McGovern retracts Byrd Supreme Court endorsement
Senator McGovern backed away from supporting Senator Byrd for the Supreme Court, urging President Nixon not to nominate Byrd. He later said he opposes Byrd’s nomination, calling him mediocre or unethical, while noting hearings will influence his final stance.
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George S. McGovern
Robert C. Byrd
Supreme Court
Nixon
Byrd
Dartmouth College
Hanover
McGovern
Senate
United States Supreme Court
West Virginia
Richard H. Poff
Virginia
White House
Byrd Klan Expansion Letter Linked to 1945 Charleston Gazette
A Charleston Gazette letter dated April 8 1945 signed by Sen Robert C Byrd urges rebuilding the Ku Klux Klan “in every state in the union” and to support its West Virginia rebirth. The piece, later connected to Byrd’s political career and alleged Klan ties, was published amid Byrd Supreme Court nomination discussions.
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Charleston
W. Va
Robert C. Byrd
Union
Samuel Green
Atlanta
Charleston Gazette
West Virginia
Byrd
Nixon
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Klan
Gazatte
Kleagle
Ku Klux Klan
Re Jeigh County
J. L. Raskin
Arlington
W.va
Green
Gazette
Imperi
Firefighters Battle Backfires In Santa Ynez Region
Firefighters worked backfires to halt a large blaze that could split into the Santa Ynez and Matilija drainages. Crew fatigue rose after six days with five hours sleep nightly as the fire burned power lines, causing outages affecting about 200,000 people. Southern California Edison warned of possible outages if the fire worsened but said backfires may have saved transmission lines and a blackout was not anticipated at that moment.
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Santa Ynez
Matillaja
Gautse
Southern California Edison Co
Mondey
Raphael portrait authenticated as a true Raphael after centuries
New York art dealer Ira Spanierman announced that a late Roger Raphael portrait of Lorenzo de Medici has been authenticated as an original after 24 years of doubt. Konrad Oberhuber of Vienna and U.S. experts supported the attribution, aided by X rays and scientific analysis. The painting, one of four in private hands, was cleaned and restored to reveal a three quarter state portrait emerging from darkness, with a fur trim cloak and solemn stance.
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Iva Spanierman
Lorenzo de Medici
Raphael
New York
UPI
Urbino
Ira Spanierman
Spanierman
Konrad Oberhuber
Vienna
Englsh
Oberhuber
Julius I
National Gallery
London
Lorenzo
Supreme Court
Leo X
Catherine de Medici
Smathers stock deal tied to his influence on pacts
New York based Newsday reports that Senator George A. Smathers paid 20000 for 435000 of Aerodex stock after leaving the Senate where he pressed for government defense contracts. The article asserts he lobbied to prevent an Air Force contract cancellation and sought to influence the matter through Miami company Acrodex.
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Smathers
New York
Wormer
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Aerodex Inc
Senate
Long Island
Newsday
Air Force
Acrodex
Miami, Fla
U.S. Air Force
Aercadex
Harold Brown
Worida
Delepaens
Dock Dispute Continues Across West Coast Ports
Labor and management clashed again as Long Beach and Los Angeles docks remained shut while other West Coast ports pushed toward clearing a 15 week longshoremen strike backlog. PMA demanded 11 workers to run key equipment, TLWU claimed they refused fair work sharing, and hearings loom on return-to-work injunctions. Bridges warned federal action might not avert a broader port tieup.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
West Coast
TLWU
PMA
Bridges
Radiology Doctor Defends Pentagon Funded Cancer Study
Cincinnati physician Dr. Eugene L. Saenger defend s a Pentagon supported research program that exposed 81 cancer patients to total body radiation over 11 years. He says patients were informed and treated under NIH regulations with no classified findings, noting six survivors and some showing improvement.
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UPE
Eugene L. Saenger
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Washington Post
Pentagon
Department of Defense
University of Cincinnnati College of Medicine
Saenger
National Institute of Health
Dr. Saenger
Tme
Reagan reassures Chiang on United Nations seat
California Governor Reagan said Americans want continued U S support for Nationalist China in the United Nations if expelled, insisting the Republic of China belongs in all councils. He spoke after meetings with Chiang Kai shek during his Asian tour and ahead of Nixon’s return, noting optimism about U S Taipei relations.
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Tiispatcher
The
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Taipel
Reagan
Uni
United Nations
China
Republic of China
Singapore
Taipei
Peking
California
Taiwan
Richard Nixon
Chiang Kaishek
United States
Nixon
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