McGovern Attacks Nixon On One Man Rule At Oxford
Sen George McGovern denounced Nixon bombing of North Vietnam as barbarous and warned the United States risks one man rule. Speaking at St Catherine's College Oxford he urged British protest and urged renewed public confidence in government through constructive activism and visible progress at home.
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England
UPI
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Nixon
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United States
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America
Congress
Dallas
Los Angeles
Vietnam
Community notices and clubs gather in Okaloosa area
Local organizations invite residents 50 and older to a Monday ballroom dance at the Fort Walton Beach Senior Citizens Building. Viking Band Parents plan a meeting to discuss Operation Switzerland and answer questions. Square dance classes offered at Mary Esther Elementary. USO Karate class and instructor details. Ladies exercise classes start February at Hurlburt Youth Center for military dependents. NCO Wives meeting at Barbara Fowler’s home. Destin American Legion board meets tonight. West Florida Stamp Club meets Monday at The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Alanon meets at Westminster Church Ocean City.
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Playground Daily News
PGDN
Ibers
Fort Walton Beach
Senior Citizens Club
Senior Citizens
Hollywood Blvd
Viking Band
Switzerland
Mary Esther
Foley Wood
USO
Jim Rodriguez
Hurlburt Youth Center
20Th Surveillance Squadron
NCO
Barbara Fowler
Palm Blvd
Niceville
Fowler
American Legion
Destin American Legion
Post 296 Board of Directors
Alanon
Stanford tests aluminum bumper for 50 mph crashes
Stanford Research Institute reports Ford is developing a 50 pound aluminum bumper for headon crashes into rigid poles. Scale tests suggest weight could be about 50 pounds, half the steel bumper, under the experimental safety vehicle program meeting DOT specs. In Oakland, crews moved 200000 gallons of oil spilled into San Francisco Bay, cleaning two miles of backwater under Coast Guard supervision.
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Calif
Oakland
UPI
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Dance With Nixon Storybook Event Sparks Holiday Photo Plan
Mrs. Snyder, a linguist, and her Xerox employee husband described meeting at the NSA. They planned to make a hundred copies of a photo of Mrs. Snyder dancing with President Nixon for their Christmas cards next year. Daughter Jill, one year old, asked where daddy was as the moment was shared on page one.
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National Security Agency
Snyder
Xerox
Nixon
Watergate Defense to Challenge Agent in Bugging Trial
Defense lawyers plan to question ex FBI agent Alfred Baldwin III who testified for the prosecution in the Watergate bugging case. They seek details on who hired him James McCord and how contact was made while prosecutors press to admit recorded conversations. The appeals panel limited admissibility and the case awaits possible Supreme Court action.
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UPI
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FBI
Democratic National Committee
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Alfred C. Baldwin III
Baldwin
Watergate Complex
James W. McCorder
Watergate
McCord
White House
G. Gordon
Liddy
Alch
Boston
EF. Lee Bailey
U.S. Court of Appeals
R. Spencer Oliver
Policewoman Foils Hijacking Heroine of Lexington Airport
Martha Green a 35 year old Louisville policewoman stopped an airline hijacking on a DC9 plane after grabbing the would be skyjacker and pulling him down stairs at the airport. Dennis Durkin 17 of Pittsburgh a soldier faced a weapon possession charge with bond set at 100000 as agents searched the terminal after a shooting and hijack attempt.
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Martha
Marty” Green
Dennis ¥. Durkin
Pillsburgh
Ozark Airlines
U.S
Dale Booth
St Louis Teachers Vote to Strike Over Pay Demands
Two unions representing about three quarters of St Louis public school teachers vote to strike over immediate pay increases. The walkout would be first in the citys history, following strikes in Philadelphia Chicago and Superior Wisconsin.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Superior
Wis
Chicago Teachers Union
CTC
CTU
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
Secret US China diplomacy studied in 1949 probe
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff study released Sunday details private talks between J Leighton Stuart, then U S ambassador to Chiang Kai shek s regime, and Huang Hua of Communist China in spring 1949. It says U S hopes for ties were dropped after Acheson ordered Stuart not to visit Peiping and Stuart left China August 2 1949.
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J. Leighton Stuart
Chiang Kai Shek
Huang Hua
China
Mao Tse Tung
United States
Stuart
Nanking
Huang
Man
Chou En Lai
Peking
State Department
Department
Mao
Chou
Dean) Acheson
Peiping
Soviet Union
U.S
TV Cable Interference Blamed on CB Radio
TV Cable officials say interference on channels 5 and 10 is caused by a few illegal CB radio operators. Earl Houseknecht cites high power transmitters and code names, notes FCC involvement, and urges public help to prosecute violators.
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T.V. Cable Company
Earl Houseknecht
TV Cable Company
FCC
Miami
Federal Communications Commission
Mian
Wereby
Widow Ends Holdout in Notorious Mass Slay Case
Fairfield California reporters cite Naomi Underwood a 63 year old widow who says a county sheriff's matron offered information to ease conscience before she joined the jury verdict convicting Juan Corona. Defense attorney Richard Hawk calls the talk possible juror tampering and says Underwood's account is being reviewed by authorities.
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Calif
Juan ¥. Corona
U.S
Naomi Underwood
Richard Hawk
Hawk
Underwood
Congress Weighs Antiwar Filibuster and Reform How-To
House Democrats push reform measures led by Common Cause while Senate debates Nixon nominees to top defense and intelligence posts. Hughes filibuster threats clash with confirmation fights as Teague and caucus aim to shield reform. Open records and secret ballots are debated amid party leadership tension.
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UPI
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Senate
Nixon
Pentagon
Sen
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D Lown
William P. Clements Jr
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Central Intelligence Agency
Hughes
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
Common Cause
Democratic Study Group
Jack Conway
Teague
Carl Albert
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
King Hussein Signals Possible Jordan Israel Peace Pact
King Hussein of Jordan said the time is right for a Middle East peace settlement and warned another war would be disastrous. He suggested a possible separate Jordanian Israeli agreement outside a broader peace framework during NBC interview Speaking Freely.
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Hussein
Jordan
Middle East
Israel
NBC
Panhandle bases shaped wartime weaponry and pilots
Panhandle sites like Eglin, Hurlburt Field, Tyndall, and Pensacola trained pilots and developed weapons. Col. Joe Davis conceived laser guided smart bombs at Eglin. SOF, Vietnam era commando training, and Huey helicopter overhauls at Pensacola and Fort Rucker highlight regional role in air and ground warfare.
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Joe Davis
Eglin
Panama City
Tyndall Air Force Base
Naval Ship Research and
Hanoi
Haiphong
Air Force
Army
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Ala
John F. Kennedy
Indochina
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Air Warfare Center
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SOF
Vietnam
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Fylin
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Weaver Rivers
Blackwater Bay
Pensacola
Naval
Tactical Air Command
Hurlburt
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