No Picture With Nixon May Allow White House Visit
Roberta Scott, a Wichita poster girl for retarded children, might visit the White House after Sen. Robert Dole promised help. White House aide Ronald Ziegler said Nixon aides did not know Roberta is Black and cited the president's busy schedule.
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Ireland invokes emergency powers as seven detained near Dublin
Detectives raid a house near Dublin airport, seven unnamed suspects seized as government invokes Part 2 of the 1940 Offenses Against the State Act to intern without trial. Prime Minister Lynch warns of plans for kidnappings and bank robberies with possible murders, drawing cross party and IRA reactions.
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Florida Oil Slick Dwindles
A Navy created oil slick off northeast Florida broke up and moved away from shore. It had covered up to 1000 square miles at sea, but the remaining slick measured about 13 miles long and 2.5 miles wide, with the closest point about 35 miles offshore. State officials planned to assess shrimp, snapper, and grouper losses while the Navy reported 50 miles. Harmon Shields urged reimbursement for marine resource damage.
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Nixon Lays Out Oil Squeeze Plan In National Address
The Nixon administration moves to curb inflation by forcing a drop in oil prices through import quota use and federal offshore production rules. A Texas Railroad Commission official doubts the plan, which aims to redirect Gulf Coast output to the East Coast and reduce recent price hikes.
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Nixon Targets Oil Prices and Construction Wages
President Nixon launched a strong anti inflation drive promising to roll back a 25 cent per barrel oil price rise and gas price hikes. He urged industry and labor to reform wage bargaining on federal projects and overrode state limits on offshore oil production to allow cheaper imports. The speech urged consolidated bargaining in construction and warned against future inflation.
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New York
Ex-GI testifies Calley led My Lai killings at court-martial
Dennis Conti testified that Lt William L Calley Jr ordered his men to fire and that Calley himself shot civilians during the March 16 1968 My Lai assault. Conti estimated about 300 deaths, giving Calley as a major contributor to the toll.
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William L. Calley Jr
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Dennis Conti
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Pope Paul Returns To Rome After Far East Ecumenical Voyage
Pope Paul VI returned to his Vatican apartment before dawn ending a 10 day, 28 000 mile trip through Asia, the Pacific and Australia. About 200 well wishers in St Peter's Square chanted Viva il Papa as his auto arrived. He appeared spry and relieved after the ninth journey in his 70 years as leader of 580 million Catholics.
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Yost to quit as U N delegate after current session
Charles W. Yost plans to resign as the United States chief delegate to the United Nations after this General Assembly session. The 63-year-old diplomat was surprised by news he was being replaced and will announce his departure after the session ends December 15. He previously served as No. 2 at the U.S. Mission under Ambassadors Goldberg and Stevenson.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York Cab Drivers Strike Shuts City Taxis
In New York 36 000 taxi drivers walked off the job at midnight, leaving streets nearly empty. The stalled contract expired November 16 and is extended hourly as talks between fleet owners and Taxi Drivers Union 3036 continue. Drivers earn about 150 dollars weekly seeking 175 to 200 dollar scale.
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Taxi Drivers Union
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Robbers Hit London Truck For 254000 In Gold And Diamonds
Three masked bandits in a car and a panel truck robbed an airline truck under the Piccadilly underpass near Buckingham Palace during the London rush hour. They bound the driver and guard, removed 240000 in gold and 14400 in diamonds, and fled in a KLM van to an abandoned warehouse. The haul was destined for Heathrow and Amsterdam clients. Scotland Yard launched a massive search as air and sea ports remained on maximum alert.
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Colder weather moves into southwestern Ohio
Colder air settles over southwestern Ohio as tonight turns cloudy and windy with a low near 30. Clouds thin tomorrow with diminishing wind and a high in the 30s.
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