Sunk historic submarine Pregnant Perch to be sold as scrap
The USS Perch, a famed clandestine undersea craft nicknamed Pregnant Perch, will be sold for scrap after 28 years in service. It carried 170 troops, won a Korean War combat patrol award, and conducted covert landings in Borneo and behind enemy lines before and after WWII.
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Naval Reserve Pier
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Royal Marine
Madrid newspaper closed by Spanish government in crackdown
In Paris owner Rafael Calvo Serer denounces the shutdown of his Madrid daily with 70 000 circulation. He plans to publish abroad and relocate to Cologne as he faces arrest for criticizing Franco regime. The paper had called for editorial independence and was blocked after publishing a second part of a critical article.
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UPI
Spain
Rafael Calvo Serer
Madrid
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The
University of Madrid
France
Francisco Franco
Germany
Cologne
Calvos
Nixon Keeps Busy With Turkey Telephones And Football
President Nixon spent Thanksgiving at the Western White House with Pat, two TV sets, and a turkey. He predicted a one point Nebraska win over Oklahoma, watched both college and pro games, and phoned coaches Devaney and Fairbanks to praise the contest. He also spoke with Edward Heath, Attorney General Mitchell, Lyndon Johnson, Nelson Rockefeller, Ronald Reagan, six cabinet secretaries, and congressional leaders while pressing a dock strike injunction.
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India
Pakistan
John N. Mitchell
Washington
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Texas
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
Nurse Bitten by Drug Overdose Patient Seeks ER Return
A 26 year old nurse flown from Denver to Boston for hyperbaric treatment after a drug overdose patient bit her in the Denver General Hospital emergency room on Sept 30. She plans to return to Denver General once healed.
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UPI
Denver
Denver General Hospital
Mary Lou Smith
Fear grows of military influence in U.S. intelligence
Senators warn that despite Richard Helms remaining CIA director, the Pentagon and military aides gain sway as Lt. Gen. Robert Cushman and a Kissinger chaired committee broaden oversight. Helms resists, Nixon aides defend, while Stennis opens inquiry into the balance of power.
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Secretary of Defense
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
U.S
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
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Helms
Senate Armed Services
Stennis
Elderly runners tackle 300 mile Thanksgiving relay
Seven seniors began a 300 mile Las Vegas bound relay from Los Angeles along Interstate 15. The group includes 60 year old John Montoya and 73 year old Fred Grace, with 72 year old Noel Johnson leading the stretch through Nevada’s desert.
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UPI
Las Vegas
Interstate 15
Nevada
Los Angeles
Nevada Desert
John Montoya
Colton
Fred Grace
Noel Johnson
San Diego
Bible Sunday Observed at United Church Lompoc
Bible Sunday on November 28 at the United Church in Lompoc marks the First Sunday in Advent with John 17 as the sermon text. Rev. Richard E. Harris delivers That They May All Be One, in partnership with the Lompoc Ministerial Association. Karen and Barbara Berker light and read for the Advent candle, and a children’s story titled St. Nicholas, Czechoslovakia explains Christmas customs abroad.
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Barbara Berker
St. Nicholas
Czechoslovakia
Thanksgiving Storm Strands Thousands Across East Coast
A nor'easter battered the North Atlantic Seaboard and Appalachians forcing thousands to stay home as snows piling up to two feet created huge gridlock on Interstates 80 81 70 and in Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia. Firefighter Christopher Allen and his fiancée Linda Stafford wed in Middleburg after a carignant halt.
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Virginia
New England
Pennsylvania
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Middleburg
Christopher Allen
Linda Stafford
Winchester
Williamsburg
Michael Noble
Middleburg Methodist Church
Canada
Bondville
Western White House denies Mitchell Stans exit rumors
The White House dismissed a Republican newsletter report that Attorney General John Mitchell and Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans would quit the cabinet to join Nixon’s re election effort. Press Secretary Ziegler called the claim sheer speculation. Also noted NRA project TRW won a NASA contract to develop an observatory at 70 million dollars.
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Upi
White House
John N Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Republican Congressional Committees
Redondo Beach
TRW Systems Inc
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Nader pushes three dollar revolution on campuses
Ralph Nader travels campus to promote a three dollar reform plan funded by student assessments added to tuition. He envisions 15 member public interest firms with a hundred thousand dollar annual budgets tackling consumer, environmental and political reforms across states and regions, creating career jobs for graduates.
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UPI
Ralph Nader
Nader
Radiation leak from underground US nuclear test at Nevada site
Radiation leaked into the atmosphere from a secret underground test at Yucca Flat in the Nevada Test Site. The AEC said there is no health hazard with a maximum reading of 12 microroentgens and the plume dispersing a few miles east of Lathrop. The 20 kiloton detonation occurred 900 feet underground northeast of Las Vegas.
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AEC
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U.S
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