Legislature Opens 1971 Session With Republican Control
The new Legislature begins with Republicans holding both houses 79-71 in the Assembly and 34-22 in the Senate. Senate majority leader Earl W Brydges and Assembly speaker Perry B Duryea are unchanged. Govs Shafer and Nunn attend White House meeting as Rockefeller urges $10 billion in federal funds to stave off state local government funding crisis.
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Prise
Assembly
Senate
William Farrell
Brooklyn
Earl W. Brydges
Niagara Falls
Perry B. Duryea
Suffolk County
Manhattan
Joseph Zaretzki
Stanley Steingut
White House
Raymond Shafer
Pennsylvania
Republican Governor’s Association
Louie Nunn
Kentucky
Rockefeller
Katzenbach Warns Arms Aid Can Be Self-Fulfilling
Former Undersecretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach told a Joint Economic subcommittee that large scale military aid to neighbors of Red China risks destabilizing effects and could draw the United States into Vietnam-like entanglements. He cautioned against assuming the State Department controls foreign policy and noted Pentagon arms shipments to Greece continued after State Department disapproval.
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Washington
Nicholas’ Katzenbach
America
Red China
Katzenbach
United States
Laird Arrives in Paris for Vietnam Trip
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird arrived in Paris with Adm. Moorer and aides for a tour discussing troop reductions in Vietnam. He will meet Ambassador Bruce and French Defense Minister Debre and hold a news conference tomorrow.
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Paris
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
Laird
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Orly
U.S. Air Force
Warren Nutter
Daniel Z. Henkin
David K. E. Bruce
Michel Debre
Davis pleads innocence in Marin courthouse shooting arraignment
Angela Davis, 26, charged with murder kidnaping and conspiracy in the Marin County courthouse attack, declares innocence claiming a political frame up. Co defendant Ruchell Magee removed after shouting. Davis asks to be recognized as cocounsel and seeks bail.
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San Rafael
Calif
Angela Davis
Marin County
Ruchell Magee
California
Allan Brotsky
San Francisco
Wilson
State Supreme Court
Alli Marin County
Harold J. Haley
Brotsky
Dennis Roberts
Michael E. Tigar
UCLA
Howard Moore Jr
Atlanta
Margaret Burnham
New York
Miss Davis
LBJ Aide Saws Defense Books Fixed
A former Pentagon official testified that the Johnson administration used accounting moves to shield spiraling military aid programs from Congress. Townsend Hoopes cited transfers from the MAP budget to the Defense Department in 1966 and subsequent years, while Sen. Proxmire criticized the lack of congressional oversight and authorizing discipline.
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Washington
Pentagon
Johnson Administration
Congress
Townsend Hoopes
Defense Department
Laos
Thailand
Hoopes
U.S
Vietnam
Korea
Philippines
William Proxmire
Dwis
Joint Economic Subcommittee
Cameroon bishop gets life term in military tribunal
Msgr Albert Ndongmo 44 Roman Catholic bishop of Nkongsambato was sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting an armed rebellion in a Cameroonian military trial. Ernest Ouan die received the death penalty for leading a political party. Others got death, prison terms, or were acquitted as a second trial loomed.
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Albert Ndongmo
Nkongsambato
Ernest Ouandie
The
Union of Cameroon Peoples
Ouandie
Ahmadou Ahidjo
Msgr
Ndongmo
Pierre Viazzi
France
Snowmobile and Ski Trails Opened at Spa
Saratoga Springs Reservation announces opening of snowmobile and cross country ski trails. Trails lie on state land bordered by Crescent Avenue Nelson Avenue Kaydeross Avenue and Route 9 with entry off Crescent Avenue and ski starts near the Roosevelt Bath House.
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Saratoga Springs Reservation
Joseph M. Fennell
Crescent Avenue
Nelson Avenue
Kaydeross Avenue
Route 9
Roosevelt Bath House
Fixodent Denture Adhesive Adaption Promises Firm Fit
An advertisement touts Fixodent as a daily home denture adhesive with Fixopent technology for firmer, more comfortable denture fit. It claims long lasting adhesion, moisture resistance, and improved biting and chewing, urging regular dental visits and availability at drug counters.
