Mills Steps Down From Ways and Means Chair
Rep. Wilbur Mills resigns as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee after 16 years. Albert cites Mills health after a string of events including his liaison with Annabel Battistella and a 1968 incident in the Washington Tidal Basin. The party leader notes Mills will not seek the chairmanship and will decide his future in Congress.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Mills
Carl Albert
Albert
Annabel Battistella
al Uilman
Oregon
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Ways and Means Committee
Battistella
Boston
Rockefeller Senate Confirmation Sets Path to VP
The Senate voted 90 to 7 to confirm Nelson Rockefeller as the 41st vice president, completing the first half of the 25th Amendment process. A House vote is expected next week, with Ford and others urging swift action.
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Senate
Rockefeller
House
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
House of Representatives
New York
U.S
House Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
Ford
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Virginia
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Ehrlichman Details Resignation Amid Emotional Testimony
John Ehrlichman cried as he recalled Nixon summoning him to Camp David to resign from the White House staff. He described Nixon offering help with legal fees and discussed clemency and misled expectations during Watergate related talks.
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Ehrlichman
Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Camp David
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
U.S
John J. Sirica
H. R. Haldeman
Aspen Lodge
Maryland Mountain
Flrtichman
Nixon White House
San Clemente
Calif
Senate urged to probe TWA jet crash near Upperville
The Senate Commerce Committee was asked to investigate a December 1 TWA crash near Upperville Virginia that killed two people. Senator J Glenn Beall Jr urged the probe citing the incident as serious and reports as incredible.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
TWA
Upperville
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Virginia Mines Working As Miners Return After Tentative Pact
The Associated Press reports Virginia coal mines resume operations as 4,000 miners honor picket lines end. The UMW bargaining council in Washington will review the tentative accord before a rank and file vote, with five small Clinchfield mines still out.
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Virginia
UMW
Washington
Indiana
West Virginia
Ohio
Fred Wilson
District 28
Wilson
Clinchfield Coal
Bituminous
Two sextuplet deaths as three survive in fragile condition
Charlotte Lange lost two more of her premature sextuplets while three others, Jolene Rene Brian Walter and Jason Wesley, showed minor respiratory improvement. John died earlier after a 45 minute birth period. The babies weighed about two pounds to under four pounds and battled hyaline membrane disease in intensive care.
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San Jose
Calif
Charlotte Lange
James R. Harrod
Valley Medical Center
Kelly Irene
Corey William
Harrod
Jarrod
Langes
Jolene Rene
Brian Walter
Jason Wesley
John
Solzhenitsyn Accepts Nobel Prize in Stockholm
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, exiled Russian author, accepted the Nobel Prize for literature in Stockholm saying the award prevented him from being crushed by persecutions. He noted he remained in the Soviet Union four years after the prize and was forced into exile last February.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Son Learns From Parents Anti-Bail Stance
David G. Gearhart spent two months in jail after his parents Aubrey and his wife refused to bail him out. They said the trouble was his responsibility and now, after the initial resentment, David agrees with their stance. The Gearharts already had one son in the State Penitentiary and did not want another.
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Salem
David G. Gearhart
David
Aubrey Gearhart
State Penitentiary
Gearhart family stands by jail stay in son’s arrest
David Gearhart, one of six children, faced a bail set at 2500 after two forged checks and a third attempt at a branch bank. His parents refused to post bond saying the jail stay would teach him responsibility and that other parents should follow the same approach.
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David
Danny
Gearhart
Bona
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Ruggiero
Fort Lauderdale. Fla
Citizens Letion Committee
Ford Administration
William J. Meyer
Montana
Tim W. Babcock
Armand Hammer
Roanoke
Eden
N. C
Hillsville
Jannie Leo Pulliam Jr
Bank of Carroll
U. S
Richmond
Old Dominion Sugar Refinery Co
Chesapeake
Montgomery
W. Va
A. James Manchin
Manchin
REAP
Lawrence Atha
C.C. Tinsley
Kanawha Falls Bridge Co
Gauley Bridge
THE
Associated Press
Phil Sparks
Lange
Solzhenitsyn
Swedish Academy
Abby Dixon
Giles County
Mercer
Monroe County
New Hampshire
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