Last Two Bodies Moved From Mine in Kentucky Disaster
In Hyden Kentucky the last two bodies were recovered from a Finley Coal Co mine shaft after a deadly underground explosion that killed 38. State official H N Kirkpatrick suspended operations and ordered a two day halt while investigators examined the shafts.
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Shelby Hacker
Finley Coal Co
Hyden
Hacker
H. N. Kirkpatrick
Kentucky
Charles Finley
Fin
Senate ends SST deadlock over plane subsidy vote
Senators reached a deal to drop a filibuster on the SST subsidy in exchange for a separate 1971 vote on the plane aid. A continuing spending plan for the Department of Transportation was approved, delaying a final decision until next year and risking the program if subsidies are not renewed.
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Washington
Senate
House
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Department of Transportation
White House
Senate House
Soviets Spare Hijackers in Leningrad Case
The Soviet Union reduced a June hijacking plot sentence to 15 years for two Leningrad Jews, with others receiving years ranging to 14. The death penalties were commuted, drawing mixed reactions from Israel, the Pope, and the World Jewish Council.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Israel
Golda Meir
Paul VI
World Jewish Council
London
Spain
Leningrad
Isral
Tass
Sweden
Viet Cong Blitz Amid New Year’s Truces In Vietnam
Viet Cong bullets kill over twenty during New Year actions as U S, South Vietnamese forces observe brief truces. U S raids on the Ho Chi Minh trail disrupt supplies, destroying ammo, fuel, and trucks and starting fires, while both sides claim limited, conditional ceases in the Saigon region. The Viet Cong greet U S peace advocates via Chairman Nguyen Huu Tho.
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Saigon
Vietnam
United States
Nixon
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Hanoi
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Navy
Viet Cong
Nguyen Huu Tho
National Liberation Front
Mild Economic Recovery Seen from Chant of 1971 Outlook
The U S Chamber of Commerce says the 1971 recovery may be mild, with little GDP growth above inflation. Chief economist Carl H Madden forecasts a 7 percent GNP rise to 1.05 trillion, about 4 percent real growth, and notes deficits stem from lower incomes and tax receipts rather than stimulus. Consumer caution and stock weakness persist despite easing credit and rising unemployment.
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Washington
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Carl H. Madden
Madden
Johnson Aide Admits Job Program Failure
Washington formal acknowledgment by Stanley H. Ruttenberg of failure in the SIP urban job program. SIP aimed to create 5155 jobs in Los Angeles and New York with $15 million after 1967 riots but yielded about 1000 jobs before phase out in 1969. Several firms receiving SIP funds faced bankruptcy or reorganization.
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Washington
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Johnson
Labor
Ruttenberg
SIP
Los Angeles
New York
Nixon Approves Two Major Airline Mergers
President Nixon signed orders approving two CAB backed mergers. Northwest Orient with Northeast Airlines and American Airlines with Trans Caribbean Airways survive in the deals. The CAB ceded routes linking the Orient, Pacific, New England and Southeast and expanded Caribbean access for American.
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Trans-Caribbean Airways
Northeast Airlines
American
Northwest
U.S
Pacific Ocean
United States
New England
Southeast
Los Angeles
Miami
CAB
Northeast
Browne
American Airlines
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
New York City
Senate OKs Food Stamp Compromise
Senate approved a food stamp program extension sent to President Nixon. The bill adds a work requirement for recipients and authorizes 1.75 billion dollars in the first year of a three year extension. Senator George McGovern opposed the rule as obnoxious but said time ran out.
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United Mine Workers Union
Federal Bureau of Mines
Nixon
Louie B. Nunn
Senate
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
White House
Washington
George McGovern
Congress
Clemency Decrees Shape New Year News Roundup
The year opens with clemency for two Russian Jews and six Basque prisoners, amid hopes for peace in Vietnam and the Middle East. In New York crowds celebrate Times Square despite inflation concerns, while Hanoi calls for U S pullout. For mosa echoes Chang Kai-shek urging Beijing topple.
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Russia
Spain
New York
Times Square
Guy Lombardo
Rio de Janeiro
San Francisco
Pacific
Olympic Club
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Formosa
Chang Kai-shek
Red China
Peking
British Records Show Fears of U S Axis Deal in 1940
London dispatches reveal Joseph Kennedy labeled a double crosser and British leaders feared a D Roosevelt bargain with Hitler and Mussolini to influence the 1940 election. Sumner Welles drew Foreign Office criticism as an international danger while Chamberlain warned of a presidentially influenced outcome. Details come from government papers released after 30 years.
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London
Joseph P. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
U.S
Foreign Office
United States
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
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Edward Kuznetsov
Giv
Iosif Mendelyevich
Ari Khnokh
Anatoly Altman
Sylvia Zalmanson
Israel Zalmanson
Alexei Murzhenio
Yuri Fyodorov
Boris Penson
Mendel Bodny
Cong
Peacenicks
Johnson Aide
Georgia Peach
Rome
Peter B. Waters
New York State
Susan Faulkner
Atlanta
THE
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Tan Duc Thang
Indochina
Kennedy Airport
IAA
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