Northwest Passage opens for tanker through icy Arctic waters
New York report says the 1 005 foot, 115 000 ton Humble tanker barged through sea ice north of the Arctic Circle toward Point Barrow Alaska marking a feasible commercial route for oil shipping. The vessel will shorten the journey from the Far East by thousands of miles once open.
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New York
Atso
Treacherthern
Arctic Circle
Prince of Wales Strait
Humble OU Co
Point Barrow
Alaska
Cabot
Northwest Passage
Far East
South America
Manhattan
Banks Island
UN Assembly Opens 24th Session Faces Middle East and Disarmament
The United Nations General Assembly begins its 24th session amid a crowded agenda including the Middle East crisis disarmament and the Irish question. President Nixon arrives to address the body as U Thant praises his decision. Expected private talks between U.S. and Soviet officials hinge on progress in Geneva and the looming arms debate.
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Max Harrelson
Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
General Assembly
Middle East
Northern Ireland
Floon
Anglo Brooks
Liplomat
Nixon
New York
U Thant
World Organization
U.S
Andreis A. Gromyko
William P. Rogers
Thant
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Assembly
Irish Republic
U.N
Security Council
Oil official cites 1970s decision on route viability
Stanley B. Hass, Humble's project manager, said no decision on the route's commercial possibilities would be made until the early 1970s. He noted mountains of voyage data would be fed to computers later this month. Key factors would include how often the ship was stuck in ice and the ice pressure it faced. The ship sailed August 24 from Chester, Pennsylvania, with 54 crewmen and 72 scientists aboard.
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Stanley B. Hass
Humble
Hass
Chester
Haynsworth to Present His Own Case
Judge Clement F. Haynsworth faces Senate Judiciary Committee hearings over alleged conflicts of interest as he presents his case for a Supreme Court nomination. Opponents cite pro-segregationist rulings and a stock interest in a vending company tied to a Deering Milliken plant. supporters say his actions were proper.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Clement F. Haynsworth
Senate
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Haynsworth
Nixon
4Th
U.S. Court of Appeals
Abe Fortas
Darlington Mfg. Co
Deering Milliken, Inc
Textile Workers Union
Carolina Vend- A-Matic
Deering Milliken
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S
Union Accuses Nixon of Unfair Labor Campaign Ties
AFL-CIO union accuses the Nixon administration of favoring National Airlines in a long running IAM dispute. It cites donor L. B. Maytag Jr. as a major contributor and says Maytag and Attorney General Mitchell influence the case. The dispute has led to a court-ordered release of mediation efforts and a potential strike after an eight month freeze. In Arkansas, a state education official reports more than half of black students will attend racially integrated schools this year, above prior levels, with some districts resisting federal desegregation funds.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Nnton
Nixon
Congress
L. B. Maytag, Jr
National Airlines
Afl-Cio Inernational Association of Machinists
Maytag
IAM
The
Machinist
Justice Department
Atty
John N. Mitchell
National Mediation Board
Mitchell
House
Difa Nixon
Miami
Union
Natonal Mesditation Board
Actsing
Mediaton Board
Ufder
National Railsway
LAM
London
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pan American
Little Rock
A. W. Ford
Ford
Arkansas
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Hazel Underwood
Elizabeth Rogers
Milton Mosier
Ellen Croom
Star
UN Assembly
Johannesburg
South Africa
Peter Becker
Hope Auto Co., Inc
West Second St
Hope
America
John Barbour
Teaneck
N.J
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