Nixon to nominate Peter Brennan as labor secretary
President Nixon announced he will nominate Peter J. Brennan, longtime leader of New York hard hat union members, to head the labor department. Brennan, a painter by start, has led the Building and Construction Trades Council of New York City and state for 15 years and was active in Nixon's re election effort.
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Camp David
Nixon
Peter J. Brennan
Hard Hat
New York
White House
Brennan
Charles Colson
Labor Department
Arthur Goldberg
United Steelworkers Union
John Kennedy
New York City
State Building and Construction Trades Council
James Hodgson
Ronald Ziegler
Hodgson
Ziegler
Peter Brennan
America
Aflcio
George Meany
Building Trades Council
Secretary of the Treasury
George Shultz
Meany
Carolinas
Colson
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamsters Union
Egypt condemns U.S. support for Israel at UN debate
Egypt assailed U.S. aid to Israel during the United Nations General Assembly opening. Foreign Minister Mohamed H. El Zayyat urged sanctions or expulsion of Israel if peace efforts fail. Israeli Ambassador Yosef Tekoah warned Arab leaders seek Israel’s downfall as direct talks remained unlikely.
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Egypt
U.S
Israel
Mohamed H. El-Zayyat
United States
Middle East
General Assembly
Zayyat
Yosef Tekoah
United Nations
Vonnegut Signs 1 Million Contract with Dell Publishing
New York Kurt Vonnegut Jr formerly of the University of Iowa Writers Workshop has signed a multi book deal with Dell Publishing Co. guaranteeing earnings exceeding 1 million dollars. The contract covers hard cover Delacorte Press Seymour Lawrence editions and mass market paperback Dell editions plus quality paper formats.
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New York
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
University of Lowai
Writer’s Workshop
Dell Publishing Co
Delacorte Press-Seymour Lawrence
Dell
Clemmency panel may lift Calley restrictions
Indications the Army clemency and parole panel has favorably reviewed Lt. William L. Calley seeking reduced house arrest terms. Parole officers reportedly urged easing restrictions after 18 months at Fort Benning, with recommendations sent to Maj. Gen. Orwin C. Talbott and ultimately to the Washington board. Calley seeks attendance at the U S Army Court of Military Review in Falls Church for appellate arguments.
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William L. Calley
Daily Oklahoman
Calley
My Lai
Vietnam
Daily
Oklahoman
Ft. Benning
The
Orwin C. Talbott
Talbott
Army and
Air Force Clemency and Parole Board
Washington
Robert Froehlke
U.S. Army Court of Military Review
Falls Church
Fr. Benning
Pentagon
IRA Guerillas Use Soviet Rockets Report
In Northern Ireland the IRA fired ten rockets for the first time using Soviet made launches. The attack killed a British soldier and a police constable and wounded 13 soldiers. A rocket launcher was seized in Londonderry as authorities suspect a Soviet weapons shipment. Separately 60 demonstrators were detained in Dublin as sessions on IRA legislation began, while Sean MacStiofain’s hunger strike continued in a military hospital.
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Dublin
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Sean MacStiofain
Republic
Londonderry
MacStiofain
Sean McManus
Fermi Nuclear Plant To Close
Monro, Mich The Enrico Fermi atomic power plant the worlds largest fast breeder system will be closed due to lack of funds. Walker Cisler president of Power Reactor Development Co said the facility will be decommissioned under a plan to AEC before year end. The company a consortium of 20 firms cited funding shortfalls for further research and development linked to installing more advanced fuel.
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Monroe, Mich
Walker Cisler
the Power Reactor Development 'Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Plane crash kills 61. 3 Americans among dead
Highland Park importer Norman R. Sackheim was among 61 killed when a Japan Air Lines DC-8 crashed shortly after takeoff from a Moscow airport. Fifteen of 76 aboard survived. Sackheim chaired Strum and Drum Inc. and led XL Screw Corp. He founded Strum and Drum in 1965 to import guitars and drums from Japan. survivors include his wife Pauline and two daughters. The state department said none of the three Americans aboard survived.
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Chicago
Highland Park
Norman R. Sackheim
Moscow
Japan Air Lines
Tokyo
Copenhagen
Sackheim
Strum and Drum, Inc
The
State Department
Japan
Strum and Drum
XL Screw Corp
Germany
North Shore
Pauline
Jal
Doubtful Summit Talks Mark Vietnam Cease-fire Push
President Thieu seeks a Nixon meeting through special envoy Nguyen Phu Duc as Hanoi and Peking press for a cease-fire deal. Washington doubts a summit will occur while Kissinger and Tho resume talks. Thieu insists on North Vietnamese troop withdrawal from South Vietnam amid multilateral negotiations.
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Saigon
Nguyen Phu Duc
Thieu
Dulles International Airport
Washington
Nixon
China
United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
Chou En-lai
Peking Radio
Chi Peng-fei
Duc
South Vietnam
Tran van Lam
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Paris
Due
le Duc Tho
Henry Kissinger
Viet Cong
U.S
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Canada
Navy Cadet Confesses Ghost Prank Aimed at Army
Navy midshipman William Gravell told reporters the West Point ghost sightings were a hoax he helped stage with a flashlight cheesecloth and a photographic slide. He and another cadet visited West Point on Halloween to revive the idea before the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia.
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Naval Academy
West Point
William Gravell
Annapolis
Army
Military Academy
Gravell
Brigade Activities Committee
Philadelphia
Riverton, N.J
B 52 raids intensify around DMZ amid heavy rains
U S B 52 bombers continued strikes on both sides of the DMZ while Hanoi claimed a district town near Muong Xen was nearly wiped out. Civilian deaths rose to 21 from a Da Nang area bombing, with 80 homes damaged or destroyed and 23 wounded.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
Dmz
U.S. Command
Vinh
Quang Tri City
Quang Tri
Vietnam News Agency
Muong Xen
Nghe An
Radio Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
Tonkin Gulf
Saratoga
Dong Hoi
Chuckle Quote on Encyclicopeidia Blank Pages
A humorous line suggests a special encyclopedia with blank pages for those who claim to know everything. The quip attributes wisdom to the speaker and plays on the vanity of certainty. Copyright notice follows.
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