Bodies Recovered From Mohawk Turboprop Crash
Rescue crews recovered 14 bodies after the Mohawk Airlines Flight 411 crash into Pilot Knob east of Lake George. The pilot Capt. Raymond Hourihan and co pilot John Morrow died, with 11 passengers identified including Frederick Titterington of Glens Falls. Federal investigators searched for a flight recorder at the wreck site and established a temporary morgue in Glens Falls.
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Troy
Pilot Knob
Lake George
Glens Falls Hospital
Mohawk Airlines
Albany
Glens Falls
Raymond P. Hourihan
Dover
N.H
Mohawk
John P. Morrow
Orchard Park
Anne M. Miklechik
Kings Park
L.I
Frederick Titterington
Andrew C
Calvi
Fair Haven
Hazel Evans
Vermont
Ernest Calvi
California
Ned Calvi
San Marino
Calif
Pilot Knob Mountain
Raymond P. Hourihand
Anne M. Mikolochik
Agnew Attacks New York Times and Washington Post
Vice President Spiro Agnew told the Alabama Chamber of Commerce that the growth of media power threatens public opinion. He criticized The New York Times and The Washington Post, arguing for greater scrutiny of press neutrality and warning against monopolized news voices.
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Montgomery
Ala
Spiro T. Agnew
New York Times
Washington Post
Times: Agnew Wrong and Times responds
New York Times president Arthur Ochs Sulzberger rebukes Vice President Agnew for accusing the paper of avoiding criticism. He cites editorials and multiple NYT reports on Vietnam policy, congressional endorsements, and Vatican coverage to defend press freedom and accuracy.
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NEW York
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
The
New York Times
Agnew
Montgomery
Ala
the Times
D.C
Times
Vietnam
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Nixon
House
Senate
Lodge Quits as Chief U.S. Negotiator in Paris Talks
President Nixon accepted Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge’s resignation effective Dec 8, signaling a potential temporary downgrade of U S prestige in the stalled Paris peace talks. Lawrence Walsh also leaves. leadership of the U S delegation may pass to 49 year old Philip.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Lodge
U.S. Senate
Sevice
United Nations
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Viet Cong Rejects Lodge Resignation Pushes Policy Change
Viet Cong spokesman Duong Dinh Thao said changing the U S negotiator is not enough the Nixon policy must also shift after Henry Cabot Lodge and Law rence Walsh resignation. North Vietnamese comments stressed goodwill and serious talks as Lodge and Walsh step down. Philip Habib to take over next week as the talks resume amid accusations of U S massacres in Quang Ngai and U S demonstrations over the war.
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U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
Pan
Duong Dinh Thao
Lodge
Law
Rence E. Walsh
le Quang Hiep
United States
Washington
Philip C. Habib
Nguyan Thi
Binh
Thao
Quang Ngai
South Vietnam
Quang Nai
Washington Post Chief Defends Editorial Autonomy
Katharine Graham states the Washington Post Co and its publications do not share a single editorial line. She emphasizes autonomous operation of each division and vigorous internal competition. The Post Co touts diverse voices and high calibre journalism across print and broadcast outlets in Washington.
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Agnew
Washington Post Co
Wtop-Tv
Wtop Radio
Newsweek
Washington (Ap
Katharine Graham
Washington Post
Spiro T. Agnew
Montgomery
Ala
Washington Post-Newsweek
The
Post Co
Washington
America
South Vietnam Losses Reflect Increasing Role In War Effort
South Vietnam reports 479 killed in action last week, over four times U S losses, amid Saigon taking a larger combat role. U S battle deaths total 113, up 16 from last week but below the yearly 193 weekly average. Enemy deaths reached 3 013 as U S aims to train and equip South Vietnamese forces and shift to smaller unit patrols.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Apollo Explorers Head Home From Moon Mission
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Alan Bean and Richard Gordon Jr left the Intrepid lunar lander and prepared to depart lunar orbit aboard the Yankee Clipper. The crash of Intrepid into the Ocean of Storms marked the end of a 312 hour moon visit and set a new benchmark for future lunar impacts.
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Moon
Charles Conrad Jr
Alan L. Bean
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Intrepid
Conrad
Bean
Earth
Mission Control
Lunar
Dr. Frank Press
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pacific
Navy
Nigerian Jet Crash Toll At 87
Nigerian authorities recovered 87 bodies from the VC10 jet crash near Lagos, with no survivors. The four-year-old VC10, flying from London via Rome and Kano to Lagos, plunged nose first into jungle 12 miles north of Ikeja Airport. Crew included Capt Valentine Moore and copilot Norman Hartley, both New Zealanders, while passengers were split between Nigerians and foreigners including four Germans and a New Zealand missionary family.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Nigerian Airways
Ikeja
London
Rome
Kano
New Zealand
Valentine Moore
Norman Hartley
BOAC
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Blanche Jablonski
Gyle
Vernon Dasher
Glennville
Jeannie Dasher
Jean J. Crozet
Courbevoie
France
Braschi, Azemont
Jean Legoff, LeChesnay
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Mr. Titterington
Finch Pruyn & Co., Inc
City
Dorothy
Greenway Rd
South Glens Falls
Trojan
H. Irving Moore
Rensselaer County
Rutland
Holiday Inn
N. Y. Times, Washington Post
Comtent
Alabama Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D.C
New York City
Paris
White House
Lawrence E. Walsh
Viet Cong
Jp C. Habib
W. Averell Harriman
Habib
Walsh
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
Central Highland
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