Supreme Court Restores Maharajas Rights in Royal Privileges
The Indian Supreme Court ruled 8-3 that Indira Gandhi acted unconstitutionally in abolishing princely rank and privy purses for 278 Maharajas. It ordered reinstatement of 36.4 million yearly in stipends and perks, and forbade further executive action. Parliament faces debate on constitutional avenues to end royalty.
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India
Supreme Court
New Delhi
Supreme Court of India
Indira Gandhi
V. V. Giri
Jawaharlal
Connally Named Treasury Secretary by Nixon
Former Texas Governor John B. Connally named by President Nixon to head the Treasury, replacing David M. Kennedy. The appointment aims to bolster economic policy sell on Capitol Hill and appeal to voters as Nixon seeks bipartisan support. Observers note Texas political implications and potential gains for GOP candidates.
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Connally
Nixon
Texas
Treasury
Washington
John B. Connally
McGinnis Resigns as State Correction Chief
Paul D. McGinnis, 66, will retire as state correction commissioner effective Thursday. Governor Rockefeller accepted the retirement with regret. Deputy Harold Butler to act as commissioner until a successor is named. McGinnis has served since January 1959 after 34 years in state law enforcement and lives in Delmar.
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Albany
N.Y
Paul D. McGinnis
Rockefeller
McGinnis
Harold Butler
Civil Service Department
Commission
Delmar
GOP Governors Press Nixon Move Sparks Dismay at Summit
At the Winter NRGA meeting in Sun Valley Idaho 28 governors and two governors elect voiced dismay over President Nixon's handling of federal politics and the Connally Treasury appointment. They pressed Nixon to discuss state and local revenue sharing totaling 10 billion dollars annually starting July 1 warning of a possible collapse in confidence if aid is delayed.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Texas
John B. Connally
Treasury
David Kennedy
Spiro T. Agnew
National Republican Governors Association
Nixon
Connally
Don W. Samuelson
David F
Cargo
New Mexico
Washington
Crashinjured Cuba man dies in hospital
A 26 year old Cuba resident Stelious Kapetanios died at Cuba Memorial Hospital after being injured in a Friday crash involving his car and a trailer truck on Route 408 near Friendship, a village east of Cuba in Allegheny County.
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Cuba
N. Y
Cuba Memorial Hospital
Stelious E. Kapetanios
I Friendship
Allegheny County
American Soviet team unveil one shot measles vaccine
American and Soviet researchers report a promising one dose triple-action vaccine for measles mumps and German measles. Soviet scientists S Morodintsev and Nasibov from Leningrad Pasteur Institute and American Dr Maurice Hilleman discuss safety and potential of bivalent and trivalent live-virus combinations at an international conference organized by Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization.
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Washington
A.A. Smorodintsev
M.N. Nasibov
Leningrad Pasteur Institute
Maurice Hilleman
Pan American Health Organization
World Health Organization
Hilleman
Merck Institute For Therapeutic Research
West Point
Navy Courier Plane Crashes Off Ranger Takeoff
A U S Navy C2A Greyhound crashed shortly after launch from the carrier Ranger in the Tonkin Gulf. Six Americans and four Filipinos aboard were feared dead with two bodies recovered. crew and passengers included four Filipino Navy repairmen.
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Saigon
Ranger
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Philippines
Cubi Point Naval Air Station
Mekong Delta
Delta
Long
Nixon Christmas Dinner Traditions Include Turkey But No Carving
First Lady reports the Nixon family will serve the traditional turkey at Christmas but the president will not carve it. A decorated White House marks the holiday as stockings are hung for all, including the family dog, with decorations and gifts planned for Christmas morning.
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Carver
Nixon
Washington
Nixons
White House
Congress
David Frost
Julie Nixon Eisenhower Attends Girlfriend Wedding
Julie Nixon Eisenhower served as an attendant at Linda La Barre's wedding in St. Anthony's Church Glen Rock New Jersey in a long kept secret The two friends have kept a girlhood pact to attend each other’s weddings dating back to Key Biscayne Florida a dozen years ago Linda was a bridesmaid for Julie and Eisenhower two years earlier
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Glen Rock
N.J
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Julie
Linda la Barre
Alan Detrick
St. Anthony's Church
Linda
Key Biscayne
Fla
David Eisenhower
Bomb hits U S military hotel in Saigon injuring four
In Saigon a bomb struck the Le Qui Don billet, damaging the second to fourth floors of the six story building that houses about 100 U S officers. Initial reports say two American officers and two Vietnamese were wounded.
