Losses Mount in Indochina Flight Casualties Report
Enemy fire downed an American intelligence plane in Laos a jet fighter in Cambodia and two helicopters in South Vietnam. One crewman was killed and five wounded. the two helicopters crew were killed. The B57 was the first of its kind lost over Laos since Oct. 1 and the F100 supported Cambodian forces under heavy attack in Kompong Cham Province. Cambodian troops seized Phnom Batheay, boosting control of Highway 6 as 30,000 northern front soldiers faced pressure.
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Phnom Batheay
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Republican Governors Split On Nixon Role In Campaign
GOP governors meeting at Sun Valley Idaho split over Nixon administration influence in the 1970 elections. Some criticized Nixon remarks minimizing governor influence while others supported the White House. Agnew campaign style drew mixed reviews amid post election tensions and talk of 1972 politics. Oregon’s Tom McCall and Massachusetts’ Francis Sargent voiced concerns about presidential rhetoric.
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Claude Kirk Jr
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Haley Airport
Sun Valley
Idaho
Nixon
GOP
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Oregon
Tom McCall
Associated Press
Massachusetts
Francis
Colombian Avalanches May Claim 300 Lives
Search crews moved into a flood soaked mud and rock tangle where as many as 300 persons were feared dead after two avalanches on the northwestern Andes buried buses trucks and a freight train near Pintada and Supia on the border of Antioquia. Officials reported 96 dead based on bus owners and families, but other estimates were higher.
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UPI
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Colombia
Pintada
Supia
Antioquia
New Faces Due In Rocky's Fourth Term
Gov. Rockefeller confirms new appointments and staff changes for a new term. Richard E. Stewart resigns as state superintendent of insurance after heading the department since 1967. Robert Douglass becomes secretary to the governor and T. Norman Hurd moves to director of state operations. Stewart may serve as unsalaried advisor. The auto no fault plan previously backed by the governor stalls in legislature.
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Rockefeller
Richard E. Stewart
Robert Douglass
Ters
Stewart
Perry B. Duryea
Douglas
T. Norman Hurd
Douglass
Busy Week Ahead on Capitol Hill Team Leaders To Be Chosen
Albany report details Republicans and Democrats selecting leaders for the 1971 session opening Jan 6. GOP Senate endorses Earl Brydges as majority leader and Perry Duryea as speaker, with Zaretzki and Steingut as minority leaders. Assembly and Senate sessions, county chairmen meeting, and Big Six mayoral talks frame a busy pre session week.
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N.Y
UPI
State Capitol
Assembly
Senate
Charles T. Lanigan
Rockefeller
State Board of Canvassers
Earl W. Brydges
Niagara Falls
Assembly Gop
Perry B. Duryea
Montauk
Sen
Joseph Zaretzki
Manhattan
Hughes probes trigger Las Vegas exodus and bid for TWA
Time magazine reports Howard Hughes grew suspicious of Las Vegas staff after a federal tip about casino corruption. He reportedly fled to the Bahamas to shield his empire as investigations by U S. authorities Nevada officials and Las Vegas authorities unfold. Hughes may sell Nevada holdings to regain control of Trans World Airlines.
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Time Magazine
Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
Hughes
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Nevada
Time
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Hughes Tool Co
Robert Maheu
Hughes’ Nevada Enterprises
U.S
Clark County
Robbery at Mike's Sub Leaves $196 Stolen
An armed robbery at Mike's Submarine on 19th Street and Broadway Watervliet netted $196. The lone suspect, described as about five ten wearing a black jacket hat and sunglasses, fled toward the new Congress Street Bridge. Police from Watervliet and Troy joined the chase. the money bag was recovered near the scene. an APB is out. Richard King, 26, Albany, reported as store employee.
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Joseph Michasiow
Donald Dunham
Joseph West
John Comitale
Detective Bureau
Andersons Liberal Views Split Ranks In House Leadership Fight
The GOP leadership contest pits Rep. Samuel L. Devine against Rep. John B. Anderson for the House Republican Conference chair. Conservatives accuse Anderson of being too liberal while asserting they control enough support to secure 91 votes in the caucus.
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House Republican Conference
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FBI
Columbus
Ohio
Anderson
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Devine
William L. Dickinson
Alabama
Gerald R. Ford
Michi
William C. Cramer
Florida
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Rules Committee
Dickinson
Joseph Hormats Dies A Civic Leader At 77
Joseph Hormats 77 of 19 Center View Dr long active in Troy Rotary and Senior Citizen affairs suffered a heart attack Saturday evening while driving in 114th Street. He was dead on arrival at Leonard Hospital. Coroner Thomas Styles ruled natural causes. At death he was executive director of Troy Senior Citizens Inc and had led Christ mas party transport duties from St Augustine's Hall.
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Rensselaer County
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Man Survives Jump From Williamsburg Bridge
A man climbed the Williamsburg Bridge girders in New York and leaped about 175 feet into the East River. Rescued alive by a police launch, Cylesber ews, 20, of East Orange, was taken to Greenpoint Hospital in Brooklyn in good condition with no injuries.
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Williamsburg Bridge
East River
Greenpoint Hospital
Brooklyn
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East Orange
Nixon urges Congress to pass family assistance program
President Nixon opened a White House Conference on Children with a plea to enact family assistance, proposing a guaranteed minimum cash income of 1600 dollars per family. He said the measure could be the most important social legislation in U.S. history and urged support from states communities schools churches and individuals. Six hundred delegates criticized planner participation and threatened to boycott unless all delegates attend a plenary session. The conference, led by the Council of National Organizations for Children and Youth, will split into two age focused sessions with a Youth conference planned for Estes Park Colorado.
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Nixon
White House
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Lier
Council of National Organizations For Children and Youth
Theodore Roosevelt
Estes Park
Colo
Rocky Mountains
Revenue sharing push urged by New York Senate leader
State Senate Finance Committee Chairman Warren M. Anderson urged two New York GOP congressmen to back President Nixon's revenue sharing plan. The call comes as GOP lawmakers face pressure from Albany leadership to support substantial federal revenue sharing for the state.
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UPI
New York
Warren M. Anderson
Binghamton
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Lawmakers urged federal revenue sharing to aid New York
Anderson pressed Representatives Barber Conable and Howard Robinson to back a rapid federal revenue sharing program. He warned Washington may not grasp the state fiscal crisis and urged immediate action to preserve viability. Rockefeller urged the delegation to pursue a 10 billion plan as NY faced a 400 million deficit and needs 800 million new revenue to sustain programs next year.
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House
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Howard Robinson
Owego
Anderson
Washington
Rocckefeller
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