Nixon aide begins early transition talks in White House
Franklin B. Lincoln Jr., a Nixon representative and former defense official, met Charles Murphy to arrange a smooth 1969 transfer of power from Lyndon Johnson. Johnson invited candidates to name transition reps. actual transfer set for January 20. Johnson pledged cooperation.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin B. Lincoln Jr
Nixon
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lincoln
Charles S. Murphy
Johnson
Murphy
Spiro T. Agnew
Congress
William Harmon
William Blackburn
Christian
Vote Reports Missing In Illinois As Usual
Chicago amid charges by both parties of vote irregularities in Illinois election that gave Nixon the presidency with 26 electoral votes. Daley warned of possible figures in the official count as unreported precincts in Chicago and suburbs could not overturn Nixon’s lead. Daley accused township clerks of unlawfully assuming authority while Republicans denied the charges as political. The canvass will finish by Nov. 25 with FBI and U.S. attorney monitoring untabulated ballots.
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Chicago
Cook County
Richard M. Nixon
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Daley
Edmund J. Kucharski
Kucharski
Marie H. Suthers
Board of Election Commissioners
Sidney T. Holzman
William Rentschler
Illinois Citizens Committee For
FBI
U.S
West
Ohio
California
Missouri
Maryland
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Johnson
Texas
Thieu Invites Nixon to Visit South Vietnam
Saigon President Nguyen Van Thieu invited President elect Richard Nixon to visit South Vietnam for an on the spot assessment of the war. Thieu praised Nixon as a defender of freedom and said his presence would strengthen U S South Vietnamese ties. Nixon's aides offered no immediate comment on the invitation from Key Biscayne Florida.
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Defense
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Richard M. Nixon
South Vietnam
Thieu
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Miami
Ron Ziegler
U.S
Five Die In State Highway Accidents
Five persons killed in Wisconsin traffic crashes Wednesday with two later deaths raising the yearly toll to 981. Victims include Rev. William Bower 62 at Walworth County seven miles south of Whitewater Melvin Walty 72 Lone Rock in a Dane County two car crash Myrtle Davis 86 Milwaukee in a Milwaukee intersection Sophie Polzin 73 Milwaukee from injuries after being struck on Milwaukee's West Side Donald Hafeman 41 Schofield from a one car crash on Highway 51 near Marathon Portage line Thomas Warfield 50 Indianapolis semitrailer crash into bridge pillars Interstate 894 Greenfield Glen Erickson 38 Neillsville cattle truck collision Interstate 94 Waukesha County.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
William Bower
Divine Word Seminary
Iowa
Walworth County
Whitewater
Melvin Walty
Lone Rock
Dane County
Madison
Myrtle Davis
Milwaukee
Sophie Polzin
Donald Hafeman
Schofield
Stevens Point
Marathon-Portage County
Thomas J. Warfield
Indianapolis
Ind
Greenfield
Glen A. Erickson
Neillsville
Waukesha County
Nixon plans swift start for administration after win
President-elect Nixon flies to Key Biscayne for rest and to outline first tasks including Vietnam peace efforts and cabinet picks. He visits hospitalized former president Eisenhower in Washington and faces continued vote tallies in Missouri Maryland and Alabama while Johnson returns to aid the transition.
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Richard Nixon
Mamie Eisenhower
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Florida
Vietnam
Nixon
New York
Key Biscayne
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson Orders Striking Rail Workers Back To Jobs
President Johnson ordered strikers at two Illinois railroads back to work to avert coal rationing affecting Wisconsin Electric Power Co. and its customers in Southeastern Wisconsin. The move, lasting 60 days, aims to resume coal transport via Belt Railway, Illinois Central, and other lines, with a three man fact finding panel to seek settlements.
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Johnson
San Antonio, Tex
Illinois
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
Milwaukee
Wisconsin- Michigan Power Co
Appleton
Upper
Michigan
Wisconsin Electric
State Public Service Commission
Chicago Belt Railway
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Alfred Gruhl
John R. Eckholm
Belt Line
Eckholm
Brotherhood of Railway
Cleveland
National Mediation Board
Texas White House
Msgr
George Higgins
Social Action Department
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Washington
Byron R. Abernethy
A. Langley Coffey
Sand Springs
Okla
Belt Railroad
Chicago
Oak Creek
Gruhl
Lake Michigan
Warren P. Knowles
William Proxmire
Nixon's Little White House comes to Key Biscayne
Nixon, just elected president, heads to Key Biscayne Florida for a permanent retreat. For 17 years the island has hosted his stays at villas hotel grounds and Rebozo and Smathers homes. The area has grown from a coconut plantation to a luxury resort with development pushing up property values. Nixon bought two beachside lots last year and hints a Little White House may be built.
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Ben Funk
Key Biscayne
Fla
United States
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Florida
Tropic Island
Nixon
Key Biscayne Villas
Key Biscayne Hotel
C. G
Bebe) Rebozo
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Rebozo
Mackle Co
Atlantic
California
George Smathers
Smathers
Key Biscayne Bank
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Pat Nixon
White House
Hughes to Step Down From Governor Post
Iowa Sen elect Harold Hughes plans to resign early to protect Senate seniority as the new Congress starts January 3. Lt Gov Robert Fulton would act as governor for about two weeks until Robert Ray is sworn in. Hughes won the U S Senate seat by about 9,800 votes over David Stanley with 565,184 to 555,766.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Congress
Robert Ray
Hughes
Robert Fulton
Waterloo
Ray
Muscatine
David Stanley
U.S. Senate
Stanley
Nixon
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Dist. Atty
Evelle J. Younger
Los Angeles County
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