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Trung
Saigon
U.S
Bernard Strawn
Albuquerque
N.M
Strawn
Amherst campus to be world's largest all electric complex
Buffalo AP says the 600 million Amherst campus of the State University at Buffalo will be the world’s largest all electric complex upon completion. Niagara Mohawk Power estimates annual campus demand at 823.5 million kilowatts, about 7 percent of Western New York’s total power use. Heating cooling and lighting will run on electricity. Bethlehem Steel’s Lackawanna plant uses about one billion kilowatts and is the state’s largest single user.
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New State
Buffalo
Amherst
State University At Buffalo
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Lackawanna
Says Highway Death Toll To Drop in 1970
Washington AP reports the auto safety chief forecasts the 1970 highway death toll will fall about 1,100, with a possible drop of 3,900 next year. Douglas W. Toms cites safer cars, better roads, licensing, and anti drunk driving programs as factors. The 1970 toll is projected at 55,300, two percent below 1969.
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Washington
Douglas W. Toms
Transportation Department
National Highway Safety Bureau
Toms
Taxi Drivers Clash With Police Outside Waldorf Astoria
Hundreds of striking taxi drivers broke police lines outside the Waldorf Astoria then tangled with officers on Lexington Avenue after spotting a limousine driver stopping near the Belmont Plaza Hotel. Traffic halted as officers cleared the mob back across the street into a permitted picket zone protesting illegal gypsy cab operations.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria
Lexington Avenue
Belmont Plaza Hotel
Bank of Buffalo Cuts Prime Interest Rate
The Bank of Buffalo lowered its prime rate to 6 4 percent on Monday making it the first small bank in the nation to cut the rate. Analysts say the move is unlikely to start a broader trend unless big New York banks follow suit.
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Buffalo
Bank of Buffalo
New York City
Supreme Court backs murder conviction in cross examination gap
The Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision upheld a Georgia man's murder conviction despite the defendant lacking cross examination of an alleged co conspirator whose testimony tied him to the crime. Justice Blackmun, the newest member, helped shape the tougher stand on defendants rights in state trials.
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Washington
Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court
Court
Georgia
Star of the Pacific Sails Missing Coast Guard Alert
A Coast Guard alert covers the 138 foot schooner Star of the Pacific from Buffalo New Hampshire. The three masted vessel with eight or nine aboard left Halifax December 8 and has not been heard from. It was due in Fort Lauderdale December 20 and was to maintain daily radio contact.
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Rockland Maine
Star of the Pacific
Buffalo
N.H
Halifax
N.S
Coast Guard
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Hope’s 20th Christmas Tour Begins With $8000 WCTU Gift
Bob Hope launches his 20th Christmas tour for U S servicemen abroad from Van Nuys with an $8000 check from the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. His 87 member troupe includes Ursula Andress Johnny Bench and Jennifer Hosten. The trip covers Vietnam England Germany Korea Thailand and more with a Nixon Agnew card and political leaders’ well wishes.
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White House
Bob Hope
Hope
Ursula Andress
Cincinnati Reds
Johnny Bench
Jennifer Hosten
van Nuys
Vietnam
England
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6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Thailand
Korea
Alaska
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Congress
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Senator Urges Release of Wounded POWs and Captives
Sen. Robert P. Griffin urged the United States to release all sick and wounded enemy POWs along with about 1,500 able bodied captured North Vietnamese troops to aid the return of American prisoners. He proposed seeking Red Cross interviews and urged a Tet timing for releases.
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Washington
Robert P. Griffin
Senate
Michigan
Griffin
Nixon
Mai van Bo
Paris
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
United States
International Red Cross
Ex Miss America Brains and Beauty Aid Book Sale Loot
Mrs. Jane Jayree Petersen Miss America of 1967 accompanied two men as she helped carry away books from an all you can carry for five dollars sale. The University of Oklahoma Press warehouse clearance offered 125 titles and drew a crowd of about 2,000 who snapped up 25,000 books in two hours.
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Norman
Okla
Jane Jayree Petersen
University of Oklahoma Press
Ferry Sinks in Korea Strait Killing Hundreds of South Koreans
The Namyung Ho ferry with 256 passengers and 20 crew vanished on a 14 hour run from Cheju Island to Pusan. Japanese ships rescued 8 and a Korean patrol boat 3. Officials fear most aboard perished due to late rescue and rough cold seas.
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Korea Strait
Namyung Ho
Cheju Island
Korean Peninsula
Pusan
Transportation Ministry
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