Nixon Faces Busy Week Yet Government Sinks Toward Inaction
UPI reports President Nixon drives a busy first week with early meetings and new councils, while many federal departments lag. HEW issues only one press release and top posts remain unfilled as Rogers and others learn the ropes. Justice shows vigor with an aggressive crime push.
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National Airlines Interviews Machinists to Replace Strikers
National Airlines expanded its recruitment drive to replace 1300 striking machinists after a federal judge denied requests to end the injunction or return to pre strike operations. In a Friday hearing Judge Clyde Adkins refused to lift the injunction and to hold the airline in contempt. IAM plans an appeal though it may take time. National reported 300 applicants interviewed Friday with 60 hired on the spot and says offices in Miami and New York remain open to handle weekend demand. The strike began January 17 after three New York machinists were suspended and has caused about 40 daily flight cancellations. the carrier hopes to resume some services by Monday.
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Train derailment blasts rocks Laurel Mississippi
Twenty six butane tank cars jumped the tracks near Laurel causing a chain of explosions that destroyed 30 homes and six warehouses. At least 39 people were injured and a 12 year old girl remained missing hours after the blasts. NTSB investigating and National Guard deployed.
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Auto Tire Makers Are Hit
Senator Gaylord Nelson charged nine tire manufacturers with violating the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 and urged Nixon Administration action. He cited tire failures found by private labs and requested Transportation Secretary Volpe review. Mohawk Rubber Co. recalled 10,000 Mohawk Airflo tires 7.35-14 sold since last February.
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Mansfield Urges Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Push
Senate leader Mike Mansfield urged President Nixon to submit the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty for ratification. He said votes exist and urged action before Lincoln's Birthday recess. Fulbright awaited administration views as hearings were being scheduled.
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Democrats Hold House Committee
Washington liberal dominate committee sees rise as a breeding ground for new Democratic alternatives to Nixon proposals. Once a conservative labor stronghold, the Education and Labor panel now holds social legislation and desegregation efforts, with no Southern Democrats among its 35 members.
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Romney Nominates Five Aides to HUD Leadership
Secretary George Romney announced five appointees for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Samuel C. Jackson and Samuel Simmons, both prominent NAACP figures, would serve as assistant secretaries. Other nominees are Richard C. Van Dusen under secretary, Sherman Unger general counsel, and Mayor Floyd H. Hyde assistant secretary for model cities and governmental relations. All appointments require Senate confirmation.
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Prosecutor Hints at Alternate JFK Killer in Shaw Case
In New Orleans the chief prosecutor in the Clay L. Shaw conspiracy trial strongly implies the jury should consider that someone other than Lee Harvey Oswald killed President John F. Kennedy.
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Apollo 9 crew predicts smooth start to moon craft test
The Apollo 9 astronauts in Bethpage New York forecast a successful first manned test of the lunar landing craft next month. They warn the mission will be complex and risky with two spacecraft flying together, doubling potential trouble versus single craft.
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Mistrial Declared in Bowers Dahmer Plot Case
In Mississippi former Ku Klux Klan leader Samuel H. Bowers faced a second mistrial after a 12 jurors deadlock on murder charges tied to the firebombing of Vernon Dahmer in Laurel on January 10, 1966. Dahmer led Negro voter registration and died from burns.
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Rule 22 Headed For End
Washington reports a two week debate on Rule 22 ends with a fight over changing the anti filibuster rule. A bipartisan coalition seeks a three fifths vote to cut off debate but expects a two thirds majority to fail. Prisoners freed in Sierra Leone after political crisis. Sunflower byproducts noted as livestock fodder dye and high grade oil seeds.
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