Offshore oil bids threaten record sale total
Offshore drilling bids in the Gulf of Mexico total 850.5 million dollars with 127 high bids seeking approval. If all approved the federal offshore sale would set a record though the Interior Department may reject low bids. In Los Angeles, Sharon Tate murder trial is delayed as attorney Maxwell Keith seeks a mistrial for defendant Leslie Van Houten amid a missing counsel.
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Louisiana
Interior Department
Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Leslie van Houten
Maxwell Keith
Ronald Hughes
Agriculture Department to Release 1970 Crop Production Report
The Agriculture Department will issue a detailed Friday report on 1970 crop production. It will guide final decisions on 1971 set aside programs for wheat, feed grains and cotton. Officials noted the data are needed before program determinations.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Central Plains hit by autumn snow storm and strong winds
Autumn storms dump heavy snow into the central Plains with five inch accumulations in Topeka and Emporia. High winds and rain lash the Pacific Northwest and a heavy snow watch is issued for parts of Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin as Mobile Alabama experiences 51 mph gusts and New Orleans sees near two inches of rain.
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Iowa
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Doves Block Cambodia Aid Over Tonkin Comparison
Senate doves halted further Cambodia aid action claiming the Nixon plan is a political instrument akin to the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. Sen. J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas warns against a second escalation path.
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Washington
Senate
Lairds Vietnam Trip Aims Accelerated Troop Drawdown
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird plans to discuss speeding up U S troop withdrawals during a Vietnam visit next month. Pentagon officials say reducing the force from about 343,000 by as much as half within a year could be feasible, potentially relying on volunteers in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
United States
Southeast Asia
SST Maneuver Set to Blame Opponents for Blocking Business
Senate foes of the Supersonic Transport threaten a filibuster to derail SST funding. Proxmire leads anti-SST forces vowing to speak long enough to kill the $210 million SST development appropriation. The House approved the measure 319 to 7 after a Senate-House conference.
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Senate
William Proxmire
Congress
Senate House
House
Riots in Poland Leave Dozens Dead and Towns Burned
Rioting over price rises in Gdansk and nearby Gdynia and Sopot left six people dead and scores injured over two days. Militiamen patrolled streets as fires raged, shops reopened after calls for calm, and a curfew was imposed in the three west coast cities amid widespread destruction.
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Danzig
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Agnew Defies Critics at GOP Governors Breakfast
Vice President Spiro Agnew tells GOP governors in Sun Valley that elections require dividing voters and that campaigning against entrenched politicians means attacking. He defends 1970 strategy, appeals for unity, and invites further debate with governors to persuade changes if they see fit.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Washington
Grenade and Bomb Attack Hit Saigon
An unknown terrorist threw a grenade at a drink stand near a U S Navy Sea Bee billet in Saigon killing three Vietnamese and wounding 15 Americans and 15 Vietnamese. A bomb later exploded in the lobby of Horne Hall injuring several, with one American officer reported dead. Concurrently South Vietnamese paratroopers pushed into Cambodia to relieve pressure on Kompong Cham as forces clash and search for the attacker.
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Horne Hall
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Phnom Penh
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Douglas to Stay On Court Upholds Civil Rights Message
Justice William O. Douglas announced his plan to remain on the Supreme Court and urged young people to keep the faith by using the law to advance civil rights. In a rare news conference he expressed pride in his role and said he had made his files available to a House committee investigation.
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William O. Douglas
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Douglas
House
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John Marshall
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America
Economy Hopes Dimmed Amid Production Slump
Washington reports show industrial production fell six tenths of a percent in November despite the UAW strike settlement with General Motors. The Federal Reserve blamed output cuts in business and defense equipment and materials, but auto assemblies remained steady, signaling limited early recovery.
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Nixon
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Federal Reserve Board
Weather forecast for Southwest Texas near Pecos
Clear to partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Cooler tonight with a low around 25. Warmer Thursday with a high near 74. Southwest Texas region remains dry and sunny ahead of a mild cooldown tonight.
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Texas
Pecos
Tulane Coach Pittman Resigns for TCU Job
Tulane University football coach Jim Pittman resigns after five seasons and will become head coach at Texas Christian University. He led the Green Wave to their first bowl appearance in 30 years.
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NEW Orleans
Jim Pittman
Tulane
Greenies
Texas Christian University
Pittman
Tuna safe to eat despite mercury in some canned lots
FDA commissioner Charles C Edwards says canned tuna remains safe for Americans despite 23 percent of tested cans exceeding the 0.5 parts per million mercury limit. Industry recalls 921,600 contaminated cans after sampling 139 lots, with the worst at 1.12 ppm.
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Washington
The
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
Edwards
Albert C. College Jr
Bureau of Foods
Japan
Eban Sees Israel Rejoining Talks Early 1971
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban stated Israel likely to rejoin Middle East peace talks under UN mediator Gunnar V. Jarring, with negotiations opening in early 1971. He spoke after an address to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, noting Cabinet review in late 1970 and a push to overcome obstacles to reach the peace table.
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Gunnar V. Jarring
Eban
Britain
Royal Institute of International Affairs
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