Consumer Bill To Scrap Heap
Washington AP administration forces in Congress killed the consumer class action bill. Senate Republicans blocked it as lawmakers argued over timely amendments. Nixon’s consumer agenda faces little hope this session, with other key protections also stalled or abandoned.
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Congress
Nixon
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Commerce Committee
Consumer Protection Agency
House Rules Committee
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
Virginia Knauer
Knauer
House Commerce Committee
Reagan to Back Nixon in 1972
Sacramento Calif AP Governor Ronald Reagan says he will attend the 1972 Republican convention as a backer of President Nixon not as a favorite son candidate. He notes his re election landslide and says he has not discussed 1972 with Nixon, but hopes Nixon will be the nominee.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Reagan
No Pass Needed Now For Airmen
Washington AP report that the Air Force will stop issuing passes for off base travel and rely on each airman’s identification card. The policy aligns with Army and Navy moves to simplify life in service, per Lt. Gen. Robert J. Dixon chief of staff for personnel.
Bond screens job applicants in Missouri auditor’s office
Christopher Bond, elected Missouri state auditor, says a screening committee will review all new applicants and current staff seeking to remain. He seeks a management consultant study led by Robert James of Joplin to Improve efficiency before taking office next month. Bond defeated Haskell Holman in November.
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Columbia
Christopher
Kit) Bond
State Auditor-Elect
Bond
Missouri
Optimist Club
Atty
John C. Danforth
Robert James
Joplin
Haskell Holman
Holman
Nationwide railroad strike appears likely as talks collapse
AP reports negotiations between railroads and four unions collapsed, signaling a possible nationwide strike Thursday. The largest union leader said the walkout would occur even if Congress grants a 45 day delay Nixon sought. DETROIT AP tentative UAW Ford pact expected for approval today by Ford Council. if ratified, unified with GM deal, Chrysler remaining as sole holdout. The broader political scene features Nixon backed consumer bill of rights stalled in Congress. James Farmer returns from HEW role to civil rights advocacy after 20 months as an aide. In Vietnam, U S Americal division reports over score injured in two guerrilla attacks near Da Nang. Chicago: tentative agreement reached in fuel hauling dispute. 3,000 tanker drivers on strike with more walkouts possible.
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Congress
Nixon
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Ford Council
UAW
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Auto Manufactuers
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Midwest
Teamsters Union
Missouri House cuts Water Pollution Board funds for MU builds
The Missouri House Appropriations Committee trimmed a 23 million dollar Water Pollution Board appropriation and redirected most to the University of Missouri for new buildings across St. Louis and Kansas City campuses. The panel's substitute bill totals 248,728,143, up from 250 million proposed by Gov. Warren Hearnes, and reorganizes 36 million in priorities. Major items include MU campuses 69,825,000 Lincoln University and five state colleges 45,116,934 and mental health 63,862,127. The measure awaits House passage before Senate review and voters.
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House Appropriations Committee
Water Pollution Board
University of Missouri
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Kansas City
E.J. Cantrell
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Warren E. Hearnes
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Division of Planning and Construction
Department of Corrections
Board of Training Schools
Department of Education
School For the Deaf
Fulton
School For the Blind
St. James
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Cantrell
True Davis says he won’t run for office in 1972
IT JOSEPH MO True Davis president of the National Bank of Washington says he will not be a candidate for governor or any elective office in 1972 His decision is inflexible definite and final He was a 1968 Democratic nominee hopeful for U S senator and had been mentioned as a possible 1972 gubernatorial candidate.
Deaths of Gen Power and cartoonist Rube Goldberg
Gen Thomas S Power 66 former Strategic Air Command head died in Palm Springs after a long Air Force career that included World War II service in North Africa and command duties in Europe. Rube Goldberg 87 famed for intricate cartoons of simple tasks died in New York after battling cancer. Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial cartooning in 1948.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Power
North Africa
Europe
New York
Rube Goldberg
Goldberg
Canvass Of Vote Begins In Missouri Counties
The staff of James C. Kirkpatrick began canvassing the November 3 general election votes, expecting about three days to complete official results. Gov. Warren E. Hearnes opened his home county records in Mississippi, while Henry County and other officials checked results in Laclede and St. Louis. Unofficial returns show Democratic auditor Haskell Holman leading by over 200,000 votes nationally, with Mississippi County among the closest margins.
