U.S. Urges World Study on Underground Nuclear Explosions
William M. Foster of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency urged the United Nations General Assembly to back an international program of underground detonations with global seismic stations. The aim is to improve detection and help advance a comprehensive test ban, though the plan is not a panacea.
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N.Y
United States
William M. Foster
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
General Assembly
U.S
Foster
Harriman and Nixon near shift in Paris talks observers
W Averell Harriman said after meeting President-elect Nixon that Nixon may send a personal observer to the Paris peace talks and could replace the two main American negotiators soon after inauguration. Harriman and Cyrus Vance expect to turn over duties to Nixon’s team around Jan 20. Nixon’s aide Ziegler said Harris to name observer for Paris talks in coming weeks.
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New York
W. Averell Harriman
Nixon
Paris
Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
Washington
Nixon study group to be headed by Carnegie official
Alan Pifer president of the Carnegie Corp. of New York was named by President-Elect Nixon to head a special study group on national educational priorities. The panel will examine education from all levels to guide Nixon and his incoming staff after the transition.
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Fred M. Hechinger
New York Times
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Alan Pifer
Carnegie Corp. of
Nixon
Pierre Hotel
Pifer
John Gardner
Foundation
Gardner
Johnson
Sirhan trial set January postponement cited
The trial of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan for the Kennedy assassination was postponed to January to allow a new defense attorney Grant B. Cooper to review the case. Judge Herbert V. Walker planned limited juror access and TV setup with an auxiliary press room, noting the delay aims to finalize juror sequestration and a two month expected trial period after selection.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Grant B. Cooper
Herbert V. Walker
Weather Watch: Fair and Cold. Snow Possible Friday
Night is fair and cold with diminishing winds and a low in the mid teens. Friday brings increasing clouds and more cold air with a chance of snow by dark. highs in the low 40s.
Supreme Court Review S? of Northern Lines Merger
The Justice Department pursues the Northern Lines case to the Supreme Court to block the merger of Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington until the high court rules on hearability. The proposed merger would unite 26 500 miles of track into a single privately owned railroad.
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Justice Department
Northern Lines
Supreme Court
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Mine blast survivor testifies on pre disaster conditions
In Fairmont West Virginia the testimony of one of 21 escapees from the Mannington mine blast says there were no signs of trouble before the explosion that trapped 78 miners. A two day Mines Department hearing opened to probe the disaster with US Bureau of Mines and United Mine Workers present. Eisenhower's condition remains unchanged with slow progress reported from Walter Reed.
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West Virginia Department of Mines
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Fairmont Federal Building
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed ‘Army Hospital
Jersey City Panthers Arrested in Police Precinct Attack
Three Black Panthers members Isaiah Rowley 24 Charles Hicks 36 and Victor Perez 19 were arrested in Jersey City N J for assault on a police officer and weapons charges tied to a Friday night hit and run shooting attack on a police precinct. No one was shot though a patrolman's hat and nightstick were struck by bullets.
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N. J
Black Panther Party
Isaiah Rowley
Charles Hicks
Victor Perez
Rowley
New Jersey
Black Panthers
Thomas J. Whelan
Miners Return to Work as Strike Persists in Illinois
About 2,500 soft coal miners in Southern Illinois remain on strike over a job bidding contract interpretation. Kenneth Wells of District 12 UMWA says talks are ongoing with telegram requests for guidance while some locals vote to return. Mines in Shawneetown Energy and Stonefort area upstate Pawnee and Coal City resumed work, with Freeman Orient 3 and other listed mines idle or partially operating amid ongoing picket lines.
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Kenneth Wells
United Mine Workers of America
Wells
W. A
Tony” Boyle
International Union
Peabody Coal Co
Shawneetown
Energy and
Stonefort
Upstate Pawnee
Coal City
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Old Ben
Antiwar Leader Testifies on Possible Police Violence
David Dellinger, head of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, tells a House subcommittee he is concerned about police and federal violence during Democratic convention protests. He asserts the movement does not plan violence and cites authorities as the greater threat.
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Washington
David Dellinger
House
National Mobilization Com
Chicago
Jerry Rubin
Rubin
Huac Star Chamber
President’s Commission
William J. Campbell
U.S. District Court
Daniel Walker
Walkers
Campbell
Ben
Gannett to divest WREX-TV under DOJ suit
The Justice Department seeks a court order forcing Gannett Co to sell either its TV station WREX-TV or its Rockford newspapers within 18 months. A consent decree signed by company officials accompanies the suit, awaiting judge approval after 30 days. WREX-TV has been owned since 1963 with Rockford papers acquired in 1967.
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Justice Department
U.S. District Court Today
Gannett Co., Inc
Rockford
Wrex - TV
Alexander J. Napoli
Rockford Register Republic
Auto dealers push back against Senate repair cost charges
National Automobile Dealers Association president Tom A. Williams denounces testimony alleging industry wide unethical practices. He cites surveys showing high satisfaction with dealer service and reasonable prices while noting extended warranties push repair losses onto dealers. Warren J. McEleney adds manufacturers shortfall on warranty reimbursements hurts franchises.
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Washington
Senate
Tom A. Williams
National Automobile Dealers Association
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Glenn F. Kriegel
Denver
Kriegel
Williams
Greenboro
N.C
Chevrolet
Warren J. McEleney
National Automobile Association
McEleney
Clinton, Iowa
Michigan elector protestor Ferency vows elector abstention
Zolton Ferency former Democratic State Chairman announces he will not vote as a presidential elector in protest of Vietnam policy. He backed Eugene McCarthy and urges extricating the U.S. from Vietnam and revising foreign policy. If he abstains a vacancy would be filled by a Humphrey supporter among Michigan's 21 electors meeting December 16 in Lansing.
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Zolton Ferency
America
Vietnam
Ferency
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Michigan
Lansing
Humphrey
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