Dirksen funeral honors a life of public service
National Presbyterian Church heard eulogies for Everett Dirksen with President Nixon in attendance and a Capitol Rotunda service preceding burial in Pekin Illinois. Senate leaders and Illinois lawmakers joined mourners as mourners and officials reflected on his vast mind and stirring oratory.
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Washington
Everett Melinley
Dirksen
Pekin
Congress
Edward
Kisenhower
Spiro T. Aphew
Illinois
House
Hody
Lanella
Navy argues 15 aircraft carriers best for global reach
The article examines why the Navy advocates a fleet of 15 carriers, detailing operational needs and political implications. It cites budget shares, overseas deployment patterns, and scenarios for Mediterranean and Pacific stations, noting past plans to revert to 15 with reduced active air wings and the risks of morale and maintenance.
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Vietnam
Japan
Britain
Unitet States
U.S
Mediterranean
Pacific
Navy
Lua Pacific
Alelantic
Pueblo
Robert McNamara
Nixon
Defense Department
Asia
Mondale Plan Seeks Halt on New Nuclear Carrier
Senate Democrat Walter Mondale charges Navy follows blind policy to maintain 45 attack carrier task forces despite high costs and uncertain need. He co sponsors an amendment to halt another half billion dollar nuclear carrier until GAO reviews future defense requirements.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Walter Mondate
Mondate
Mondale
Sen
Clifford Casr
General Accounting Office
Alaska oil leases set bids record at massive sale
The Alaska North Slope oil lease sale drew 1,100 bids totaling about 97 million dollars for the first nine tracts, led by Gulf Oil, British Petroleum and Getty in a landmark auction. State officials projected possible proceeds near 1.5 billion, with wide interest from American and foreign bidders and officials observing a milestone in Alaska history.
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Gulf of Corp
British Petroleum, Ltd
Alaska
Prudhoe Bay
Atlantic Richfield Co
Humble Oil and Refining Co
North Slope
Kelly
Keith H. Miller
Statehood
South Viet Kills 2 U S Officers Near Saigon
A South Vietnamese soldier fatally shot two U S officers at the Army compound near Tan An, about 30 miles southwest of Saigon. Lt Col Eugene Strahwood of Fairfax Virginia and Maj Anthony Broulton of Jackson Heights New York were killed as they left the compound. the guard died by suicide after firing at a Vietnamese commander. The motive remains undetermined and the guard was said to be unsettled.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Eugene 1. Strahwood
Fairfax
Anthony J. Broulton
Jackson Heights
N.Y
Tan An
Skeleton in Lake Continues on Crom Page A-1
A submerged car in Talbert Lake near a road project was pulled free by a dragline revealing skeletal remains. Police halted work while investigating and searchers hoped to recover a skull for identification by dental records. The driver likely lost control and plunged into the lake, possibly unconscious.
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Talbert Lake
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Charles H. Heckard
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Rank Magazine
Costa Nostra
Alioto
Look
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North Beach
Mario
Los Angeles
San Francrsca
Look Magazine
Publicatin
Gardner Cowles
Alioio
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Sen. I. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of the Navy
John H. Chaffee
Adj
Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
Alaska Oil Leases
fessliint-Getty
Sydney Lawrence
Anchorage
Gulf
ANT
British Petroleum
Standard Oil Co
Mobil- Phillips
Sae
Acre
Amerada-Hess-Hunt and Getty Group
Long Beech
New York
Imperial
Hoysu
Victoria
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