Nixon signs welfare work requirement bill into law
President Nixon approved a conservative backed measure forcing many healthy welfare mothers to work or train with July 1 start. Exemptions cover the aged sick disabled students and mothers of preschoolers. Administrators warn of scarce job availability while Nixon calls it a partial step toward reform and urges quick action on remaining proposals.
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Washington
Nixon
Florida
White House
House
Senate
Ashbrook Declares Challenge to Nixon for GOP Nomination
Rep. John M. Ashbrook, challenging Nixon for the Republican nomination, launches a campaign from New Hampshire and Florida primaries. He accuses Nixon of abandoning 1968 promises, warns of deficits and detente policies, and attacks the family assistance plan as expanding welfare.
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Washington
Nixon
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
New Hampshire
Florida
Ashbrook
U.S
Red China
Soviet Union
Democratic Party
United States
Nixon and Brandt End Talks With Cooperation Pledge
President Nixon and West German Chancellor Willie Brandt wrapped a two day summit at Biscayne Florida with a communique pledging close partnership. They emphasized NATO unity European troop presence and coordinated policies toward the Soviet Union and SALT. Rogers noted no talks on force reductions outside alliance and praised excellent relations and parallel courses.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Willie Brandt
Soviet Union
Europe
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
China
Brandt
William P. Rogers
East Germany
Rogers
Walter Scheel
Clarke Names Six Member School Board Appointment Made
Clarke County School Trustee Board appointed Dr. J. O. Cain of Battletown District as sixth member and reappointed five existing members A. Garland Williams G. Kenneth Levi Wade Blankenship Charles O. Grubbs and John F. Milleson. The board met December 17 seeking guidance from Attorney General Andrew P. Miller before finalizing appointments.
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Clarke County
Clarke County School Board
J. O. Cain
Battletown
A. Garland Williams
Berryville
G. Kenneth Levi
Wade Blankenship
Greenway
Charles O. Grubbs
Chapel District
John F. Milleson
Longmarsh
Clarke
Chapel
Virginia
Andrew P. Miller
Richard N. Smith, Jr
Floyd McWilliams
Douglas Brumback
Advance Team Leaves for China Ahead of Nixon Visit
A second White House advance team led by Brig. Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. departs today for Communist China to prepare for President Nixon's February trip. The Florida White House announced a 25 member delegation including four TV network representatives will stay about a week in mainland China. The group, with Kissinger aide duties, includes AT&T and Comsat representatives, signaling possible live TV coverage of the visit.
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Washington
White House
National Security Council
China
Nixon
Florida
Peking
Army
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Henry A. Kissinger
British Forces Prepare to Go from Malta
London reports the British government rejected Malta’s new demand for 11 million dollars and ordered forces on Malta to prepare to withdraw from the Mediterranean island. The move would mark the first evacuation since Napoleon’s era, about 170 years ago.
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London
Malta
Mediterranean
Napoleon Bonaparte
Foreign Office
Dom Mintoff
Watchdog proposed to grade auto dealer repair shops
Presidential adviser Virginia Knauer urged a national review board to inspect and grade auto dealers repair shops. She cited high prices and unnecessary repairs as widespread problems and noted automakers and NADA offered partial plans. The proposal seeks a quality service program a consumer comment system and a board to visit shops to assess facilities. Fleet & Co Inc.
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Washington
Virginia H. Knauer
Knauer
Nixon
Review Board
National Automobile Dealers Association
Bank Robbers Cornered After Cologne Heist
Police cornered three men who robbed a Cologne bank of 97000 dollars. One robber was wounded and two were arrested after seizing and then freeing two police officials. A 21 year old youth hostage was rescued unharmed. The gang leader, Kurt Vicenik, 44, Austrian with Marseille links, identified. Police fired when the robbers rammed a car into a parking lot near St. Wendel while negotiating.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Cologne
Tey
Kurt Vicenik
Marseilles
Saarland
St. Wendel
Air Attacks Press North Vietnam Into Fourth Day
The heavy U S air offensive continued for a fourth day against North Vietnam with over 350 planes and helicopters involved in more than 500 strikes plus numerous support missions in a round the clock campaign. Constellation and Coral Sea carriers supplied about 150 fighter bombers while rest came from bases in South Vietnam and Thailand. Local reports claim U S pilots suffered casualties as Hanoi warned of civilian deaths, though the Pentagon denied a return to 1968 bombing levels.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Constellation
Tonkin Gulf
Coral Sea
South Vietnam
Thailand
Radio Hanoi
Quang Binh Province
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
U.S. Defense Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
North
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Washington
Johnson
Friedheim
US crime up 6 percent in first nine months
FBI figures show violent crime rising 10 percent and property crime 6 percent year to nine months. Atty. Gen. Mitchell calls the rise the smallest in five years, noting 52 large cities with declines and a 3 percent average rise in the biggest cities.
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Washington
United States
FBI
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Luck of Draw Gives Moss Assembly Seat
In Fairfax County a tied race for the Fairfax 19th District seat was decided by drawing from a silver cap. Republican William H. Moss, 57, won over Democrat James H. Burch after a 16 410 to 16 410 tie. Moss urged Supreme Court action on a disputed ballot from a Colgate student and attended the ceremony with Burch. Weather notes report a high pressure system bringing cooler, partly cloudy conditions in Virginia.
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Richmond
William H. Moss
House of Delegates
Fairfax County
A.P. Joyner Jr
State Board of Elections
James H. Burch
Fairfax Court
Burch
Moss
Colgate University
Supreme Court
Joyner
Fairfax
Board of Elections
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Almond
Virginia
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