Tougher battle to get Rehnquist approved
President Nixon's third Supreme Court pick Powell faced easy approval while Rehnquist faced a harder path. Democrats, led by Bayh, argued civil rights records against Rehnquist, as Republicans urged a timely vote. The Judiciary Committee backed Rehnquist 12 to 4, with a final vote forecast for late week or next week.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Senate
William H. Rehnquist
Powell
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Harris
Richmond Va
Hugo Black
American Bar Association
Rehnquist
John M. Harlan
Birch D. Bayh
Mike Mansfield
Bayh
Sen
Hugh Scott
Bomb disaster in North Pacific sinks cargo ship SS Badger State
UPI reports investigators describe a horror on the North Pacific where a bomb broke loose in the SS Badger State hold bound for Vietnam. The blast and leaking hull killed 26 crew after election ensuing rescue attempts, with 14 saved.
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Washington
UPI
North Pacific
Vietnam
Midway Island
National Transportation Safety Board
Bangor
Wash
Kidnaping for $1000 ransom ends with arrest in Florida
Gerald Givens saw a gun barrel when he wiped rain from a car windshield as police say 20 year old Andrew Jackson Jr. kidnapped 17 year old Geraldine Givens for $1000. The incident led to his arrest three hours later in Pallahassee Florida.
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Pallahassee
Fla
UPI
Gerald Givens
Florida State University
Andrew Jackson Jr
Geraldine Givens
Free man admits murder in plea after 14 years
Edgar H. Smith Jr. pleads guilty to the 1957 murder of Victoria Zielinski, ending a 14 year imprisonment near the electric chair. He receives four years probation and a new trial was foregone due to doubts about clearing his name, despite claims of innocence.
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New York
UPI
Edgar H. Smith Jr
Trenton State Prison
William F Buckley
Smith
Buckleys
Weather alerts sweep nation with snow and flood warnings
United Press International reports travel and hazardous driving warnings across the Northeast and West. Freezing rain and snow lash several states while winter storms force school closures in upstate New York. Snow totals climb with 4 inches expected in mountains of Arizona and Colorado, and flash flood watches extend from Alabama to North Carolina. Temperatures range from minus one at Cut Bank Montana to 77 in Fort Lauderdale Florida.
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United Press International
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
Cedar City
Utah
Lander
Wye
Billings
Broadus
Mont
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Divide
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Nebraska
North
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North Dakota
South Dakota
Dakotas
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Anniston
Ala
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Tenn
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina Mountains
Cut Bank, Mont
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Japan Demonstrations Mark Pearl Harbor Anniversaries
Tokyo pacifists plan antiwar rallies on Pearl Harbor anniversary. Jane Fonda expected to join one Tokyo event. The piece recalls the 1941 attack that sank the Arizona and crippled eight six ships, with US casualties over three thousand.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Jane Fonda
U.S. Naval
Arizona
East Asia
Western Pacific
Philippines
Pacific Counseling Service
Governor Agrees to Special Session on Reapportionment
In Sacramento on Monday Governor agrees with Senate Democrats to convene a special session on reapportionment alongside the taxes session. The Senate met briefly, with no major action, while Assembly measures moved on payroll withholding and tax changes.
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United Press International
Senate
Democrats
Assembly
FDA Warns Hexachlorophene May Harm Brain in Babies
FDA released findings linking hexachlorophene in products like Phisohex to brain damage in newborn monkeys and measurable blood absorption in babies. The agency urged warnings and cautioned against total body bathing, while Winthrop Laboratories disputed the claims.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Phisohex
Winthrop Laboratories
Sterling Drug Inc
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Ray McCuen
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Dan Duffy
National New Association
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Lompoc
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Constellation Rd
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