Kennedy Mills ticket spooks White House and Democrats
Washington reports a Kennedy Mills presidential ticket unnerves the White House as Nixon allies fear the combination could unite liberal and conservative wings, offset Nixon’s early election edge, and challenge the incumbent across the party. The idea unsettles both the White House and rival Democratic hopefuls.
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Kennedy-Mills
White House
Washington
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Wilbur Mills
Nixon
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Teddy Kennedy
Democratic Party
NATO Ministers Open Bracing Brussels Session on Berlin
In Brussels NATO ministers open talks likely dominated by the Berlin accord reached three months earlier. West and East Germany move toward improved access to Berlin while seeking to advance the European Security Conference. Other topics include Soviet naval buildup, mutual force reductions, and rising NATO expenditures led by Britain and West Germany. House and Senate debates signal U.S. burden in Europe, with amendments to cut forces debated amid pressure for reassessment. A separate Illinois revenue finding uncovered 3400 tax returns with $2 million in checks, caused misclassification and unfair delinquency accusations.
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Berlin
NATO
Brussels
Britain
West Germany
Helmut Schmidt
Europe
Lord Carrington
United States
House
Armed Services Subcommittee
Wisconsin
Les Aspin
Mansfield
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Senate Appropriations Committee
Global Pollution Crisis Foretold at Stockholm Summit
A broad view of the impending United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm outlines a global pollution crisis. It cites rising emissions, polluted rivers, and smog from cities like Birmingham Tokyo and Mexico City, warning that a trillion dollar cleanup may be needed and that lifestyle reductions are likely unavoidable.
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Stockholm
Birmingham
Ala
Tokyo
Mexico City
Santiago
Chile
Germany
Ruhr
Atlantic Ocean
Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Piccard
Africa
Latin America
Asia
United States
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
U.N
Tainted Campaign Funds Racket Taints 1960s to 1972 US races
The piece reports on tainted money in US presidential campaigning, citing Nixon in 1968 as receiving over 300000 from textile interests in exchange for limiting imports, oil barons funding in return for favorable energy policy, and Democratic figures like Henry Jackson and Sam Yorty raising funds through dinners and secret chests.
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Richard Nixon
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Florida
Boeing Company
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Boeing
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
California
Citizens For Yorty
ITT Hartford Fire merger faces SEC scrutiny and tied disclosures
The headline merger between ITT and Hartford Fire draws Justice Department approval amid lingering scandal rumors. SEC investigators question insiders who sold ITT shares before the announcement while CT Insurance Commissioner Cotter and Hartford lawyer Fazzano are linked to behind the scenes influence, all deny improper conduct.
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International Telephone & Telegraph
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner
Justice Department
SEC
Washington
Harold Geneen
Itt’s
Howard Aibel
Herbert Knortz
Harry Williams
Hartford Fire
ITT
Geneen
William Cotter
D-Conn
Hartford
Joe Fazzano
Cotter
Fazzano
Retiring High Point Chamber Leader Reflects on City Future
George A. Covington, executive vice president of the High Point Chamber of Commerce for 13 years, announces his retirement at year end. In a reflective piece for HIGH POINTS he credits collective effort since 1958, outlines future needs like more rail access and land, and urges active civic participation to push High Point forward. He also recounts memorable quotes on words and leadership from notable figures.
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George A. Covington
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
High Points
High Point
Bat
Chambers of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
National Civic Club
State Veterans Office
North Carolina
Norman J. Zierold
Iowa University
Oscar Hammerstein II
Karl Menninger
Bernard M. Baruch
Harry Truman
John Greenleaf Whittier
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bennett Cerf
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Illinois Revenue Office
Barry Commoner
Russia
Lake Baikal
Japan
China
Alabama
George Wallace
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Wallace
Gerald
Merry
Yorty
The
Securities and Exchange Commission
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