First women on Coast Guard rescue mission aboard Unimak
Kay Hartzell and Becky Montgomery, both 25 and 23 respectively, become the first women aboard a rescue mission. They and other officer candidates participated as the Unimak aided 19 crew from the Cypriot ship Aegis Duty after it abandoned ship 105 miles southeast of New York.
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Kay Hartzell
Freno
Calif
Becky Montgomery
Baton Rouge
U.S. Coast Guard
Unimak
Governors Island
New York
Coast Guard
Aegis
Atlantic
Vendetta claim over milk producers tied to 1972 antitrust suit
New evidence in the 1972 antitrust case shows former White House aide Murray M. Chotiner discussed antitrust actions with then Attorney General John W. Mitchell after the government sued Associated Milk Producers Inc. The letters suggest hopes to influence prosecutors as Nixon administration faced personnel changes and rising campaign concerns.
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John W. Mitchell
White House
Murray M. Chotiner
Justice Department
Dairy Group
Nixon
Mitchell- Chotiner
Chotiner
Marion E. Harrison
US District Court
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Harrison
George Mehren
Mitchell
Mehren
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
Stewart Russell
Russell
Meir Wins Confidence Vote Foundations of Labor Party
Golda Meir secured a 291 to 33 vote of confidence from the Labor Party central committee in Tel Aviv, with 15 abstentions. The decision comes after she accepted full responsibility for Israel’s early October war setbacks and quashes a push by younger members to oust the leadership over mobilization timing.
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Tel Aviv
Golda Meir
Labor Party
Israel
Four Chicago 7 conspirators freed without sentence
Judge Edward T. Gignoux ruled that none of the four Chicago 7 defendants William Kunstler David Dellinger Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin would receive jail time after earlier convictions for contempt. He criticized Judge Julius J. Hoffman and noted Dellinger faced seven contempt counts while the others had two each.
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Chicago 7
Edward T. Gignoux
U.S. District Court
William M. Kunstler
David T. Dellinger
Abbie Hoffman
Jerry Rubin
Gignoux
U.S. Dist
Julius J. Hoffman
Dellinger
Mattoon inventor touts electromagnetic engine claim
Mattoon resident Ken Wiseley declares an electromagnetic engine could end the energy crisis. He describes a 10-pound prototype delivering 20 to 25 horsepower and a 200-pound version producing 170,000 volts. experts warn of inefficiency and perpetual motion concerns.
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Charles Chamberlain Mattoon
Ken Wiseley
Wiseley
Oklahoma
Mattoon
Gerald F. Saletta
Tlinois Institute of Technology
Chicago
Jets duel over Suez as both claim downing one plane
Egyptian and Israeli jets dueled high over the Suez Canal with both sides asserting a downed aircraft. Cairo said it shot down an Israeli jet, a claim echoed after a day with prior denial from Israel. The incident follows Dayan's planned talks with Kissinger on troop withdrawal talks near the canal and potential resumption of Geneva negotiations.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
Cairo
Moshe Dayan
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
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John
Mrs. Meir
Mattoon Inventor
Suez
Dayan
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Ismail Fahmy
U.S
Hermann Eilts
Vladimir Vinogradov
Kissinger
Westchester
Seymour
Benneti
Ireland
Seymour Fire Tongs
Wright Building
Murphysboro
Williams Street
Black & Brass
Santa Savers
Men’s & Boys
Haggar
ARROW
Curlee
Jockey
Freeman & Campus
E. Broadway
Johnston
City, Ill
Corning
BROWN
Colombo
Herrin
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