Congress Opens Split Over War Issue in 1969
The 1969 Congress opened with Senate Democrats endorsing an immediate end to U.S. involvement in Vietnam while Republicans split on Nixon’s peace efforts. Leaders were sworn in, with Mike Mansfield re-elected majority chief and Carl Albert picked as speaker. House and Senate prepared ceremonial sessions as party leaders asserted congressional power.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
House
Spiro T. Agnew
Pat Jennings
Carl Albert
Senate Democrats
Sen
Mike
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
John G
Executive Branch
Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Gerald R. Ford
House Democrats
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Boggs
Nick Begich
Alaska
O'Neill
Nixon Administration
Albert
Invasion by Old Man Winter Hits Kansas City Area
A major winter storm swept eastern Kansas with freezing rain, sleet, and snow, triggering storm warnings and travel advisories. Up to four inches of snow expected in parts, power outages and toppled trees reported, schools closed, and much colder air moving in with lows near zero to ten above.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
The
Weather Service
Kansas City
Emporia
Chanute
Salina
Concordia
Garden City
Dodge City
US Presses Panhandle Pounding. Hanoi Talks Resume
US warplanes conducted more than 120 strikes over the southern panhandle of North Vietnam over two days, with losses mounting to 28 aircraft and 95 airmen killed or missing. In Saigon, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks rose to a month’s peak, with 1 enemy attack and 57 rockets or mortars. Highway 4 to the Mekong Delta was cut by saboteurs near Can Tho. In Paris, preparations for renewed peace talks were underway as Le Duc Tho traveled to Paris for further sessions with Kissinger, and North Vietnam agreed to meet in the four party talks after boycotting them on December 21.
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Saigon
Panhandle
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
Mekong
Can Tho
U.S
Marine Corps A6
Nixon
Hanoi
Haiphong
le Duc Tho
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
County and Wildlife Group Reach Dam Accord Near Williamsburg
The Ottawa Williamsburg Wildlife Association and Franklin County Commission agreed on a dam north west of Williamsburg. State approved plans estimate construction at 10000 dollars with 4500 available. county to cover the difference and supervise contracting. Road straightening, rails, spillway included. project described as cheaper than a new bridge.
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Jewel Scott
Ottawa-Williamsburg Wildlife Association
Franklin County Commission
Williamsburg
Commission
Robert Lister
District
Raymond Brooks
Brooks Transfer and Storage
Brooks
W. B. Maze Construction Inc
Triangle Electric
Jetliner Crash Toll Set At 99
Miami investigators recovered the final victim from the Everglades crash site as Eastern Air Lines TriStar tragedy toll reached 99 dead and 77 survivors. NTSB said instruments and wreckage were mostly located, noting the left wing tip struck first and the fuselage followed along a 1,560 foot impact path. Mediscene indicates Medicare premiums will rise 50 cents monthly to 6.30 for 22.5 million elderly Americans starting July 1.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Everglades
S. Karpen
U. S
Dade County Medical Examiner
Eastern
Ed Slattery
National Transportation Safety Board
Slattery
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Power Failures Hit Area as Winter Storm Disrupts Services
Winter storm disrupts area services with power outages at Williamsburg forcing early school dismissal. Telephone lines isolated in Lane, Greeley, Quenemo and Westphalia. lines to Rantoul, Princeton, Lyndon, Richmond and Garnett also troubled. County forecast calls for snow this afternoon, colder tonight, highs in the 40s then teens with remaining precip.
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Williamsburg
Telephone Company
Lane
Greeley
Quenemo
Westphalia
Rantoul
Princeton Lyndon
Richmond
Garnett Central Heights
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Tequa Creek
Us-50
Rosemary E. Denson
Farmington
Minn
Vietnam
Ransom Memorial Hosital
Lucky Williams
S. Sycamore
Walter W. Willis
Homewood
Williams
Willis
Hospital Board
Robert Clogston
Clogston
Baldwin
Princeton
Medical Offices Inc
Thomas E. Gleason
Gleason
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