Allen Describes Campaign Financing Fight Over Debt Bill
Former Alabama leader Allen recalls Senate tactic to recede votes that finally toppled the campaign finance amendment attached to the debt ceiling bill. He notes Hugh Scott’s fourth recede motion passed 48-36, enabling the debt extension for Nixon’s approval.
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Alabama
Washington
Federal Treasury
Hugh Scott
Senate
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House
Nixon
Abe
Delegates form new Presbyterian denomination in Birmingham
Delegates representing more than 55,000 church members meet in Birmingham to organize a new Presbyterian denomination largely formed from churches withdrawing from the larger Presbyterian Church in the United States. About 200 churches across 14 of 15 states participate as they select a denominational name.
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Ala
Presbyterian
United States
Continuing Presbyterian Church Movement
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Pioneer 10 sails past Jupiter on trek to the Milky Way
Pioneer 10 has passed through Jupiter's radiation belts and continues transmitting data as it speeds toward interstellar space. Scientists study magnetic field readings and radiation levels, while project manager Charles Hall expresses optimism about the mission lasting up to five more years and reaching two billion miles from Earth.
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Calif
Pioneer 10
Jupiter
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Charles Hall
Pioneer Project
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Pioneer
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Uranus
United States expects renewal of Egypt Israel talks this week
Washington said Egypt and Israel would resume military talks on troop disengagement later this week. A Geneva peace conference in December is planned, with U.S. officials optimistic despite Cairo reports that Egypt and Syria may boycott if Israel does not withdraw from cease-fire lines. Egypt previously halted talks at kilometer 101 on the Cairo Suez road after Israel failed to pull back.
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United States
Egypt
Israel
Middle East
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Vest
Cairo
Syria
Cairo-Suez Road
U.N
Dolls Distributed by Bank to 45 Charities in Christmas Drive
In New York 3,500 dolls are shown with All Dolls Silvana Gonzales and Ivelise Gutierrez as a bank plans to donate them through 45 charitable organizations for Christmas. The scene appears in an AP Wirephoto. Meanwhile discussion follows comments by Messmer about oil deliveries to France and related views.
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Silvana Gonzales
Ivelise Gutierrez
New York
Defense cut reversal over SLBM warning radar adequacy
Washington reports the Defense Department suspended a plan after budget cuts. Deputy Defense Secretary William P. Clements urged restoring 1.1 billion of a 2.8 billion reduction to fund phased array radar for submarine launched ballistic missile warning deemed inadequate by a high level Pentagon review.
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Nyt
Defense Department
Defense
William P. Clements
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
House Appropriations Committee
Clements
Pentagon
U.S
Oil Power Change
Premier Pierre Messmer in Paris signals rapid shifts in petroleum economics and politics that may erode a role for international oil companies. French debate centers on private company responses to evolving energy dynamics.
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Paris
Nyt
Pierre Messmer
France
West Germany to sign Prague treaty with Czechoslovakia
Chancellor Brandt and Foreign Minister Scheel will fly to Prague on December 11 to sign a treaty establishing relations between Bonn and Prague. The visit, postponed while Bonn pressed a separate Berlin representation agreement, will run through December 12 with no Berlin details announced.
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Nyt
Willy Brandt
Walter Scheel
Prague
Czechoslovakia
West Berlin
Berlin
Kidney transplant survival higher at large centers study says
A JAMA report finds kidney transplant patients in small U S hospitals have about twice the death risk compared with those at larger medical centers. The study by a 10 member expert panel cites improved survival at bigger centers as the main factor while two small hospitals showed poorer outcomes.
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New York
NYT
Scout
Journal of the American Medical Association
Regional energy and waterway leaders gather in Decatur
TRVA leaders promote balanced power use amid TVA energy concerns. Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant run on line to stabilize TVA rates while officials from Tem-Tom Waterway Authority and Army Corps of Engineers tout the Tennessee Tombigbee project as a vast earth moving effort.
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TRVA
Barret C. Shelton
TVA
Wagner
Browns Ferry
Athens
Decatur
Frank Kedwan
Shelton
Washington
Tem-Tom Waterway
Kidney transplant centers show death rate gap
A committee report based on 246 institutions worldwide and compiled by the Joint Registry on Human Kidney Transplants in Chicago found that hospitals performing fewer than 25 kidney transplants annually had death rates nearly double those performing more than 25. The analysis used data from American centers to draw conclusions across 90 days, six months, and one year.
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Joint Registry
Chicago
American College of Surgeons
National Institutes of Health
Committee
FCC Resignation Plans By Reform-Minded Commissioner
Nicholas Johnson of the Federal Communications Commission intends to resign this week but will continue offering suggestions to the broadcast industry and the FCC as a private citizen. He is expected to announce the move in a Wednesday Philadelphia speech, though his seven year term ended June 30 and James Quello awaits Senate approval as his successor.
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New York
NYT
Nicholas Johnson
Federal Communications Commission
F.C.C
Philadelphia
Johnson
Commission
Senate
Nixon
James Quelle
Quello
Detroit
Canellopoulos Criticizes Greece’s New Rulers
Former Prime Minister Panayotis Canellopoulos joined public criticism of Greece’s new military rulers, saying they aim to imitate predecessors and fail to grasp that the fault lay in the system rather than the individuals. He noted his delay in commenting after President Papadopoulos’ overthrow on November 25.
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Athens
NYT
Greece
Panayotis Canellopoulos
George Papadopoulos
Canellopoulos
Arab Leaders Demand Limited Suez Withdrawal Before Geneva Talks
Highly placed Arab diplomats report Egypt and Syria will boycott the Geneva peace conference unless Israeli forces conduct a limited Suez withdrawal. They say Sadat and Assad secured broad Arab backing during last week’s discussions.
