Meir proposes cease fire line shift after Nixon talks
Prime Minister Golda Meir urged a new cease fire line with Egypt that would move forces on both sides of the Suez Canal. The plan could free about 20,000 Egyptian soldiers trapped on the canal’s east bank. Meir spoke at a White House news conference after an hour and 20 minute meeting with President Nixon.
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Golda Meir
Israel
Nixon
Egypt
Suez Canal
East Bank
U.S
Middle East
Syria
Kissinger
Mohamed Zakaria Ismail
Damascus
Cairo
New York
Robert J. McCloskey
State Department
United States
Mrs. Meir
Ismail Fahmy
Ford says no grounds for Nixon impeachment
Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford told the Senate committee he sees no grounds for impeaching President Nixon but supports the House Judiciary Committee pursuing its investigation to clear the air. He added that Nixon should have disclosed earlier that no tapes exist of two Watergate conversations.
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Gerald R. Ford
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Senate
Ford
White House
Watergate Grand Jury
Nixon names Saxbe as attorney general and Jaworski as special prosecutor
President Nixon nominates Ohio Senator William Saxbe to be attorney general to replace Elliot Richardson and announces Leon Jaworski as the new special Watergate prosecutor. Nixon guarantees independence and fresh congressional approval, with Acting Atty. Gen. Robert Bork confirming Jaworski’s broad authority and access to tapes and papers if needed.
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Nixon
Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Texas
Leon Jaworski
Archibald Cox
White House
Saxbe
Elliot L. Richardson
Robert H. Bork
Ment
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Bork
Cox
Executive Branch
Fuel Crisis Triggers Gas and Air Travel Costs Rise
The fuel shortage drives up gas prices up to three cents a gallon and reduces flights at major airports. Phillips Petroleum raises wholesale gasoline and heating oil prices citing higher foreign crude costs. Airlines cut back on low demand flights, with substantial impact in metropolitan routes.
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Phillips Petroleum Co
San Francisco
Cost of Living Council
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Councl
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Trans World
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Delta
North Central
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Continental
Frontier
Eastern
Northwest Orient
National Airlines
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Western allies plan East West border defense proposal
The United States and Western allies prepare a plan for insuring against surprise attacks across the East West border in Europe. It includes advance notification of troop movements and may be presented at the force reductions conference in Central Europe next week.
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Vienna
United States
Europe
UMW Reports Camp Housing Poor Despite 1947 Warning
UMW research director Thomas Bethell told a House subcommittee that dilapidated coal camp housing remains substandard 26 years after a Navy survey identified the problem. He cited 35 percent standard houses then, with 7 percent nationwide and up to 40 percent in Kentucky’s 7th District and 25 percent in Virginia’s 4th District, plus inadequate water sewer systems.
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Congress
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Appalachia
Thomas N. Bethell
UMW
Bethell
House
U.S. Navy
John L. Lewis
Secretary of the Interior
J.A. Krug
Kentucky
Virginia
Culture boom noted as museums draw crowds
Telegraph-ette reports a culture boom with Americans seeking better things or museums now being air conditioned. The trend suggests growing public engagement with arts and museums as part of everyday life this season.
Hechler Defends Washington Program Funding Details
Rep. Ken Hechler defended the Week in Washington program amid questions about its financing. Hechler cited annual contributions totaling about 5,650 dollars with 600 from out of state, and noted several West Virginia firms gave funds through the American Political Science Association. He challenged a Capitol Hill News Service report as inaccurate and said sponsors include industry contributors.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ken Hechler
Washington
Hechler
Capitol Hill News Service
West Virginia
American Political Science Association
Lawes Bellamy
GenTel Seeks Pay Phone Rate Hike Across Eight Counties
General Telephone Co of the Southeast files with the Public Service Commission for an annual $2.1 million rate increase affecting 41 000 customers in Mercer McDowell Grant Hardy Hampshire Jefferson Mineral and Morgan counties The plan would raise pay phone calls to 20 cents and add 20 cents for each directory assistance call with exemptions for unlisted numbers and handicapped callers The PSC weighs a $1.6 million rate hike decision from last year and expects six months to implement the new 20 cent pay phone rate across circuits.
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Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Southeast
Mercer
McDowell
Grant
Hardy
Hampshire
Jefferson
Mineral
Morgan
PSC
General Tele
Nixon Flees Press for Key Biscayne Trip
President Nixon flew from Homestead Air Force Base to Key Biscayne by helicopter, marking his first use of the Air Force 1 poolless short notice trip. White House aides had denied travel plans until the flight was underway, following his sharp criticism of television coverage.
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Nixon
Florida
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Homestead Air Force Base
Fla
Miami
Florida White House
Key Biscayne
Mt Sais
Air Force 1
Key Biscayne, Fla
White House
Warren
Hart Electric day shift walks off over job posting dispute
In Bluefield Hart Electric Co a division of Joy Manufacturing saw most day shift workers walk off Thursday morning amid a union dispute over job posting procedures Local 647 International Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers says not all day shift employees joined the action Plant manager Stanley Butler will meet with day shift workers to seek a resolution with night shift continuing operations as usual
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Hart Electric Co
Bluefield
Joy Manufacturing Co
Hart
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Butler
Nixon first suspected missing Watergate tape says lawyer
Presidential attorney J Fred Buzhardt testified that Nixon himself first suspected a critical Watergate conversation was missing from a White House tape The court heard that Stephen Bull checked out a recording on July mid and Haldeman received tapes then Buzhardt argued the April 15 tape may have run out on the recording device due to a busy day.
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White House
Nixon
J. Fred Buzhardt
Stephen W. Bull
H. R. Haldeman
Bull
John W. Dean III
Buzhardt
Dean
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