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cleanup crews toil with oil-smeared beaches as contamination worsens; USCG repts winds over next 24 hrs threaten to aggravate contamination; co says massive effort will be made to plug leak; Santa Barbara waterfront and marina barricaded to pub; co spokesman says its drilling program for well was approved by appropriate Fed officials; details on damage and cleanup effort; illus

Santa Barbara Harbor Closed; Oil Fouls Beaches, Fire Hazard Feared; Santa Barbara Harbor Closed; Beaches Are Fouled by Oil Slick

article on 1st 2 wks in office; staff includes C S Blair, H Thompson, D C Ward, W L Mote; illus

Agnew to Be Given Agency of His Own; Agnew to Get Own Agency to Help Him Work With State and Local Officials

F.C.C., in 6-1 Vote, Seeks Ban On Broadcast Cigarette Ads; F.C.C., in 6-1 Vote, Seeks Ban on TV and Radio Cigarette Ads

HR Commerce Com opens hearings on hijackings; Deputy Asst Sec Loy says US will offer to ICAO a proposal for internatl agreement making hijacking of commercial craft an internatl crime and requiring the return of hijackers to country where craft was regis

U.S. Wants Accord To Return Hijackers; Accord to Return Hijackers Is Sought

ct orders Shanker and Degnan to surrender and begin serving jail sentences; Shanker charges city with 'dirty trick' for timing sentence to keep him away from Legis during decentralization hearings; also charges Lindsay and Ford Foundation with catering to demands of black militant leaders; Shanker could have avoided jail for several mos by following usual appeal methods which he has rejected

SHANKER ORDERED TO JAIL MONDAY; Says Aim Is to Keep Him Away From Legislature During School Debate

Nixon recalls his opposition during Pres campaign to non-proliferation treaty ratification because of invasion but holds ratification now would promote US policy of negotiation rather than confrontation with USSR, statement to Sen

PRESIDENT URGES SENATE TO BACK NUCLEAR TREATY; Favors Prompt Ratification as Advancing His Policy of Harmony With Soviet

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The United States proposed to France, Britain and the Soviet Union today that preliminary talks be held at the United Nations promptly to investigate the possibility of a Middle East settlement.  

U.S. ASKS BIG FOUR HOLD EARLY TALKS AT U.N. ON MIDEAST; Aim Would Be to Determine if Parley France Seeks Could Be Successful

success of strike attributed to selection of inequitable and chaotic pension system as key issue

Industry in Italy Is Tied Up by General Strike for Increased Pensions; STRIKERS TIE UP ITALIAN INDUSTRY

Pres Nixon announces with Postmaster Gen Blount plan to remove all postmaster and rural lr-carrier apptmts from pol patronage system; appointees will be selected by Postmaster Gen from candidates chosen by Civil Service exam; plan will replace existing system under which an 'adviser' who is normally a member of the party in power selects them; Blount says he will submit legis to Cong to end requirement that postmasters be confirmed by Sen; some criticize new plan as shift from Cong patronage to exec patronage; Sen Muskie comments; ex-Postmaster Gen J Farley defends apptmts during his term

Nixon Orders Postal Jobs Removed From Patronage; President Orders an End to Post Office Patronage

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Educ Comr designate Allen says his 'number 1 priority' in post will be to design program of massive Fed aid to urban educ, news conf; says minority groups will be included in planning and design of programs

ALLEN WILL PLAN 'MASSIVE' U. S. AID TO URBAN SCHOOLS; Calls New Federal Program His No. 1 Priority as Next Education Commissioner

researchers at MIT, Cornell and Yale plan 1-day stoppage to protest plans to deploy Sentinel

STRIKE TO PROTEST 'MISUSE' OF SCIENCE; Researchers at M.I.T., Yale and Cornell Plan a Day's Stoppage on March 4

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The Nixon Administration will follow the lead of its predecessor and seek tighter fiscal control and improved programing for New York's antipoverty agency, city officials were told today.  

Nixon Aides to Seek Tighter Fiscal Rein On H.R.A. Projects; NIXON AIDES SEEK A REIN ON H.R.A.

Borman says he does not know why USSR was not included in trip, news conf, US Embassy, Paris; high-level officials, Bonn, hold NASA recommendation for USSR visit was rejected because of State Dept objections; US officials, Washington, say visit was never seriously considered; activities of Borman and family in Paris detailed; illus of Borman with J Verne's grandson

Borman Asks U.S.-Soviet Accord on Space Aims; Astronaut, in Paris, Favors Separate Objectives and Sharing of Information

NASA Suggestion Confirmed

repts in Bonn are that Nixon originally approved proposal by NASA that astronaut Col Borman's Eur tour include USSR but that State Dept opposed proposal because of US official disapproval of invasion; Nixon Adm discounts pol significance of restricting tour to W Eur

Trip Termed a Policy Test

Proceedings in the U.N.

Report of Papal Bid Denied

Curfew Is Ended by Israelis In Old Quarter of Nablus

Palestinians' Rights Stressed

Govt frees Bail; announces move at news conf attended by Bail; says it acts although it has evidence that can convict him

Iraqis Free American Held in 'Espionage' Case; Bail Released After Detention of More Than a Month

RABAT, Morocco, Feb. 5 -- Goronwy Roberts, the British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, indicated today there was a large degree of acceptance in the Arab world for a proposed Big Four solution of the Middle East problem.  

Briton Pleased by Move

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In Lausanne clinic for treatment; visited by sister Mrs Onassis

Mrs. Onassis in Lausanne

David Hayter is a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is well known as the English-language voice actor for Solid Snake and Naked Snake in the Metal Gear video game series. He wrote the film X-Men (2000), for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Writing. He also co-wrote X2 (2003) and Watchmen (2009).

David Hayter, American actor and screenwriter

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Masaharu Fukuyama  is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor from Nagasaki. He debuted in 1990 with the single "Tsuioku no Ame no Naka".

Masaharu Fukuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

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Timothy Alan Sherwood is an English former football player and manager.

Tim Sherwood, English footballer and manager

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Robert Joe Wickman is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams: the New York Yankees (1992–1996), Milwaukee Brewers (1996–2000), Cleveland Indians (2000–2006), Atlanta Braves (2006–2007), and Arizona Diamondbacks (2007). He batted and threw right-handed.

February 6, 1969

Headlines from February 6, 1969

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Santa Barbara Harbor Closed; Oil Fouls Beaches, Fire Hazard Feared; Santa Barbara Harbor Closed; Beaches Are Fouled by Oil Slick

Agnew to Be Given Agency of His Own; Agnew to Get Own Agency to Help Him Work With State and Local Officials

F.C.C., in 6-1 Vote, Seeks Ban On Broadcast Cigarette Ads; F.C.C., in 6-1 Vote, Seeks Ban on TV and Radio Cigarette Ads

U.S. Wants Accord To Return Hijackers; Accord to Return Hijackers Is Sought

Billboard 200

TCB

The Beatles [White Album]

Wichita Lineman

Greatest Hits

Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations

Notable Births

Historical Context for February 6, 1969