Russell memorial marks Georgia tribute to U S senator
President and Mrs Nixon join hundreds in Atlanta to view the late Richard B Russell lying in state at the gold domed Capitol. Russell will be buried Sunday near the Russell family home in Winder after a long career as Georgia governor and U S senator.
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Atlanta
Nixon
Richard B. Russell
Russell
State Capitol
Washington
Senate
Georgia
Winder
U.S. Senate
Wash
Ington
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Air Force One
Dorothy Zablotney
Armed Services
John Stennis
Dmiss
Spiro T. Agnew
Richard B. Russell Sr
Georgia Supreme Court
Eugene Talmadge
Ellender Named Senate President Pro Tempore
Sen. Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana was elected and sworn in as Senate president pro tempore, becoming third in line to succeed the president after the death of Sen. Richard B. Russell. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield moved quickly to fill the vacancy to preserve government continuity. Ellender, 80, sits behind Vice President Agnew and House Speaker Albert. Republicans nominated Sen. George D. Aiken.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Mike Mansfield
Ellender
Spiro T. Agnew
House
Carl Albert
Sen
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Nixon's six goals outlined in State of the Union
Nixon proposes six goals including a revenue sharing plan with $16 billion in federal funds, welfare reform with a guaranteed income for families with children, expanded health care and $100 million for cancer care, reducing cabinet departments from twelve to eight, expanded federal budget to boost the economy, and environmental measures expanding parks and pollution controls.
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Washington
State of the Union
Congress
Nixon
State, Treasury, Defense and Justice
Air pirate kills self during attempted hijack to North Korea
In Seoul an armed hijacker aboard a South Korean airliner tried to fly to the North with grenades and a knife. He killed himself and a passenger as 22 others were injured. a second passenger died later. The plane was forced down by ten jet fighters after leaving Kangnung for Seoul.
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Seoul
North Korea
Kim Sangtae
Kim
Kangnung
Pleasant Weekend Weather in Southwestern Ohio
Cooler, drier air brings clearing skies to Ohio through tomorrow. Temperatures drop into the 20s tonight and rise to about 50 degrees tomorrow, making for a mild winter weekend in the region.
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Ohio
Nixon outlines costly federal state revenue share plan
President Nixon’s State of the Union calls for a $16 billion federal funds push to states and localities including $6 billion in new money, plus a sweeping executive reorganization toward eight departments. Democrats react with doubt, while a national health plan gains cautious support and a cancer research drive is endorsed.
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Washington
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Congress
Aid Speeds War Materials to Cambodia and Phnom Penh Bombing
The United States rushed up to 80 tons of war materials to Cambodia as a government office in Phnom Penh was wrecked by a large explosion. About 10 people were wounded, with no confirmed deaths. US Air Force transports delivered arms and supplies to aid Cambodian troops and reopen Highway 4. Cambodian forces repelled mortar attacks on the airport and fuel depot as Vietcong-linked forces intensified operations, with a likely drawdown of South Vietnamese troops after the Tet holiday.
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Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Immigration Service
US Air Force Cid
Highway 4
Prek Paoeu
Hijacking to Cuba by Hatchet-Wielding Passenger
A tall unidentified man seized a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 midflight from Milwaukee to Washington using a hatchet and a bomb threat. After a Detroit stop, the jet refueled and continued to Havana where armed soldiers escorted him off. FBI tentatively identifies him as Gerald Grant.
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Miami
Northwest Airlines
Algeria
Cuba
Detroit
Havana
Milwaukee
Washington
Northwest
William G. Milliken
Michigan
Fligt
Milwukee
FBI
Gerald Grant
Poison gas not to blame for sheep deaths in Utah
Scrubby halogeton, a common Western plant, is blamed for the deaths of 1,180 sheep near Garrison Utah, after tests showed oxalate from halogeton in the animals. Officials noted the losses came from grazing and that the plant can be deadly to sheep within nine to eleven hours, though adequate feed and water prevent ingestion.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah
Clarence Ingram
Nephi
Ingram
Garrison
Utah-Nevada
Skull Valley
Binns
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Fred Wolter
Wolter
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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