Nixon Team Reshapes Cabinet With Moderate Balance
Washington observers view Nixon's new cabinet as a moderate group aimed at the political middle yet not a true balance. The lineup omits Negroes Jews and women while placing Moynihan and Shriver on the periphery. Key posts go to Rogers Finch and Mitchell with Kennedy slated for Treasury and Laird to Pentagon. Shultz is named to Labor amid cross-aisle respect.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Daniel P. Moynihan
Sargent Shriver
Cty
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Capliol HM
Robert
McNamara
Vietnam
George P. Shultz
Labor Department
Action Line answers Pasadena license and subscription woes
A Pasadena reader seeks help recovering a revoked license after multiple courts and Sacramento delays. The advice outlines obtaining DL 10-R forms at the DMV, submitting to each court, and coordinating with Sacramento to clear adjudications. Another note covers Life magazine subscription issues, and a legal Q&A confirms retirement funds as community property in a divorce, with guidance on negotiations and asset balancing.
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Sacramento
Downey
Pasadena
Department of Motor Vehicles
S. Rosemead. Blvd
R. L
San Gabriel
Violent clash at banned San Francisco State rally turns tense
Police and striking students clashed amid swinging clubs and flying rocks during a banned rally at San Francisco State College. Reports note violent exchanges and heightened tensions as page 3 coverage embeds details alongside other sections like Bridge and Comics.
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San Francisco State College
Flu bug rampage hits Pasadena schools during Hong Kong flu scare
Pasadena schools report absentee rates above 10 percent at Muir, Pasadena High, and Ellot Junior High as health officials weigh influenza influence. Dr Gertrude Fox notes Hong Kong strain requires special tests, often resolves in three to four days but weakens victims for weeks and risks secondary infections, with seniors and respiratory-weak individuals most at risk. Local spread noted across Los Angeles County with multiple schools above ten percent absenteeism.
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Pasadena
Muir
Ellot Junior High
Gertrude Fox
Kathleen Fleetwood
Fox
Hong Kong
Los Angeles
Schnauzers Sell Snell With ISN Ad
A Mrs Jom F Ceram of La Canada reports ISN classified ads helped sell miniature Schnauzer puppies quickly. Readers are invited to place ads by calling numbers from Monrovia El Monte and Covina exchanges. A weak storm moved through Southern California bringing rain. skies cleared and temperatures dipped with possible light rain this weekend.
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Independent
Star-News
Jom F. Ceram
Mesa ‘Vista Drive
la Canada
Monrovia
el Monte
Covina
California
Bursa
November Employment Hits Record High And Low Unemployment
The Labor Department reports November unemployment at 2.3 percent, the lowest since 1953, with total employment rising to a record 766 million. U.S. jobless drop to 2.6 million, white unemployment down to 6.5 percent, and long-term unemployment at 0.4 percent of the labor force.
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Washington
Labor Department
Johnson
Harold Golistein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Competitor Sues IBM Citing Antitrust Laws
Control Data Corp files in federal court in St. Paul Minnesota alleging IBM monopolistic practices and antitrust violations. Suit seeks triple damages and a jury trial and asks for injunction to halt alleged monopolistic conduct. Control Data claims IBM held 77 to 90 percent of the 18 billion dollar computer market over years. Bloomington company requests dissolution or restitution to restore competitive conditions.
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New York
Control Data Corp
St. Paul
Pasadena weighs 31 million bond for superior education
A 1969 school bond and tax election target date April 22 aims to raise over 31 million for Pasadena schools. A 25 thousand dollar campaign budget is planned with fundraising ideas from corporation gifts to dinners. The drive could mirror the Los Angeles plan with a Patrons Dinner at 190 and a patron level at 1000.
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Superior Education
Pasadena
Board of Education
Los Angeles
Joseph Enghaim
Yvette Lightfoot
Hem
Ralph Hornbeck
Diversion Airliner Hijacked to Cuba With 39 Aboard
Trans World Airlines flight from Nashville to Miami was forced to land at Jose Marti Airport in Havana. A young couple suspected of hijacking, possibly Eldridge Cleaver and wife Kathlene, were removed from the aircraft. The FBI noted Cleaver’s parole status and the wife’s withdrawals from his account as investigators pursue leads.
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Miami
Nashville
Cuba
Havana
Jose Marti Airport
Black Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
Kathlene
Cleaver
Shvorn
FBI
San Francisco
New York
Dennis Maloney
U.S
Jose Mart
Pan
Miami International
Varadero Airport
Nixon Unveils Cabinet in Landmark Late Night Address
President Nixon announced a full cabinet slate in a national broadcast from the Shoreham Hotel in Washington. The lineup includes William Rogers as Secretary of State, Melvin Laird as Defense, John Mitchell as Attorney General, Winton Blount as Postmaster General, and George Shultz as Labor.
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Fram Left
David Kennedy
Treasury
Melvin Laird
Defense
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
John A. Volpe
Transportation
Robert Mayo
Robert Finch
AP Wireohate
Roy
William Rogers
State
Winton Bloun
Joh Mitchell
Maurice Stons
Commerce
George Romney
Housing
Clifford Hardin
Agriculture
George Shultz
Labor
Walter Hickel
The
Interior
William P. Rogers
New York
U.S
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Continental Dinors Bank and Trust Co
Rep
Melvin F. Laird
Wisconsin
John N. Mitchell
Winton M. Blount
Montgomery
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
George P. Shultz
University of Chicago
Center For Advanced Studies In
Stanford University
Nixon appoints Robert Mayo budget chief in new cabinet
Nixon announced Robert P Mayo a 12 year old Chicago banker as budget director at his New York HQ. Mayo will have cabinet level status attend all cabinet meetings and oversee all executive department budget requests as Nixon seeks to cut federal spending.
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Commerce
Maurice H. Stats
Nixon
Senate
Shoreham
White House
Johnson
New York City
Robert P. Mayo
Chicago
Mayo
Charles Zwick
Executive Department
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