Congress Convenes as 92nd begins briskly in Washington
The 92nd Congress opens with urgent items including welfare reform Social Security, the draft, and trade laws. Democratic House leaders battle for majority control and the speakership with Hale Boggs Morris Udall Carl Albert amid calls by John Conyers to challenge. Republicans face a conference chair contest as Samuel Devine aims to unseat John Anderson.
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House
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
John Conyers
D-Mich
Conyers
Albert
Mississippi
John B. Anderson
Illinois
Samuel L. Devine
Ohio
Anderson
This Day in History January 18 highlights
Today in history notes key events including 1788 British settlers in Australia and 1912 Scott reaches the North Pole. It recalls Pizarro founding Lima in 1534 and Cook discovering Hawaii in 1778 along with other notable milestones across centuries.
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Australia
Francisco Pizarro
Lima
Peru
James Cook
Hawaiian Islands
Daniel Webster
Salisbury
N. H
Robert F. Scott
Department of Housing and Urban Development
David O. McKay
Weather snapshot for Texas regions this weekend
Northwest Texas shows partly cloudy conditions with cooler nights and a 55 to 67 degree high on Tuesday. North Central Texas stays mostly cloudy and colder with a Tuesday high between 45 and 59. Southeast Texas faces cloudiness and fog with Tuesday highs from 58 to 66. West of the Pecos stays fair with mild afternoons and 65 to 80 degree highs.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Cambodia Reclaims Pich Nil Pass In Highway Drive
Cambodian authorities claim forces recaptured the Pich Nil pass on Highway 4 to reopen the Phnom Penh sea corridor amid a broader push. U.S. forces expand involvement in Cambodia with 7th Fleet ships and helicopter gunships supporting over 13 000 South Vietnamese and Cambodian troops.
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Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
Cambodia
Gulf of Siam
Saigon
North Vietnam
Pich Nil
U.S
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Johnson
North
Nixon
Pich Nil Pass
Am Rong
Kidnapped Infant Recovered As Suspect Arrested Near Rotan
Janice Hernandez, five months old, was abducted from 1303 Eighteenth Street Sunday night. She was found in the back seat of a car with a 24 year-old suspect eight miles west of Rotan after a police pursuit. Driving while intoxicated charges filed. kidnapping charges pending. Gracie Hernandez slept nearby during the home invasion.
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Janice Hernandez
Juan Hernandez
Eighteenth Street
Rotan
Roby
Hernandez
Gracie Hernandez
Soviet Leader Promises Help to Rebuild Egypt
Podgorny told 5000 Alexandria shipyard workers that the Soviet Union will bear material losses to help Egypt repulse Israel and will furnish experts and money to aid all fields. Sadat praised the aid, pledging lasting friendship as the two leaders toured the city. The visit included electrification and land reclamation plans costing over 270 million dollars. Meanwhile Al Fatah warned it may use force against Jordan leftists opposing King Hussein.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Mediterranean
Podgorny
Aswan
Sadat
al Ahram
Soviet Union
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Jordan
Hussein
Nam War Pace Winding Down
The Vietnam War pace shows a downward trend during Nixon's first two years, with U.S. troop withdrawals beginning in 1969 and officials claiming the ground combat role will end by 1971. Despite improvements in countryside security and lower casualties, critics warn Vietnami zation could prolong the conflict as Saigon bears more of the burden. Pentagon data cite 335,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam at month end, down from 539,000 in 1969, with 1970 combat deaths at 4,221, down from 9,414 the prior year.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Paris
Pentagon
Vietnam
Iran Welcomes US Oil Envoy Amid OPEC Pressure
Iran’s premier welcomed Nixon envoy John Irwin in Teheran while stressing that foreign pressure will not alter demands from the 10 OPEC nations for higher royalties and taxes. Hoveida said talks with Irwin would not curb Iran’s policy and that terms must be settled independently for producers’ benefit.
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Iran
Nixon
Amir Abass Hoveida
John N. Irwin
Washington
Hoveida
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Middle East
Algeria
Libya
Venezuela
Indonesia
Irwin
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
OPEC
Europe
Japan
New York Bank Cuts Prime Rate to 6 Percent
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co lowered its prime lending rate to 6 percent from 6 4 percent today, following similar cuts by major banks last Friday. If spread across banks, this would be the third rate drop this month, affecting loans, mortgages, and consumer borrowing.
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Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Morgan Guaranty
Wilkinson services set for Fred B. Wilkinson Sr.
Funeral will be held at 3 p m Tuesday in Bolger Funeral Home Chapel for Fred B. Wilkinson Sr 80 of 1607 Thirteenth Street who died Saturday night in a Breckenridge nursing home He was a Georgia native who lived in Snyder 34 years Married November 15 1921 in Aachen Germany to Caroline Petry The Rev Wallace Kirby will officiate Burial in Hillside Memorial Gardens Burial directed by Bolger Funeral Home Surviving: wife five daughters four sons three sisters two brothers 24 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Pallbearers named.
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Bolger Funeral Home
Fred B. Wilkinson Sr
Thirteenth Street
Wilkinson
Breckenridge
Georgia
Snyder
Aachen
Germany
Caroline Petry
Wallace Kirby
First United Methodist Church
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Callie Lewis
Andrews
Dimple May Gray
Odessa
Lottie Lee Scott
Pecos
Arleane Tyra
Corene Armstrong
Fred B. Wilkinson Jr
Fort Worth
Bill Wilkinson
Seniority System Is Challenged in Senate Reform Hearing
bipartisan, unofficial hearings opened in Washington focusing on reforming the Senate seniority system. John Gardner of Common Cause urged democratic selection of committee chairs, proposing biennial, recorded votes by the majority party caucus, while Mathias and Harris pushed the idea without official authority.
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Washington
Senate
Charles M. C. Mathias
Maryland
Oklahoma
Fred R. Harris
John Gardner
Citizens’ Lobby
Common Cause
Gardner
Mathias
Harris
McGovern Opens 1972 Presidential Bid Early
Senator George S. McGovern announced an early bid for the Democratic nomination promising a candor driven campaign aimed at appealing to the nation’s better angels. He called for a unified message against war pollution racism crime unemployment and inflation and planned a televised address from South Dakota.
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George S. MaGovern
America
South Dakota
McGovern
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
Southeast Asia
Party Reform Commission
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
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