U S Deficit in 1969 Balance of Payments Sets Record
The United States reports a 1969 balance of payments deficit of 6.99 billion dollars the worst on record while the Commerce Department notes a 1.1 billion dollar seasonal surplus in the fourth quarter. The official balance shows a 2.78 billion dollar yearly surplus amid several unusual factors including a 3.2 billion dollar deterioration in liquidity. The Office of Business Economics cites eurodollar flows and tight monetary policy as key influences.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
U.S
Office of Business Economics
Commerce Department
Snowmobile Crash Kills Owego Man On Route 96
Oland Dence, 44, of Candor Tioga County, died when his snowmobile struck a parked car along Route 96 near Owego early today. The car was in front of the owner’s home according to the Tioga County Sheriff’s Department.
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Owego
N.Y
Oland Dence
Tioga County
Snow Blamed For Multi Car State Mishaps
A late winter storm dropped up to nine inches in Cortland County and three to six inches elsewhere in New York State. Snow caused several multi car accidents on state highways with a stolen car incident near Albany triggering a chain reaction near Owego. Minor injuries were reported in the pileups across Tioga Tompkins Broome Otsego and Delaware counties.
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New York State
New England
Cortland County
Owego
Binghamton
Albany
Saratoga Springs
Route 50
Tioga
Tompkins
Broome
Otsego
Delaware
GE machinists approve pact return to Auburn jobs
In Auburn New York General Electric machinists voted 331 to 60 to accept a 40 month contract. The pact retroactive to January 26 includes benefits and wage increases effective today. Local 967 IAM AW union members, the last holdouts in New York State, return to work within 10 days after resolving the call back issue.
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Auburn
N.Y
General Electric
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
New York State
102 Die in Dominican DC9 Jet Crash in Caribbean
A Dominican Airlines DC9 carrying 102 people including seven U S citizens and 45 Dominicans crashed five miles off Hispaniola after engines failed on takeoff for San Juan Puerto Rico. Wreckage was found at sea as search continued. President Balaguer announced two days of mourning.
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U. S
Caribbean
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Hispaniola
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Zens
John Payne
Chicago
Theodore Payne
Salt Lake City
Ruth Atosta
New York City
Gilbert Hays
Florida
Francis Robert Downes
Massachusetts
Las Matas de Farfan
Emerito Perez Acevedo
Concepcion Nanson
Latin America
Carlos ‘‘Teo” Cruz
Los Angeles
Joaquin Balaguer
Rockefeller auto insurance plan faces uncertain fate in 1970 session
Gov. Rockefeller’s overhaul to reduce premiums and end fault-based liability may not pass before the end of the 1970 legislative session. Senate leader Brydges and Insurance Committee chair Gordon voiced skepticism and call for thorough study, hearings, and evidence of real savings before action.
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Rock Auto Insurance Plan
Earl W. Brydges
Brydges
Bernard Gordon
R-Peekskill
Senate Insurance Committee
Joint Legislative Committee On
Gordon
The
Associated
U S Bombers Strike East Laos In Major Air Offensive
More than 400 American fighter bombers attacked North Vietnamese troops trucks and supply lines in eastern Laos in a two pronged operation supported by B52s and carrier aircraft. An AIE Skyraider was shot down near the Plain of Jars with the pilot presumed killed. In South Vietnam a separate action near Da Nang killed 182 enemy troops and left 31 South Vietnamese dead with 82 wounded.
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Saigon
Laos
Southeast Asia
Plain of Jars
Vientiane
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnam
7Th Fleet
Tonkin Gulf
Thailand
South Vietnam
Strategic Air Command
da Nang
Brydges Signals Blaine Amendment Repeal Compromise
Senate Majority Leader Earl Brydges indicated he favors a compromise with the Assembly on repealing the Blaine Amendment ban on state aid to church schools. Republicans pressed for taxpayer protections allowing court actions against any new state aid programs. The plan could pass now with final voter approval next year. Rockefeller seeks 30.7 million emergency loans for transit systems. Brydges says the funding bill is ready.
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Albany
N.Y
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Assembly
New York
Brydges
Associated Press
Perry B. Duryea Jr
Rockefeller
Petanel
Senate Unit Approves Carswell Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12 to 4 to approve Judge G Harrold Carswell of Tallahassee Fla for the Supreme Court. Eastland predicted confirmation by the Senate by more than a 2 to 1 margin amid civil rights criticism of Carswell’s past record.
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Senate
Carswell
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Tallahassee
Fla
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Philip
A. Hart
Michigan
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Joseph D. Tydings
Maryland
Marlow Cook
Eastland
Bayh
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Quentin N. Burdick
D-N.d
Robert C. Byrd
D-W
Nixon
Abe Fortas
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Greenville
S.C
Judiciary Committee
Oswego County youths named for US service academies
Representative McEwen nominates 15 Oswego County students to service academies including West Point Annapolis and Colorado Springs. Five recipients named to multiple academies. selections depend on academy choices. Nominated students include Roger Fox Derek Capizzi Richard Braco James Peck John Denny and others from Oswego Oswego Catholic and Paul V. Moore schools with Navy Army Air Force and Merchant Marine options.
