CIA names Colby as director in Nixon era shakeup
William Colby was sworn in as CIA director in the Oval Office with Nixon and top leaders present. The event followed a year of rapid changes at the agency as Schlesinger and Helms moved to defense and diplomacy posts. The ceremony included Henry Kissinger and Adm. Moorer observing.
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William Colby
Central Intelligence Agency
Nixon
Colby
CIA
Oval Office
U.S. District Court
George Hart
James Schlesinger
Defense
Schlesinger
Richard Helms
Tran
Henry Kissinger
Adm
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Photographer Captures Scene as Forked Fate Strikes Family
Boston Globe photographer Bob Dean shot a nighttime wreck scene in which the victim beneath a damaged car was his 11 year old son Steve. Dean fled the accident site for the Globe office and developed the film, revealing the tragedy. Meanwhile former Atty Gen John Mitchell marked his 60th birthday ahead of a New York trial on conspiracy obstruction of justice and perjury charges. One attorney said he would not discuss birthday plans due to pretrial publicity.
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Donald Wright
California Supreme Court
Presbyterian Hospital of Pacific Medical Center
Wright
Bob Dean
Dean
Boston Globe
Boston
Globe Office
Steve
John Mitchell
U.S. District Court
New York
Mitchell
Skylab cameras capture Delia storm from space
Skylab astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma beamed live TV of tropical storm Delia as it lashed the Texas Gulf Coast. They described a circular pattern while surveying 11 400 miles of land and sea in multiple Earth observations over Colombia the Caribbean South America the Atlantic and Europe.
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Houston
Skylab
Delia
Texas Gulf Coast
Alan Bean
Owen Garriott
Jack Lousmna
Lousma
Colombia
Caribbean Sea
Christine
South America
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Europe
Slavyansk
Russia
Argentina
Atlantic
Italy
Morocco
Trudeau orders five month petroleum price freeze in Canada
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced a five month price freeze on petroleum products effective through January 30, plus higher wheat and dairy subsidies to curb inflation. A central mechanism will prevent US price increases from driving Canadian prices, while bread and dairy costs are stabilized by a 20 percent wheat subsidy boost and a five cent per quart dairy subsidy.
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Ottawa
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
United States
Actress Cybill Shepherd sues Playboy forImages from Last Picture Show
Memphis actress Cybill Shepherd sues Playboy magazine for 9 million dollars claiming two semi nude frames from The Last Picture Show were published without her consent. She says she agreed to stills only to permit release in theaters and warns the photos damaged her image and privacy.
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Cybill Shepherd
Playboy Magazine
Memphis
Playboy
Attorneys seek new trial for Kerner and Isaacs
Appeal lawyers for former Governor Otto Kerner and ex-State Revenue Director Theodore Isaacs ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for a new trial. Kerner's 145 page brief cites 10 prejudicial errors to challenge his bribery and fraud convictions while Isaacs alleges Judge Robert Taylor erred in at least five rulings.
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Otto Kerner
State Revenue
Theodore Isaacs
U.S. Court of Appeals
Kerner
US. Court of Appeals
Isaacs
U.S
Robert Taylor
Longet's Mother Killed in Paris Area Crash
Rolande Longet, mother of singer Claudine Longet, died in a traffic accident outside Paris Monday. The funeral is set for Friday in Paris. Longet is married to singer Andy Williams. In San Diego, William Glasscock celebrated his 100th birthday Monday and credits long life to abstaining from drinking smoking and chewing and avoiding bad company.
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William Glasscock
San Diego
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Paris
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