Betty Spicer Leaves Oswego for Melbourne Florida
Betty Spicer longtime head of the Oswego County Selective Service Office departs for Melbourne Florida to direct a new local Selective Service office. Military recruiters from the Marines Air Force Army and Navy presented her a desk set as parting honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Spicer
Oswego County
Selective Service Board
Mili
Tary
Melbourne
Fla
Robert Taylor
Marines
Clayton McCullough
Air Force
Marty Wallace
Army
SFC
Dan Winters
Navy
Nixon Pushes Nationwide End to Voter Literacy Tests
The Nixon administration proposed a nationwide ban on literacy tests and residency requirements for presidential elections. It seeks federal voting examiners and observers and amends the 1965 Voting Rights Act to empower lawsuits, appoint a national voting advisory commission, and broaden enforcement nationwide.
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Washington
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
House Judiciary
South
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Attorney General
Justice Department
Ema
Plumber Kills Wife and Four Children Then Self
In Kerhonkson New York a 54 year old plumber Reynaldo Perez shot his wife Shirley and their children 11 year old Shirley 12 year old Reynaldo Jr 10 year old Orlando and 9 year old Florence to death in their one story home near Route 209. He then killed himself with a shotgun. A co worker Frank Relyea found the bodies after Perez failed to come to work for two days. A semiautomatic .22 rifle and a blood encrusted 12 gauge shotgun were recovered at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerhonkson
N.Y
New York City
Reynaldo Perez
Perez
Shirley
Reynaldo Jr
Orlando
Florence
Frank Relyea
Route 209
House Dems Push Surtax Extension Vote Monday
Democratic House chiefs move to vote on Nixon surtax extension Monday after receiving assurances. House to consider emergency measure to extend withholding rates through July 31 to avoid pre-surtax rates at June 30 deadline. Ford signals about 170 Republican votes in sight after Nixon appeal.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
FTC sticks to hearings on strong cigarette warning
The Federal Trade Commission votes 3 to 2 to proceed with hearings on a new tobacco health warning. Testimony includes Surgeon General C. Everett Koop era style figures like William S. Stewart and Luther L. Terry. The hearing aims to require ads to state Cigarette smoking is dangerous to health and may cause death.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Congress
Williams
Stewart
Luther L. Terry
Tory Disease Association
Fred G. Bock
New York State Department of Health
Bentley J. Bloem
Smoke Watchers International
Prime Beef Row Sparks Court Bail Debate
A reader letter questions a city judge after he released a college professor on 100 bail for driving while intoxicated while denying 500 bail for a 16 year old unlicensed operator. The writer argues drunken driving is a harsher charge and seeks public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef
Reds mock Nixon on U S troop withdrawal in Paris talks
Viet Cong and North Vietnam denounced Nixon's Vietnam policy as deceitful saying his plan to replace U S troops with South Vietnamese is a dead end. Ha Van Lau and Mrs. Binh led the assault at the 23rd peace talks with Lodge defending Washington position and warning against premature troop cuts.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen Thi Bihn
Ha van Lau
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen van Thieu
Republic of Vietnam
Lodge
Thieu
Johnson
Mrs. Binh
U. S
Lau
Pilot Hijacked DC8 Plane to Cuba From Los Angeles
A 57 aboard hijacking forced United Air Lines DC8 flight 14 from Los Angeles to New York to divert to Havana. The hijacker, in a white sweater, was taken into custody at Marti Airport after the 16 minute airborne detour. No weapon was shown. The flight carried 50 passengers and seven crew members. The incident marks the 31st hijacking to Cuba in 1969. The plane landed at 12:01 a.m. local time.
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Havana
Wase Marti
Jim Frazier
Federal Aviation Administration
Miami
California
United Air Lines Flight 14
United
New York
Joe Louis Collapses on Street. Rushed to Hospital
Former heavyweight champ Joe Louis collapsed on a New York street and police say a heart attack was likely. He was taken to a hospital and his condition was not immediately known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joe Louis
Pital
Oberlin Named Administrator of Seaway Development Corp
President Nixon designates David W. Oberlin 49 of Duluth Minnesota as administrator of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp, elevating him from Duluth port director to national post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Oberlin
Duluth, Minn
Nixon
St. Lawrence Seaway
Gonzalez Wins Again at Wimbledon in Second Round
Pancho Gonzalez, fresh from a 112 game win over Charlie Pasarell, defeated Obe Bengtsson 6-4 6-3 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon third round. Dennis Ralston, Gonzalez’s protege from Bakersfield California, beat Jan Kukal of Czechoslovakia 7-5 6-2 6-? to also advance.
