Holshouser accuses Scott of cronyism in reorg
Republican candidate Jim Holshouser labels Gov. Bob Scott's naming of Gene Simmons to the Department of Conservation and Development as a mockery of government reorganization. He blasts the $20 000 a year post as wasteful and defrauding taxpayers, arguing the plan aimed to cut costs and improve efficiency.
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Raleigh
Jim Holshouser
Bob Scott
Gene Simmons
Department of Conservation and Development
Holshouser
Scott
Simmons
C&o
Department of Natural and Economic Resources
Roy Sowers Jr
Sowers
Charles Bradshaw
North Carlina
Holfhouser
Attorney Generals’ Office
C&d
Press Corps Limited For Trip To China
In Washington 2,000 newsmen have applied to accompany President Nixon on the China trip but the White House plans a smaller press corps. Kissinger says the coverage will be unprecedented for a state visit, with an advance team to finalize logistics and a final count yet to be set.
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Washington
Nixon
China
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Kissinger
Pressure Rises for Butz Nomination to Agriculture Secretary
As the nomination faces a divided Senate, President Nixon presses to secure Butz confirmation. Butz launches personal lobbying from temporary HQ near the Senate. Debate centers on small versus large farming, with 40 senators likely to oppose and 36 in favor. Chairman Talmadge doubts Butz can shed his pro corporate farming stance.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Agriculture
Senate
Nixon
Butz
Spiro T. Agnew
The
American Farm Bureau
Chicago
Farm Bureau
Illinois
Dale Butz
Illinois Agricultural Association
Associated Press
Herman Talmadge
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sonya Body Massage Cards Spark London Mystery
In London after hours districts posters mimic prostitution ads promising full body massages under the name Sonya. A phone line linked to Intourist and Tass denies knowledge of Sonya. The underground Committee of Fighters for Soviet Jewry claims Sonya as its identity with a harsh message against Russians and Soviet Jews.
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London
Sonya
Intourist
Tass
Committee of Fighters For Soviet Jewry
Johnny Cash Produces Christ Film In Israel
Johnny Cash spent five weeks in Israel producing a 90 minute portrayal of Jesus with American British and Scandinavian cast. He uses nonprofessional actor Bob Elfstrom as Jesus and narrates songs reading passages from Matthew. Cash hopes the film delivers a spiritual revival amid America’s materialism.
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Sea OF Galilee
Johnny Cash
Israel
Jordan
Lve
Jesus
Cash
Christ
Elfstrom
Matthew
America
United States
Arkansas
Kirk Douglas
Median age of America falls to 27.7 in 1969
The census reports the median age dropped from 29.5 years in 1960 to 27.7 years in 1969 indicating a young and growing population. The shift reflects demographic changes across the United States.
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America
Rose Kennedy Memoir Sold for 1.525 Million
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy sells rights to her autobiography for 1.525 million to Double Day Co. She plans a 150000 word manuscript with writer Robert Coughlin and will donate proceeds to the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation for the Mentally Retarded.
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New York
Doubleday & Co
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Kennedy
Robert Coughlin
Boston
John F. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
J. P. Stevens Plans Pay Raise For 40 000 Workers
J P Stevens & Co Inc the large textile chain operating in North and South Carolina and beyond announces an upward wage adjustment for about 40000 production workers in its 80 plants effective December 13 The Charlotte Observer reports the firm did not disclose the size of the increase and posted notices were not up Tuesday The move makes Stevens the last major textile firm to raise wages in 1970 and the first to announce a 1971 raise.
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J. P. Stevens & Co. Inc
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Stevens
Nixon
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