Senate Report Clears Rehnquist for Supreme Court
The Senate Judiciary Committee majority calls Rehnquist’s charges unfounded and says he possesses competence, open mindedness, and fairness. It also backs Powell as thoroughly qualified, noting his moderating role in Virginia desegregation debates and education focus. Debate on Thursday aimed for a week end Senate vote.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Senate
Rehnquist
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Richmond
Nixon
John M. Harlan
Hugo Black
Phoenix, Ariz
Phoenix
Congress
Executive Branch
San Francisco
Birch Bayh
American Bar Association
Virginia
Seek Back Pay For MU Workers
The University of Missouri seeks retroactive salary payments for M. U. employees whose 1971 72 pay increases were delayed by Phase I of the wage price freeze. President C Brice Ratchford said the academic calendar makes Sept 1 the pay year start and most state payrolls began July 1.
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Columbia, Mo
Board of Curators
University of Missouri
Federal Pay Board
C. Brice Ratchford
Missouri University
M. A
Nixon to visit Peking on February 2 for talks
President Nixon will arrive in Peking on February 2 for talks with Chinese leaders in a historic mission he calls a journey for peace. The White House released the date in a terse statement from Beijing and Kissinger had agreed on timing during his prior trip. Further details, including visit length, were to be announced today.
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Washington
Nixon
Peking
White House
Henry Kissinger
Uruguayan Vote Result Still In Doubt
In Uruguay a tight race left the Colorados leading with 575,690 votes, Nationals 565,556, and the Broad Front 262,390 after a 26 hour count. Missing ballots could total over 25,000 plus about 100,000 absentee ballots remain to be counted, delaying a final result for weeks. Sixty election offices report irregularities while Bordaberry claimed victory and Ferreira Aldunate prepared a protest.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Colorado
Colorados
Nationals
Broad Front
Interior Ministry
Agriculture
Juan M. Bordaberry
Arrow Rock Keeps Historic Post Office in Missouri
The U S Postal Service reversed its plan to close the Arrow Rock post office after protests from Arrow Rock residents and Missouri lawmakers. Senators Symington and Eagleton and Rep. Randall urged retention, noting its historic landmark status and role in attracting visitors and state park projects.
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Arrow Rock
U.S. Postal Service
National Historic Service
Symington
Louisiana Territory
Missouri State Park Department
Missouri
Missouri Military Academy wins first in Capital Christmas Parade
MMA units from Missouri Military Academy earned first place at the Jefferson City Christmas Parade on Monday night. The band Fusileers drill team and color guard totaled about 60 cadets in dress blues. Wentworth Military Academy and Linn High School followed. about 100 entries competed. Major Cherches credited the overall effect of both units for the win. Cadet Hodger accepted the trophy from Col. Stribling II. The MMA units will march again on December 11 in Centralia.
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Missouri Military Academy
Jefferson City
MMA
Fusileers
Wentworth Military Academy
Linn High School
Paul Cherches
Kenneth Mortenson
Cherches
Bill Hodger
Charles Stribling II
Academy
Centralia
New surgical cement boosts artificial hip replacements
The FDA released a new methacrylate surgical cement that enables a cement hip socket operation, expanding total hip replacements to improve mobility for millions. Dr. Roderick Turner presented the finding to the American Medical Association noting potential uses for shoulders and knees, with Sen. Margaret Chase Smith highlighted as among early beneficiaries.
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New Orleans
United States
American Medical Association
Roderick Turner
Massachusetts General Hospital
U.S
Britain
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Danforth Rules On Attendance At Nonpublic Schools
Attorney General Joni C. Danforth ruled that a student aged seven to sixteen must attend a nonpublic school for six hours daily. The ruling allows optional attendance at a technical vocational program run by a public school district in addition to the nonpublic school attendance.
