Kelley as FBI director nominee faces Senate fight
Kansas City Police Chief Clarence M. Kelley, with 21 years in the FBI and strong field support, is nominated to head the agency. He must win Senate confirmation amid concerns over morale and independence following Watergate. Kelley aims to restore prestige once linked to the Hoover era. Senators Byrd and Tunney voiced favorable views after meetings.
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Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
FBI
Kelley
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Kansas City Police
L. Patrick Gray III
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
William D. Ruckelshaus
Gray
Bureau
Charles W. Bates
San Francisco
Bates
Hoover
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert C. Byrd
DW. Va
John V. Tunney
Dcalif
Judiciary Committee
Chief Kelley: From KC Police Chief to FBI Director Nominee
Clarence M. Kelley, long known for his square jaw and “Chief” nickname, rose from Kansas City police chief to FBI director nominee under Nixon. His career spanned FBI posts, Navy service, and a reformist tenure in KC marked by sharp admin skills, cautious public stance on race issues, and a 1969 weapons transfer controversy.
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Sidere
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J. Edgar Hoover
University of Kansas
Kansas City University
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Houston
Seattle
San Francisco
Birmingham
Ala
Memphis, Tenn
Board of Police Commissioners
Flag on pants not violation, Ohio ruling
Ohio Supreme Court ruled a youth who sewed an American flag to his pants did not deface the flag under state law. The decision overturned lower courts that fined Gary Kasnett and imprisoned him, citing prior convictions and penalties in Athens County.
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Oho
Ohio University
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Gary DD
Kasnett
Athens
Athens County
Saxbe urges Nixon action to mend national woes
Senator William Saxbe of Ohio urged President Nixon to move in and act to end government paralysis and warned the Watergate hearings should be suspended. He said the nation risks an economic holocaust if Watergate drags on and argued indictments and trials should come first before further Senate investigation.
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Saxbe
Washington, D.C
William Saxbe
Ohio
Nixon
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
United States
Senate Committee
Postmaster disputes Saxbe's mail charge
Cincinnati Postmaster Joseph Scanlon says tests refute Senator William Saxbe's claim that crosstown delivery in major Ohio cities can take five days. He reports 97.7 percent of mail delivered in one day, with delays limited to air mail due to snowstorms.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
Joseph Scanlon
U.S
William Saxbe
Ohio
Scanlon
U.S. Postal Service
Bellefontaine shop destroyed by blaze
Bellefontaine Ohio AP reports fire destroyed La Belle Boutique a card and gift shop in downtown after a rear trash fire started the blaze. Firefighters fought the flames for hours but the shop sustained total loss with no nearby damage and no immediate damage estimate available.
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Bellefontaine Shop
Bellefontaine, Ohio
la Belle Boutique
Bellefontaine
Antioch College Sees Freshman Decline After Strike
YELLOW SPRINGS Ohio AP Antioch College officials declined comment on whether a drop in freshman enrollment and about 100 withdrawals are linked to a student strike that shut the campus for 50 days. Vandalism and fires added to the strain with damage unofficially estimated at 300000 dollars. Thursday’s figures show 650 freshmen will attend the summer term, below the 750 expected, and 20 more requested tuition refunds.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Antioch College
Ostracized at West Point cadet endures 19 months of silence
West Point graduate James J. Pelosi, censored to silence for 19 months, says another Class of 1974 cadet is under the same treatment. Pelosi, who faced an honor charge in 1971 later dismissed, lived apart, eating alone, amid nationwide sympathy and support. He heads to Ft Benning after a Europe tour with his parents.
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West Hempstead
N.Y
West Point
James J. Pelosi
Pelosi
Honor Committee
William A. Knowlton
Ft. Benning, Ga
Europe
James V. Pelosi
Academy
Ohio Senate Delays Gilligan Budget Vote in Committee
The Ohio Senate delays action on Gov. Gilligan's 9.9 billion two year budget as the Education Committee stalls. Finance subcommittee members propose immediate 10 percent income tax cuts and earmarking excess funds for further relief. House approves vanity plates plan and other measures. education age change bill paused. lottery proposal eyed for tax relief.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
John Gilligan
Max H. Dennis
R-10
Wilmington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Education Committee
Education
Dennis
Paul E. Gillmor
Port Clinton
Gillmor
Senate
House
Joseph Tulley
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