Helms to Remain CIA Director as Nixon Takes Office
President elect Nixon confirms Richard J. Helms will stay at the CIA and J. Edgar Hoover will continue as FBI chief. He meets GOP leaders amid a briefing over U S Senate timing on the nuclear weapons control treaty and notes possible delays due to the Czechoslovak invasion. Nixon then visits Walter Reed to see former President Eisenhower.
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Nixon
Richard J. Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ronald L. Ziegler
Michigan
House
Dirksen
Nixon holds closed briefing with lawmakers in transition office
President elect met for over two hours with six Senate Republican leaders and seven top House Republicans in a capital transition office near the White House. Vice President elect Agnew noted governors want reform and simplification of overlapping federal programs as Nixon appeared with Dirksen and Rep Ford.
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Hoover
Nixon
Senate
House
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Bluefield Christmas Tree reaches $295 with week left
The Bluefield Community Christmas Tree fundraiser reports $295 raised Monday, bringing total to $3,729.50 of a $6,000 goal with one week remaining before a Christmas party for 1,500 needy children. Donors are urged to contribute to Bluefield Daily Telegraph Box 208 or at 412 Bland St. to help meet the goal.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Community
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W. Va
Bland St
Lester
Clashing Statements by Cong and South Viet Nam Threaten Talks Delay
Paris AP report says Saigon and Viet Cong envoys issued divergent positions delaying peace talks. Lam urged a two sided formula while Kiem demanded four party equality, as U S officials signaled flexibility despite Ky blaming Saigon for delays.
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South Vietnam
Johnson
U. S
Clark M. Clifford
Nguyen Cao Ky
Clifford
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Viet Cong
Tran Buu Kiem
National Liberation Front
NLF
Lam
U.S
Cyrus’ R. Vance
Presi
Dents Johnson
Nguyen van Thieu
Kiem
North Viet Seamen Freed By U S Navy
The United States Navy freed seven North Vietnamese civilian seamen from a prisoner of war compound in Saigon and returned them to North Vietnam aboard a motorized fishing junk. The act, described as goodwill, follows a 14 month rescue of the seamen from a foundering boat in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Moscow
North Vietnam
Dai Loc
Apollo 8 Astronauts Cleared in Strong Health for Moon Flight
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP doctors pronounced the Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders in perfect health for the Christmas moon voyage They ruled out space illness seen on Apollo 7 and reported the astronauts physically fit for liftoff with a smooth countdown at the launch pad.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Berry
Unemployment Rate Drops in Texas and Nationwide
A Dallas private employment agency manager notes record low unemployment, saying move capable workers can find jobs. The report highlights Texas and national figures, with Dallas among the lowest unemployment rates at about 1.4 percent.
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New York
Texas
Dallas
New York City
Chicago
Georgia Labor Department
Atlanta
California
Four Rooms To Close At Fairview School
About 100 of Fairview Elementary's 256 students in Bluefield will transfer to Whitethorn and Memorial elementary schools on Jan 2 due to a crack widening in the oldest building section from 1915. Mercer County Supt. W R Cooke says no immediate danger but plans a parent meeting and bus transportation as needed.
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Fairview Elementary
Bluefield
Mercer County
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Whitethorn
Memorial
Cooke
Fairview
Dr. P R Fox Dies At 77 In Bluefield
Dr. P. R. Fox a prominent Bluefield physician died at 11 p m Monday night at Bluefield Sanitarium. He had lived in Bluefield 20 years and was hospitalized since December 14 after a fall at 817 Spring Garden Drive. Mercer Funeral Home conducts arrangements which remain incomplete.
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P. R. Fox
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Nixon Wins Official as Electors Confirm Victory
Washington AP report notes Nixon carried the Electoral College with 301 votes to Humphrey 191 and Wallace 46, with 2.7 states counted toward the 270 needed. One NC elector voted Wallace, while reform talks surge on constitutional amendment and possible direct popular election.
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District of Columbia
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Maryland
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Humphrey
Senate
John F. Kennedy
North Carolina
Lloyd W. Bailey
Rocky Mount
Wallace
House of Representatives
Tennessee
Strom Thurmond
Harry S. Truman
Oklahoma
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
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