Strauss Vows To Unify the Democratic Party
Washington AP Strauss pledges to unite the party and welcomes dialogue with factions including liberals and conservatives as he begins as national Democratic chairman. He faces questions about Meany Wallace Connally and aims to heal divisions while retaining reform leaders and naming a second vice chair to broaden representation.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Alabama
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George McGovern
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Saycey
CBS
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D-Mass
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Reform Commission
Mrs. Westwood
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Baltimore City
Barbara Mikulski
Basil Patterson
Caroline Wilkins
Tanaka Party Wins Japanese Mandate
Tokyo AP reports Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka’s Liberal Democratic Party secured a national election mandate for reshaping Japan. The party won 379 seats with 14 conservative independents, but strong gains by Socialists and Communists threaten his reform program and could hinder passage for years. Tanaka vows to push ahead, starting with a new ad agency and addressing the trade imbalance with the United States.
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Tokyo
Kakuei Tanaka
Liberal- Democratic Party
Japan
Diet
Old House
Tanaka
Adeee
Ice Floe Strikes Tanker Causing Spill in Maine River
Coast Guard reports a 600 gallon diesel spill in the Penobscot River after an ice floe hit the coastal tanker Christian Reinhauer at Gulf Oil Terminal. The impact broke the hose and transfer lines, forcing the vessel aground while pumping neared completion. spill contained by tide and pumps.
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Brewer, Maine
Coast Guard
Penobscot
Christian Reinhauer
Gulf Oil Terminal
Half of Cuban Refugees Resettled Outside Florida
A government funded study shows more than half of the 612648 Cuban refugees in the United States live outside Florida. Florida Atlantic University professor Dr. Rafel Prohias notes 48 states host refugees with Dade County containing 268200 Cubans. Major centers include New York New Jersey California Illinois Texas Massachusetts and Louisiana.
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Miami
United States
Florida
U.S
Rafel Prohias
Florida Atlantic University
Alaska
Probias
South Dakota
Wyoming
Dade County
New York
New Jersey
California
Ilinois
Texas
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Prohias
Embassy Spy Tactics Miniaturized Eavesdropping Rise
Washington reports say older wire microphones are obsolete as spies adopt tiny drop transmitters. G Marvin Gentile details devices hidden in a diplomat heel and in a curtain binder with ranges up to 300 yards and 40 yards respectively. He notes 52 and 55 microphones removed from embassies in Moscow and Warsaw after 1964 reforms.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
G. Marvin
Gentile
Mos
Warsaw
Hawaii Homes Ownership Gap Revealed in Federal Grant Study
Prohias led a study funded by a $56,986 federal grant to the Cuban Minority Planning Group, a task force of Cuban professionals in the United States. The analysis shows Hawaii has the lowest home ownership rate among all states.
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Prohias
United States
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