Voters in New Jersey Virginia pick governors in elections
Voters in New Jersey and Virginia chose new governors in a test of Nixon era campaigns. Blacks ran for mayors in several major cities while Detroit and New York races featured historic candidates.
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United Press International
New Jersey
Virginia
Nixon
Linwood Holton
William C. Battle
Australia
William T. Cahill
Robert B. Meyner
Vietnam
Carl Stokes
Cleveland
Detroit
Stokes
Ralph T. Perk
Buffalo
Hartford
Waterbury
E. Procaccino
John J. Marchi
Lindsay
Richard H. Austin
Roman S. Gribbs
Detroit News
Debate on seating China's UN delegate continues decades on
The 1950 protest to seat Chang Wentien led to a recurring autumn dispute over Mao regime representation at the United Nations. Wei Taoming argues seating China would reward aggression, while Japan and 12 others push an important question requiring two thirds. Past votes show Peking’s seating blocked. Italy sponsors yearly probe proposals.
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United Nations
UPI
People’s Republic of Communist China
Trygve Lie
Chang Wentien
Mao Tse Tung
General Assembly
Wei Taoming
Peking
Senjin Tsurouka
China
Italy
U.N
Chen Yi
United States
Delta contract awarded to McDonnell Douglas for launch support
NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center announced a $57 288 321 contract to McDonnell Douglas Astronautics for two years of Delta launch support at Vandenberg and Cape Kennedy. The deal includes production of 16 second stages and fairings for the Delta vehicle and related hardware. Delta has launched most U.S. scientific satellites, orbiting 67 of 73 payloads. Production occurs at McDonnell Douglas Santa Monica facility.
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Delta
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Cape Kennedy
Thor
McDonnell Douglas
Air Force
Space and Missile Systems Organization
Santa Monica
Voting light as election opens in Santa Ynez District
Balloting began with low turnout in three divisions of the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District. By 10 30 a.m 4 8 percent of eligible voters had cast ballots with divisions reporting modest participation amid races for incumbents Henning Dunlap Laranjo Jory Petersen Moore and observers noting the dam project’s fate could tilt board control.
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Lompoc
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District
C. Richard Henning
Gary J. Dunlap
Santa Ynez
Andrew T. Petersen
Jack Moore
Jack Lewis
Dunlap
Henning
Buellton
Jory
Laranjo
Moore
Petersen
Phelps
R. B. McClellan
Nixon cites public support as key to ending Vietnam War
President Nixon says the outpouring of telegrams and messages from the public backing his plan to withdraw American forces could hasten peace. He notes the silent majority backs a gradual pullout, while Paris talks continue and Thieu voices agreement with U.S. policy.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
United States
Saigon
Vietnam
Oval Office
South Vietnam
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
White House
Colorado
Paris
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright Attacks Nixon War Policy In New Vietnam Hearings
Senator Fulbright declared Nixon wrong and irrational about winding down the Vietnam War and said new hearings should be held to tell the public the truth. He criticized Nixon's timetable and urged supporters to stay home during protests November 13 to 15.
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Washington
UPI
J. William Fulbright
Vietnam
Nixon
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rusk
Johnson
Secretary of
Dean Rusk
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Missing Jeffrey Fouquet Siblings Probe as Bones Found
Los Angeles sheriff investigators pursue three leads in the case of 8 year old Jeffrey Fouquet, missing as his mother Betty Fouquet faces child abandonment charges. Bones found in the Bell Gardens yard await coroner tests while neighbors claim an auto crash killed Jeffrey's siblings.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Betty Louise Fouquet
Jeffrey
Fouquet
Bell Gardens
Thomas T. Noguchi
Donald Cannon
Jody “Smith
Bakersfield
Smith
Fouquets
Jody
Timothy
West Virginia
Rhonda
Jason
Lansdown
Vietnam War Heaviest Attacks In Weeks Hit Four U.S. Bases
North Vietnamese troops attacked four American base camps from 35 to 60 miles northwest of Saigon amid shelling across the country. Three Americans were killed and six wounded, while 152 enemy troops reportedly fell. Nixon warned Hanoi against escalating violence and delaying U.S. withdrawal. Phuoc Long remained a key target as Viet Cong sought to revive momentum. Weather noted with rain chances and tides listed.
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Saigon
UPS
Nixon
Hanoi
Phuoc Long
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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New Mobilization Committee
Ronald Ziegler
Canada
House
John W. McCormack
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Rogers C. B. Morton
N. Vietnam
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