19 Nov 1973
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1973
Page
1
President Nixon drew thousands in Macon Georgia amid mixed reaction as supporters waved banners and handed petitions while students chanted Nixon must go. He honored Carl Vinson on his 90th birthday and announced the USS Vinson will be commissioned in 1980.
Harold Lee Hughes of Fairmont died in an early Sunday single car crash on West Virginia Route 20 two miles north of Athens Mercer County. The Trane Air Conditioning employee was motociss? injured at Pipestein State Park during a Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Space Center Houston reports Skylab 3 astronauts Carr Gibson and Pogue stow items for a three month stay and begin medical experiments while gaining schedule traction after delays in activating the station on Saturday.
Greek troops in battle dress moved into Athens to quell antigovernment protests as the armed forces went on full alert. The government reported nine dead and 128 injured after three days of student rioting, with tanks and armored trucks patrolling the city.
Lydia Pinkham’s vegetable compound, once a staple for women’s ailments sold from a six building Lynn factory, is closing after 87 years. The firm, once thriving with sales near 3.8 million in its peak, now ends with heirs noting the business decline and history from its founder Lydia E. Pinkham’s 19th century origin.
Ten Arab oil nations agreed to a one month reprieve in petroleum cutbacks for most of Europe in response to the Common Market political stance seen as pro Arab. The United States Japan and the Netherlands were excluded from the pause tied to the October Middle East war pressure.
Israel's government orders a five member independent commission to review the opening stages of the October war with Egypt and Syria. The inquiry will assess army deployment and preparedness before Yom Kippur, intelligence, and actions up to the initial battles while remaining secret.
Detailed bargaining between United Auto Workers and General Motors aimed to avert a series of local mini strikes set to begin Monday morning. UAW warned it could authorize short plant specific walkouts if no new contract is agreed, affecting 415,000 GM workers.
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