Arafat Arrival Triggers Tight NY Security Around Waldorf and UN
Police heightened security around the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and UN headquarters as Yasir Arafat and the Palestinian delegation arrived to address the UN General Assembly Palestine debate. NYC authorities warn of vigilant handling due to significant Jewish population concerns and recent Israeli casualties.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
United Nations
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
U.N. General Assembly
Israelis Strike Across Lebanon Border In Early Raid
Israeli troops crossed the border into Lebanon and blew up a house used by Arab militants. The army reported three Lebanese captives. Earlier jets bombed terrorist sites in southern Lebanon. Lebanese sources said three villagers and two guerrillas died in the air strike.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Nixon May Go Home Soon
Former President Richard Nixon may leave Memorial Hospital Medical Center this week as doctors report he is eating normal foods and walking in his room. His condition is listed as intermediate with a nurse with him around the clock and he has resumed taking an anticoagulant to prevent clots in a diseased left leg.
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Long Beach
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Nixon
Kissinger urges avoiding star performers in policy making
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told foreign service officers not to rely on star performers to guide U S foreign policy. After a 17 nation trip, he plans Korea Japan and the Soviet Union with Ford, then China, aiming for an institutionalized policy rather than one man's vision.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Kissinger
Ford
Korea
Japan
Soviet Union
China
Congress
State Department
Ford urges gratitude and aid on Thanksgiving Day
President Ford calls Americans to thankfulness and to help the elderly on Thanksgiving. The National Turkey Federation presents Ford with a live 38 pound tom and two 30 pound frozen birds. Executives say turkey prices may average 49 to 69 cents per pound, 20 to 25 cents cheaper than last year.
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Washington
Ford
National Turkey Federation
Lee Watts
Reston
Federation
Walts
Weather forecast warns of cold night with wind
The forecast calls for temperatures in the low 30s tonight with windy conditions. Highs today topping near 65 and tomorrow expected to reach the upper 50s.
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Weather Bureau
Aiken Resident Makes Weather Comment at Local Meeting
An Aiken resident mocked forecasts for last night’s rain and wind saying winds won’t blow leaves away to golf this weekend. Cecil Collins described Aiken as a nice place but quipped locals do not know how to vote.
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Jake
Cecil Collins
Aiken
Vandals Target Wagener Town Center Amid Sign Fireings
In Wagener Aiken County vandals disrupt daily life with graffiti reading Fire the Fuzz and Fire Padgett. Breakings of windows on two downtown buildings are reported as a dispute between residents and Chief of Police Melvin Padgett continues to simmer.
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Jeane Hall
Wagener
Aiken County
Melvin Padgett
Picketing Begins as Nationwide Coal Strike Lays Groundwork
Isolated picketing and a minor shooting marked the start of a nationwide coal mine strike by United Mine Workers members. Few signs appeared at UMW mines due to a tradition of not striking in contract disputes. lines formed at some nonunion Appalachian mines.
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Charleston
W.va
United Mine Work
UMW
Appalachian
Phase 2 Hopeland Gardens contract awarded to Wildwood
Aiken City Council approved Phase II of Hopeland Gardens design, awarding Wildwood Landscape Contractors of Walterboro the project from an overlook to Dupree Street under Robert Marvin. The $60,000 plan is funded by $25,000 city beautification funds, $35,000 in donations from Friends of Hopeland and Ise lin Foundation, with labor and flora contributions from local groups.
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Aiken
Hopeland Gardens
Wildwood Landscape Contractors
Walterboro
Dupree Street
Robert Marvin
Marvin
Wildwood Company
Roland Windham
Friends of Hopeland
Iselin Foundation
Windham
Council
Year Of The Democrats Didn't Hurt Collins
Cecil L. Collins, a rare Republican to survive a Democratic landslide, won election to the state House of Representatives for a second term from District 83, centered on North Augusta and Belvedere. He credits limited campaigning, mayoral name recognition, and personal honesty for his 64 percent landslide victory.
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Cecil L. Collins
Collins
House of Representatives
Aiken County
North Augusta
Belvedere
Watergate
Augusta
Georgia State Wholesale Florist
Picket violence ties mine dispute to UMW contract strike
Tom Owens of UMW District 28 reports a man fired at pickets outside Paramount Coal Co. in Wise County Virginia and damaged a car. Pickets halted 52 recovery workers at Consolidation Coal No 9 mine Farmington while crews rehab and recover bodies from a 1966 explosion. The strike began at 12:01 a.m. as the UMW contract with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association expired and talks continue in Washington.
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Paramount Coal Co
Wise County
Owens
UMW
West Virginia
Consolidation Coal Co
No. 9
Farmington
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Washington
Nationwide coal strike shadows talks as UMW resumes
The 120,000 United Mine Workers began a nationwide strike at 12:01 am amid stalled contract talks. UMW President Arnold Miller warned the gut problems faced by miners and their families remain unsolved as the 84th industry session opened after 10 30 am.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
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Tom Owens
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