Senate OK on draft lottery clears major Senate hurdle
Nixon draft lottery proposal clears a key Senate obstacle as advocates agree to pause broader reform in exchange for hearings next year. Senator Stennis and Senator Smith pledge full hearings in 1970 with aims to repeal the 1967 act and adopt random selection. The plan would limit a young man’s draft liability to one year and align with the 19 year old draft next year.
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Washington
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Congress
Stennis
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Armed Services Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Senate Passes Space Housing and Military Bills
The Senate approved a 14.98 billion funding bill to finance space housing and independent agency programs, sending it to the House for action. A military construction authorization measure also cleared the chamber 69 to 0 with two minor changes. Only Sen. Stephen Young opposed passage.
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Senate
House For
House Appropriations Committee
Paane
Sen
Stephen Young
Ohio
Six Canadian Executives Killed in Labrador Crash
Six Canadian business executives including Brinco Ltd chief executive were killed when a twin engine corporate jet crashed near Labrador City six miles northwest of the town. The Tuesday night crash also killed two crewmen and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Labrador City
Nld
Labrador
Eere Ficer
British Newfoundland/weather
Corp. Brinco Ltd
Donald J. McParland
Medics Urge Restoration of Funds for Research
Washington reporters describe medical leaders pleading to restore federal funding for medical research. Dr. Michael DeBakey warns the nation cannot afford to weaken the American medical science program, saying a health research crisis jeopardizes long term progress.
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Medil
Ads
Congress
Campbell Moses
Mi Ecal
Uecme
The
American Heart
Michael E. DeBakey
Houston
Tex
DeBakey
Five wounded in Houston gunbattle at department store
In Houston a gunman fired during an exchange with police in a store near Foley's wounding five and causing shoppers to scatter. A clerk was briefly taken hostage and later fled. Police shot and wounded the gunman Frank Duffort Dick, 38, and recovered jewelry from a nearby robbery. They issued a pickup for N Eugene Holmquist, age 26, Bridgeport, related to the case, details unclear.
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Tex
Sim
Fematej
Frankeufort Dick
Foley's
N. Eugene Holmquist
Granfield Avenue
Bridgeport
Holmquist
Bridgeport Area Weather Forecast With Rain Likely
Cloudy conditions prevail with rain likely today in Bridgeport and vicinity. Highs near the mid 50s with tonight’s low around 40 as rain continues then gradual clearing and a turn to colder conditions tomorrow. Precipitation chance 60 percent today and tonight, with light southwest to northwest winds. The almanac notes date, tide times, and fall daylight details for Wednesday November 12.
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Bridgeport
Battle rages near Saigon and DMZ in 12-hour clash
U S and South Vietnamese forces report 67 enemy dead in six clashes around Saigon and the DMZ with 3 Americans killed 14 wounded and 2 missing. A separate engagement south of Da Nang yields 25 enemy killed and 2 Marine wounded.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Dmz
5Th Mechanized Division
Iity
da Nang
Two Boys Save Busload of Kids in Near Crash
In Hazlet New Jersey two boys, Daniel Laveglia 13 and Kevin Feehan 12, leaped to the front after the bus driver fainted and steered the bus away from a 5 foot drop at Napco Lake. The bus halted two feet from a guard rail. no students were harmed. The driver Patricia Cermenelli 31 was treated for a cut and released. The incident happened Monday with 30 students aboard.
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Hazlet
Daniel Laveglia
Kevin Feehan
Napco Lake
Patricia Cerme- Nelli
Danny
Kevin
Police arrest 3 hospitalize girl in drug overdose case
Three former University of Bridgeport students were arrested by Bridgeport police after a 19 year old girl was found unconscious from a suspected drug overdose at a second floor apartment on Park Avenue. Alice Liebner of Franklyn Square New York was in serious condition at Park City hospital after rescue efforts by Patrolmen George Wilson Jr and Thomas Griffith.
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Park City Hospital
Alice Liebner
Byron Avenue
Franklyn Square
N.Y
George Wilson, Jr
Thomas Griffith
Miss Liebner
Barnes to Open Governor Drive by Air Today
State Sen. Wallace Barnes of Farmington will announce his candidacy for the 1970 Republican gubernatorial nomination with a flying tour across Connecticut. He plans stops in Hartford New Haven Bridgeport Danbury Burlington Willimantic and Groton weather permitting. He will appear at the Holiday Inn in Hartford at 12 15 p m after a Park Plaza appearance in New Haven and Danbury airport at 1 30 p m with TV station announcements planned.
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Wallace Barnes
Farmington
Senator Barnes
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New Haven
Bridgeport
Danbury
Burlington
Willimantic
Groton
Holiday Inn
Park Plaza
Barnes
Senate
Stewart B. McKinney
America Honors Its Fighting Men This Veterans Day
President Nixon’s peace efforts framed Veterans Day events honoring veterans past and present. At Arlington a wreath was laid on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by David Packard while Nixon visited Veterans Administration hospitals in the District. A Ridgewood vigil near a World War I monument drew 400 signers backing Vietnam policy, led by American Legion commander Richard Zelenka.
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Arthur Everett
Associated Press
America
Nixon
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
David Packard
White House
American Legion
Richard Zelenka
Ridgewood
Freedom Rally Backs Nixon War Policy on Veterans Day
A Washington Monument veterans day rally drew thousands in support of President Nixon's Vietnam course. Police estimated at least 7,500 attendees as part of nationwide events backing the administration amid antiwar protests.
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Freedom Rally
Washington
Washington Monument
Nixon
Antiwar Protest Traces Route On Pennsylvania Avenue
Government reaches compromise allowing antiwar demonstrators to march along Pennsylvania Avenue to 15th Street and to the Washington Monument grounds for a rally. The plan omits a White House swing, despite prior demands by organizers. Washington and Kleindienst announced the agreement after days of talks with march sponsors.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Walter E. Washington
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Capitol
15Th Street
Washington Monument
White House
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Kleindienst
Nixon Tours V A Hospital in D C and Greets Vets
President Nixon marked Veterans Day with a 45 minute tour of the Washington VA Hospital greeting patients and staff. He spoke with elderly Spanish American War veterans, a Vietnam veteran, and younger patients while touring orthopedic and general surgery wards and stressing cheerful care.
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Nixon
D.C. Veterans Administration Hospital
William Nash
Glenn Seamon
Albert Tharp
Baltimore
Vietnam
Nixon visits VA hospital and rallies back Vietnam policy
President Nixon greeted patients at the District of Columbia Veterans Administration Hospital and traded jokes with veterans ranging from the Spanish-American War era. About 7,500 rallied near the Washington Monument to back Nixon's Vietnam policy, with another 3,000 at Arlington Cemetery. An advance party from the 82nd Airborne Division flew in from Fort Bragg.
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Veterans Administration Hospital
District of Columbia
William Nash
Glenn Seaman
Albert Tharp
Vietnam
Julie Eisenhower
Veterans’ Hospital
Northampton
Mass
Ridgewood
N.J
Associated Press
Washington
District of Columbia Veterans Administration Hospital
Washington Monument
Arlington Cemetery
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
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Nixon Tours
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