Pennsylvania Doctor Proposes Cash Bonus for Childless Women
Dr H Curtis Wood Jr of Philadelphia suggested annual cash bonuses or income tax deductions for women without children to encourage voluntary family limitation. He urged limiting dependent tax deductions to one child and said population growth could be curbed if couples have only two children.
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Charlotte
Pennsylvania
H. Curtis Wood Jr
Philadelphia
Association For Voluntary Sterilization of
New York
Charlotte Department of Social Service
Wood
Actor's Son Sentenced in Federal Draft Violation Case
Los Angeles AP Sterling Hayden's son Christian Winslow Hayden, 21, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for violating the Selective Service Act after a jury found him guilty of failing to report for induction on May 6. He testified he opposes fighting and borrowed Bunyan quote. The judge granted a stay of execution pending bail and appeal.
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Los Angeles
Christian Winslow Hayden
Sterling Hayden
John Bunyan
Armed Services
Hayden
Manuel L. Real
U. S. District Court
Santa reprimanded for preaching nonviolence to children
Santa Claus figure Larry Grimm 59 at a Palm Springs Mile center was admonished by the Palm Springs Mile Merchants Association for telling children that Santa does not bring guns to good boys and girls. He reported prior praise from some parents for his anti gun message but says others complained this year. He also says he was reprimanded last year for asking youngsters to pray and for a plea to bring home safely the fathers away on Christmas.
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Hialeah
Fla
Santa Claus
Larry Grimm
Palm Springs
The
Merchants Association
Annual Christmas Leave Drains Ft. Jackson personnel
Recruits and permanent personnel at Ft. Jackson start Christmas leave with about 13,500 soldiers slated to depart by Friday. Trainees return by Jan 4 midnight. Roughly 10,000 will travel by bus rail or air, and about 4,000 will fly on 50 chartered flights.
Miniskirt Rule Set for Expo 70 Japanese Pavilion
The Japan Association for Expo 70 announced that 170 hostesses at the Japanese Pavilion in Osaka will wear uniforms with skirts six inches above the knee next year. The policy confirms miniskirts remain part of the pavilion attire.
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Toyko
Osaka
Japan Association
Christmas Shopping Buoyed By Card Use In Aiken Area
Average Yule shopper spending rises over last year with Rose's noting gains from bank card use while Roses has no credit system. White's reports steady or slightly down credit business as sales trend remains moderate. Merchants cite tight money, an upcoming extra selling day, and rising night shopping with seven days until Christmas.
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Aiken
Sears Roebuck
Thomas Morris
Morris
Robert Johnson
B. C. Moore’s
Ed Bryant
Rose's
Rose’s
Bryant
Ron Fowler
White's
Laird Announces Draft Calls To Drop Next Year
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird said draft calls will fall about 10 percent next year as Nixon withdraws 50 000 U S troops from Vietnam by mid April. He noted overall armed forces strength will shrink and he will travel to Vietnam in February to review security and enemy capability during the Tet period.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Vietnam
Laird
U.S
Aiken considers new elementary school plan
Administrators consult teachers on a flexible 28 classroom facility to serve 800 students, expandable to 1000, on a 19.9 acre site on Old Wagoner Highway. The drawn sketch guides a future library centered plan with movable partitions and open spaces, awaiting written input by year’s start.
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Aiken
Area I
Norman Woodward
Wagoner Highway
Millbrook
North Aiken
Eustis Park
Pinecrest
Center Schools
Woodward
P. E. Beasley
Thieu backs Nixon plan as U S troops pull back
In Saigon President Thieu voiced approval of Nixon's new withdrawal plan and said South Vietnam will take an increasing share of the war effort. North Vietnam dismissed the move as meaningless, calling for total U S withdrawal. The 50,000-troop cut brings total U S withdrawals since last June to 110,000 and lowers the ceiling to 434,000.
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Nixon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Radio
Hanoi
Thieu
Republic of Vietnam
Vietnam
AWOL case sparks inquiry over Army orders for Greenwood man
Jerry Alexander, 22, was arrested by the FBI on a charge of being AWOL from the Army after returning home from leave and not receiving new orders. He says military officials failed to inform him where to report and that he waited months for assignments that never arrived. Rep. Bryan Dorn is investigating.
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Greenwood
Jerry Alexander
FBI
Alexander
Trans
Ft. Gordon
Bryan Dorn
D-S. C
Judge Advocate General of the Army
Germany
United States
Army
Ft. Dix
N. J
AWOL Marine Captured by Aiken Police
An AWOL Marine from Paris Island Marine Base was seized by Aiken Police and handed to Fort Gordon Military Police. Michael Hood of Baltimore Maryland claimed he fled MPs and fled yesterday. Patrolman Voigt noted a foot chase. Lt Meek called it a routine AWOL case.
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Parris Island Marine Base
Aiken
Fort Gordon
Michael Hood
Baltimore
R. P. Voigt
Hood
Parris Island
James Judkins
Mps
Voigt
Judkins
Max Meek
Torrijos Regains Power in Panama After Coup
Brig. Gen. Omar Torrijos, ousted as Panama’s strongman, wins back support of the National Guard in David and the capital. Troops arrest coup leaders Col. Ramiro Silvera and Col. Amado Sanjur after an early morning shooting at the guard HQ.
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Panama
Omar Torrijos
National Guard
Torrijos
Mexico City
City of
David
Ramiro Silvera
Amado Sanjur
Silvera
Jaycee Christmas Tour Seeks Funds For Aiken County Kids
Aiken Jaycees race to fund a Christmas Shopping Tour for over 400 underprivileged children. With $1,398.49 raised so far, organizers expect more donations before Saturday and urge contributions to Box 707, Aiken. The drive trails last year’s reach of 115 children, as time grows short for the fundraising effort.
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Aiken Jaycees
Aiken County
Jaycees
Lee Downs
Aiken
The
Sunbeams of
Memorial Baptist Church
Aiken Psychic Research and Study Group
J. A. Ashe
Joseph Hartley
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Armour
Emily Hindman
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Awol Marine
Aiken Police
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