Power Failure Halts Computers On Wall Street Trading Floor
New York AP reports a power failure at Consolidated Edison cut a feeder cable in lower Manhattan, triggering a safety shutoff that halted NYSE computers and halted trading for about a half hour. Lights flickered while the stock ticker stopped and then resumed as the exchange restored power.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Consolidated Edison Co
Lower Manhattan
Board of Covernors
Nixon Administration Sets To Handle Urban Affairs
The Nixon team plans major changes in the three largest urban affairs bureaus while preserving most Johnson programs. Volpe outlines decentralization for highway admin with regional control. Romney moves FHA into HUD and campaigns for Operation Breakthrough. Finch aims to shift grant decisions to regional directors.
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Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel
Federal Highway
Washington
Volpe
Department of Housing and Urban Deeelopment
George Romney
Romney
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
IUD
Sherman Urver
Richard ©. van Dusen
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert J. Finch
Austrians Lead World Pork Consumption With 38 Kilos Per Capita
The Austrian Statistical Bureau reports Austrians eat 38 kilos of pork per person, a world record. West Germany is second at 33.5 kilos, while the European average runs about 22.7 kilos.
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Vienna
West Germany
Hogan Deplores Bombing Halt As Political Decision
Rep. Lawrence J. Hogan after a Saigon trip says halting the North Vietnam bombing last year was a mistake, noting commanders warned it hindered war aims. He adds resuming bombing is a presidential political decision, not a military one, should negotiations fail in Paris.
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Washington
Lawrence J. Hogan
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hogan
Prince Georges County
Paris
Repeat Performance in San Diego Bank Robberies
Jack Deeble, manager of a Southland Savings & Loan branch in San Diego, laments after a fourth robbery at his branch in two years. The incident marks the fourth Southland branch in the San Diego area to be robbed in 30 days.
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San Diego
Calif
Jack Deeble
Southland Savings & Loan Co
Southand
Ho Chi Minh death shifts power balance in Vietnam
AP analysis locates four top leaders in Hanoi as potential heirs after Ho Chi Minh. Le Duan Truong Chinh Pham Van Dong Vo Nguyen Giap are named as key players with pro Chinese and pro Moscow leanings shaping North Vietnam’s future.
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Truong Chinh
Pham van Dong
Vo Nguyen Giap
Tan Duc Thang
North Vietnam
National Assembly
Vo Neuyen Giap
Chinh
China
Hanoi
Rhinh
Peking
Duan
Vietminh
Great Dane Top To Be Honored As Dog Hero
Atlanta audience will honor Top a Great Dane credited with saving two children within eight weeks. He will receive a gold medal plaque and collar, a blanket and dog food. Owners Norma Clark and Alan Patzwaldt will get a $1000 bond.
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Atlanta
Top
Norma Clark
Alan Patzwaldt
Los Angeles
Marge Tacot
Patzwaldt
Rel Ration
Agnew Stumbles Entering Plane
Vice President Spiro Agnew stumbled while alighting from the Grat National Governors Conference review at Colorado Springs. He recovered quickly, waved to onlookers, and boarded the plane. Earlier this year he slipped on ice at Andrews Base, injuring his nose during Nixon’s European tour return.
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Colorado Springs
Coto
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Anne
Andrews Air Force Base
Nixon
Delmarva Utility Ordered to Redesign Vienna Plant Cooling
The Maryland Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs rejected Delmarva Power and Light’s plan to draw 165000 gallons per minute from the Nanticoke River for Vienna power plant cooling. Officials urged a closed cooling tower to reduce river draw and protect rockfish eggs in the estuary. A company spokesman said a decision on redesign is pending.
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Annapolis
Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs
Delmarva Power and Light Co
Nanticoka
Vienna
Paul W. McKee
McKeonte
McKee
Flab Biologiata
Vatican Cigarette Boycott Lowers Monthly Ration Demand
Vatican employees boycotted the monthly tax free cigarette purchase, dropping turnout from over 2000 to only a few as a price rise looms. The 55 pack ration faced reduced demand while the Vatican plans a 12.8 cent per pack foreign cigarette price increase amid higher Italian taxes.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Tmany
Episcopal Church Approves Funds for Black Development Group
In South Bend Indiana the Episcopal Church moved to recognize the Black Economic Development Conference and pledged not less than two hundred thousand dollars to the National Committee of Black Churches to relay to BEDC for black community projects. Some bishops opposed collaborating with the organization amid broader debate over reparations and racial tensions within the church.
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Ind
Episcopal Church Wednesday
Black Economic Development Conference
Funda
Stephen Baine
Ites Housees
House of Blatropa
National Committee of Black Churches
E.D.C
F.D.C
Et PL Varley
Solibury
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Americard
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Arlington
Mielart
Frederick Shopping Center
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Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Liberation Front
Uncle Ho
Wan Flo
Presidency
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South
Timne
Glap
Dienbienphu
Delmarva Utility
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George M Murray
Alabama
Robert R. Brown
Arkansas
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