Nixon Backing Haynsworth Comes Under Fresh Scrutiny
President Nixon continues to support Clement Haynsworth for the Supreme Court as White House aides disclose a renewed, broader check of Haynsworth’s background. Press secretary Ronald Ziegler says additional reports prompted further inquiry but did not alter Nixon’s belief in the nominee’s integrity. GOP leaders debate whether to withdraw or push ahead, with some senators citing questionable judicial judgments in cases involving financially connected firms.
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Two Blind Girls Hit By Auto at Vinton
Two blind girls were seriously injured when struck by a car in Vinton Friday evening. Shirley Dixon, 14, from Vinton, suffered a fractured skull and shoulder and was sent to University Hospitals in Leaws City. Janis Bateman, 13, of Winthrop, was in good condition at Virginia Gay Hospital with a fractured pelvis. Police say they were crossing C Avenue at Sixth Street near Town Branch and Sight Saving School when hit by Martin Kaith Gardner Sr. of Vinton, driving south, around 7 p.m.
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Pollution Speech Stalled By Detroit Smog Curtain
DETROIT AP A federal health official Dr Roger Egeberg assistant secretary of health education and welfare was to speak at a women s club banquet but his plane could not land at Metropolitan airport due to smoke and fog after circling Detroit for an hour and 45 minutes. The flight finally diverted to Cleveland.
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Melly
Chuckle Quote on Government Loss If A Day Missed
A humorous quip notes that in this age missing a day's work costs the government nearly as much as the worker does. The line highlights the scale of lost productivity and government spending in a tongue in cheek manner.
Peking Frees Briton After Two Year Detention
Hong Kong AP reports Anthony Grey, a British Reuters correspondent, released from house arrest in Peking after more than two years. He had been confined since July in retaliation for arrests of 13 Chinese journalists in Hong Kong riots. Grey is to depart China within days as British officials confirm freedom of movement restored.
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U S Seeks Quiet Path to Peace Talks Amid Tensions
U S reportedly explores hush negotiations with Hanoi as China announces hydrogen bomb tests. Nixon condemned campus protests while indicating opposition to the war would not curb his pursuit of peace talks. Pentagon and Senate figures weigh in on moratorium ideas and NATO diplomacy, with international pressure mounting over Vietnam policy.
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Young pilot forces two-hour hold at Stapleton Airport
A single engine plane, based at Stapleton and owned by the Denver Tri-Pacer Airplane Club, circled the Denver area for over two hours after being taken without permission from Stapleton. Controllers feared a collision as the pilot ignored radio messages before landing safely at Jefferson County airport. Authorities turned the pilot over to federal authorities.
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Why Job of Trust to Gl Under Fire
Senate investigators probe why Sgt Major William Wooldridge remains in a trusted post amid a multimillion dollar graft investigation. He has been named sergeant major at White Sands New Mexico as hearings resume, with CID and witnesses detailing alleged schemes and misconduct across Fort Benning Augsburg and Vietnam connections.
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Denver Snowbound Crash Kills Five In Lowry Area
A Molyo commuter plane overshot approach to Stapleton and crashed on the south edge of Lowry airbase in a blinding Denver snowstorm. Five people were killed, two injured, including pilot and co pilot. Victims include Kenneth Reisinger, 59, Eldora Iowa operator of Eldora Livestock Bales. One injured passenger in serious condition. Weather worsened. seven inches of snow fell in Denver. closures and travel warnings issued for surrounding regions.
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Rawlins
Laramie
Cheyenne
Wyo
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Glacier National Park
Typhoon Mossler Toll in Formosa and Taiwan Lands
Typhoon Mossler killed people in Formosa and Taiwan, with about 200000 feared dead and 43 more reported missing. Police search wrecked areas as floodwaters closed streets reaching second floors in cities while suburbs faced widespread devastation and displaced residents.
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Mossler
Death Sequel to Mistake Raid in Whittier
In Whittier California a stray rifle shot during a pre-dawn marijuana raid killed Hayward Dyer 22 instantly as he cradled his infant son in the room below the wrong apartment. His wife and child escaped harm while officers say the shot was fired accidentally by a Vernon detective sergeant during the bungled raid. One arrest was made upstairs and another for possession of marijuana and dangerous drugs. The chief promised an investigation.
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Florence Meehan
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Rman
Fire at Escombreras Oil Refinery Claims Five Fatalities
Firemen and troopers battled a blaze at the Escombreras oil refinery in Cartabena South. Five people have died and others were injured as authorities work to control the blaze and determine its cause.
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