Frenchman and Swede win Nobel Prize for physics
The Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded 1970 Nobel Prize for physics to Prof. Louis Eugene Neel of France and Prof. Hannes Alfven of Sweden. Neel's work covers antiferromagnetism and ferrites used in telegraphy and high frequency gear, while Alfven is recognized for magnetohydrodynamics with plasma applications. Alfven also critiques Sweden's nuclear research, splitting his time between Sweden and the United States.
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Stockholm
UPI
Swedish Academy of Sciences
Louis Eugene Neel
France
Hannes Olaf Alfven
Sweden
Alfven
Uppsala
University of California
San Diego
Academy
Neel
United States
GM talks reach critical phase in UAW strike
Negotiations between General Motors and the United Auto Workers reached a critical phase. GM chief bargainer Earl Bramblett warned that without rapid progress within two weeks, auto production may be paused until December. He disputed UAW claims of delay and cited a daily $90 million sales loss.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Earl Bramblett
Bramblett
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
FTC Allows Consumer Student Group to Intervene in Firestone Case
The FTC granted a group of law students permission to intervene in the Firestone Tire case alleging false and deceptive ads about pricing and safety. The move marks a cautious first step toward broader consumer group participation in agency enforcement, with SOAP allowed to call witnesses and appeal if Firestone is found guilty.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Commission
Joseph Martin Jr
John F. Banghaf III
George Washington University
Firestone
Soap
Ap Ap
Allende to name moderate cabinet
Santiago Chile UPI Marxist President Elect Salvador Allende will begin a six year term November 3 with a cabinet dominated by moderates. The delay in announcing ministers followed Allende’s funeral attendance for Gen Rene Schneider and a tiff within his Popular Unity coalition. Police said three of four Schneider murder suspects, linked to right wing extremists, were captured. Observers expect Socialists to control Interior Mining Education ministries while Communists take Treasury Labor Health and radicals gain Foreign Defense Justice posts. Minor party grumbling over dispersal of posts persisted. Socialist chief Aniceto Rodriguez pressed for Interior.
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Chile
UPI
Salvador Allende
Allende
Rene Schneider
Popular Unity Coalition
Schneider
Socialist Party
Aniceto Rodriguez
Interior Ministry
Rodrigues
Farmer weighs resignation from Nixon administration
Civil rights figure James Farmer acknowledged in an interview that he has discussed the possibility of quitting with his supervisor, HEW Secretary Elliot Richardson, amid persistent rumors. Richardson suggested he hopes Farmer stays, while Farmer noted personal and career considerations could lead to departure, though he would not reveal such plans.
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UPI
James Farmer
Farmer
Elliot L. Richardson
Health, Education and Welfare
Richardson
Chicago
Carrier withdrawn from Vietnar zone
The Navy cuts Western Pacific carrier strength to pre Vietnam War levels under Nixon Vietnamization. One carrier return to the United States will not lessen 7th Fleet fighting capacity. Cambodian troops repel a Viet Cong assault 14 miles east of Phnom Penh. A rescued helicopter was shot down over the Laotian upper panhandle with one dead and one missing. B52 raids against the Ho Chi Minh Trail continue in Laos as 7th Fleet carrier count drops from four to three. Cambodian government troops prepare a renewed push toward Tang Kauk and Kompong Thom with 20,000 reinforcements in place.
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Nixon
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Laos
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Southeast Asia
Republic of
South
Pacific
Vietnam
Am Rong
Tang Kauk
Kompong Thom
Skoun
Agnew pledges South seat on Supreme Court
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew urged a Southern appointee to the Supreme Court and said confirmation would follow if a handful of Senate radical liberals retire in the coming election. He spoke in North and South Carolina promising ideological and geographic balance on the Court and criticizing Congress and the media for discriminating against the South. He predicted Republican gains in governors and Congress, and urged support for neighborhood schools and opposition to compulsory busing for racial balance.
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UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
South
Supreme Court
Senate
GOP
North
South Carolina
Agnew
Congress
Birch Bayh
Ted Kennedy
Richard Nixon
North Carolina
White House
Albert Watson
R-S.c
Redoubling of military efforts near Suez as ceasefire nears
Al Ahram reports both Israel and Egypt bolster forces in the Suez standstill zone as the 90 day ceasefire expires on November 5. U.S. backing of Israel draws warning of explosive possibilities and broader consequences. Sadat vows no territorial concessions while Egyptian cabinet reviews essential commodity prices.
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UPI
al Ahram
Suez Canal
Mahmoud Riad
United Nations
U.S
Israel
Middle East
Egypt
Aharom Yariv
Yariv
Nixon Eyes Senate Gains From Campaign Push
President Nixon, per aides, would view a net gain of one to two Senate seats as a campaign success in the November election. Ziegler noted the White House aims to narrow the typical 30 seat House loss, while Nixon campaigns in Florida Texas Illinois Minnesota Nebraska and California before the election.
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UPI
Ronald L. Ziegler
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California
Ziegler
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Texas
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Photo finish seen for Senate control
The 1970 campaign close shows Democrats less optimistic amid a path to possible GOP control of the Senate. Republicans seek a net gain of seven seats, while even a two or three seat gain could tilt control with Agnew’s tie breaking vote. Byrd may back an independent position in a pivotal vote.
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Senate
Ziegler
Nixon
Washington
UPI
U.S. Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
Lindsay attacks Nixon Agnew campaign tactics in New York
Mayor John V. Lindsay condemned Nixon Agnew campaign methods as spreading suspicion and a pattern of branding opposition as disloyal. He warned of a single minded state, urged graceful campaigning, and criticized the administration for distortion of facts while praising Goodell as a target of a purge.
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UPI
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Nixon- Agnew
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Agnew
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