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U.S
Middle East Peace Talks Resume Amid Optimism
Talks reopen with no set date for Jarring’s next appointment as Moscow backs the move. Izvestia praises progress toward peace and outlines steps toward mutual positions and practical actions. Rogers urges flexibility while U Thant releases Jarring’s report on positions of Israel Egypt Jordan and Lebanon under the 1957 Security Council resolution.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Israel
Nixon
Soviet Union
Middle East
William P. Rogers
Rogers
U Thant
U.N. Security Council
Egypt
Jordan
Lebanon
Security Council
Judge dismisses suit to halt Army spying
In Chicago federal court Judge Richard B. Austin dismissed the AC LUs bid to stop Army surveillance of private citizens calling the effort bureaucratic boondoggling and a comedy of errors while affirming the administrations right to use available facilities for emergency preparedness amid civil disturbances.
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Chicago
Army
Washington
Richard B. Austin
U.S. District Court
American Civil Liberties Union
Austin
Keystone Cops
Father charged in mercy killing of mentally retarded son
In Santa Barbara California police allege Alexander Gibson 58 killed his 12 year old son Douglas Alexander Gibson calling it mercy killing A note beside a .32 pistol stated What I did is unforget able The boy lay on a day bed with a single bullet wound and died at St Francis Hospital Neighbors described Douglas as mentally retarded needing constant supervision and care
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Santa Barbara
Calif
API
Alexander Gibson
Douglas Alexander Gibson
Gibson
St. Francis Hospital
Douglas
Unseasonable Weather Hits Europe and Asia Hard
Unseasonable weather caused floods in Malaysia with 27 dead and 100000 displaced. Tokyo received four inches of snow and Japan faced an earthquake as Europe saw fog, heat, and travel disruptions at Heathrow. Temerlah waters rise,malaysian coast attacked by floods, Royal Navy prepared aid ship Sir Lancelot.
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London
Europe
Asia
Malaysia
Spain
Italy
Tokyo
Japan
West Germany
Heathrow
Sweden
Denmark
Tun Abdul Razak
Kuala Lumpur
Malayan
Royal Navy
Sir Lancelot
Singapore
Temerloh
Mohawk Airlines Posts $2.1 Million Loss in November
Mohawk Airlines reports November losses of more than 2.1 million as pilots strike grounds planes. President Russell V. Stevenson cites substantial strike-caused losses, noting 90 percent layoff of non striking staff and a 65 percent revenue drop from the prior year.
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Mohawk Airlines
Mohawk
Russell V. Stevenson
Nixon Eyes Stronger Curbs On Transportation Strikes
Hodgson says Nixon will push a new emergency strike bill similar to last year’s proposal to overhaul the Railway Labor Act. The plan would allow the White House to order strike delays, permit partial industry strikes, or appoint a neutral board to pick a settlement. Congress has eyed hearings early this year as the current 13.5 percent pay hike amid a 24 hour nationwide rail stoppage nears expiration.
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Hodgson
Congress
Congressional Committee
Associated Press
Nixon
White House
Management
Labor
Manson attorney warns jury of war on hippies
Charles Manson's lawyer told jurors that convicting the cult leader could spark a war on hippies, arguing the prosecution's race war claim is synthetic while noting pressures for a guilty verdict. The defense contends the trial has lasted days as Kanarek urged careful consideration of the evidence.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Irving Kanarek
Manson
Miss Tate
Kanarek
Student with Long Hair Seeks Vacation Job
Salisbury Rhodesia AP reports 20 year old college student Fred Withers trimmed his shoulder length hair after no one answered his job advertisement seeking employment for vacation any thing. He is a bachelor of commerce student.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Fred Withers
Aquatic Directors Attend Institute and Meet in Florida
Three area aquatic directors led by Clarence Lephart of RPI returned from the National College Swim Forum in Fort Lauderdale Florida after 10 days of exhibitions culminated by the East West championship meet. Also attending were James H. Carnahan chair of the Capital District Swimming Officials Association and Brian Kelly of Albany State University.
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Clarence Lephart
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
National College Swim Forum
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Lephart
James H. Carnahan
Capital District Swimming Officials Association
Brian Kelly
Albany State University
Soccer Pool Wins 240000 For Priest
A Roman Catholic priest in London won 240000 pounds from the soccer pools. He, Irish-born and middle aged, asked to remain anonymous and said he hoped to cover the parish hall debt with his prize.
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London
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