Destroyer Basilone Returns After Deadly Explosion
The destroyer USS Basilone returns to Newport with three sailors dead after a boiler room explosion at sea about 150 miles southeast of Newport. Eight injured, four evacuated to St Albans Hospital in New York City, and four to Newport Naval Hospital. Cause under Navy review. Commander Towley reports no onboard fire and the ship continued under its own power. The escort Hewes accompanied Basilone back to port.
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Newport
R.I
Basilone
Coast Guard
St. Albans Naval Hospital
New York City
Newport Naval Hospital
Navy
Atlantic Fleet Command
Norfolk
Navy Command
John L. Towley
Middletown
Harvard to Fill Professorship Kissinger Vacated
Harvard University will interview candidates to fill the Government Department professorship vacated in 1969 by Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, now President Nixon's chief foreign policy adviser. Professor James Q. Wilson said the department has teaching needs and other qualified candidates. Kissinger previously left Harvard on a two year leave of absence.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard University
Government Department
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
James Q. Wilson
Kissinger
Harvard
Proxmire Sets Counter Budget To Trim Nixon Plan
Sen William Proxmire proposes a counter budget cutting 4 billion from Nixon 268.7 billion next year, with 10 billion in defense and foreign aid reductions and smaller cuts in space highways and public works, while boosting domestic programs. Dr Joseph H Gibbon Jr a pioneer heart lung machine dies at 70 in Philadelphia.
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Nixon
Proxmire
Senate
Joseph H. Gibbon Jr
Philadelphia
Jefferson Medical College and Hospital
Milkmen Rescue Plan Aids Elderly in Manchester
Manchester milkmen organize to check for unopened milk bottles on porches signaling distress for ill and isolated residents. They will use a special telephone link to alert social services in emergencies and hope to expand the scheme nationwide.
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Manchester, England
Manchester
Social Services Department
Britain
Senate backs airport upgrades and confirms budget chief
The Senate voted 65 to 15 to authorize 450 million more for airport improvements raising the federal share from 50 to 75 percent. It also approved 63 to 17 a bill requiring confirmation of all OMB directors starting with Roy L. Ash. No House action yet. Byrd introduced a plan to require reconfirmation of any cabinet member desired for a second term.
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Washington
Senate
Office of Management and Budget
Roy L. Ash
House
Ash
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Ervin
United States
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Congress
White House
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
U S Dollar Slumps as Banks Ship in Support to Stabilize
In London the U S dollar faced a massive selling wave at European market open while state banks stepped in to buy. Bundesbank reportedly purchased $1 billion in the first hour. Bank of England and Tokyo authorities also acted to curb dollar weakness.
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London
Bundesbank
Willy Brandt
Frankfurt
Bank of England
Japanese Finances Ministry
Tokyo Exchange
Bank of Japan
Shuichi Inada Grand Chamberlain 1965 69 Dies in Tokyo
Shuichi Inada 70 former grand chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency from 1965 to 1969 died Monday in Tokyo. He served under the early postwar era.
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Shuichi Inada
Tokyo
The
Imperial Household Agency
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