Duel Over Supreme Court Has Been Endless
Washington AP reports President Nixon faces Senate opposition over G Harrold Carswell's Supreme Court nomination. The piece traces historic confirmations and rejections from Washington to Tyler and Haynsworth, noting 24 of 182 nominees failed, with 8 later succeeding. It contrasts past battles, court-packing chats, and party politics.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Nixon
Senate
G. Harrold Carswell
Republic
George Washington
John Rutledge
England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Tyler
John C. Spencer
Edward King
Reuben H. Walworth
Carswell
Roger B. Taney
Maryland
Stanley Matthews
Ohio
Rutledge
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
South Carolina
Caleb Cushing
Jefferson Davis
Louis D. Brandeis
Massachusetts
Harland F. Stone
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Abe Fortas
Tennessee
Haynsworth
Parker
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fortas
Johnson
Homer Thornberry
Texas
Thornberry
Brandeis
Stone
Hughes
Black
Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Grant
Grover Cleveland
Lyndon Johnson
Cleveland
William Hornblower
New Jersey
Wheeler H. Peckham
David Hill
John Quincy Adams
Roscoe Conkling
Conkling
New York Republican
Chester A. Arthur
U S Consul in Brazil Fends Off Kidnappers in Car Chase
U S consul Curtis C Cutter was wounded slightly when a gang attempting to kidnap him blocked his station wagon. He rammed their car, dragging a kidnapper, before escaping to his home amid a hail of bullets. The attackers, linked to the leftist ARV, fled after abandoning their wounded associate.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
U.S
Curtis C. Cutter
Latin America
Cutter
Catherine
Hovey Clark
Armed Revolutionary Vanguard
New Era Of Peril Feared For World's Diplomats
Washington reports diplomats fear a rising wave of kidnappings may threaten envoys worldwide. Noting 1968 killings in Guatemala and later 2000s style threats, officials cite Guatemala and Latin America as the most dangerous for U.S. diplomats while warning of spreads to the Middle East and Asia.
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Washington
Brazil
U.S
Curtis Cutter
Germany
Guatemala
Karl von Sprell
John Gordon Main
Sean M. Holly
Latin America
Santo Domingo
Argentina
American Troop Numbers Drop in Vietnam to 439,400
U S Command reports the American force in Vietnam fell by 9 200 last week to 439 400 the lowest in three years as Nixon nears the final week of his third phase withdrawal. A detachment from the 1st Infantry Division will fly from Bien Hoa to the United States completing the division’s departure.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
1St Infantry Division
Bien Hoa Air Base
United States
Slow Progress In Air Controllers Strike And Postal Pay Plan
The Nixon administration made limited headway ending the air controllers walkout as 82 percent returned to work while sick outs cripple operations in New York Chicago Kansas City and San Francisco. Wildcat truck strikes continued in Los Angeles Milwaukee St Louis Cleveland St Paul and others as Chicago stockpiled supplies amid wage disputes. Senate leader Mansfield warned the 10 cent postal rate hike to fund a postal wage boost is doomed and some postal workers threaten fresh walkouts despite a two step 14 percent raise agreed after the first postal strike.
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Federal Aviation Administration
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
San Francisco
FAA
Los Les
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cleveland
St. Paul
Minn
Teamsters Union
Washington
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Nixon
Mansfield
Pittsburgh
New York City
Brown Lung Studied At North Carolina Ventilation Conference
The NCSU Industrial Ventilation Conference in Raleigh discusses preventing brown lung disease by air control in plants. About 110 representatives from 26 states attend as sessions run through Friday. Howard Ayers of HEW will speak among others.
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Raleigh
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University
NCSU
Howard Ayers
Bureau of Occupational Health Safety
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
March for Victory draws thousands in Washington rally
The March for Victory drew between 10 000 and 50 000 mostly middle aged Americans to Pennsylvan ia Avenue and the Washington Monument. Speakers urged military victory in Vietnam and voiced conservative themes including prayer in schools and opposition to desegregation. Gov Lester Maddox joined with calls for strong national leadership and a religious revival atmosphere pervaded the event.
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Washington
March For Victory
Carl McIntire
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument
Jerry V. Wilson
Federal Park Police
McIintire
America
McIntire
Vietnam
Georgia
Lester Maddox
FASTEETH Denture Adhesive Powder Ad
Advertorial copy promotes FASTEETH denture powder claiming it provides stronger bite, firmer and more comfortable hold, and easier eating. It positions dentures as essential to health and urges readers to buy at drug counters for alkaline formula with no gooey taste.
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South and
Southeast Asia
Associated Press
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RCA Service Company
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High Point
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Buck” Johnson
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L. T. Mitchell
N. Main St
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Robert G. Moore
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