Rhodes Scholarships Awarded by Wesleyan Group
Rhodes Scholarships were given Sunday to 32 young American men by the Rhodes Committee now based at Wesleyan University Middletown. Winners include Larry M Grisham of Lufkin Texas a University of Texas student and Melvin Charles Henberg of Laramie Wyoming who has attended the University of Texas.
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Middletown, Conn
Rhodes
Rhodes Committee
Wesleyan University
Larry M. Grisham
Lufkin
Tex
University of Texas
Melvin Charles Henberg
Laramie
Wyo
Rivers suffers sudden heart cessation revived at hospital
Rep. L Mendel Rivers D S C suffered a sudden cessation of heart action at University Hospital in Birmingham and was revived by a physician. A hospital spokesman said Rivers was treated and his condition stabilized. The AP report notes no further details were given.
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Birmingham
Ala
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
University Hospital
Oil slick washes ashore along Louisiana coast from offshore platform
Crude oil patches from a burning offshore drilling platform were found along about 20 miles of Louisiana marsh coast. Shell Oil spokesman said a chemical agent was sprayed in part of the coastline to contain the slicks as part of an experiment.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Shell Oil Co
Maheu Considers Further Action After Loss to Hughes
Robert A. Maheu, ousted as head of Howard Hughes Nevada empire, weighs continuing legal action after a bitter court fight. Maheu’s lawyer Morton Galane says no decision yet and that all facets of the case are being carefully studied.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Robert A. Maheu
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Morton Galane
Maheu
Hughes Tool Co
Maheu Dee
Crime Rises Sharply In 1969 FBI Report
The FBI reports U S crime rose 10 percent in the first nine months of this year from 1969. Robbery up 15 percent, murder 9 percent, aggravated assault 7 percent, and forcible rape 2 percent. Armed robbery up 18 percent. assaults with firearms 10 percent. Larceny over 150 dollars up 14 percent, burglary 9 percent, auto theft 6 percent.
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Washington
United States
FBI
Army spy expansion linked to 1967 Detroit riot
Former Army intelligence agent Ralph M. Stein says the service expanded domestic spying after the 1967 Detroit riot revealed gaps in monitoring civil dissent. In a telephone interview with the Detroit Free Press he stated that before the riot the Army had only a few people in Washington watching newspapers and reports.
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Detroit
A(p
Army
Detroit Free Press
Ralph M. Stein
Flushing
N.Y
Washington
Viet Cong General Believed Killed In Bombing Raid
An allied bombing raid in eastern Cambodia is reported to have killed General Mi Tri of the Viet Cong 5th Division. A captured source said he led forces in Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Body not yet recovered. attacks during the siege near Highway 7 continued as paratroopers were deployed.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Mi Tri
Vietnam
Do Cao Tri
Associated Press
Dang van Phuoc
Kampong Cham
Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
U.S
Plain of Jars
Laos
U Mith
Mekong Delta
Demilitarized Zone
U Min
National Liberation Front
Edward Gierek
Radio Warsaw
Gierek
Silesia
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Marian Spychalski
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Poland adopts new economic regime after riots
Warsaw AP report says Poland new Communist leadership signals revision of economic plans that sparked last week's riots and pledges continued allegiance to Moscow.
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Warsaw
Poland
Moscow
Patman Raps Rail Scandal In Penn Central Losses
Rep. Wright Patman releases a Banking Committee report detailing Penn Central's 21 million dollar loss on an airline venture. It cites 6 million poured into Executive Jet Aviation Inc. amid railroad bankruptcy and CAB pressure to sell. The panel links Bevan to decisions seen as risky and potentially embarrassing. The story later notes Polish politics and weather.
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Washington
Penn Central Railroad
American Business History
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Penn Central
Executive Jet Aviation Inc
Civil Aeronautics Board
EIA
EJA
Air Force
Osbert F. Lassiter
David Bevan
Bevan
Reds Increase Egyptian Aid
The Soviet Union pledges expanded military and economic aid to Egypt during talks in Moscow with Ali Sabry and Egyptian officials. Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny attend. a follow up session is planned. Israel may rejoin UN mediated talks as Jerusalem seeks assurances from the United States.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
Egypt
Kremlin
Ali Sabry
Moscow
Sabry
Communist Party
Leonid
U.A.R
Cairo
Israel
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Security Council
Dle East
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
U.S
Senate Deadlock Over SST Delays Senate Adjournment
Senate remains in debate over the controversial supersonic transport program. Sources say once the SST is resolved other bills could be settled quickly, but prospects of adjournment before Christmas appear dim as SST supporters seek to shut off debate.
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Washington
Senate
Senate House Conference
Department of Transportation
Criminal Probe Begins In Fatal Hotel Blaze
Police investigators probe possible criminal involvement in the Pio neer International Hotel fire that killed 28 and injured 27. Survivors reported a volatile odor in hallways as the six story inferno trapped guests, with at least one victim leaping from a seventh floor window.
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Tucson
Ariz
Pioneer International
Francis Kessler
Mexico
Sonora
Ignacio Soto
Francisco Luken
Jose Jesus Antillon
Hermosillo
Harold Steinfeld
Ten Months Before D-Day Allies Weigh Repelling Reds
In August 1943 Gen George C Marshall pressed British chief of staff Sir Alan Brooke on whether Germany could be helped to repel a Soviet advance toward Europe. The Combined Chiefs of Staff minutes reveal mixed views, with Eduard Benes doubting an immediate Soviet push and Russia viewed as increasingly hostile to the Western Allies. The 100000 records were released, showing Allied tensions over European invasion timing and strategic frictions between British and American leaders.
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London
Nazi Germany
George C. Marshall
U.S
Germany
Europe
Washington
Alan Brooke
Marshall
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Soviet
Russia
Chiefs of Staff
Moscow
Pacific
U. S
Supreme Court splits on voting age while wiping literacy tests
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 to lower national election voting age to 18 but kept 18 year limit for state and local elections. It also unanimously outlawed literacy tests nationwide. Separately, cotton growers approved 1971 crop marketing and acreage controls with 94.4 percent backing in a December referendum, continuing 18 year quota practice.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Agriculture Department
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