Midwest Snow Storm Slams Holiday Travel Leaders
A major early winter storm swept the Midwest and contended with the Northeast causing travel disruption and deaths. Chicago received 11 inches of snow with six foot drifts in Illinois. New England and Wisconsin reported multiple fatalities and severe conditions across major cities including Milwaukee and Cleveland.
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Midwest
North Atlantic Seaboard
U.S
Pacific Northwest
New England
Illinois
Chicago
O'Hare
New York City
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lower
Michigan
Cleveland
Toledo
Akron
Dodd Cleared by Justice Department in Tax Case
Senator Thomas Dodd declares no basis for prosecution after Justice Department finds no criminal tax case. He says he was cleared of wrongdoing after ethics findings on personal benefit from a 116 063 testimonial can van sacrifice and plans to run again in 1970. Abbott Hoffman testifies in Chicago on trial for conspiring to riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, describing himself as an orphan of America and Woodstock Nation.
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Thomas Dodd
Senate
Justice Department
Connecticut
Dodd
Edward Bennett Williams
Atty
John Mitchell
Yippie Abbott
Abbie) Hoffman
America
Chicago
Hoffman
U.S. District Court
Julius Hoffman
Abbie
Woodstock Nation
Russie
U.S. Mideast
Washin
Soviet Union
U.S
Anatoly Dobrynin
William Rogers
State Department
Israel
Golda Meir
Hughes Ordered to Pay 137 Million to TWA
Hughes was ordered to pay 137,611,435.95 dollars in damages to TWA, a ruling upheld by U.S. District Court Judge Charles Metzner and subject to appeal. The award stems from 1961 actions by Hughes over control of the airline, with the former special master’s damage figure from 1968 retained.
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Howard Hughes
TWA
U.S. District Court
Charles Metzner
Hughes
Arab Summit Ends in Shambles in Rabat Conference
The fifth Arab summit in Rabat ends in disorder as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait refuse to back a joint stand against Israel while Iraq, South Yemen and Somalia abstain from the closing session. Delegates failed to issue a summit statement, and no common Arab front is declared.
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Rabat
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Israel
Iraq
South Yemen
Deleavy
Flu Deaths Soar in Britain
Britain reports a 5 percent rise in Asian flu deaths last week and ongoing spread across the country. About a quarter of the national 294 fatalities occurred in London, up from 52 the prior week.
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Britain
London
Kremlin Emphasizes Peaceful Coexistence in Major Policy Document
The 13,000 word Central Committee policy paper Ahead of Lenin's 100th birthday celebrations states peaceful coexistence with the capitalist world is key to building socialism while stressing the U S and West Germany as main adversaries. It notes that coexistence requires ongoing political economic and ideological struggle.
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Masscow
Kremlin
V. L. Lenin
Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee
U.S
West Germany
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