Nixon to shorten inaugural parade keep balls five to six
Nixon plans five or six inaugural balls and a two hour parade with bands and floats under the Bring Us Together theme. Marriott said the ceremony will be meaningful yet brief and televised overseas noting a shift from past, longer processions.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
J. Willard Marriott
Marriott
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Roosevelt
White House
Kennedy
Robert G. McCune
Deshler
Ohio
D.C. Armory
Premier Of Vietnam Resigns Amid Cabinet Crisis
South Vietnamese Premier Tram Van Huong reportedly submitted his resignation to President Nguyen Van Thieu as a cabinet crisis looms. The move reflects tensions with Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and issues over Paris peace talks and corruption. Thieu’s fate on accepting the resignation remains uncertain.
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Tram van Huong
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Huong
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Oil find in backyard costs family dearly in 1910s Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a family finds oil bubbling through a cracked patio from an abandoned 1911 well. Costs exceed 3000 dollars, court actions begin after neighbors move out, and a 575000 negligence suit targets Associated Oil Co. Getty Oil denies current interest.
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Los Angeles
Weinsieder
Agine
Bernard Weinsieder
Weinsider
Jules
Bors
Weinsieders
Associated Oil Co
Getty Oil Co
Jerome Beznik
Getty Oil
Salt Lake
Hatfield Aims To End Draft With All Volunteer Army
Senator Mark Hatfield plans a new bill to shift the United States to an all-volunteer military, proposing a transition with higher pay, expanded training, faster promotion, and better benefits. He argues the draft is unfair and wasteful while facing strong opposition in both armed services committees who say such a change is impractical.
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Washington
Congress
Oregon
Mark C. Hatfield
Nixon
Hatfield
Armed Services Committees
Volunteer Army
Bank Robbery Attempt Fails Over Counter Vault in Toronto
Two men wearing Halloween masks entered a Toronto-Dominion Bank branch. One drew a revolver. the second tried a one handed vault over a four foot counter and fell. The other robber fled while tellers restrained the seated man. one shot was fired but no injuries. Edward Kotaposki, 33, of Montreal, was charged with attempted robbery.
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Toronto-Dominion Bank
Edward Kotaposki
Montreal
FBI Arrestes Powell Jr. in Three Cleveland Bank Robberies
The FBI arrested Hillary S. Powell Jr. in Boston on federal warrants tied to three Cleveland bank holdups. He faced charges for a December 1967 Cleveland Trust Co. robbery and two Central National Bank robberies in February and May this year.
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Boston
FBI
Hillary S. Powell Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Trust Co
Central National Bank
Unseasonable Warmth With Rain Expected This Weekend
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional rain or showers tonight and Saturday. Lows tonight in the upper 40s to low 50s, little temperature change Saturday. Yesterday in Middletown highs reached 55 and overnight lows around 50.
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Middletown
Workman Hopes His First Whale Is Also His Last
New York AP Tom O Toole oversees placing the American Museum of Natural History’s new 94 foot whale in the Hall of Ocean Life replacing a 76 foot plaster model from 1908. The fiberglass foam and steel skeleton display will be open to the public February 26. The old whale lacked bulge and protruding eyes. the new model is based on a female blue whale killed in the 1920s Antarctic.
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Tom O'Toole
American Museum of Natural History
Hall of
Ocean Life
Antarctic
New York Museum
Chuckle at Public Behavior Across Generations
A humorous reflection on how parental actions embarrass children and children grow to avoid public disgrace as they age. The piece contrasts parental speech and conduct with the evolving sensitivities of offspring.
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