Nixon forms all conservative cabinet with independents
President elect Nixon moves to give his new cabinet unusual freedom in selecting top aides. He announced 12 appointees for department secretaryships and urged them to choose undersecretaries with his final approval. The lineup leans Republican governors and businessmen, aiming to reflect internationalist yet fiscally conservative views. A Democrat will soon receive one top post, Klein said.
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Washington
Nixon
Department
Herbert Gein
Klein
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Heould
Herbert G. Klein
Ronald L. Ziegler
Deaths Top 30,000 Mark in 8 Year Vietnam War
In Saigon U.S Marines and North Vietnamese forces fought for 12 hours with clashes spilling into the DMZ. The U.S command reported twelve Marines and eight North Vietnamese killed and 30 Marines wounded, confirming earlier tallies.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Lso
Corry Carpets opens new outlet in Corry
Corry gets a new carpet and floor covering store as Whetstine’s Carpets opens at 13 North Center Street. Roy Whetstine says it will handle installation and will be the only local firm offering complete floor covering services. He also relocates Jamestown operations to his store manager there. In addition to carpeting the shop will offer tile and allied materials. In other news, casualties across Vietnam rise with 30,057 American deaths since January 1, 1961 and over 422,979 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed. fighting near the DMZ involves Marine patrols and artillery actions. A separate item reports a 75-year-old Philadelphia man killed in a two-car crash in Roxborough.
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Corry
Whetstine's Carpets
North Center Street
Roy Whetstine
Eric
Jamestown
Whetstine
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
the Rockpile
Philadelphia
Roxborough
Joseph Altinger
Pennsylvania
Israeli Jets Bombard Jordanian Positions Near Sheikh Hussein Bridge
Israeli jets bombed Jordanian gun emplacements near the Sheikh Hussein bridge for about 10 minutes. Four planes attacked after a river crossing duel with Jordanian forces. one building damaged and an Israeli vehicle destroyed. Jordan reported no casualties and claimed Jordanian fire first. Tel Aviv reported no Israeli losses. In Beirut, Al Fatah threatened attacks during Christmas on Jerusalem and Bethlehem, promising to protect holy places but not guarantee tourist safety.
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Amman
Jordan
Sheikh Hussein
Jordan River
Israel
Tel Aviv
Marfaq
Beirut
al Fatah Organization of Arab Commandos Group
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
al Fatah
Photo Evidence Sways Corry Drunk Driving Case
A 47 year old man Ernest A Simmonson of 583 Liberty Street was convicted of drunk driving in Evie County court based solely on a Polaroid photograph. Officers Kenneth Nichols and Richard Farley arrested him September 28 after he refused a blood test. Nichols presented only the image, and the jury of seven men and five women accepted it, marking a possible national first for photo proof in such cases.
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Esrnest A. Simmonson
Liberty Street
Evie County Court
Simmonson
Kenneth Nichols
Richard Farley
Nichols
Focal
Edward Carney Yester
May Delay Moon Plans by Apollo Engine Leak
Engineers and NASA officials fought to fix a leak in a first stage engine of the Saturn V Apollo 8 rocket and preserve the December 21 launch. A delay could push liftoff into late December or January if a replacement part or engine swap is required, with a possible three week setback or a swifter three day repair in some scenarios. NASA planned to decide on engine replacement after daylong testing and assembly-building considerations.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Moon
Christmas Grief And Hope In No 9 Mine Fallout
In Consol No 9 West Virginia, 78 miners remain presumed dead after explosions and fire halted rescue attempts. The town faces a dimmed Christmas as 75 widows and 133 children contemplate loss, while some families vow to keep a holiday for the sake of the young.
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Consol No
W. Va
No. 9
Hijack Calmly Delayed Passengers In Havana Stop
Passengers on the Nashville to Miami Trans World Airlines inaugural flight ate steak in Cuba while the hijacker and his female companion waited about six hours in a Havana airport room. Two passengers Tex Ritter and Mason Rudolph reported generous Cuban hospitality during the nine hour layover before the group transferred to another plane for continuation to Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Ha‘vana
Trans-World Airlines
Tex Ritter
Mason Rudolph
Ritter
Varadero
PBI
Eldridge Cleaver
Beck faces $1 million tax case in Tax Court
SEATTLE AP A Tax Court hearing is set for Dec 18 in Washington DC on an IRS attempt to collect more than $1 million in unpaid income taxes from Dave Beck former Teamsters union president. IRS seeks about $1.25 million in back taxes interest and penalties while Beck contests owing any money. The IRS says Beck and his wife’s estate owe over $500,000 each for 1943-61. Dorothy Beck died in 1961 during Beck’s prison term for fraud. Beck denies the debt and IRS motions cite failure to supply information.
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Seattle
Washington
D.C
Internal Revenue Service
Dave Beck
Teamstars
IRS
Richard Hickok
TRS
Beck
Dorothy
Teamsters
Hickok
February Draft Call Reaches Eight Month High
Washington AP reports the Pentagon has ordered 33,700 inductions next February the highest monthly quota in eight months. The figure climbs from 26,800 in January and exceeds the last seven months' average as manpower requests this year peaked at 43,000 in April and 45,900 in May.
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Washington
Péntagon
Tallulah Bankhead Dies After Fly Bout
Tallulah Bankhead, 65, a famed Southern belle turned stage and screen star, died amid illness from flu progressing to pneumonia. Her sister Eugenia Bankhead and nephew Billy Bankhead were present at her death, according to manager Ezra Schine.
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Wew
York
Tallulah Bankhead
Miss Bankhead
Ezra Schine
Eugenia Bankhead
Billy Bankhead
Ex-Corryite Retained On Commission
A former Corry man living in Erie was reappointed to a six year term on the Erie County Metropolitan Planning Commission. Allen H. Kuhns, former Corry Division manager for Pennsylvania Electric Co now a Penelec supervisor in Erie, will fill the vacancy to be followed by Corry’s representation in January 1971. Changes last summer reorganized the commission to assign seats by locality.
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Corry
Erie
Erie County Metropolitan Planning Commission
Louis Tullio
Allen H. Kuhns
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Kuhns
Lawrence Park Township
Association of Township Supervisors
Erie County Boroughs Association
Themy
Fear Talks Under Pressure S. Viets Eye U.S. 'Rush'
Paris AP report says Saigon fears U.S. negotiators push to start Vietnam peace talks before Johnson leaves office on January 20. South Vietnam doubts alliance, cites risk of granting NLF full delegation status. Deadlock centers on conference table shape and speaking order, with U.S. and Saigon opposing four equal tables or four-way speaking lots.
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Paris
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Johnson
White House
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
North Vietnam
Ha van Lau
NLF
Pham Deng Lam
United States
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