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James C. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Associated Press
Warren E. Hearnes
Mississippi
Henry County
Supreme Court
Robert T. Donnelly
John B. Bardgett
Laclede
St. Louis
Haskell Holman
Holman
Fuel Truck Strike Reaches Settlement
About 4,300 drivers in Michigan and the Cleveland area walked off then 3,000 total striking across Indiana Iowa and Illinois as Teamsters say tentative contract settles for 3000 Midwest fuel oil drivers. Steve Shultz of the Teamsters hailed the agreement as satisfactory though details await ratification.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Steve Shultz
Teamsters Automotive and Petroleum Division
Michi-gan
Clevelands
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Ilinois
Senate Finance Panel Fights Over Social Security Bill
Washington report notes the Senate Finance Committee nears end of debate on a heavily amended Social Security bill. Since April, welfare and Social Security issues dominated, with September votes adding riders. A quota setting trade measure faces a floor battle, while Nixon welfare reform plans provoke administration push and conservative resistance.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Douglas Drops Out Of 3 Supreme Court Cases
Justice William O Douglas dropped out of three more Supreme Court cases, a frequent step since an impeachment effort emerged in the House. His office gave no reason and declined to discuss the self exclusion with reporters. The three cases did not involve obscenity, unlike several recent weeks.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
House
Nonelas
Douglas
Farmer Returns to Activist Role After Resignation
Washington AP reports that 50 year old James Farmer, former head of the Congress of Racial Equality, announces resignation as assistant secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. He describes 20 unhappy months in federal bureaucracy and says his main issue is dissatisfaction with civil rights policies across administrations.
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Washington
James Farmer
Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Audrain Medical Center Withdraws 22 Extended Care Beds
Audrain Medical Center announced it will pull 22 extended care beds from the Medicare program on December 31. Administrator Woodrow Lee said average extended care use since Medicare began on July 1, 1966, will be affected. acute medical and surgical units will stay in the aged program. The center will decide next year how many beds will remain classified as extended care in its new long term facility.
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Woodrow Lee
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Lee
FBI Rescues Hostage Teenage Girl in Tulsa Shootout
A Virginia fugitive abducted teenager Rhonda Matzek and FBI agent George B. Hamilton at the Tulsa bus station. The gunman John Allen III, 36, was killed by a second agent's bullets as he held the girl at gunpoint. Allen, listed in serious condition, had just forced the agents to stop a taxi after fleeing the cafe.
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Okla
Virginia
FBI
Rhonda Matzek
George B. Hamilton
Allen
John Allen III
Alexandria
Miss Matzek
William L. Buchanan
Buchanan
Dirty movies on way out says Valenti
Jack Valenti president of the Motion Picture Association of America says dirty films are fading from public view. He notes sexual depictions, often imported or cheaply produced at home, fail to enlighten the young and educated and are deemed boring.
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Valenti
Sacramento
Calif
Jack Valenti
Motion Picture Association of America
No Troops To Cambodia Says Rogers
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told a Senate appropriations subcommittee the United States plans aid for Cambodia focused on air interdiction and supplies, not ground troops. He and Defense Chief Melvin Laird urged swift approval of about 156 million in economic and military aid to help Cambodia defend itself and keep North Vietnam from reoccupying ports and border areas.
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William P. Rogers
United States
Cambodia
Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Laird
Nixon
Israel
Vietnam
South Korea
Middle East
Cease-fire talks eyed as Rogers plans aid hearing
United States may push for a cease-fire in Southeast Asia as Rogers schedules testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday to discuss foreign aid. The discussions aim at a broader negotiated settlement and stabilize regional tensions.
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Rogers
Southeast Asia
Seniate Foreign Relations Committee
Lindsay Feels Urge To Scrooge Musical Narrator
New York mayor John V. Lindsay says he will narrate the Christmas Carol musical but wishes to play Scrooge instead. He spoke between budget duties at the Robert F. Kennedy Theater for Children where nine performances attract about 30 000 child spectators.
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John V. Lindsay
Scrooge
Robert F. Kennedy Theater For
Lindsay
Building Raised From Top Down in Mountain View
A 10 story Mercy and Castro street office building rises from the top down with three floors in place and a new floor added weekly. William and Burrows of Belmont manage the project with crews wiring piping and finishing the upper levels while ground crews prepare the next floor to be slid into place on two inner service cores.
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Calif
Mercy and
Castro Streets
William & Burrows
Belmont
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