Butz Reappointed by Nixon as Agriculture Secretary
President Nixon announced Earl Butz will remain secretary of agriculture while Peter G. Peterson leaves the commerce post. Frederick B. Dent of Mayfair Mills would replace Peterson, with Dent noted as a Yale graduate and textile leader. Peterson to lead a temporary mission visiting Europe and Asia before returning to private life.
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Butz
Nixon
Peterson
Camp David, Md
Earl Butz
Agriculture
Peter G. Peterson
Commerce
South Carolina
Frederick B. Dent
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Europe
Japan
U.S
Ziegler
Choice
Dent
Washington
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Mayfair Mills
Arcadia
D.C
Yale
Richard Kleindienst
Commerce Department
Rockets Hit Saigon Base in Largest Attack Since Tet
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese gunners fired more than 530 rockets into Tan Son Nhut Air Base and nearby areas in the heaviest strike on Saigon since the Tet offensive. Ground fighting followed with 1,500 government troops involved in a pincer move toward Tam Binh Village. casualties were three killed and four wounded.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Tam Binh
Inside Editorials and Listings Overview
A compact table of contents from a newspaper section listing editorial areas such as Dear Abby Markets Sports Classified Women and a note about pages where readers can find hospital, bridge and comics content. It also provides office numbers for Want Ads Circulation and a range of page references.
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Dear Abby
Momepem & i
Sub-Teen Readings Due Here Again Tonight
Cold snap grips Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma with temperatures in the teens and mid 20s by day. North winds intensify the chill as residents struggle to start cars and thaw pipes while service firms handle frozen lines and equipment issues.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Truman in serious condition with bronchitis and heart strain
Former President Harry S Truman, age 88, was reported in serious condition with bronchitis complicated by mild heart weakness from arterial sclerosis. Dr. Wallace Graham said pulmonary congestion was confirmed while Truman remained conscious and not on IV feeding. Inhalation therapy and antibiotics were being given as White House aides were kept informed.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Wallace Graham
John Dreves
Research Hospital
Graham
Dreves
Truman
White House
Kissinger and Tho Hold Third Paris Meeting
In Paris Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho met for five hours with no statement issued. White House aide Ziegler said they would reconvene Thursday in Paris as Nixon and Kissinger exchanged cables and received fresh instructions. It was their third session since Kissinger returned to Paris.
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White House
Butz
Agriculture Department
Washington
John Volpe
Italy
Ziegler
Camp David
Maryland
Nixon
William FE. Simon
New York
Charles E. Walker
the Treasury
Edward L. Morgan
Eugene T. Rossides
Treasury
Walker
Rossides
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
Tho
High Court Allows Appeals After Tie Vote Convictions
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 0 that criminal defendants whose convictions were sustained by a tie vote may appeal again on the same issues. Justice Powell said tie votes settle no legal questions, so habeas corpus petitions can proceed anew. The decision followed the 1965 Nashville rape case of Archie Biggers and a 1968 tie vote on the showup identification.
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Ashington
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
High Court
Thurgood Marshall
Nashville
Biggers
U.S. District Court
Tennessee
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Two Planes Collide in South Carolina Crash Kills 13
A fighter jet and a military transport collided during a night interception drill in northeastern South Carolina. The Air Force reported 13 dead aboard the two aircraft and no survivors. Witnesses described burning debris as the planes crashed three miles apart in woods and fields. Pilot of the Delta Dagger was Air National Guard Capt. Thomas G. Hagod Jr., 28, of Lexington, South Carolina.
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Conway, S.C
Air Force
South Carolina
Air National Guard
Thomas G. Hagood Jr
Lexington, S.C
Launching Set For Last Of U.S. Apollo Missions
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Seventeen the last of America s proud Apollo flights lifts into darkness on a column of fire tonight a daz zling windup to an epoch of lunar exploration Astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt slept late for the 9 53 p m EST blastoff the first American nighttime launch of a man carrying rocket Crew counted down with a planned hold until noon and officials called it one of the most trouble free in the 11 flight Apollo series
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
Apollo 17 Moon Flight Begins Tonight
Apollo 17 launches from Kennedy Space Center with astronauts Schmitt and Evans riding the Saturn V into Earth orbit at 9:53 p.m. EST. The mission proceeds through lunar approach with orbit insertions, docking, and planned Taurus-Littrow landing to sample rocks and conduct experiments.
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Gist
Evans
Challenger
Taurus-Littrow
Sea of Serenity
Moon
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Sive
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