Mechanicville Paper Mill to Close Prompting Jobs Talks
Westvaco plans a gradual phase out of its Mechanicville mill affecting 710 workers. Two area firms General Electric of Schenectady and Consolidated Diesel Electric of Niskayuna have contacted officials about rehiring soon to be laid off employees. Westvaco cites weak conditions and says the first step is mothballing the pulp mill and four paper machines.
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Neil L. Moylan
Westvaco Corp
Mechanicville
General Electric Corp
Schenectady
Consolidated Diesel Electric Corp
Niskayuna
Moylan
Westvaco
Westvaco Paper Mill
Troy
Luke
Three Oil Firms Fined In Offshore Valve Violations
Three major oil companies Humble Union and Continental pleaded no contest to failing to escrow safety valves on Gulf of Mexico offshore wells. Each faced maximum $2,000 per count with total fines of $566,?00 across dozens of counts. Shell pleaded innocent as it faces 170 counts in a blaze tied investigation.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Humble Oil Co
Union Oil Co
Continental Oil Co
Shell Oil Co
U.S
Humble
Union
Continental
Shell
Chevron Oil
Houston
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Pope Paul Prays With Protestants In Ecumenical Meeting
Pope Paul VI joined Protestant churchmen in Sydney for an ecumenical session and praised the dialogue as making great strides toward better understanding. He then left on schedule for Jakarta en route to Hong Kong, greeting 10,000 fans from the airliner steps and praising Australia’s dynamism in a farewell address.
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Sydney
Australia
Paul VI
Jakarta
Hong Kong
The
Sydney Morning Herald
Paul
My Lai Trial First Witness Invokes Fifth Amendment
Allen Boyce, 22, a My Lai veteran, became the first witness in Lt. William Calley Jr.’s court martial to invoke the Fifth Amendment. He declined to answer questions about serving in Vietnam and testified only to past actions after the judge pressed for an affirmative reply. The report also notes oil industry regulatory actions, Shell offshore fire, and Chevron spill context.
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Alan Boyce
William Calley
Calley
Fort Benning
Boyce
FT. Benning
My Lai
Vietnam
Col
Reid Kennedy
Ky Says Americans Favorable as South Viet Nam Vice President Tours U S
South Viet Nam vice president Nguyen Cao Ky finishes a 17 day U S tour with remarks that Americans like him He tells a news conference that he believes average citizens support the cause of freedom after conversations with students in Williams burg and others In San Francisco a Viet Cong flag incident caused 34 arrests during protests outside and inside Ky speech venues He defends South Vietnam saying farmers and peasants face unprecedented security and that the allied military situation is better than ever He questions a quoted threat by President Thieu and says he would fight if true but doubts it was said
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Los Angeles
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
United States
Williamsburg
U.S
San Francisco
Commonwealth Club
Ambassador Hotel
World Affairs Council of
America
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Kidnaping Fails To Halt Trial In Spain
Burgos Spain AP Gen Francisco Franco government advances with trial of 15 Basque separatists despite demands for their release from ETA linked kidnappers. Defense seeks postponement. Spanish Supreme Court has not replied. ETA threatens Beihl case tied to the 15 defendants. Beihl seized from San Sebastian home.
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Burgos
Spain
Francisco Franco
Spanish Supreme Court
Bayonne
France
ETA
Eugene Beihl
Madrid
Beihl
San Sebastian
Pyrenees
Supersonic Transport Foes Win Early Round
The Senate passed 77 to 0 a bill to bar civilian flights producing sonic booms over the United States and require SSTs to slow to subsonic speed within 100 miles of the coast. The measure, by Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, moves to the House as lawmakers weigh a $290 million SST development request amid intra party clashes between Charles Percy and Barry Goldwater.
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Washington
Senate
United States
U.S
Warren G. Magnuson
Transportation de
NATO to strengthen defenses against growing Soviet power
Fourteen NATO members vow to bolster air, land and sea defenses from the Arctic to the Mediterranean in the 1970s as Moscow expands military spending. France remains outside the military setup while big four Berlin talks continue and Warsaw Pact allies review relations with the West.
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Brussels
Atlantic Alliance
Arctic
Mediterranean
Russia
Berlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
NATO
U.S.S.R
East Berlin
Consumer Protection Agency Bill Dies in House Rules Tie
Washington AP The proposed Consumer Protection Agency to aid shoppers in court and government was effectively killed by a 7-7 tie in the House Rules Committee, preventing full House action. The Senate passed a similar measure 74-4, but rare procedures to bypass Rules are unlikely to succeed.
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Washington
Consumer Protection Agency
House Rules Committee
Senate
Rules Committee
House
Rep
Benjamin
Rosenthal
D-N.y
Market Average Surges Past 800 on Ninth Straight Session
The Dow Jones industrial average climbed to 802.64 in New York in a ninth straight session rally. Analysts attributed the advance to favorable economic news and speculation that the Nixon administration may push for rapid economic expansion next year.
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New York
Dow
Wall Street
U S Urges Restraint In Mideast Peace Talks Renewal
The United States called for prudence and restraint from Israel and Arab states to sustain a Middle East cease fire and revive stalled peace talks. State Department spokesman John King said conditions were propitious for renewed negotiations, while noting a recent Egyptian motor launch sinking as a reminder of the delicate situation. Jordan's UN envoy blamed the U S and Israel for escalating tension in the region.
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United States
Israel
Middle East
State Department
John King
Washington
Gulf of Suez
Egypt
United Nations
New York
Jordan
U.S
Former Army Agent Alleges Brutal Acts in Vietnam War
Kenneth Barton Osborn, a former Army intelligence agent, testified in Washington that during 15 months in Vietnam he witnessed Marines shove prisoners from a helicopter on an officer’s order and a Marine push a sharpened peg into a prisoner’s ear, causing death. He also claimed he bypassed an order to terminate an agent and that an Army Captain admitted executing one of Osborn's agents. He lives in Washington and studies at American University.
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Washington
U. S. Marine Corps
Vietnam
Kenneth Barton Osborn
Osborn
American University
Cape Kennedy
Baltimore
Catholic Bishops Condemn Abortion as Crime and Heresy
New York bishops led by Cardinal Cooke brand abortionists as practitioners of unspeakable crime and a death dealing trade. The pastoral letter, read statewide, urges Catholics to oppose legalized abortion and warns of excommunication for those who procure or assist abortions.
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Catholic Bishops
Catholic Bishops of
New York
Terence Cardinal Cooke
New York City
Edwin B. Broderick
Albany
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Fine Papers
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Fred J. Cassiery
Julian Murray
Chevron
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Nixon
Hickel
Interior Department
U.S. Atty
Gerald A. Gallinghouse
Louisiana
Richard Nelson
Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel
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Charles Percy
Illinois
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Arizona
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Associated Press
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