White House wedding guests reveal Nixon donor ties
The limited guest list for Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox’s wedding included major campaign donors who backed Nixon and Republican campaigns, while key GOP leaders were not invited. Notables such as Elmer H. Bobst Thomas A. Pappas and Patrick J. Frawley attended, with others linked to Warner-Lambert, Greek oil interests, and Nixon’s re election committee.
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James R. Polk
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Congress
Nixon
Tricia Nixon
Edward F. Cox
Elmer H. Bobst
New York
Thomas A. Pappas
Boston
Patrick J. Frawley
Los Angeles
Senate
Hugh Scott
House
Gerald R. Ford
Earl Warren
Richard Nixon
Bobst
Warner-Lambert Co
Justice Department
Warner-Lambert
J. Willard Marriott
Donald
Greece
Marriott
Pappas
Athens
John M. Shaheen
New York City
Expect Defeat On Drive To Legislate U S Forces From Nam
Washington AP. The months long push to cut off funds and remove all U S forces from Indochina by December 31 faces likely defeat in both houses as votes near. Mansfield urged phased withdrawals in exchange for POW releases, while Laird and Humphrey argued against a fixed withdrawal date, predicting defeat of the Hatfield McGovern plan.
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U.S
Nam
Jim Adams
Washington
Indochina
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Boston
Mike Mansfield
Boston College
South Vietnam
Mansfield
White House
Melvin R. Laird
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Laird
CBS
Humphrey
Administration Brass To Study Drug Abuse
President Nixon convened a White House session with top officials and seven U.S. ambassadors to review drug abuse in American life and in Southeast Asia. Ellsworth Bunker cited Saigon’s awareness of rising marijuana and hard drug availability and steps to address the problem.
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Bob Greene
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
White House
U.S
Mexico
Turkey
South Vietnam
Thailand
France
Luxembourg
United Nations
William P. Rogers
John N. Mitchell
Treasury
John B. Connally
Ellsworth Bunker
Forts
Ronald L. Ziegler
Vietnam
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Saigon
Four of Nine Brodrick Nonuplets Alive in Canberra
Canberra mother Geraldine Brodrick gave birth to nine babies, four surviving, with three in fragile condition. The first baby, a girl, remained stable while two girls and a boy faced concerns. all were two months premature weighing between three and four pounds.
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Ian McCausland
Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Geraldine Brodrick
Canberra
Harvey M. Carey
School of
Civil emergency declared after Albuquerque riot and fires
A state of civil emergency was imposed in Albuquerque after a night of disorder that wounded 11 people by gunfire, with looting and fires at a liquor store and nearby businesses. Police used tear gas and crowd control as a large group attacked the downtown area and police headquarters, with arrests made for public drinking and riot-related charges.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Roosevelt Park
Albuquerque Journal
Park
Center City
Richard Moore
The
Black Berets
Moore
Donald Byrd
Reapportionment Plan To Surface In Legislature This Week
Springfield AP report notes Rep. Arthur Simmons the sole House member not seeking reelection prefers districts be kept intact. Reapportionment plans expected to surface within the waning session as bills advance, with Senate reviews on public aid higher education and revised drug laws. Three House members hospitalized amid late-session strain.
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Larry Kramp
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Arthur Simmons
Skokie
Simmons
House
Senate
Richard B. Ogilvie
Moecate
Adventurist Brinton Lost at Sea in Pacific Kayak Quest
25 year old James Brinton, of La Push Washington, vanished while attempting a 7000 mile three month kayak voyage to Japan. His 17 foot craft was found capsized off Washington's Olympic Peninsula about a day after departure. Coast Guard, a cutter, and fishing craft scoured seas but search winds reached 29 mph and six to ten foot seas, with slim chance of survival.
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Steve Weiner
Seattle
Baltic Sea
James Brinton
James D. Moore
Jim
Brinton
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Olympic Peninsula
LaPush
Wash
Japan
Coast Guard
Mass slayings tied to Detroit drug ring shock city
In Detroit seven men and one woman were shot dead and another wounded critically in a Hazel Wood Street two story home. Officials say the victims were tied and the scene included narcotics and multiple firearms. Police link the killings to a narcotics power struggle amid about 25 narcotics related murders this year. The wounded man is in critical condition at Henry Ford Hospital.
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Detroit
James Barron
Hazelwood Street
12Th Street
Dan Smith
Henry Ford Hospital
Sterling Area Weather Forecast Today and Tomorrow
The Chicago Weather Bureau reports mostly sunny skies this afternoon in Sterling and vicinity with a high of 82 to 87. Tonight will be fair with a low of 56 to 62. Tuesday also mostly sunny with a high of 82 to 87 and a 10 percent chance of rain this afternoon, tonight, and Tuesday.
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Chicago
Mass slaying in Detroit tied to narcotics operation
Police report seven killed and an eighth wounded in a mass slaying connected to narcotics activity. Other AP items note South Vietnamese air force roles, Vietnam war front activity in Cambodia, a missing Air Force jet near Honolulu, Nixon’s six point plan for veterans’ employment, Albuquerque riot after gunfire and looting, and speculation on Parim island near Bab al Mandab affecting regional tension.
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Detroit
Washington
Nixon
Tel Aviv
Perim
Bab al Mandab Strait
Israel
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