Defection Attempt Tops New England Year in 1970 News
A Lithu anian seaman’s failed defection from a Soviet mothership to a U S Coast Guard cutter off Martha’s Vineyard was the region’s top story of 1970. The vote also highlighted Cardinal Cushing’s retirement and the Chappaquiddick inquest among the era’s major events.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Martha's Vineyard
Simas Kudirka
North Atlantic
U.S
Coast Guard
Kudirka
Coast Guard Board of Inquiry
Cushing
Cardinal Richard Cushing
James A. Boyle
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Mary Jo Kopechne
Boyle
Kennedy
Brandeis University
Market Opens Higher Amid Holiday Week Trading
The stock market opened higher in moderate turnover as year end operations begin. Analysts foresee demand buoyed by hints of economic recovery next year with optimism sustaining gains after last week. Dow edged lower while steel, autos, chemicals and oils moved in varied steps, with IBM and Honeywell among notable movers.
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Armco
Jones & Laughlin
General Motors
Ford
Union Carbide
Monsanto
Jersey Standard
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Texaco
Nalomas
Occidental
Pennzoil
Baty
UAL Inc
Pan Am
Eastern
American
TWA
Westinghouse
Burroughs
IBM
Honeywell
American Telephone
Polaroid
Xerve
Bale
Washington March of Events Sparks Hoover Attack and Berrigan Defense
Congress member William Anderson of Tennessee defends the Berrigan brothers, labeling FBI chief J Edgar Hoover’s charges against them as misguided. The piece traces Anderson’s career from WW2 submarine command to Freedoms Foundation leadership and notes his shift against the Vietnam War. It reports Hoover’s testimony linking the Berrigans to plots against top advisers and infrastructure disruption, while colleagues debate Anderson’s approach and motives.
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Central Press
Washington
William Anderson
D-Tenn
House
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Berrigan Brothers
Hoover
Nixon
Anderson
Daniel
Philip Berrigan
Annapolis
Heap To
Patriotic” Freedoms Foundation
Vietnam
Peacenix
Brothers Berrigan
Berrigans
Daniel Berrigan
Educational
Dan Berrigan
Weathermen
Senate
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Southeast Asia
J. Edgar
Congress
Hope troupe ends Korea tour with Osan show
UPI reports Bob Hope and over 70 entertainers performed the second and final Korea show at Osan Air Base near Seoul. After the Osan appearance, the group heads to Alaska on their homeward trip, following earlier performances in the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division area about 300 miles north of Seoul.
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UPI
Bob Hope
Korea
Osan Air Base
U.S. Infantry Division
Alaska
The Bennetts of Yonkers Recalled by Mel Heimer
Mel Heimer reminisces about the Bennett family in Yonkers Park Hill, noting Richard Bennett and his three daughters Constance Joan and Barbara. Heimer recalls Joan Bennetts later career and marriage to Walter Wanger, and the Bennetts’ once famed beauty and multiple marriages.
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Yonkers
Bennett
Richard Bennett
Bennetts
Joan Just
Birbra Streisand
Janis Joplin
Hedy Lamarr
Maureet O'Hara
Ix. Hepburn
Natalie Wood
Constance
Joan
Barbara
Morton Downey
Streisand
Sone
Richard
Maude Adams
Walter Wanger
Jennings Lang
Goullen
Population total Washington UPT update in figures
The Census Bureau reports the U S population on November 1 at 206 2 million up 1 5 million since the 1970 census on April 1 The November 1 estimate follows the official April 1 figure of 204 765 770.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U.S
Mack Sennett Named Motion Picture Studio Leader
An unclear excerpt notes Mack Sennett as a motion picture producer and director for a Barnum stand and Phineas Lay picture producer, with references to shipstiel movies and related roles.
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Mack Senneth
Phineas
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