Pueblo Captain Faces Unreasonable Task In Pueblo Destroy Effort
In Coronado California AP reports during a court of inquiry into the Pueblo capture officials debated who bears responsibility for ensuring a ship cannot carry more secret material than it can destroy quickly. Capt John B Williams testified that ultimate ship command is responsible though no central agency exists for pre deployment destruction readiness.
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Coronado
Calif
Pueblo
Pentagon
John B. Williams
Chief of Naval Operations
Adm
R.R. Pratt
Agen
Japan
Frank L. Johnson
George
Williams
Navy
Pacific 3 sits stationary 22,300 miles up in Pacific
Pacific 3, a 322 pound commercial relay satellite, steadies at 22,300 miles above the Gilbert Islands to boost U S links with Hawaii Australia and Asia. Taccomsat a 23.5 million experimental craft weighing 1600 pounds atop a Titan 3D rocket prepares for launch to test a global tactical communications network for military units in the Western Hemisphere.
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Paumalu
Hawaii
Gilbert Islands
U.S
Australia
Asia
Cape Kennedy
Equator
South America
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine
International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
Intelsat
Koreans Ask Nixon to Visit Asia After Europe Trip
South Korea urged President Nixon to add an Asia tour after his European itinerary. Seoul cited aims such as Vietnam, Paris peace talks, regional security, and possible U S Soviet summit as reasons to include Asian allies like South Korea and South Vietnam. No confirmation from officials was provided.
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Seoul
South Korea
Nixon
Asia
Donghwa
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Paris
Asia and Pacific
U.S
Peking
Oil Well Sealant Under Review After Rupture
Sen. Edmund S Muskie who chairs the Senate subcommittee on air and water pollution described the rupture during an aerial inspection. He noted the sealant gurgled down the well shaft at 1500 barrels per hour while the slick covered a 28 by 11 mile ocean area.
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Edmund S Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Senate
James Farmer to Be Given Key HEW Job
James Farmer former national director of CORE and Humphrey supporter is slated for a major post in the Nixon Administration in the Department of Health Education and Welfare. Welfare Secretary Finch disclosed plans but did not specify the exact position.
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Washington
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Farmer
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Finch
Witness Links Shaw to JFK Plot in New Orleans Trial
Charles I. Spiesel testified that he attended a party hosted by Clay Shaw where JFK assassination was discussed. Cross examination revealed Spiesel later sued New York police and others for 16 million dollars claiming hypnotism and coercion. Vernon Bundy Jr. testified Shaw met Oswald in 1963 and gave him money at Lake Pontchartrain seawall.
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New Orleans
Charles I. Spiesel
New York
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Shaw
F. Irvin Dymond
Spiesel
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
David W. Ferrie
Ferrie
Vernon Bundy, Jr
Oswald
Lake Pontchartrain
Bundy
Ohio Weather Update Light Snow Tonight Turning Colder
Light snow is forecast for southwestern Ohio this evening. Nighttime temperatures will dip to the mid-20s. Sunday should be clearing and colder with highs in the mid-30s.
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Ohio
First Lady urged to use military planes for travel
Pat Nixon's press secretary argues the First Lady should fly military due to hijacking dangers and travel cost while noting government support. Liz Carpenter agrees, saying First Ladies won't misuse military jets for private business and criticizing nickel and dime treatment. Mrs Nixon recently used Air Force Jetstar for a trip to New York.
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Nixon
van der Heuvel
Women’s National Press Club
Lyndon Johnson
Liz Carpenter
Carpenter
Boats To Remain On Bank Of Suez
Cairo reports two small boats drifting from a British ship trapped in the Suez Canal will stay on the eastern bank indefinitely. The move requires Egypt’s consent, says Al Ahram. The boats carried British seamen who were allowed to return after the storm last month.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
al Ahram
Egypt
Taxi Fare to Harrisburg Sets Record for Long Haul
A Jamaican woman paid $800 for a Miami to Harrisburg cab ride after another driver refused the trip. Eugene Cohen said he and a relief driver towed the 1,278 mile journey via Atlanta, then the woman and her children rode a train from Chattanooga. No refunds were given.
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Miami
Cuba
Harrisburg
Eugene “Tiny” Cohen
Cohen
Greyhound
Seaboard Railroad
Atlanta
Bernie Brownstein
Chattanooga
Tenn
Travel A-Go-Go Club Grounded For Awhile
Cincinnati AP Travel A Go Go is grounded after losing a court bid to stop FAA action over an missing Operations manual. An official expects full compliance by February 20, and the group plans a Bahamas trip despite the Quebec cancellation.
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Cincinnati
Air Travel Club
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Quebec
Canada
Don Adams
Bahamas
Chuckle Hippie mocks string of loaded auto racks
A bemused Chuckle Hippie jokes at a train yard sighting calling it a crazy parking lot. The remark highlights the unusual string of loaded auto rack cars and the artist's reaction to industrial scenery.
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Pacific Fleet
Johnson
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Pacific
Fla
Defense Department
CORE
South
Congress
Bedford- Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
N.Y
Shirley Chisholm
Humphrey
Coast Guard
Union Oil Co
Union Oil
Fred L. Hartley
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Fred Hartley
Santa Barbara Airport
Charles Spiesel
Vernon Bundy
Pat
Gerry van der Heuvel
Bank of Suez
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