Congress Begins New Session with Powell Return
Congress opens with Adam Clayton Powell back in the House as the Johnson era ends and Kennedy and Scott win key leadership posts. The body debates pay raises and a possible filibuster rule change while Republicans regroup under Everett Dirksen. Powell vows to pay a $25,000 fine and lose seniority as he seats amid Harlem’s voters.
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Louisiana
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Nebraska
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Illinois
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California
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Gerald Ford
Michigan
Kennedy rises to No.2 Democrat in Senate leadership
Senator Edward M. Kennedy defeats Sen. Russell Long 31 to 26 to become assistant Democratic leader. The 36 year old heir to a political dynasty positions himself as a key spokesman on domestic policy during the Nixon era and may emerge as a leading candidate for 1972.
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Washington
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Kennedy
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Sen
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Muskie
Maine
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Long
McCarthy
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Mansfield
Robert
Red Cross Delivers 2000 Tons Relief to Biafra in December
International Red Cross official H. Jaggi announced 2000 tons of relief materials were flown into secessionist Biafra in December, the largest monthly mercy-flight total to date.
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Biafra
International Red Cross
IRC
H. Jaggi
Record of brutal winter across nation with polar outbreak
An Arctic cold front chilled the nation from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and into the southern plains. Temperatures stayed near or below zero in much of the northern plains and Midwest, with snow in the Great Lakes region and travel advisories across the Pacific Northwest.
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Ohio
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Idaho
Oil Refinery Walkout Ordered By Union
The Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union orders a nationwide strike affecting 30,000 members at 60,000 jobs as 435 contracts expire. Major oil firms report no immediate shortages while some refineries run with supervisory staff. The union seeks a 72 cent hourly raise over 23 months, amid contracts currently at 3.80 per hour on average.
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Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Ron
Texas Co
Texaco
Port Arthur
Tex
Gulf Coast
California
Lead-Filled Holly Dishware Recalled in Cincinnati Area
Cincinnati area stores sold holly decorated dishware possibly containing excess lead in glaze. Shillito's McAlpin's in Cincinnati and Cathedral Religious Goods in Covington Kentucky are asking customers to return affected items. Zoltan Lefton Co distributes the Japanese made line and notes a possible lead excess in one batch.
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Shillito’s
McAlpin’s
Cathedral Religious Goods
Covington
Chicago
Zoltan
Lefton Co
Lou Laban
Tenement Dwellers Evacuated After Manhattan Explosions
More than 500 residents from 13 tenements were evacuated on the Lower East Side after a string of gas leak related blasts around 11 p.m. Five people were injured, including two firefighters. Pavement buckled, cars burned as disaster units and Red Cross arranged shelter for about 500 in hotels and at University Settlement.
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Lower East Side
Red Cross
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Maid of Cotton contestant gives witty wig response
Cathryn Louise Muirhead, 19, of Denton Texas, the 1969 Maid of Cotton, delighted audiences and judges in Memphis with a light hearted reply when asked what she would do if at a baseball game someone knocked off her wig. She said she would let it drop and ask someone to stomp on it.
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Miss Muirhead
Texas Woman’s University
Warmer Weather On Way Signals Brief Ohio Warm-Up
Middleton and surrounding areas face a cold snap with subfreezing readings tonight. Temperatures dip to 0 to 10 above, while Toledo records 2 below and Ashtabula County notes 12 inches of snow. a warming trend begins tomorrow with highs in the 20s and clouds to start Monday.
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Ohio
Ashtabula County
Gateway to Middletown’s 70s opens with downtown revival
Special edition signals a dramatic downtown revitalization in Middletown as the city embraces a plan to transform its core. The Journal’s annual business and industrial section frames the 1960s end with optimism for 1970s growth, with many local industries planning expansions and stronger activity ahead.
Passengers Panic Subway Tie-Up Shuts NYC Transit
A Manhattan subway delay during Friday rush hour stranded about 50 000 riders in tunnels after a Seventh Avenue IRT train stalled at 110th Street and Lenox Avenue. Power was cut, trains halted, and riders wandered the tracks prompting police and Transit Authority crews to evacuate.
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Manhattan
Transit Authority
Seventh Avenue
110Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Servic
14Th Street
Phillip Moore
Nuclear Sub Officers Resign at High Rate
Norfolk VA AP reports 29 naval officers qualified for nuclear submarine duty resigned in one week during November. Adm Moorer seeks data from Atlantic and Pacific fleets on retention. Navy lists 1 539 nuclear trained officers with 122 ashore as rotations and home life pressures drive departures.
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