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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1972

Page

10

New CIA Director James Schlesinger Favored by Nixon

President Nixon selects Dr. James R. Schlesinger to lead the CIA. An academic with economic and social science training, he has served at the Rand Corp and in the Budget Bureau now as OMB assistant director. He is described as analytical, cautious, family oriented, a pipe smoker who watches birds and uses maps on trips.

Washington James Rodney Schlesinger Nixon Central Intelligence Agency James Bond Ian Fleming Bond Schlesinger Federal Budget Bureau Office of Management and Budget OMB Harvard CIA Richard Helms U.S Budget Bureau Amchitka Aleutian Island

Today in History December 23 1972 Highlights

On this date Washington resigned as commander in chief in 1783 and retired to Mount Vernon. Other events include Maryland ceding land for the national government in 1788 and the first transistor by Bell Labs in 1947. Birthday notes and a thought for today accompany the list.

Associated Press George Washington Mount Vernon Virginia Maryland Jo— Smith Sharon Antwerp Holland Belgium Bell Laboratories Murray Hill N.J Hideki Tojo Japan Tokyo Gamal Abdel Nasser Egypt Israel Cuba Miami

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