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Wimbledon
England
Pancho Gonzalez
Charlie Pasarell
Obe Bengtsson
Sweden
Gonzalez
Dennis Ralston
Bakersfield
Calif
Jan Kukal
Czechoslovakia
Tricia Nix Arrives in England for Charles Investiture
AP reports Tricia Nix arrives in England for the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales on Tuesday. She brought alternate wardrobes to cope with unpredictable British weather.
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London
Tricia Nixon
England
Prince Charles
Prince of Wales
Crowd gathers to view Judy Garland’s body in New York
A crowd of about 500 formed behind police barriers along East 81st Street near Madison Avenue to view the body of Judy Garland as it was returned to New York early today. Morning commuters and workers passed by the funeral chapel amid dark skies.
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New York
Judy Garland
East 81St Street
Madison Avenue
Miss Garland
Fire devours warehouse complex in Cairo amid smoke
Flames engulfed a five block warehouse area in Cairo Illinois sending acrid fumes that forced 3000 to 4000 residents to evacuate. Police and state troopers urged people in the northern half of the city to leave the smoke filled area as officials said the blaze did not appear linked to recent racial violence.
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Cairo, Ill
Mississippi River
Plane crash survivors rescued in Utah wilderness
Three survivors from a weekend plane crash that killed three others were rescued in the Cedar Breaks area of southern Utah. David L. Watson, 44, was found by volunteers while attempting to walk to civilization, and a helicopter evacuated Oswald Simon, 38, and Robert L. McCord Jr., 31, after they endured three days at the crash site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar City, Utah
Wild Cedar Breaks Mountain
Utah
David L. Watson
Civilization
Oswald Simon
Robert L. McCord Jr
Rockefeller Marts Burned as Security Tightens in Buenos Aires
Ten supermarkets belonging to a Rockefeller family firm were set ablaze in Buenos Aires Thursday morning. The fires occurred amid heightened patrols to shield U.S. companies as Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller prepared to visit, part of his Latin American fact-finding tour for President Nixon. He would travel next to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Barbados, and Guyana.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Rockefeller
U.S
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
New York
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Barbados
Guyana
Reds Pound Ben Het Camp Siege Intensifies Near Vietnam Border
North Vietnamese gunners bombard Ben Het Special Forces camp while letters from the enemy claim plans to overrun the site. About 700 South Vietnamese and Green Berets defend the camp as air support and rare convoys struggle to reach them amid a siege-like pullback.
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Ben Het Camp
Foe
Ben Het
Vietnam
Saigon
Sai
State and Defense Depts Weigh In On Reduced Infiltration
Washington authorities assess the implications of a reported drop in North Vietnamese troop infiltration into South Vietnam. Weather and manpower drain are offered as causes, with no evidence of Hanoi seeking de escalation or plans for a summer offensive.
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State
Defense Depts
South
Washington
State and Defense Departments
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
Hanoi
U.S
Nixon
Knowles Nomination to Health Post in Doubt Again
Reports clash over President Nixon sending Dr. John H. Knowles as assistant health secretary amid AMA opposition and Dirksen pressure. White House cautions newsmen while Finch insists the name was sent to the White House, with competing headlines from CBS and the Washington Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John H. Knowles
Nixon
American Medical Association
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
White House
Knowles
Dirksen
Robert H. Finch
Finch
Massachusetts General Hospital
AMA
Medical Association
CBS News
Int
Nixon Earier
Washington Post
Bob Wilson
California
House
GOP
Muggings Raise Hazard at Albany State Capitol
Albany reports a string of bold attacks near the old state Capitol as Assemblyman Francis J. Boland is robbed of wallet watch and ring. Other lawmakers and staff have faced purse snatchings and a daylight assault prompting Capitol Police to offer escorted rides for those who work in the building.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Capitol
Francis J
Zip) Boland
Binghamton
Boland
William E. Adams
Rienmore
Ten Eycl
Adams
Regaislature
Elk Street
Erastus Corning II Nevertheleless
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Oswego
Florida
National Voting Advisory Commission
FIC
Stewart Terry
National Interagency Council On Smoking and Health
Charles F. Tate
University of Miami
Lewis E. January
American Heart Association
Sol R. Baker
American Cancer Society
Committee On Tobacco and Cancer
Robert H. Browning
National Tuberculosis and Respira
Jet
Cuba
Caribbean
Late Wire News
Names Seaway
David
Rockefeller Marts
Gon
Dak
Khe Sanh
Ning
Albany State
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