Connally Seen as Likely Treasury Pick Amid Policy Debate
Connally is viewed as a qualified choice for Treasury under Nixon, with lawmakers split on policy impact. Tower calls him philosophically aligned with the President and Patman urges him to press banks to act in the public interest. The nomination scene follows post election blame shifting on the economy.
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower Attends Friend's Wedding Secretly
Julie Nixon Eisenhower served as maid of honor at Linda Barre and Alan Detrick's wedding in St. Anthony's Church, a childhood pact with Linda brought Julie to the ceremony. Linda had Julie as a bridesmaid for Julie and David Eisenhower two years earlier.
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U S Forces Report Toll From Grenades and Attacks in Delta
The article details a series of Viet Cong grenade attacks near Saigon and in the Delta, killing and wounding civilians and soldiers. It notes a temple blast at Long Trung and another grenade incident southwest of Saigon, with field officers offering differing accounts. It also recalls a Saturday patrol from the 1st Brigade, 5th Mech Inf Division struck by a mine, and a Laos air mission where a crew member died after a canopy loss and ejection. Major fighting in the U Minh forest left 14 South Vietnamese dead and 23 wounded as government forces claimed 48 enemy casualties.
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Young murder suspect claims memory loss
Connecticut sent three officials to obtain extradition for 17 year old John Rice Jr accused in the New Canaan family killings. Rice told Fort Smith officers he woke with no memory of the prior day while driving a car from his family garage. Victims were Janet Rice 44 Nancy Rice 14 Stephen Rice 16 and Edith Fitzpatrick 73.
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Bankers React Favorably To Connally's Selection
News reports show bankers and financial leaders reacting to President Nixon's nomination of former Texas Governor John Connally as secretary of the treasury. Industry figures call the appointment interesting and surprising yet potentially positive given Connally's broad governmental experience.
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Deaths in Tokyo and Charlotte Amalie AP notices
Tsutomu Utsubo 66 longtime president of Japan's International Telegram and Telephone Co. died today from a kidney ailment. Erik Gornik about 60 artist photographer and outdoorsman died Sunday during a diving trip in the Virgin Islands apparent heart attack. native of Austria contributed to several U.S. outdoor magazines.
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Political reaction to Connally Treasury appointment
GOP governors led by Oregon's McCall called the Connally appointment surprising while Florida's Kirk praised his own stance. Governors Love and Milliken weighed in on credentials and party strategy as Rockefeller Hauge Janeway and Samuelson offered cautious support and analysis.
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Roosa Sees Treasury Back in Chief Finance Role
Robert V. Roosa, partner at Brown Brothers Harriman and former Treasury undersecretary, criticizes Nixon era decision diffusion as confusion. He predicts Connally will restore the Treasury as the chief financial officer of the government, succeeding David M. Kennedy who leaves February 1 for an ambassador-at-large post.
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Texas Weather Update From The Associated Press
Light rain and showers covered South and East Texas with drizzle in the morning. A weak Pacific front moved slowly eastward through western areas causing gusty winds near El Paso, with clearing in far West Texas and possible light snow in the Panhandle by midweek.
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Oil Lease Sale Setoff Western Gulf Tracts Offshore
The Interior Department opens bids on 127 offshore tracts off Louisiana as the first new leases since pollution fears halted previous efforts. Revenues could total 200 million to 1 billion dollars. royalties go to the federal government, with some tracts under state ownership dispute. Most leases lie south of Cameron near the Texas border.
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Soviets Expand Pilot Training Amid China Border Tensions
U S intelligence says the Soviet Union is expanding its pilot corps with two new military flying schools at Stravropol and Saratov and reopening the Boras Oglebsk higher aviation school. The four year course may be shortened by four to five months and helicopter pilot output could rise. The buildup appears linked to China tensions, border forces, and regional conflicts, with limited matched combat history.
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