormones trigger bodily processes, with potential implications for diseases like cholera diabetes and perhaps cancer, and he will receive $90 000.
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Stockholm
Royal Caroline Institute
Sutherland
Peter Reichard
Institute
Reichard
Sullivan
Burlingame
Kan
Albert Lasker
Washburn College
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
U.S. Army
Democratic credentials fight ends with Harris victory
The Democratic National Committee chose Patricia Roberts Harris over Sen. Harold Hughes 72 to 31 in a bitter battle over the credentials committee. Hughes urged reform and warned that the fight was only beginning as Muskie McGovern Harris sought cohesion after the vote. Harris, former ambassador to Luxembourg and Howard University Law Dean, now practices law in Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Democratic Party
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Iowa
Patricia Roberts Harris
Lawrence F. O’brien
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Harris
Muskie
National
National Committee
Luxembourg
Howard University Law School
U.N. General Assembly
Administration repudiates threats to cut U N funds
The Nixon administration dismissed congressional threats to withhold U N funds over China seating. Secretary Rogers promised continued support, while Bush outlined the stance at a U N luncheon. Debates on admitting Communist China and expelling Nationalist China proceed with mixed political pressure.
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U.N
United Nations
UPI
Nixon
U.S
China
William P. Rogers
George Bush
U.N. Correspondents Association
James L. Buckley
New York
Bush
House of Representatives
United States
Albania
Peking
Taiwan
General Assembly
Adam Malik
Indonesia
Asia Society
Meyer quits as Liberty Union head
Brattleboro Vermont United Press International reports former U.S. Rep. William H. Meyer of West Rupert resigns as chairman of the Liberty Union Party. The party announced the resignation and outlined plans for its October 23 convention at Goddard College Plainfield to nominate candidates for the U.S. Senate and Congress.
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Brattleboro
UPI
U.S
William H. Meyer
West Rupert
Liberty Union Party
Meyer
Liberty Union
Executive Committee
Goddard College
Plainfield
U.S. Senate
Congress
Douglas may visit Vermont to study land act
UPI reports Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas plans a possible Vermont visit to study the 1970 Land Development Control Act. He spoke by phone with Vermont environmental Board chair Benjamin Partridge of Windham to arrange meetings about the law aimed at orderly development and stated he would like to come this month.
Secret session at Vernon plant hearing draws security focus
Vermont Yankee licensing hearing on security measures moved to a closed session after a request by plant officials. Officials from Vermont Yankee argued the secrecy was needed while New Hampshire officials prepare evacuation plans and debate water discharge standards. Other topics included plant readiness, fuel loading timing, testing requirements, and financial ties to Central Vermont Public Service Corp. The hearing continues Friday with evacuation planning and further safety questions.
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Brattleboro
Vernon
AEC Licensing Board
Samuel Jensch
Vermont Yankee
Albert A. Cree
New Hamsphire
Vernon Plant
Connecticut River
Granite State
New Hampshire
R. Peter Shapiro
Walter Peterson
New Hampshire National Guard
Shapiro
New Hamphire
Connecticut
AEC
Cree
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
Vermont
Harvey Carter
License in spring for Vermont Yankee nuclear plant license
Anthony Roisman, attorney for the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, said a full operation license for the Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon will not be granted until May or June after hearings. He noted about 1.3 million dollars per month in cash capital is needed for delays and that the hearings will focus on emergency core cooling systems, testing procedures, and environmental aspects.
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John Calhoun
James L. Jeffords
Jeffords
Atomic Power
Vermont Yankee
Norman Moseley
AEC
Vernon
Brattleboro
Anthony Z. Roisman
New England Coalition On Nuclear Pollution
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Spon
Roisman
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Buckley Field
Denver
San Francisco Bay
William T. Sweigert
Malik
Douglas
Partridge
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