Scott elected Senate Republican leader in closed-door vote
Sen. Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania won 24 to 19 over Sen. Howard Baker Jr. to become leader of the Senate Republican minority. The 68 year old succeeds the late Everett Dirksen, creating a vacancy for GOP whip. Potential candidates for assistant leader include Griffin, Percy, Pearson, Miller and Baker.
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Washington
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Senate
Scott
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Everett M. Dirksen
GOP
Senate Republicans
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Jack Miller
Iowa
Baker
Paul Simon’s Father Dies in St Louis Hospital
The Rev. Martin P. Simon, father of Illinois Governor Paul Simon, died Tuesday night at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was 66 and had been hospitalized since September 2 for leukemia.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Martin P. Simon
Illinois St
Paul Simon
Barnes Hospital
Mr. Simon
Explosion hits large Chicago printing plant injuring workers
An explosion ripped through the R.R. Donnelley and Sons plant on South Side Chicago at 350 Cermak Road. About 20 people were injured, three area hospitals were alerted, and witnesses reported a following fire.
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Chicago
R.R. Donnelley and Sons
Cermak Road
Record Day At Good Samaritan Hospitals Brims With Patients
One hundred sixty patients were cared for today at Good Samaritan Hospital the highest single day total in 25 years. Bed space reached beyond 150 with beds set in sun rooms and hall ends to handle overflow while 12 babies occupied the crowded nursery the most in years. Officials say the surge underscores the need for expansion soon.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan
Asahi Shimbun Wins Radio Facsimile License
The Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo announced a one year experimental license to transmit a facsimile newspaper to homes by radio. A receiving unit costing 50 to 100 dollars will print a page sized about 12 by 18 inches in five minutes, developed with Toshiba Electric.
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Tokyo
Asahi Shimbun
Asahi
Toshiba Electric Co
Nixon To Hold News Conference In White House Friday
President Nixon will hold a noon news conference in the East Room, his first in three months, with no major announcements expected. White House press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said the event is open to television and radio and marks Nixon’s return to formal briefings since June 19.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Putt Oes Mui In Physics And Tax Law Exemption
In physics a law says what goes up must come down while government tax rules include an exemption. The note contrasts basic physical law with tax carve outs, underscoring how norms diverge in public policy.
Four Slain In Cincinnati Savings and Loan Holdup
Four women, two employees and two patrons, were shot to death today in a holdup at Cabinet Supreme Savings & Loan Co in a Cincinnati suburb. Three robbers fled in a car, one described as bearded. It was unclear if the dead included the wife of a man who heard the shots.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Savings and Loan
Cabinet Supreme Savings & Loan Co
Savings and Loan Office
Boston and B52s Pound DMZ Targets in Vietnam Action
The U S cruiser Boston and 15 B52 bombers targeted North Vietnamese mortar positions and base camps near the DMZ. U S Command reported 8 487 indications of enemy presence along the buffer zone since bombing halted 11 months ago. No South Vietnamese casualties were reported.
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Saigon
U.S
Boston
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Dmz
Rockpile
Break-ins at Waltonville grade and high schools
Burglars netted $200 in silver from the Waltonville grade school vault last night. The Waltonville high school was entered but nothing was reported stolen. Entry was gained by breaking a concrete wall at the grade school and by breaking glass at the high school.
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Waltonville
Waltonville High School
Jefferson County
Sheriff's Office
Voter Tally in Jefferson County Con Con Primary Details
About 3,325 people voted in Jefferson county con con primary, per unofficial figures from the county clerk. Turnout compares with nearly 15,000 in the general election last November, equaling roughly 15 percent of the 23,000 registered voters.
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Jefferson County
Mt Vernon nominees in top four for con con primary
J L Buford and Edgar E Hall Mount Vernon. Henry C Hendren Jr Albion. Parker Graves Robinson among four nominees for two district seats in the 55th con con primary. Voters total about 17 000. Bluford led with 7650 votes, Hendren 5332, Graves 4204, Hall 3055.
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Mt. Vernon
J. L. Buford
Edgar KE. Hall
Henry Carter Hendren, Jr
Albion
Parker Graves
Robinson
Bluford
Hendren
Edwards County
Graves
Hall
Illinois
National Farmer’s Organization
N.F.O
Mount Vernon
Henry Carter Hendren Jr
Edgar E. Kall
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Alhambra
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Bunker Hill
Joseph Joe Carillo
Collinsville
Samuel W. Witwer
Kenilworth
Elbert S. Smith
Decatur
Maurice Scott
Springfield
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Edwardsville
Doreen D. Young
Alton
Ray Johnson
Troy
Lucien B. Ringering
Wood Birthe
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William F. Fennoy Jr
East St. Louis
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Belleville
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Carolyn Chapman
Ralph Dunn
du Quoin
David Kenney
Carbondale
Robert W. Holloway
Sparta
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Pinckneyville
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