Caldera Wins Venezuela Presidency After Tight Ballot Count
Rafael Caldera, dapper and scholarly, declared winner of Venezuela’s presidency by about 1,000 votes after a slow recount. The 52 year old from Yaracuy leads the opposition Social Christian party, with Barrios and others trailing. irregularities probe possible. Caldera, a lawyer and sociologist, has run four times, finally taking office in March.
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Rafael Caldera
Venezuela
Caracas
Accion Democratica Party
Social Christian
Copei
South America
Eduardo Frei
Chile
Caldera
Accion Democratica
Romulo Petancourt
Raul Leoni
Gonzalo Barrios
Supreme Electoral Council
Barrios
Miguel Angel Burelli Rivas
Luis Beltran Prieto
People’s Electoral Movement
el Nacional
Electoral Council
Supreme Court of Justice
Presi
Vietnam War Update: Blockade and Battles Near Saigon
The U S Navy began a blockade along rivers near Saigon to curb enemy movement from neutral Cambodia. U S forces reported shelling of Nha Rang air base and Long Binh with light casualties, while three Americans died at Long Binh and two S Vietnamese soldiers were lost elsewhere. American infantry uncovered 2000 rounds mortars and 80000 small arms cartridges, as Meade River operations pressed Leathernecks toward bunkers and defenses.
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North Vietnam
John‘son
North
U. S
Navy
Saigon
Cambodia
van Co Dong
Vam Co Tay
Vietnam
Nha’ Rang
U.S. Army
Long Binh
U.S
Leathernecks
Two Ways to Get Up and Go on Busy Days Pattern ad
A promotional notice for Marian Martin sewing patterns offers two ways to dress brisk days a standup band and a curved collar option with printed pattern 9466 in several misses sizes. It advertises small printings of prices 65 cents per pattern plus mailing surcharges and provides order details and a Fall-Winter catalog coupon plus an instant sewing book with over 800 pictures for $1.
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Marian’ Martin
Wes i 8Th St
New York
N Y
Nixon to announce cabinet in Washington on TV night
President elect Nixon will unveil his full cabinet in Washington with a live television audience. Ziegler confirmed the format and said the ceremony will feature the cabinet members and a 30 minute introductory session. Brown stated the new administration will engage all Americans and seek dialogue with the Negro community.
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Tary
The
Treasury
Defense
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Nixon
Ziegler
Rep
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Washington
Zieglery
Washington, D.C
Frank Shakespeare
Brown
Talks by vice president spark debate over Hanoi talks
The vice president voiced only partial satisfaction with U S handling of talks with Hanoi, while Ky’s aggressive remarks drew criticism from Vietnamese and French factions. Separately, Viet Cong leaders ordered a three-way offensive including guerrilla strikes and antiwar demonstrations amid a U S naval blockade near Saigon targeting routes from Cambodia to the capital.
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Hanoi
Voce
North
Dhilly
United States
South Vietnam
NLF
Radioq
U.S
Saigon
van Co Dong
Vam Co Cay
Cambodia
Apollo 8 Astronauts Prepare for Six Day Moon Orbit
Air Force Col. Frank Borman Navy Capt. James A. Lovell Jr and Air Force Maj. William A. Anders to pilot Apollo 8 on a six day mission atop the Saturn V. The crew will orbit the moon for about twenty hours around Christmas time.
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Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Surviving Fenwick Island’s 25-Foot Waves Near Cape Lookout
Seven men survived the Fenwick Island sinking off Cape Lookout after two hours in the frigid Atlantic. Charles Winstead of Weems Virginia recalled 50 mph winds driving 25 foot waves. Six survivors remained in Carter General Hospital in Morehead City with exposure. The captain Charles Forrest of Susan Virginia was released.
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Morehead
Carter General Hospital
Charles Forrest
Susan
Cape Lookout
North Carolina
Beaufort
Winstead
Fish Meal Co
Atlantic
James
Coast Guard
Negro Officer Is Awarded Top Medal Posthumously
President Johnson to present the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army Captain Riley Leroy Pitts the first Black officer cited for heroism in Vietnam. Pitts widow Mrs Eula M Pitts of Oklahoma City will receive the award in the White House office. Pitts led his unit under heavy fire near Ap Dong on October 31 1967 and sacrificed himself repelling the enemy while directing his troops during an air mobile assault and subsequent actions.
