Moynihan cites UN vote buying allegations
Daniel Patrick Moynihan says some United Nations members sell their votes for cash, claiming as little as 600 dollars. He told CBS News that he never saw money exchange hands and would not name involved parties. Moynihan added that $2000 can secure a bloc of votes and noted governments trade influence.
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U.S
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CBS News
Eric Sevareid
CBS Evening News
CBS
North Korea
U.N
Daily asked to help find wife in 1926 Decatur Daily
An Eva man described as a 24 year old farmer asked The Decatur Daily to aid in his search for a wife. He sought a blonde, small woman of about his age or younger with knowledge and character traits matching his own.
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Status Of Major Bills In Alabama Legislature 90 Years Ago
The Alabama Legislature faced delays as key budgets and tax measures stalled. The school budget remains blocked by a filibuster amid a proposed eight million dollar cut, while the House approved budget was trimmed to 817 million by the Senate Finance Committee. The general fund plan seeks Senate Finance Committee review.
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Alabama Senate
House State Administration Committee
George C. Wallace
House
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Southern politics in 1968 reshaped by three way split
In Nashville a UNC historian notes 1968 Southern votes split among Nixon Wallace and Humphrey forming a three sided pattern. He says future two party reshaping hinges on Wallach and black voters and cites GOP shifts since 1964. Conference also discusses plantation era legacies and rural economic change.
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Kenan
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Texas
Williams
Weems Invents Second-Setting Watch for Navigators
In 1928 P W H Weems of the United States developed a second-setting watch aimed at navigator use. The device offered improved timekeeping for celestial navigation.
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United States
South Africa Awards Nuclear Plant Contract to French Trio
South Africa awarded a 1 billion dollar contract to Framatome Alshtrom and Spie Batignolles for its first nuclear power station. The French consortium beat a GE led American Swiss Dutch group amid suspensions of negotiations by the Electricity Supply Commission.
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