Navy names the first woman admiral in history
news brief reports Alene Bertha Duerk of Defiance Ohio was promoted to rear admiral among 50 nominees approved by President Nixon. The piece recalls her Navy Nurse Corps leadership and service history from 1943 through 1970, noting the era’s push for women to reach flag rank. It also lists other notable nominations and briefly covers unrelated obituaries and legal notes.
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Alene Bertha Duerk
Defiance
Ohio
Miss Duerk
Nav’y Nurse Corps
Nixon
Senate
Marine Corps
Secretary of Defense
Melvin Laird
Air Force
Army
Due
Toledo, Onin
Savy
Holgate
Val Hospitals
Portsmouth
Bethesda
Pacific
Japan
Naval Reserve
Kinnaird McKee
Jackson
Miss
Edward Boyd
Wie
Brandt survives bid to oust him in Bundestag vote
Bonn Chancellor Willy Brandt narrowly defeated an opposition no confidence motion as Christian Democrats failed to secure 249 of 495 votes. The outcome preserves his Social Democratic coalition and facilitates upcoming ratifications of non aggression treaties with Moscow and Warsaw aimed at easing Cold War tensions ahead of Nixon’s Moscow visit.
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Bonn
Willy Brandt
East
West Germany
Christian Democrats
Brandt
Sovial Democrats
Demerats
Dence
Bundestag
Moscow
Warsaw
Berlin
Berlin Agreement, Easing Travel Restrictions and the Atmosphere For Presider
Nixon
U S trade deficit deepens amid March shortfall
The Commerce Department reports a March trade deficit of 1.5 billion dollars, a three month high and near a yearly record, with a 584.3 million dollar March deficit just shy of February. Consumer and market factors are noted as driving import costs higher while exports lag.
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Wallington
U.S
Commerce Department
Parole Granted for Bobby Baker in Tax Case
Bobby Baker, former Johnson protege and Senate aide, receives parole from Allenwood camp after serving most of a 1 to 3 year sentence for attempted tax evasion and related counts. He started serving January 14, 1971, with June 1 release slated following a two day Parole Board meeting.
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Bobby Baker
Lyndon Johnson
Baker
U.S. Parole Board
Allenwood
Senate
Senate Democratic Majority
U.S. District Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Parole Board
Martin Sweik
John McCormack
New Jersey
Wil King
Anthony de Angeles
Ralph Ginaburg
Suspect in Percy killing questioned by Illinois police
A Las Vegas detainee, Stuart Goldstein, 25, is held after confessing to the Percy murder. Major Albert Minds of the Illinois State Police said Goldstein is described as another man who claimed responsibility and has been questioned by Illinois investigators during the six year probe.
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John Wayne
Durango
Gay
Alejandro Paez Urquidi
Wayne
State House
U.S
Katie Elder
Jim
War Wagon
the Invincibles
Chisum
King Afie West
Ann-Margret
Har
Sen
Charles Per Laughter
Valerie
Percy
Albert Minds
Illinois State Police
Stuart
Goldstein
Las Vegas
Boston Globe Publisher Elected Chair of Association
William Davis Taylor, chairman of the Globe Newspaper Co and publisher of the Boston Globe, was elected chairman of the American Newspaper Publishers Association on Thursday in New York.
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Wiliam Davis Taylor
The
Boston Globe
Globe Newspaper Co
Eolec
American Newspaper Publishers Association
New York
Italian entertainer Walter Chiavi jailed for narcotics use and possession
Italian showman Walter Chiavi, a leading figure in Italy’s entertainment scene, was sentenced Thursday to two years and one month in prison for use and possession of narcotics.
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Walter Chiavi
Italy
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