Agnew Resignation Shocks U S and Nixon Seeks Successor
Congress scrambles to respond as Spiro Agnew resigns the vice presidency and President Nixon searches for a successor. Senate halts recess to prepare for possible confirmation hearings while Goldwater Rockefeller and Albert comment on the crisis and its political impact.
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UPI
Spiro
T. Agnew
Congress
Senate
Nison
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Agnew
Goldwater
United States
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Republican Party
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
House
Carl Albert
Capitol
Secret Service
Albert
Resignation of Vice President Agnew Shocks Nation
President Nixon faced Agnew resignation as Vice President pleads no contest to federal tax evasion. Agnew receives $10,000 fine and three years probation. Nixon seeks successors with input from GOP leaders and governors to find a presidentiable candidate aligned on foreign policy.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Baltimore
Agnew
Washington
A-T
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Scott
House
Republican National Committee
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Justice Department
Elliot L. Richardson
Maryland
Baltimore County
Richardson
U.S
U.S. District Court
Walter E Hoffman
Hoffman
Los Angeles
Federal Grand Jury
Public
Lisa Brown
Associated Press
Henry A. Kissinger
Hospital District Fuss Triggers Resignations
A hospital district sees multiple resignations after the rehiring of Harold Coston as executive director. Harold Coston and two other officials quit amid board actions cited as the cause. The district pursues a $6.3 million loan for a $164 million teaching hospital while preparing the loan package.
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Mel Tittle
Avalanche Journal
Harold Coston
Pital
Russell
M. Jackson Jr
Harolds
Margaret A. Watkins
Coston
Family News
Saul Farm News Waia
Hongstein
Pond F
Honigstein
Comic Dictionary
Ple
Dstrict
J. P. Ellington
Bill-Burton
Prayer Verse Reader’s Note
A brief reader’s prayer expresses gratitude to God as a guiding light in times of trouble and praises Thy goodness. The reflection is a personal devotional snippet resembling a closing benediction or quiet prayer.
Meir Claims New Gains as War Widens
Prime Minister Mrs. Meir declared Israel had advanced on multiple fronts. She asserted Israeli forces drove back Syrians from the Golan Heights and held the East Bank of Syria, with Jordan urged to stay out as fighting continued along the cease-fire line. France offered mediation at the UN amid stalled peace talks.
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United Press International
Meir
Mier
Gold
Israel
Hussein
Golan Heights
Syria
Jordan
East Bank
Egypt
Suez Canal
Golan
Damascus
Iraq
Middle East
Michel Jobert
U.N. General Assembly
Security Council
Tel Aviv
Storm lashes Lubbock region with hail and flooding
Severe storms moved through the South Plains amid a tornado watch, bringing heavy rain up to 1.69 inches in Lubbock and baseball size hail in Andrews. Lightning struck lights, causing outages and a fire at Dorothy Mae Mattress Co. Flooding and slick streets prompted multiple auto incidents with no major injuries.
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Lubbock
Stowers, Inc
Texas
High Plains
Sam Attlesey
Avalanche-Journal
Aubback
South Plains
National Weather Serv
W. 18Th Street
Plainview
Andrews
16Th Street
Avenue H
Dorothy ‘Mae Mattress Co
Ave
National Weather Service
NWS
Cubans Try To Storm UN Podium In Security Shakeup
At the U N General Assembly Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa and delegation members rushed the podium to stop Chilean ambassador Raul Bazan from speaking They brandished jackets as if armed and shouted obscenities while guards restrained them amid a Chilean reply to Roa s denunciation of the Chilean military junta and U S involvement
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United Nations
UPI
Raul R jRoa
U.N. General Assembly
Roa
United States
Raul Bazan
Bazan
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