Sirica to take senior status on Tuesday after long Watergate role
Jotun J. Sirica, 73, steps back from active federal judgeship today and becomes a senior judge Tuesday while keeping office, staff, and salary. He plans to focus on civil cases and has historically guided major Watergate decisions including the Nixon aides trial and sentencing adjustments affecting Haldeman Ehrlichman and Mitchell.
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Washington
Jotun J. Sirica
R M. Nizon
Sirica
Abe
Blok
Surleas
Seale
Sirlea
U.S. District Court
Nixon
HH. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrichman
Amtrak Cuts Hit Northeast Rail Service
Amtrak began budget driven cutbacks with four trains eliminated this week and more likely to be cut on November 6. Senate action could restore funds this year, but final approval remains pending. Switchboards filled as passengers asked about affected schedules, especially on the Washington to Boston corridor where about 22 daily trains are dropped.
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Washington
Amtrak
National
Northeast
Congress
Senate
Washington-to- Boston
Britain Lets Pound Rise After Float Decision
Britain suspends its effort to hold the pound down and allows it to float in world markets. The exchange rate jumped from about 1.77 dollars to roughly 1.84, after a London report predicted the move triggering gains in Far East exchanges. The Bank of England will stop buying dollars to prop up the pound, aiming to boost exports but risking higher inflation.
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London
London Exchange
Far East
Goverment
Bank of England
National Bank
747 jet sets new around world record
The Pan American 747 named Clipper New Horizons completed a world circumnavigation via the North Pole and South Pole in 4 hours 7 minutes 2 seconds. The flight carried 169 passengers with first class at 3533 dollars and economy at 2222 dollars.
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Pan American World Airways
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TWA
Lomdon
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Capetown
South Africa
South Pole
Auckland
New Zealand
California
Riots Erupt After Vilnius Soccer Match In Soviet Lithuania
About 15 000 Lithuanians clashed with police in Vilnius after a match between Lithuanian and Russian teams. Posters torn, cars overturned, police vehicles set ablaze in the unrest. Interior Ministry called it a disturbance. several teenagers fought, four detained and released.
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Vilnius
Soviet Union
Baltic
Interior Ministry
Vilna
Lithuania
Ance
Qet
Butte
Harper's Bazaar names 49 powerful American women
Harper's Bazaar Reveraher issue lists 49 women who broke barriers in male dominated fields. Barbara Walters Billie Jean King Katharine Graham Barbara Jordan Lady Bird Johnson Dixie Lee Ray Rosalynn Carter Charlotte Curtis Mary Wells Lawrence Beauch Caldwell and others cited for leadership influence and public achievement.
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Barbara Walters
Billie Dean King
Katharine Graham
America
Harper's Bazaar Magazine
Barbara Jordan
Dtexas
Lady Bird Johnson
Dotena
Washington Gay
Dixy Lee Ray
Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Efense
Rosalynn Carter
Charlotte Curtis
New York Times
Mary Wells Lawrence
Wells, Rich, Greemine
Beach Caldwell
Dobrynin Calls Alaska Sale Stupid in Sitka Visit
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin on a four day Alaska tour called the sale of Alaska by the czars “stupid” while noting Seward’s folly and reflecting on Russia’s former North American empire. He and his wife toured Sitka and press events focused on a desired most favored nation trading status for the Soviet Union.
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Alaska
Anatoly Dobrynin
Alexander
United States
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Wletrina
North America
Andrew Johnson
William Seward
Seward
Toolist
Abaskay
Anchorage
Prudhov Haynil
Valdez
Russia
Soviet Union
Siberia
Baranal Island
Juneau
Pepsicola and Plantic-Richfield Co
U.S
Daily Wail Announces Publication Details and Rates
The Daily Wail lists a New Year holiday notice and publication details for Hagerstown Maryland. It states a weekly circulation by carrier and prices for annual delivery, with a postal imprint and office address on Sanat Ave.
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Tia Sanat Ave
Hagerstown
Nationwide farm strike set December 14 in Midwestern states
Farmers from six states gathered in Topeka on a rally sponsored by American Agriculture to pledge support for a nationwide farm strike on December 14. They warned low prices threaten small town U.S.A. and said farmland is being bought by corporations and foreign buyers.
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Kan
Stan DeBoer
Berirand
Neb
U.S.A
DeBoer
Topeka Sunray
American Agriculture
Springfield
Kansas
Texas
Georgia
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Delaware
Detroit Free Press Tries Payoff to Stop TV Watching
The Detroit Free Press offered about 120 families $500 to turn off their television for one month to study television addiction. Only two accepted while five families agreed to participate and had their sets disconnected by repairmen. Early results showed varied effects on viewing, with some people cutting back and others growing restless.
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Avision
Detroit Free Press
Ube
Romulus
Wich
Hubbard
Indy Ubeir Hommes
Siiitking
Lottery Draws Provide Mixed Results in Marshaw and PA
The Saturday drawing in Marshaw's Numbers Gam produced 690 while Pennsylvania's Naily Lottery yielded UAL. Local players reacted as officials announced the numbers and prizes for the two games.
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Marshaw
Pennsylvania
South Africa Faces UN Censure as Border Clashes Escalate
Reported battles along the South West Africa border leave 1 guerrilla killed and 5 South African soldiers dead in a three hour clash. SWAPO fighters clash with South African forces near Angola’s border as UN moved to vote four resolutions censuring Pretoria.
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Alea Amd Rhodesigh
Iway
U.N
Cornell
South Africa
Tripe
South-West Africa
Angola
Scoggs
Ae Smac
Batu
Rhodesia
Zambia
Andrew Young
ABC
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Africa
Young
Sutolf
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