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Jefferson City
Mac
Joni C. Danforth
Sky Pirate Planned $200000 Hijack To Mexico
Washington state reports a lone hijacker seized control of a Northwest Airlines jet on Thanksgiving Eve. He demanded 200000 dollars and two parachutes, then bailed out near Woodland after circling Seattle for hours. FBI and local cops hunted him, focusing on Woodland's brushy hills and the flight path to Reno.
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Woodland
Wash
FBI
University of Washington
Otto Larsen
Larsen
Robin Hood
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Northwest Airlines
Reno
Nev
Clark County
Cascade Mountain
Washington
Air Pirate
Florence Schaffner
Mexico
William Scott
Reno, Ney
Boeing
Air Force
Sky Pirate
Here
Scott
Earl Cossey
Seattle Sky Sports
Tom McDowell
Nader Report Accuses Du Ponts Of Controlling Delaware
A Ralph Nader linked study group accuses the Du Pont family and Du Pont Co of creating a company state in Delaware. The 800 page report cites firings, threatened dismissals, editorial changes, and tax maneuvering to allege broad Du Pont influence. Du Pont denies inaccuracies and distortions.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
du Pont
Delaware
du Pont Co
Nader
du Ponts
National Guard
Wilmington
Martin Luther King
Pennsylvania
du Pont Public Relations Department
Cuba
U.S
John J. Williams
Williams
Wilmington Morning News and Evening Journal
Christiana Securities Co
Pair Held For Vending Machine Looting
Two suspects, a 21-year-old man from Kansas City and a juvenile, were arrested by an off duty Fulton officer after a laundry stop in Fulton. They confessed to burglarizing vending machines across five states including Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas and Minnesota, and said they had followed the pattern for about a year.
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Fulton Fulton
Fulton
Kansas City
Moman
Jerry Ross
Ross
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Texas
Minnesota
Jury Finds Frazier Guilty Of Five Murders
In Redwood City California jurors convict John Linley Frazier 25 of first degree murder in the slayings of Victor Ohta Virginia and two boys and Dorothy Cadwallander at the Ohta hilltop Santa Cruz area estate. The jury will rule on sanity with a separate hearing.
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Redwood City
Calif
John Linley Frazier
Victor Ohta
Frazier
William Sitnek
Ohta
Virginia
Derrick
Taggart
Dorothy Cadwallander
Santa Cruz
San Francisco
Peter Chang Jr
Frazer
Omer Paden Undergoes Emergency Eye Surgery
Omer Paden of Route 5 Mexico was injured Saturday when a nail struck his left eye while enlarging a shed on his farm. He received emergency surgery Monday at Boone County Hospital in Columbia and remains in room 563. Doctors cannot yet determine the extent of vision loss.
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Omer Paden
Route 5
Mexico
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Kindergarten Stabbing Shock at San Francisco School
A 34 year old woman entered Hillcrest School in Portola Heights and stabbed two teachers with an ice pick. Rosemary Hardy surrendered to police and was booked on two counts of attempted murder after claiming a teacher had made her daughter cry. The victims, Joan Hoskey 39 and Shirley Bayerle 35, were in serious condition following stomach neck and back wounds and facial injuries. Principal Jerome Kennedy described restraining the suspect as she knelt over Bayerle.
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San Francisco
Rosemary Hardy
Hillcrest School
Portola Heights
John Lanthier
Miss Huskey
Jerome Kennedy
Kennedy
Dysart Heads Circuit Meeting Ahead of St Louis Conference
Sammy Dysart presiding minister of the Mexico Jehovahs Witnesses led a Warrenton meeting of department heads preparing for the circuit conference in St Louis from December 17 to 19. Mexico attendees Elmer Schinkel and Larry Minor planned low cost meals and site upkeep for delegates and families during the weekend event.
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Sammy Dysart
Mexico
Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
Warrenton
St. Louis
Thomas Tilton
Dysart
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Elmer Schinkel
Larry Minor
Span
James Farmer to speak at Fulton college event
William Woods College and Westminster College host lecturer James Farmer at William Woods Campus Center Auditorium on Thursday December 2 at 7 30 p m. The public event is the third joint presentation by the two schools this year.
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