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CATRO
NYT
Egypt
Syria
Middle East
Geneva
Suez
Anwar El-Sadat
Hafez El-Assad
Resumption Of Talks Hints In Middle East Ceasefire Efforts
The Cairo semi official Al Ahram says UN commander General Ensio Siilasvuo proposed resuming Israeli Egyptian cease fire talks in Jerusalem on Sunday with a view to withdrawal to pre October 22 positions. Egypt said indirect talks were under way and warned that failure could jeopardize Geneva talks. The State Department in Washington voiced hope that talks at Kilometer 101 would start later in the week and lead to a conference.
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United Nations
Middle East
Cairo
al Ahram
Ensio Siilasvuo
Jerusalem
U.N
Siilasvuo
Siilasooo
Ahmed Anis
Tel Aviv
Geneva
Washington
State Department
George S. West
Department
Kilometer 101
Congress urges oil cost rise to lift gas price
Congress consortium warns crude oil and other costs would push gasoline to about 60 cents a gallon at filling stations. Simon says a rationing decision will come soon. A Daylight Saving Time bill passed the House and a 55 mph speed limit funding penalty bill also cleared the chamber.
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Simon
House
Arkansas and Texas Attorneys General Clash Over Fuel Allocations
Arkansas Attorney General Jim Guy Tucker warned that regional allocation of diesel fuel has failed and could pit regions against each other in upcoming court battles over fuel allotments. Texas Attorney General John L. Hill, a leading oil state figure, criticized the harsh questioning of the policy debate.
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Arkansas
Jim Guy Tucker
Atty
John L. Hill
Texas
Truck Protests Block I-70 and I-80 Demanding Higher Speeds
Demonstrations by truck drivers in Ohio and Pennsylvania clogged major highways for hours. In Ohio near Cambridge about ten miles east, four trucks blocked lanes causing a two mile backup. one driver from New Jersey was arrested after offering no excuse for stopping. In Pennsylvania near Blakeslee on I-80 hundreds of trucks halted traffic for up to five miles while protesters read their list of demands to reporters. The protests also touched Connecticut with a 30 minute demonstration.
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Ohio
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Robert Gallicchio
Somerset
N.J
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Cambridge Municipal Court
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Monroe County
Edward Wojac
Connecticut
U.S
New York
Nyt
Soviet Union
Moscow
Cheboksary
Kama River
Naberezhnye Chelny
Arab summit in Algiers backs oil nations in pressure on Israel
Diplomats report broad Arab support led by Saudi King Faisal in Algiers as oil producers press through the U.N., the U.S. and the Soviet Union to shape policy toward Israel in a global power play.
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Israel
U.S
Soviet Union
Western Europe
U.N
AMA Split Over New Federal Doctor Monitoring Law
In Anaheim California at the AMA annual clinical convention leaders backed obeying a new federal law to create a national system assessing doctor quality while thousands of doctors rebelled. Dr George Himler of Manhattan warned that disobedience would be like smoking opium as liberals and regional delegations pressed reform.
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Calif
Nyt
American Medical Association
Association
A.M.A
New York
New England
Colorado
George Himler
Manhattan
Disneyland Hotel
Court upholds New York Regents scholarship residency rule
The U S Supreme Court unanimously affirms a lower court ruling that NY Regents scholarships must be used for students attending colleges in New York. Chester Spott of Princeton challenged the policy after missing an award for choosing a New Jersey college despite meeting academic criteria.
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Nyt
Supreme Court
New York State
High Court
Federal District Court
New York
Chester Spott
Princeton University
New Jersey
Nixon energy bill antifusing amendment fails in House
The House rejected an antibusing amendment to emergency energy legislation proposed by President Nixon. Sponsored by Rep. David E. Satterfield III, the measure would limit gasoline supply to districts using busing for noneducational purposes. The motion to reject was brought by Rep. Brock Adams.
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House of Come
Nixon
David E. Satterfield
Ill
D-Va
Brock Adams
First Woman Named Liaison Officer for New York Archdiocese
Sister Amadeus McKevitt named by the New York archdiocese as liaison officer with its communities of brothers and nuns. She is the first woman in the role and the first appointment granting nuns a voice in staff selection.
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Amadeus McKevitt
New York Archdiocese
Adams motion passes delaying busing provisions
In a roll call vote the Adams motion was approved, postponing consideration of busing provisions tied to energy crisis legislation and the President’s extra powers.
End of Battle Over Public Campaign Financing
A three day clash in Washington between Senate backers of public election financing and the White House ends in defeat for the advocates. They salvage a pledge to renew the fight in 1974. The debt limit rise cited as the vehicle for funding and the bill sets a temporary limit of 475.7 billion to June 30.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Nixon
Congress
Treasury Department
November Electricity Use Drops Amid Weather and Conservation
Across the nation conservation efforts and warmer weather reduced electricity consumption in November. Utility officials caution weather and growth factors cloud the share due to Nixon’s energy appeal. Con Ed reports weeks of higher use followed by a decline. others note forecasts falling short and weather’s lingering influence.
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San Francisco
Nixon
Con Ed
Milton Musicus
Emergency Energy Committee
Pacific Gas & Electric
Bill Conley
The
New England Power Exchange
New England
Edison Electric Institute
Public Service Electric & Gas
New Jersey
Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago
Illinois
White House veto threats shape campaign finance bill outcome
The fight over a campaign financing proposal saw White House aides warn that any attachment would trigger a presidential veto. Sen. Russell Long noted the threat influenced the bill’s final shape while Sen. Edward Kennedy cited Transport backings by Air Force planes to sway Republican votes.
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Capitol
Russell B. Long
D-La
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Washington
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