Missouri electors formalize Nixon Agnew vote in Missouri
Missouri's twelve electors met to cast votes for Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew. The process took about 35 minutes with J H G Cooper as temporary chairman and Mrs. Helen Capron selected to deliver the Missouri slate to Congress. Most electors favored changes to the electoral system though opinions varied on how to proceed.
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Normandy
St. Louis County
Washington
Congress
Missouri
J. HG. Cooper
Springfield
Capron
Supreme Court curbs draft boards in protest cases
The Supreme Court ruled draft boards cannot punish war protesters by inducing them into service when exemptions exist by federal law. The decision shields divinity students and others from removal of exemptions based on political or religious views, while leaving broader questions for another day. The ruling also upheld limits on draftee court challenges to classifications, requiring induction refusal and prosecution or Army release as the path to appeal.
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Supreme Court
Wyoming Divinity
William O. Douglas
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Northern Lines Railroad
Alabama
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Arkansas
Council votes to repeal grandfather clause in police exams
City Council, by a 6 to 4 vote, repealed the grandfather provision that allowed retention of the police chief without a competitive exam. The move, opposed by the Police Personnel Board, aims to align city law with state statutes and follows debate over training and board makeup.
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Meee
Police Personnel’ Board
George A. Rozier
Police Personnel Board
Council
Hiesberger
Police Personnel Examining Board
Kansas City utility ordered to refund 3.36 million dollars
The Missouri Public Service Commission announced Gas Service Co. of Kansas City must refund 3,362,893 dollars to its customers within six months. The refunds come from reserves held during a rate case with Cities Service Gas Co. About 1,881,199 goes to domestic and small commercial users, 109,621 to large commercial users, and 1,614,492 to large industrial customers.
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Associates Hess
Missouri Public Service Commission
Monday Gas ‘Service Co
Kansas City
Cities Service Gas Co
Apollo 8 crew cleared for moon voyage health
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Doctors pronounced the Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders in excellent health for the Christmas Eve flight toward the moon. They noted no illnesses and cited prior colds as manageable while detailing countdown progress and preflight training.
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Moon
Il. Ness
Charles A. Perry
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Air Force
Borman
Navy
Lovell
Anders
Mayors Delay Hearnes Talks Over City Tax Plan
Urban mayors led by Tus Davis planned to present legislation to Gov. Warren E Hearnes on Monday but postponed the meeting after the death of St. Louis Mayor A J Cervantes's mother. They seek to share 60 million in state income tax and broader home rule powers while Hearnes favors creative localism and opposes flat grants.
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St. Louis
A. J. Cervantes
Tus W. Davis
Kansas City
Missouri Municipal League
Hearnes
Reciprocation seen as U S frees seven Red prisoners
In a goodwill move the U S Navy released seven North Vietnamese civilian seamen from a POW compound near Da Nang. They were given a motorized fishing junk and sent toward the coast under helicopter escort. The action comes amid U S efforts to secure further prisoner releases as B 52 bombers hammer jungle camps near Saigon.
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Hanoi
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Gulf of Tonkin
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7Th Fleet
Vietnam
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Duluth
Vinh
Unemployment Hits 15-Year Low Across U S
U S unemployment falls to 3.3 percent national average, the lowest in 15 years. New York City reports 2.3 percent and Chicago 2.1 as Georgia Atlanta at 2.2 percent. California November rate 4.6 percent, aerospace decline but total employment 7.77 million. Job seekers hold firm bargaining power as sellers’ market prevails.
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Texas
Dallas
New York City
Chicago
Astate
Georgia Labor Department
Atlanta
California
Nixon to keep Hoover Helms in new administration
President-elect Nixon disclosed that Richard J. Helms will remain director of the Central Intelligence Agency and confirmed that J Edgar Hoover will continue to head the FBI.
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Nixon
Richard J. Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Nixon meets GOP leaders over treaty timing in Washington
President elect Nixon held a two hour session with six Senate GOP leaders and seven top House Republicans. He spent part of the day at Walter Reed with Eisenhower and discussed delaying action on a nuclear pact amid a Czech invasion. A Kansas City officer escaped injury while pursuing a driver, with the suspect facing charges.
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Everett M. Dirkseliof Timois
GOP
Nixon
Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ronald L. Ziegler
House
Lee Nixon
Goldwater Views Capitol Inauguration Scene
Senator-elect and former Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona surveyed the Capitol grounds on Monday as inauguration stands loomed in the background. He attended in his capacity as a leading political figure amid the preparations for the event.
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Barry M. Goldswater
R.aziz
Gold
Nixon Wins Electoral College Vote to Secure Victory
Electors formally endorsed Richard M. Nixon in a 538 member college meeting across state capitals and Washington. Nixon carried 302 votes with Spiro Agnew, while Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace trailed. Ballots will be counted January 6 in Congress, confirming Nixon as president.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
District of Columbia
Spiro T.agnew
Maryland
Novemer
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
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Humphrey
Senate
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Rocky Mount
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