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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1973
Page
3
Republican governors convene in Memphis for three days of crisis talks amid Watergate fallout. Nixon will join late to offer counsel as 19 governors discuss 1974 re elections, party unity, and ongoing investigations.
President Nixon signed the 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act authorizing 185 million dollars over three years for planning development and research in emergency medical services. HEW may receive grants while eight public health service hospitals face closure due to aging facilities and low use.
In a rare double event, Edward M. Kennedy Jr. had his right leg amputated to fight bone cancer while Sen. Kennedy gave Kathleen Kennedy away at her wedding in Georgetown. Teddy’s operation lasted about an hour and was described as tolerated well with satisfactory condition.
Detroit UPI reports General Motors and United Auto Workers negotiators met to avert a threatened series of mini-strikes by some 420 000 workers if no national contract is ready by 10 a m Monday. An all night session was possible if progress continued. The union had planned a national strike but shifted to rotating short strikes at GM plants to fund its 71 million strike fund with benefits paid in the second week.
President Nixon and party plan a motorcade to Mercer University for ceremonies honoring Carl Vinson on his 90th birthday and to tour the old law school named for Walter F. George. State Republicans push a bipartisan visit while coordinating a broad petition campaign in support of the President at Robins AFB.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller unveiled a 35 member panel including vice president designee Gerald Ford to study America’s critical problems and propose options. The blue ribbon body aims to keep Rockefeller in national focus as a potential 1976 presidential candidate. Its first formal meeting is set for New York City December 4-5.
In Heuvelton New York officials announce extended Christmas break to January 7 impacting about 1000 students as oil fuel stock and heater use drive energy savings. If oil supply remains tight a second February break could be doubled, with district measures including lowered thermostat settings and staged shutdowns to conserve fuel.
Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue moved into the space station to establish a home for the holidays aboard a 270 mile high orbit. They hope to remain for a record 84 days as they power up lights heaters and solar panels and begin daily mission control communications.
The National Safety Council estimates 625 to 725 traffic deaths over the four day Thanksgiving period, with 27,000 to 32,000 disabled in auto accidents and up to 125 lives saved if belts are worn.
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