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Oswego
McEwen
Oswego County
Washington
Robert C. McEwen
Rogdensburg
United States Service Academies
Military Academy
West Point
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Roger D. Fox
Richard A. Fox
E. Seventh St
Oswego High School
Derek A. Capizzi
Peter Capizzi
Oswego RD 5
Oswego Catholic High School
Richard T. Braco
Joseph Braco
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
James F. Peck
Everett G. Peck
Constantia
Route 49
Paul V. Moore Central School
Air Force
Merchant Marine Academies
Kings Point
L. I
Army
Merchant Marine
John W. Denny
John H. Denny
Liberty St
Navy
Michael F. Lyons
Michael J. Lyons
Paul V. Moore High School
Peter L. Wright
Rexford E. Wright
Williamstown
Altmar-Parish
Williamstown Central High School
Louis J. Luciano
Louis A. Luciano
Fulton
G. Ray Bodley
James S. Woodard
Don A. Woodard
W. Fifth St
Theodore I. Jerrett
George Jerrett
Mexico
Mexico Academy
Central School
Charles M. Wheeler, Jr
Wheeler
Altmar
State University College
Plane hijack forces jet toward Cuba over Atlantic
Eastern Flight 1, a Boeing 727 en route from Newark to Miami, was hijacked near Jacksonville Florida. FAA reported the aircraft about 150 miles east of Jacksonville at 12:05 EST stating the pilot planned a Cuba destination.
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Atlanta, Ga
Newark, N.J
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
Cuba
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Eastern Flight 1
Rockefeller Eyes Insurance Reform Push in Albany
Gov Rockefeller said he would press the legislature to adopt his new automobile insurance system. He cautioned success may not come this year, adding it may take time but he is confident it will be acted upon eventually.
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Gordon
Alfred D. Lerner
Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Compromise HEW Bill Approved by House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a smaller HEW and labor funding bill than Nixon vetoed but larger than he would accept. The bill totals 19.3 billion dollars for HEW Labor and related agencies, about 693 million above Nixon’s budget estimates.
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Washington
Nixon
House Appropriations Committee
Departments of Health, Education and Welfare and Labor
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress returns to tackle school desegregation impasse
Senate set to vote on Southern backed amendments to a 35 billion education bill, aiming to enforce federal rules equally across Northern and Southern schools. President Nixon reportedly backs equal application of desegregation standards, while Sen. John Stennis promotes an equal enforcement amendment and a separate freedom of choice plan.
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Senate
White House
John Stennis
D-Miss
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Stennis
Clean up drive after Florida oil spill near St Petersburg
In St. Petersburg Florida volunteers from Florida Presbyterian College and other groups joined hundreds of workers to clean a giant oil slick drifting along Boca Ciega Bay. The state filed a 2 million dollar damage suit against the tanker owners responsible for the spill.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Boca Ciega Bay
Florida Presbyterian College
Bardshar to lead U S Task Force 77 in Vietnam
Vice Adm. Frederic A. Bardshar will relieve Vice Adm. Maurice F. Weisner as commander of U S Task Force 77. Bardshar directed the first air strikes against North Vietnam in 1964 and is expected to take command of the 7th Fleet soon.
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Saigon
Frederic A. Bardshar
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Maurice F. Weisner
U.S
Navy
Iner
7Th Fleet
Thieu Not Pushing for Extra U.S. Aid Says Bunker
U S ambassador Ellsworth Bunker said Thieu did not seek a large increase in economic aid for Vietnamization during a Saigon meeting with Defense Secretary Laird. Bunker, 75, said Thieu asked for no more than what had already been requested.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Saigon
R. Laird
Credit bill to let consumers correct credit files
Sen John D Caemmerer of East Williston introduced a Rockefeller backed bill to allow consumers to correct false or inaccurate credit information. The measure aims for a simple mechanism to amend data without impairing credit bureaus and agencies.
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Albany, N. Y
Gov
Rockefeller
John D. Caemmerer
East Williston, L.I
Brooklyn man jailed for accepting bribe on Army contract
A 50 year old Brooklyn resident Max Katz was sentenced to one month in jail after admitting to accepting $1000 toward a $3000 bribe on an Army contract awarded to a Buffalo firm. The case ties Katz to the Buffalo based firm and the Army procurement.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Buffalo to Start 141 Unit Waterfront Apartments
Buffalo officials say construction of a 141 unit apartment complex on the waterfront begins April 1. Edward J. Logue of the State Urban Development Corp. says excavation will start and more than 400 additional units follow in late summer with 180 more in the fall after a state moratorium was lifted by Governor Rockefeller.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Edward J. Logue
State Urban Development Corp
Logue
The
Development Corp
Rockefeller
Jury Resumes Deliberations In Riot Conspiracy Trial
A U.S. District Court jury continues deliberations on the riot conspiracy case tied to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Seven defendants remain jailed for contempt while lawyers Kunstler and Weinglass face lengthy sentences for contempt.
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Chicago
U.S
Julius J. Hoffman
U.S. District Court
William M. Kunstler
Leonard I. Weinglass
Kunstler
New York City
Weinglass
Newark
N.J
Cook County
Nixon Global Report May Propose New Peace Strategy
President Nixon will unveil a 25 000 word global report to Congress outlining a new strategy for peace and U S relations with the Soviet Union focusing on East West disputes and the Israeli Arab issue while reaffirming Vietnam policy. He returns from Florida to Washington for a medals ceremony and notes toxins join bacteriological weapons in the U S ban.
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Washington
Nixon
Florida
Congress
U.S
Vietnam
White House
United States
Soviet Union
Bahamas
New York
Robert H. Abplanalo
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