Nixon visits Northern Plains governors for federal state talks
President Nixon flies to the Northern Plains for a series of conferences with five state governors. He travels with cabinet members and White House advisers, plans a Salt Lake City stop, then a 10 day Western White House working visit in California. Rose Kennedy dedicates Ethiopia library honoring John F. Kennedy with Haile Selassie paying tribute.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Northern Plains
White House
Salt Lake City
California
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Rose Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Haile Selassie
Kennedy
Liverpool longshoremen reject unload order on perishables
Longshoremen in Liverpool voted to refuse unloading perishable foods, rejecting a government appeal and moving Britain closer to troop involvement in strikebound ports as urgent warnings spread that thousands of tons of imported meat could rot if not unloaded.
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London
UPI
Liverpool
Britain
Coast Guard finds empty raft linked to missing Soviet plane
The Coast Guard recovered an empty inflatable life raft off Greenland’s southern tip. It has rotted in the water with marine life on it and fading color, and officials say it did not come from the Soviet aircraft missing last Saturday with 28 aboard.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Coast Guard
Greenland
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Lawton predicts 300000 vote gain in Ohio race
Edwin G. Lawton of the American Independent Party forecasts winning the Ohio governor's race by at least 300000 votes. He projects 1.2 to 1.4 million votes for himself, about 800000 to 900000 for Gilligan, and 600000 to 700000 for Cloud, claiming half a million supporters now and another half-million by Election Day.
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Columbus
API
Edwin G. Lawton
American Independent Party
AIP
Lawton
John J. Gilligan
Roger Cloud
Army Sgt. Nelson Began 130 Mile Death Valley Trek
Army S Sgt Jack Nelson started the final 56 miles of his 130 mile trek across Death Valley. The Vietnam veteran faces the toughest leg as he continues toward his goal.
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Death Valley
Calif
Weather outlook and local notices for Norwalk area
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a 30 percent shower chance, 80s high and 60s low. Saturday mostly sunny and warm with mid to upper 80s. 20 percent shower chance Saturday. winds SW 10 to 15 mph. Marriages include Dick Alejando and Rhoda Hartley. Alan Lacko and Carol Ginery. Deaths: Mamie Eaton 82 New London, Stephen Kohke Milan, Lula King 80 Birmingham, Albert Killian 68 Monroeville.
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Norwalk
Dick E. Alejando
Fort Wayne
Ind
Rhoda E. Hartley
New London
Alan E. Lacko
la Grange
Carol S. Ginery
Wakeman
Mamie P. Eaton
Stephen Kohke
Milan
Lula P. King
Birmingham
Albert P. Killian
Monroeville
Nixon Told To Listen To Students And Dissenters
White House released two memoranda from Alexander Heard and James Cheek urging Nixon to engage with students blacks and campus dissent amid unrest. The texts show calls to understand the crisis and to hear opposing views while noting some student repression and anti intellectualism.
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Alexander Heard
Vanderbilt University
James Cheek
Howard University
Nixon
Heard
Cheek
House
Vanderbilt
Onassis Offers Self as Hostage Amid Jet Hijack
Aristotle Onassis offered to trade himself for 58 hostages aboard an Olympic Airlines jet hijacked at Athens Airport. He stood with gun to his head and said his pledge could not sway the gunmen, who demanded seven Arab prisoners be released. He arrived after learning the Boeing 272 was seized and the group threatened to blow up the plane.
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Athens
UPI
Aristotle Onassis
Olympic Airlines
Onassis
U S Plans Civil Suits Against Ten Firms for Pollution
The Justice Department will file civil suits against ten companies to stop water pollution of lakes and rivers in seven states. Attorney General John N. Mitchell said U S attorneys were alerted, based on information from Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel, marking the first such actions.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
John N. Mitchell
U.S
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Shiro Kashiwa
City warns residents after elderly woman swindled $84 by fake city workers
City official William V. Mount cautioned residents to verify credentials before allowing work on electrical systems or sidewalks. A senior woman lost 84 dollars to two men in white hard hats posing as city electrical department workers after claiming to check her meter. She reported the incident and urged others to report suspicions to the electrical department at 38101 and to seek verification before paying cash. Police urge vigilance against impostors and advise confirming truck presence and proper city authorization before any home repairs.
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William V. Mount
Mount
Electrical Department
City Electrical Department
City Hall
Metzenbaum Pays LittLe Guy s Fine for Littering Lake Erie
Cleveland man Henry Norman Jr. jailed for a $50 littering fine and a $15 fishing license offense was freed after U S senatorial candidate Howard Metzenbaum paid the fines to spotlight pollution inequities. Metzenbaum cited 360 industrial facilities discharging billions of gallons daily and argued big offenders escape penalties.
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Cleveland
UPI
Lake Erie
U.S
Henry Lewis Norman Jr
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Metzenbaum
Norman
Juror dubbed detective cited for contempt in bank raid case
In Cincinnati UPI report juror William D. Ennis Jr in a bank robbery trial was cited for contempt after he shadowed a witness. Judge Timothy Hogan fined him twenty dollars and jailed him for four hours after his involvement in jury deliberations.
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Cincinnati
UPI
William D. Ennis, Jr
U.S. District Court
Ennis
Timothy S. Hogan
June Savings and Loan Co
Hogan
U.S
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