Nixon confronts veto pressure over broadcast spending bill
amid congressional lobbying as the deadline nears. Republicans urge a veto, arguing discrimination against radio and television, while Democrats push for the bill as a step toward honesty and fair play. In New Orleans, Agnew, chair of the Space Council, says Russian space successes will spur US efforts, recalling Sputnik era momentum.
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Nixon
Congress
New Orleans
Spiro T. Agnew
United States
Sputnik
Agnew
National Aeronautics and Space Council
New Orleans Times Picayune
States Item
Congress Reforms Senate and House Rules After Long Battle
Congressional leaders win a five year struggle over the seniority system while ceding some powers. Reformers gain in other attempts as Congress completes action on a self reorganizing bill. Changes take effect January 3 with the new Congress.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
U.S. officials fear Latin upheaval may invite Soviet move
Some U.S. officials warn Bolivia's upheaval and anti American shifts in Chile and Peru could invite a Middle East type crisis for the Soviets along the South American Pacific coast. They note no clear consensus on Bolivia's Popular Unity coalition led by Gen Juan Jose Torres after Wednesday's power shift.
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Washington
U.S
Bolivia
Chile
Peru
Soviet Union
South America
Pacific
Popular Unity’ Coalition
Juan Jose Torres
Nixon Hopeful on Flexible Peace Proposals
President Nixon in Key Biscayne says new flexible peace proposals invite North Vietnam to respond with new offers. He told reporters that if Hanoi takes the proposals seriously, progress could follow. He remains undeterred by early negative reactions from Hanoi and the Viet Cong.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Cotton Yield Setback Cuts 1970 Forecast
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department trimmed the 1970 U.S. cotton forecast by about one percent. Oct. 1 conditions put output at just over 10.6 million bales, down from hoped 12 million, with use projected between 11 and 11.5 million for 1970-71. Carryover stockpile would fall to under 5.75 million bales.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Defense seeks severance in Tate murder trial
Paul Fitzgerald, attorney for Patricia Krenwinkel, said he would move to sever her from the trial as soon as court returns to open session. He warned that granting such a motion could likely produce a mistrial.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Paul Fitzgerald
Patricia Krenwinkel
Agnew Attacks Democrats On Black Panther Links In Arkansas
Vice President Spiro Agnew on a Southern campaign swing assailed Northern and Western Democrats as friendly to the Black Panthers. He singled out Ronald Dellums, a California congressional candidate, as an enthusiastic backer and platform sharer with Black Panthers, saying his politics aim to tear down walls.
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Ark
Spiro T. Agnew
Arkansas
Agnew
Ronald Dellums
Congress
California
Berkeley-Oakland
Black Panther Party
Black Panthers
Israel Claims Soviet Crews Manning Suez Missile Sites
Tel Aviv says it has photographic and other evidence that Soviet crews man SAM3 missiles on the Egyptian side of the Suez Canal. The claim follows Cairo denial and amid U N discussions led by Britain to revive four power talks on Middle East peace.
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Canal
Radio Traf
Egypt
United States
Middle East
Beirut
al Hayat
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Mohammed Fawzi
Britain
Conservative
Blackpool
England
Alec Douglas- Home
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Andrei Gromyko
London
Big Four
Washington
Moscow
United Nations
U.S
Cambodia Declares Republic in National Ceremony
Thousands of Cambodians in uniforms marched as Lon Nol heads a new republic after deposing Prince Sihanouk. Lon Nol Sirik Matak and Cheng Heng were promoted as a 101 gun salute marked the historic shift though a gunboat blast injured two sailors.
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Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Lon Nol
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Im Tam
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Sihanouk
Peking
Sirik Matak
Cheng Heng
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Mekong Ri
Diplomat's Fate Still Uncertain in Quebec Crisis
Canadian authorities await word from abductors of British trade commissioner James Richard Cross after a Quebec separatist manifesto read on radio and TV. A midnight deadline passed with no word, amid reports federal officials asked police to curb inquiries. A prank call suggested demands tied to prisoners. weather notes follow with fair, cool conditions and a 67 high.
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Montreal
James Richard Cross
Quebec
Quebec Liberation Front
LeDevoir
Ottawa
San Diego Officials Implicated in Bribery Conspiracy
Mayor Frank Curran and seven city council members face indictment in San Diego for bribery conspiracy linked to a 22 percent rate increase approved for Yellow Cab Co. A ninth person named. investigation traced campaign records and cab vouchers. potential penalties include prison terms.
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San Diego
Calif
Frank Curran
National League of Cities
Yellow Cab Co
Yellow Cab
Curran
Charles Pratt
Senate approves broad crime bills in sweeping package
The Senate passed a large anticrime package including harsher penalties for terror bombings and gun crimes, expanded presidential protection, and increased federal aid to police. The 59 to 0 final vote led to House consideration as the debates highlighted battlefield measures and a death-penalty proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Fires Destroy Four National Guard Trucks in Austin
AP reports four National Guard trucks were set ablaze early today in Austin by rag fuses jammed into gas tank openings. Fire Chief C. J. Adams confirmed the arson as the cause and noted the incidents damaged property and disrupted readiness.
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Austin
National Guard
C. J. Adams
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Camp Mabry
Adams
Riot charges after Marshall University campus clash
About 100 police dispersed a 2000 strong Marshall University crowd. Twenty four people faced inciting to riot charges with $1,000 bonds unposted. In Morristown Tennessee three students were wounded as gunfire erupted during a campus takeover. FBI investigators opened a probe into the broader incident beginning near Camp Mabry.
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Huntington
W. Va
Marshall University
Morristown, Tenn
Morristown College
E.H. Winstead
House Defeats Viet War Spending Ceilings and Pullback Act
Washington AP reports the House rejected attempts to cap Vietnam war costs at 15 billion dollars and to force troop withdrawals by June. The chamber approved a 66.8 billion defense appropriation, adding 150 million for operations including Mediterranean readiness, amid heated volume on Vietnam policy.
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Nixon
House
U.S
Senate
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
6Th Fleet
Donald W. Riegle Jr
R-Mich
Deadline Set On Car Pollution
Washington AP report says a House Senate conference committee fixed January 1 1975 as the deadline to end harmful exhaust from new cars. Sen. Edmund Muskie sponsors the tough air pollution bill and warns the date is its most controversial element with auto chiefs lobbying Capitol Hill after GM president Edward N Cole publicly cautioned the goal may not be feasible.
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House-Senate
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Capitol Hill
General Motors
Edward N. Cole
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