Dole Emerges as Likeliest Republican Leader Candidate
Kansas Senator Robert J. Dole, rising quickly in the Senate as a strong Nixon ally, is viewed by Washington sources as the top contender to lead the Republican Party. He would face Rep. Rogers C. B. Morton for the post as Morton leaves the RNC to become interior secretary after Walter Hickel’s firing.
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Washington
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Senate
Nixon
Republican Party
Dole
Maryland
Rogers C. B. Morton
Morton
Republican National Committee
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
German thalidomide trial ends without verdict
The prosecution and defense moved to end the marathon trial of five past and present Chemie Gruenenthal officials. Judge Benno Dietz adjourned to next Friday to dismiss the case over negligent manslaughter and drug violations linked to thalidomide sales from 1957 to 1961 in West Germany.
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Alsdorf
Germany
Benno Dietz
Chemie Gruenenthal
West Germany
Mayors mixed on Nixon as cities seek federal aid
A survey of ten major city mayors finds over half unsatisfied with Nixon's city leadership while praising his welfare reform and revenue sharing ideas. They welcome the new federalism but fault his lack of legislation and funding. John Lindsay warns of progress on reform. James Tate calls Nixon unresponsive and mayors acquiescent.
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Atlanta
Nixon
John V. Lindsay
Republican
New York
James H. J. Tate
Philadelphia
Safer Bubble Bath Push by FDA Aims Reformulation
FDA officials say Purex and Gold Circle bubble bath makers will reformulate products for children after doctors and consumers reported irritation and urinary infections. Agency notes lab tests in animals showed no reactions but bases action on human complaints and safety concerns.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
GI Charged in Viet's Death
Pfc. Matias Yzaguirre Jr., 22, of Brownsville Texas, was charged with negligent homicide in the killing of a 13 year old Vietnamese boy in Qui Nhon. The incident followed two days of anti American rioting as witnesses contested the Army version of a warning shot.
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Qui Nhon
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Matias Yzaguirre Jr
Brownsville
Tex
Yzaguirre
da Nang
Chaplain Testified On Calley Prep For My Lai Raid
At Fort Benning an Army chaplain testified about a pre raid courtesy call with Lt. William L. Calley’s superior officers. The witness recalled discussion of entering the village if fired on and a reply deeming war as a tough contest. Calley’s defense argued down the chain of command framed orders to kill in My Lai.
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FT. Benning
William L. Calley
My Lai
Illage
Carl Edward Cresnel
Calley
Hughes Letter Claims Top Hughes Empire Leader Fired
A letter attributed to Howard Hughes states the top man in his Nevada operation is fired and questions why the damaging publicity should continue. The letter pertains to a power struggle over Hughes' hotel gambling real estate and mining empire in Nevada and was addressed to two Hughes Tool Co officials.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Hughes Tool Co
Strong Peru quake felt in Lima causes light injuries
A strong earthquake struck central Peru late Wednesday night, lasting 30 to 40 seconds. Authorities reported some alarm but limited damage with three people lightly injured and walls of very old Lima houses demolished.
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Lima
Peru
First Snowstorm Buries Green County and Madison
Northern Green County saw about a foot of snow with the statewide storm. Madison reported 16 inches the greatest single accumulation in the city’s history as crews with 25 units plowed and applied ice melters through Friday morning.
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Green County
Monroe
New Glarus-Belleville
Madison
Truax Field
North Shore
Milwaukee
Gen. Billy Mitchell Air Field
Richland County
Casenovia
SST Gets New Life Amid House Senate Conferees Vote
The supersonic transport program wins 210 million with potential to reach 290 million for two prototype SSTs. Opponents threaten a winter-long filibuster to block funding, aiming to strike SST money from the 2.7 billion transportation bill. Senator Magnuson calls the outcome a victory while Senator Proxmire vows continued opposition and possible rejection of the conference report. Rep. O Konski plans to stay away from Congress until January due to health and possible surgery.
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Washington
Nixon
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Boeing Aircraft Co
Seattle
Magnuson
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Senate
Congress
O'Konski
Health Rhinelander
Alvin E. O’konski
MHS Games Postponed After Snow in Madison Area
Monroe High School basketball game and wrestling meet with Monona Grove are cancelled due to heavy snowfall. The basketball game in Monona is rescheduled for Tuesday December 15 at 8 p.m. in Monona Grove, while the wrestling meet is tentatively set for January 19 in Monroe.
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Monroe
Monona Grove
Madison
Monona
Nixon expands bombing policy North Vietnam warning
President Nixon at his first news conference in 19 weeks warned he will order bombing of military targets in North Vietnam if infiltration threatens U.S. forces in the South. He pressed for Cambodian aid and labeled North Vietnam an international outlaw while pledging to stay in Paris talks.
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Washington
Nixon
North Vietnam
U. S
South
Hanoi
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Cambodia
Paris
Rock City Soldier Dies in Vietnam
Sgt. Richard L. Reed, 21, of Rock City Illinois, died December 7 in Vietnam from wounds. He served since September 1969 and had been in Vietnam since September 1970. Survived by his wife Katherine Griffith Reed, parents, four sisters, a brother, and a grandfather. Funeral by Knapp Funeral Home Pecatonica with burial at Chapel Hill Memorial Park Freeport.
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Richard L. Reed
Rock City
Ill
Monroe
Vietnam
Sgt
Reed
Savanna
William
Marjorie Townsend Reed
Pecatonica
Pearl City
Pecatonica High School
Rock Valley College
Rockford
Western
Sgt. Reed
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Katherine
Marjorie Neisman
Penny Bears
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dorothy Hayes
Debbie
William G
Winnebago
William L. Reed
Morrison, Ill
Knapp Funeral Home
Chapel Hill Memorial Park
Freeport
Train Strike Ends As Workers Return To Tracks Nationwide
After a 24hour walkout ordered by Congress and a federal judge, rail workers resumed work across the nation. Negotiations continue on a yearlong wage dispute as payrolls begin to reflect a 13.5 percent immediate pay hike for about 500,000 railroad workers under a temporary strike ban.
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Washington
Congress
C. L. Dennis
White House
John P. Hiltz
Rail unions resist wage talks as nationwide strike call looms
Unions accepted wage rises of 3.40 to 3.60 per hour over three years but rejected proposed work rule changes. Congress and Nixon imposed an 80 day strike ban, urging settlement via collective bargaining. Clerks' union began walkout at 12:01 a.m. with other unions eventually following orders to stand down.
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Congress
Nixon
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union
U.S. Dist
John H. Pratt
Dennis
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