Economic Controls Bill Approved by Senate
The Senate passed 86 to 4 a bill allowing President Nixon to extend wage price and rent controls through April 1973 plus a plan to grant retroactive wage increases to workers who lost them during the Aug to Nov pay freeze. The House Banking Committee planned further work amid a 18-18 tie on a related measure. Some senators voiced misgivings despite the broad approval.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Banking Committee
Teens Shot and Killed During Augusta Burglary Scene
Two 17-year-olds were found shot inside a small grocery store in Augusta after fleeing a burglary. Earl Harris died at University Hospital. another teen died later at the same hospital. Police say the youths jumped from a rear window and fled on foot before the shooting. Investigation ongoing.
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Augusta
University Hospital
Earl Harris
Sum- Conway
Money Crisis Breakthrough Cited at Rome Meeting
AP reports that G10 finance ministers reached a breakthrough as the United States signaled willingness to consider devaluing the dollar. The three day talks ended with plans to resume in Washington December 17 18 and marked a shift in US negotiating stance. European and Japanese partners had pressed for devaluation as part of a currency realignment.
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Rome
Group of Ten
United States
Washington
America
Pentagon backs retaliation for North Vietnamese air attacks
Pentagon officials say American war planes may strike North Vietnamese air bases if MIG fighters attack U S air strikes over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. Jer ry W Friedheim noted Hanoi may threaten B 52 bombers while MIG 19 and MIG 21 jets briefly entered Laos on ten occasions in two months.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Jerry W. Friedheim
South Vietnam
Friedheim
Riot Erupts as Chilean Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters
In Santiago police used tear gas and water cannons after 5 000 women protested food shortages. Rioting left at least 88 injured, including five shot.
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Santiago
Chile
Deadline Near for 1972 License Plates in SC
The State Highway Department says over 200 000 South Carolina motorists have not applied for 1972 plates as the December 18 deadline nears. Starting December 19 patrols will cite drivers with expired plates unless proof of application is shown. The extension came after legislative action due to county treasurer form delays.
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Columbia
State Highway Department
South Carolina
Cation
Highway Department
Ambulance plans to be aired by Aiken County panel
The Aiken County Ambulance Study Committee will present three countywide ambulance service plans at a public meeting 6 p.m. Monday at the Health Department. The delegation shifted its 7 p.m. meeting time to hear the proposals, with attendance urged from all officials.
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Aiken
Aiken County Stockade
Alexander & Moormann
Albert George
North Augusta
Horse Creek Valley
Aiken and
Wagoner
Butz Nomination Appears Certain
Dr Ear L Butz seems sure to win Senate confirmation as secretary of agriculture despite farm state opposition and Republican misgivings. An AP poll shows 52 senators ready to vote yes, 39 no, eight uncommitted. Assistant Republican leader Robert Griffin says he counts 52 hard votes for Butz.
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Washington
Ear L. Butz
Senate
Associated Press
Robert Griffin
Butz
Low Level War Toll Continues in Vietnam
AP reports mixed losses with nine American deaths from enemy action and 78 U S troops wounded last week. South Vietnamese forces suffered 439 killed and 646 wounded while 1,331 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters were reported killed. One helicopter remains missing with 33 Americans unaccounted.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Pakistani Jets Strike In India Near East Pakistan Border
The Indian government said five U S made F86 jets bombed Agartala the capital of Tripura 60 miles east of Dacca for 20 minutes civilians were killed or wounded antiaircraft guns kept the airfield intact Agartala has faced shelling since Wednesday night with several casualties reported Pakistani forces claimed new Indian ground assaults were repulsed or held.
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Associated Press
India
Tripura
East Pakistan
New Delhi
U.S
Agartala
Dacca
Baray Falls in Cambodian Northeast Front Collapse
Cambodian forces evacuated Baray 60 miles northeast of Phnom Penh after repeated assaults by the North Vietnamese 9th Division. Fights spread to Kompong Thmar as Baray’s fall marks a major defeat in the 20 month war, with U S air support and reinforcements involved.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Baray
Taing Krasaing
Kompong Thmar
Remapping Legality Defended in South Carolina Suit
South Carolina denies charges that the new state Senate reapportionment plan is unconstitutional. Attorney Harry M. Lightsey Jr. argued in U S District Court that district population variances are minimal and not arbitrary, and that the plan was adopted after extensive legislative debate.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
Harry M. Lightsey Jr
John West
Lightsey
U. S. District Court
Federal funds urged to aid U S elderly at White House event
Nixon aims to address the White House Conference on Aging as 3500 delegates urge immediate action to raise elderly incomes dozing in poverty. A minimum 4500 dollars a year for couples and 3375 for singles is proposed, with calls for higher Social Security benefits and broader funding. Black delegates seek 9000 dollars annually for retired couples.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Coker Spring Fund Grows as Aiken Preserves Local Landmark
The Coker Spring restoration funds rise with recent gifts from Catherine Morgan Arbuthnott Warneke Cleaners Monsignor George L. Smith and Cullum's of Aiken bringing the total to 857.86. Donors share stories linking the spring to local history including a 1935 clipping of two children by the spring and grass carried from the site by a grandfather.
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Aiken
Coker Spring
Warneke Cleaners
Monsignor
George L. Smith
Cullum's of
Catherine Morgan Arbuthnott
Morgan Cottage
Laurens Street
William A. Rogers
Ken Aiken
Cullum’s of
Emily Bull
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Charles Alvanos
Selma E. Holley
Uled
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Salley- Perry-Wagener
Ambulance
Downtown Merchants Association
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
C. Jones
L.G. Duncan
Dora Bryant
Mekong River
Daniel R. McLeod
Arnold Goodstein
Charleston
Chicago
Coker Spring Fund
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