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Washington
Johnson
Army
Riley Leroy Pitts
Pitts
Eula M. Pitts
Oklahoma City
Okla
White House
Ap Dong
Vietnam
25Th Infantry Division
Swift River Currents Delay Search for 17 Coast Guard Crew
Swift Mississippi River currents hindered divers as they searched the sunken Coast Guard vessel White Alder for 17 missing crewmen after a collision with the freighter Helena near White Castle Louisiana. An air search of nearby Bayou Geula Island was halted after no traces were found. Eight divers from Norfolk to aid the operation dived from a barge tied to the 75 foot buoy tender Wedge as five vessels including a crane vessel prepared to raise the sunken ship. The disaster, which left three sailors rescued from a 20 man crew, prompted a Marine Board hearing likely by Tuesday with survivors to testify.
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Whie Casle
Coast Guard
White Alder
Bayou Geula Island
White Castle
Norfolk
Helena
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Marine Board of Information
Court clash on draft case as justices eye big civil rights ruling
Federal criminal suspects face trial while one defendant argues slim evidence of a draft induction order. Separately, the Supreme Court prepares a major civil rights decision on whether private beaches and swim clubs must admit Negroes. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund contends the 1866 Civil Rights Act bars racial discrimination in public amusements and that nominal fees do not justify limiting access to whites. The court previously ruled federal law bans discrimination in housing sales and rentals.
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Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
U S advisers in Thailand face Vietnam era fears
The article notes a surge in insurgency linked to U S military involvement in Thailand with an advisory effort alongside Thai forces. It mentions troops accompanying Thai units under strict no-shoot rules and recalls cautious official statements that echo Vietnam era optimism about guerrilla threats.
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U.S
Washington
Prakarn Jatanilphan
Vietnam
Soviet Commentary Questions U.S. Destroyer Visit to Black Sea
A Tass report from Moscow rebukes the U.S. destroyer entry into the Black Sea as a provocation, noting U.S. officials call it routine while Pravda echoes concern and cites Velichansky on Soviet and Western naval moves. European navy officials report Soviet presence in the Mediterranean rising from a submarine and an intelligence ship in 1964 to about 45 to 60 ships.
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Tass
Moscow
Pravda
U.S
Leonid Velichansky
Black Sea
Velichansky
Mediterranean
Atm Setsiu
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
London
Czech Party Faces Broad Demands After Retreat Review
Prague reports wide calls by local party groups to reexamine the Czechoslovak liberal reform program after a Soviet Ukraine summit. Rude Pravo notes the push for information flow, caution over cabinet policy, and a pause on postponing the party congress.
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Prague
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Communist Party
Rude Pravo
Ukraine
Dubcek
Kiev
Czechoslovak Communist Party Central Committee
Antonin Novotny
Zpravy
Vitava
Farm Bureau Criticizes Eight Years Of Farm Policy
The Farm Bureau opposes Democratic farm philosophies of the past eight years, criticizing price supports and direct payments while urging a gradual shift to a market economy. It backs transitional steps under Nixon and Congress, with lobbyist Jack Lynn noting two farmer camps the haves and have-nots.
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Farm Bureau
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Jack Lynn
Washington
Nixon
Powell faces appeal over libel and ethics probe
Powell, once barred from entering New York, faces a New York appellate hearing after a 90 day jail term and 500 dollar fine were stayed during his appeal. He has paid 56000 to settle a libel case. Despite legal trouble he won a special election in April 1967 but did not seek seating. Two grand juries reviewed allegations of misusing public funds, payroll abuses, and private travel, with civil suits possible to recover funds.
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Harlem
Powell
New York
New York Supreme Court
Puerto ‘Rico
Justice Department
Police scooter patrol praised by officers and residents
Spreen defends the scooter unit amid initial skepticism as officers report high public engagement and broad reach. A 12 year veteran notes scooters attract kids, while Inspector Moore and Lt Bouton cite 1,000 miles logged and about 30,000 citizen contacts. No injuries or thefts have materialized, and patrols note effectiveness in chasing suspects and locating lost children.
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Spreen
Robert W. Moore
Richard Bouton
Detroit
Odson T. Tetreault
Tetreault
Judge says Clark deleted pages of violence report
Chicago chief judge says Daniel Walker told him Ramsey Clark deleted eight pages from a violence report. Grand jury secrecy and the Walker Report’s official status are debated as lawsuits seek access and damages. Walker warned staff about harassment and urged proper identification in inquiries.
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U.S
Clark
Chicago
William J. Campbell
U. S. District Court
Daniel Walker
U S
Chicago Tribune
Walker
Tribune
National Commission On Causes and Prevention of Violence
Campbell
Grand Jury
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Sherman H
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Vernal Jr
Kilmarnock
David Mansfield
Wake
William Thomas Jr
George A. Johnson
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