Republican governor control in doubt after Tuesday elections
Washington dispatch reports Democrats favored to gain as many as five governorships with indications of nine pickups to four for Republicans. Across 35 states held races, Republicans held 32 governors to 18 for Democrats, with eight GOP and seven Democratic states still uncertain.
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Senate election day reshapes Nixon era balance of power
In 35 states voters decide if Nixon gains a more compliant Senate amid battles over Indochina, nuclear arms, and Southern judicial picks. Republicans seek nine GOP seats to tilt committees and back a conservative bloc. Democrats defend holds in several key states.
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Chile Inauguration Sparks Chilean Marxist Era
Chile launches a new era as Dr. Salvador Allende is sworn in as president amid martial law and tight security following Gen. Rene Schneider’s assassination. Allende vows nationalization of investment and faces U S expropriation targets while Congress elects him after his 36 percent vote.
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Early North American habitation dates estimate
The earliest firm date for the existence of man in North America is about 10,000 years ago, though most archeologists believe humans arrived earlier.
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Cardinal Richard Cushing remembered by diverse mourners in Boston
Cardinal Richard Cushing, 75, dies of cancer on All Souls Day. He lay in state at Holy Cross Cathedral ahead of a Requiem Mass and burial at St. Coletta's Home, the Boston archbishop's life marked by warmth and humor and a long fight to retire.
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Watson Sits Up and Eats at Atascadero Mental Hospital
Charles Tex Watson, tied to the Tate LaBianca killings, is described as nearly vegetative but has begun eating regular meals at Atascadero State Hospital. Doctors say he lost 50 pounds since arriving in Los Angeles from Texas on Sept 11 and weighed 110 at one point.
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Four U S killed in Mekong Delta helicopter crash
UPI reports four Americans died when their helicopter crashed in the Mekong Delta with one more American killed in a Communist ambush near Saigon. Cambodian and South Vietnamese forces report 46 Communists killed and 14 captured in Northern South Vietnam and Southeastern Cambodia, with allied losses stated as two Americans and four wounded.
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Medics Rescued After Cliff Collapse During Rescue Drill
Six Royal artillery medics on a mountain rescue exercise in Londonderry were rescued by firemen when a 200 foot cliff began to crumble. The incident occurred Thursday as the unit navigated a cliff face and required evacuation to safety.
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Witness says police raised death threat in Tate case
A key state witness, Dianne Lake, testified that police pressured her with threats of the gas chamber or life in prison to gain information about the Tate murders. The defense argued coercion as prosecutors pressed to place Miss Lake on the stand to bolster the state’s case against Leslie Van Houten.
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Thoresen Defense Aims Self-Defense in Fresno Killing
Louise Thoresen defends herself against charges in the death of her husband William E. Thoresen III a Chicago steel fortune heir shot five times in the back at their Fresno home. Prosecutors waived the death penalty as jury selection began with questions on the right to defend oneself without escaping.
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Kenneth Devaney
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