Navy Chief Zumwalt Orders Broad Reforms To Improve Life At Sea
Adm Elmo Zumwalt Jr launches a wave of directives aimed at reversing Navy retention woes and boosting life aboard ships. The 49 year old chief vows to restore the fun and zest of going to sea and presses commands to change traditional practices. The move follows a broader government push toward easing monetary policy as the Federal Reserve trims the discount rate amid market rate declines.
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Washington
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Naval Operations
Zumwalt
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Ede Ke
Angela Davis Indicted Over Courthouse Shootout
Marin County grand jury indicted Angela Davis on murder kidnapping and conspiracy charges linked to a courthouse shootout on August 7 that killed four. The eight page indictment asserts plotting began as early as February 16 with black prisoners at Sole dad Prison later indicted for killing a white guard.
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San Rafael
Calif
Angela Davis
Marin County
UCLA
Soledad
Here
Luna 17 Moon Probe On Way To Surface Return
Moscow reports Luna 17 unmanned rocket en route to the moon expected to arrive weekend. It aims to scoop lunar surface material and return to Earth, testing new equipment and further lunar space exploration. Tass says on-board systems are functioning normally.
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Moscow
Earth
Tass
Laird to seek 20 million for riot control training gear
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird will ask the Senate next week for 20 million dollars to provide National Guardsmen and the Reserves with enhanced riot-control training and protective equipment. Officials say the move reduces guard injuries in civil disturbances and aims to minimize firearm use by guards on riot duty.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Senate
Pentagon
Pacific Northwest Experiences Widespread Rain and Cold
The Associated Press reports rain drenched the Pacific Northwest and much of the Northeast, mixing with snow from the central Rockies to the Midwest. A chilly air mass settled over most of the nation outside storm regions, with overnight lows in the 40s from Arizona to Georgia.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Northeast
Rockies
Midwest
Arizona
Georgia
Postmaster Blount in Paris to push POW mail through
Government sources say Postmaster General Blount traveled to Paris to carry out the President's mandate that Christmas mail reach U S prisoners of war in North Vietnam. He met with Ambassador Bruce on the first leg of a potential trip to Hanoi and may meet North Vietnamese negotiators in Paris.
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Washington
Winton M. Blount
Paris
U.S
North Vietnam
Blount
David K.E. Bruce
Hanoi
Not Amelia Earhart Noted Declares Identity Clear
Mrs. Guy Bolam told a crowded New York news conference she is not Amelia Earhart and dismissed a new book claiming she is the famed aviator as utter nonsense. The remark came amid publicity for Amelia Earhart Lives which sparked questions about the 1937 Pacific flight mystery.
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New York
Amelia Earhart
Guy Bolam
Pacific
Suffolk County Bans Most Detergents to Protect Water
The Suffolk County legislature votes unanimously to ban nearly all detergents to safeguard underground water supplies. The ban takes effect March 1 after expected approval by County Executive H. Lee Dennison. exemptions apply to toothpaste, dishwasher compound, and shampoo detergents.
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Riverhead
N.Y
Suffolk County
Long Island
H. Lee Dennison
GM GM Union Reach Agreement on New Contract
The UAW and General Motors announced a tentative national contract covering all US plants, potentially ending an eight week strike. Details were to be released after a GM council meeting with 350 members. talks included cost of living escalator, early retirement benefits, wage increases, and four weeks vacation after 20 years.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers and
General Motors Corp
General Motors
UAW
United States
GM Council
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
U. S
Canada
Leaders From 80 Nations Attend De Gaulle Rites in Paris
President Nixon and Soviet Premier Kosygin lead about 80 world leaders converging on Paris for Charles de Gaulle’s funeral and Notre Dame memorial. The service follows de Gaulle’s 1952 instructions with a simple Mass and a Colombey les Deux Eglises burial.
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Paris
Nixon
Alexei Kosygin
Charles de Gaulle
Notre Dame
France
de Gaulle
Colombey Les Deux Eglises
la Boisserie
Pope Paul VI
Moscow
Kosygin
Colombey
Air Force
de Gaulles
Charles
New York
Gustav Heinemann
Ludwig Erhard
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
West Germany
Prince Charles
Edward Heath
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Shah
Iran
Baudouin
Belgium
Juliana
the Nether
Nixon says war will end by 1972 in memo
A White House aide released a Finch memorandum quoting Nixon predicting the Vietnam War would be wound down and ended by 1972. The memo presents optimism for 1971 and a boom year in 1972, contrasting with Ziegler who denied any guarantee of end by then.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Robert H. Finch
Finch
Newsmen
National Democrats
Republican Party
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Southeast Asia
U.S. Generals Detained in Soviet Armenia Are Released
Maj. Gen. Edward C. D. Scherrer and Brig. Gen. Claude McQuarrie Jr. were detained for three weeks after a flight into Leninakan, Soviet Armenia. U.S. officials in Ankara said Washington ordered silence to protect relations with Turkey and the Soviet Union. Russell, the pilot, said he misread a sky fault and thought Leninakan was near Kars, as a Turkish crew retrieved him.
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Ankara
Turkey
Pentagon
Armenia
Washington
Edward C.D. Scherrer
U.S
Claude McQuarrie Jr
Leninakan
Soviet
Cevat Denli
James P. Russell
Russell
Moscow
Kars
Bars
U S Air Armada Roams About In Cambodia
An armada of U S warplanes roams over Cambodia and Laos to blunt North Vietnamese offensives on Route 7 and the Ho Chi Minh trail. B 52 and fighter bomber raids target supply routes while ground troops contest towns like Kompong Cham and Troeung and a bridge is damaged on Highway 7.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Laos
Kampong Cham
Kompong Cham
Phnom Penh
U. S
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Skoun
Troeung
Snuol
Mekong River
Britain veto kills Rhodesia resolution in UN Security Council
Britain vetoed an Asian African backed resolution calling Britain to deny independence to Southern Rhodesia without majority rule. Ten countries supported the resolution. the United States and France abstained, ensuring passage failed on a veto by Britain’s permanent seat. The sponsors included Burundi Nepal Sierra Leone Syria and Zambia.
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United Nations, N. Y
Britain
Rhodesia
U. N. Security Council
Council
United States
France
Jan Smith
Colin Crowe
Edward Heath
Smith
Labor
Yost
U. N
U.S
Burundi
Nepal
Sierra Leone
Syria
Zambia
China
Columbia
Fineland
Nicaragua
Poland
Spain
Soviet Union
Three Year Old Opens Glue Tube Toothbrush Incident
In Sutton Coldfield England Paul Anderson aged three unscrewed a glue tube and attempted to brush with it. He could not call for help and was found by Barbara Anderson his mother in the bathroom. A nurse at the hospital cleaned his teeth.
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Sutton Coldfield
England
Paul Anderson
Paul
Barbara Anderson
Mrs. Anderson
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