California Solons Aid Nixon Win
California Republican congressmen rallied behind President Nixon blocking a veto override on a health and education bill. Despite education lobby pressure, 14 California GOP members sustained Nixon while 4 voted to override. 2 did not vote. Democrats from California split, aiding the President in a party line victory.
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Glendale
Nixon names three for environmental quality council
President Nixon appointed Russell Train as council chairman with two other members Robert Cahn and Gordon K. McDonald. The trio must be confirmed and will coordinate federal programs, prepare an annual environmental quality report, and shape new environmental policies for the 1970s.
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Gordon J. F. McDonald
Robert Cahn
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Christian Science Monitor
Gordon K. McDonald
University of California At Santa Barbara
Council of Economic Advisers
Nigerians Deporting 32 Clerics
Combined News Services reports in Lagos that thirty two Roman Catholic missionaries, including twenty five Irish priests and several British clergy, were ordered deported from Port Harcourt after illegal entry. They face a $56 fine each and will be sent to Lagos when an aircraft is available.
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Lagos
Fort Harcourt
Biafra
Port Hareath
Harbor Officer Turns Tables on 2 Gunmen
Los Angeles Harbor Department officer Robert Peachy, 43, a 19 year veteran, was praised by the Board of Harbor Commissioners for disarming two would-be robbers. After a red light stop, one thief aimed a pistol, Peachy used the car’s red light to back away, pursued, ordered them out, then disarmed them until police arrived. The citation was sent to the city council.
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Board of Harbor Commissioners
Robert Peachy
Harbor Department
Peachy
Los Angeles
Pope Warns Rebels of Punishment
Pope Paul VI spoke to the Sacred Rota warning Catholics who break church law of stern punishment. He said canon law revision will not be liberalized and stressed the authority of church discipline within charity. Excommunication remains the strongest penalty.
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Vatican City
Paw VI
Masked intruder assaults Wilmington housewife at knife point
A 33 year-old Wilmington woman woke to a smashed front door. A hooded intruder with a knife forced her through rooms and struck her in the abdomen before fleeing. Police report no apparent theft. Suspected same man linked to four or five similar assaults in two months.
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San Pedro
Carl McDaniels
McDaniels
Swanton Vermont Fire Destroys Business District
A spectacular blaze raced through Swanton Vermont near the Canadian border as winds over 50 mph fed flames that engulfed about 15 buildings in the three block business district. No injuries were reported and Governor Deane C. Davis declared Swanton a disaster area. Firefighters from 25 communities battled the blaze, crossing the iced Missisquoi River to obtain water.
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Deane C. Davis
Vermont
New York
Missisquoi
Lake Champlain
Roof and walls stolen from Chicago garage
Sally Hilton told police a garage on the North Side vanished after two men arrived Wednesday morning and began tearing off the roof and walls. Neighbors described the workers as friendly and hardworking and said they left late in the day promising to finish the demolition.
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