Nixon and Thieu Prepare for Vietnam Cease Fire Talks
President Nixon to meet South Vietnamese envoy Nguyen Phu Duc as Kissinger and Le Duc Tho resume Paris cease fire negotiations. Thieu considers direct talks with the North Vietnamese. Hoang Duc Nha to join secret Paris talks alongside Thien’s delegation. Tho and Mme Nguyen Thi Binh confer in Paris amid fragile progress.
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Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieuw
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
Nguyen Phu Duc
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Thien
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Thieu
Hoang Duc Nha
Kissinger
Nha
Tho
Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
Romney Quits HUD to Lead Private Reform Crusade
Washington AP Romney declares four year HUD crusade over at age 65 and will leave government to form a private group of truth seekers and communicators. He cites built in government limits and aims to influence policy from outside. He plans to focus on city problems union and corporate power and federal growth.
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Washington
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
Romney
HUD
Nixon
American Motors
Michigan
George McGovern
Nixon Announces Cabinet Officers
President Nixon named Elliot Richardson as defense secretary and Caspar Weinberger as HEW secretary, with Roy Ash succeeding Weinberger as OMB director. Melvin Laird resigns as defense secretary. Richardson, Weinberger, and Ash face Senate confirmation. The move aims to broaden government program review and grant OMB expanded powers.
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Camp David
Nixon
Elliot Richardson
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Office of Management and Budget
Richardson
Health, Education
Pentagon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Weinberger
Tor
Ash
Advisory Council
Ziegler
Senate
Route 426 to Get $330,000 Rehab in 1973 Budget
The 1973 Pennsylvania capital budget includes a $330,000 resurfacing and improvement project for Route 426 in Erie County with $25,000 allotted for design. Rep. Forest Hopkins and Sen. R. Budd Dwyer advocate for Erie County highway funding as the bill moves from Harrisburg to the Senate. The route has long been a fixture of potholes, ruts, and deteriorating shoulders amid widening regional disrepair.
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Forest Hopkins
Journal
Erie County
Hopkins
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Harrisburg
Senate
Corry
R. Budd Dwyer
The
Corry Firm Buys Tri State Property
Corry Star Construction Company has purchased a property along Pennsylvania Avenue from Tri-State Hardwoods of Union City. Tri-State formerly ran a lumber yard on the site. Robert A. Ott Jr of Corry Industrial Construction Co says the site will store much of the firm’s construction equipment with no immediate plans beyond storage.
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Corry Star Construction. Company
Pennsylvania
Tri- State Hardwoods
Union City
Tri- State
Robert A. Ott, Jr
Corry Industrial Construcion Co
Ott
Bormann Alleged Bribe for Argentine Asylum Contested
London AP reports Daily Express claims Martin Bormann sought asylum in Argentina in 1943 by paying 200 million dollars to Juan Peron. Peron spokesman denies knowledge. The Express cites Ladislas Farago’s five part series asserting Bormann alive at 72, living on a Krupp ranch in northern Argentina, with unproven sightings elsewhere.
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London
The
Daily Express
Martin Bormann
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Hitler
the Express
Ladislas Farago
Bormann
Krupp
West
Berlin
Russia
South America
Farage
Europe
Eva Duarte Ibargarets
Iss
Welfare Waste Flags $34.6 Million Loss in Pa Case
Auditor General aide Polaski reports public assistance waste exceeds 34 million dollars for the year ending June 30. He cites administrative errors, overpayments, and illegitimate grants across 53,214 cases, with suspected fraud at 2.1 million. He urges reorganizing welfare into a separate department and notes SWEEP claims differ from his findings.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Robert Casey
William A. Polaski
Casey
Polaski
Department of Public Welfare
Board of Assistance
Auditor General
Bureau of Public Assistance
Helene Wohlgemuth
Wohl
State Solons To Jawbone In Corry
Four state legislators including Sen Richard Snyder Sen R Budd Dwyer Rep Forest Hopkins and Rep K Leroy Irvis will meet Corry residents on December 12 in a Journal town meeting to discuss welfare roads and tax policy with focus on local problems and welfare concerns. Dwyer and Hopkins represent Corry area and Snyder is noted for welfare expertise. The date and location are to be confirmed. Brandt In Hospital Bonn Chancellor Willy Brandt to remain hospitalized rest of week for inflamed vocal cords from campaign speaking government spokesman says.
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State Department of Welfare
Corry
Richard Snyder
R. Budd Dwyer
Forest Hopkins
K. Leroy Irvis
Dwyer
Hopkins
Snyder
Assembly
Trvis
Brandt
Bonn
Willy Brandt
California Welfare Recipients Begin Mandatory Work Program
California's able bodied welfare recipients start trading grants for pay in a four month old mandatory work program. In six counties, 2707 recipients were classed employable with 1127 in private jobs, 230 in training, and 184 in work experience. Some 371 were removed for refusing work or training. Local government jobs offer only welfare pay. The program aims for 30,000 participants as it expands, with exemptions for under 16, over 65, and mothers of young children.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Bill Lawson
Department of Human Resources Development
Lawson
Guv
Ronald Reagan
State Welfare Office
Opening deer season brings triumph and tragedy in Pennsylvania
Thousands of hunters flooded Pennsylvania on opening day with record crowds and heavy deer harvests. The state reported at least 12 human deaths from gun accidents, heart attacks, or related crashes, plus several injuries. Preliminary counts suggested as many as 29,000 bucks and 42,250 antlerless deer may be harvested, amid a herd estimated at 620,000.
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Pennsylvania
the Journal
Lancaster County
State Game Commission
Game Commission
Pennsylvania Game Commission
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