Turkey Talk At White House With First Lady
Mrs. Nixon joined turkey industry representatives at the White House to see two live white California birds and two packaged turkeys with holiday greetings. She noted the Nixons will not eat the live birds and recalled growing up on a farm with turkeys and chickens as pets. The couple had a heavy schedule and had not decided where to spend the holiday, but she said they are fond of turkey.
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Washington
Pat Nixon
White House
California
Antiwar show to Asia by Fonda Sutherland troupe
Jane Fonda Donald Sutherland and about 15 performers depart for Asia to present Free the Army an antiwar variety show to American troops in Honolulu the Philippines Okinawa and Guam. They say visas to enter South Vietnam were denied and describe the act as a political vaudeville show with tricks.
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Los Angeles
Jane Fonda
Donald Sutherland
Asia
Miss Fonda
Honolulu
Philippines
Okinawa
Guam
South Vietnam
Sutherland
United States
Kosygin to Visit Norway Five-Day Official Tour
Soviet Premier Alexei N Kosygin will lead a five day official visit to Norway arriving December 5. The Foreign Office announced the trip Tuesday night during the ongoing Cold War diplomacy push.
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Oslo
Norway
Unier
Alexei N. Kosygin
The
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Defense Bill Trimmed After Senate Action
The Senate passed a defense bill reduced from the president's request by about 800 million, restoring roughly three quarters of that cut and bringing the total to 70.8 billion. The vote was 80 to 5 and sent the bill to conference with the House amid debates over troop withdrawals from Europe and military intelligence spending.
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Washington
Europe
Senate
Juvenile Jury Rules in Fairbanks Drug Case
In Fairbanks Alaska a 12 member high school government class juror panel was impaneled to hear a case involving a ten year old girl charged with drug violations. Judge Warren W Taylor said the verdict will be binding, unlike advisory verdicts in prior juvenile cases.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Fairbanks Superior Court
Warren W. Taylor
Taylor
Henderson Trial Resumes at Fort Meade Court Martial
Col. Oran K. Henderson testifies about his lack of knowledge of the My Lai massacre and maintains no atrocity occurred. The 51 year old officer, charged with concealing the massacre, returns to the witness stand for further cross examination.
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FT. Meade. Md
Oran K. Henderson
My Lai
Draft Plan Protested in Mail to Selective Service
Washington AP reports a new draft conscientious objector form prompts an avalanche of angry letters. Officials say over 400 letters in nine days criticize the 30 questions as longer and more complex than the old form, calling them trick questions and insulting.
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Washington
Selective Service
Thanksgiving Service Sponsored by Six Downtown Churches
The annual Aiken citywide Thanksgiving service will be held at 10 am Thursday at St John s United Methodist Church on Newberry Street and Richland Avenue. Rev Robert L Griffin of Grace Presbyterian will deliver a sermon titled Thanksgiving In The Midst Of Plenty with music by St John s choir directed by William Slaughter. St Paul s Lutheran hosts with Rev John B McCullough in charge. all denominations invited. Sponsoring churches include St John s Methodist St Paul s Lutheran First Presbyterian Grace Presbyterian First Baptist Marion Street Baptist.
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Aiken
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Newberry Street
Richland Avenue
Robert L. Griffin
Grace Presbyterian Church
William T. Slaughter
John B. McCullough
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. John’s Methodist
St. Paul's Lutheran
First Presbyterian
Grace Presbyterian
First Baptist
Marion Street Baptist
Salley Plans Sixth Annual Chitlin Strut Parade
Salley prepares for the Sixth Annual Chitlin Strut drawing up to 10 000 visitors. The event features a Living Country Style parade with old fashioned costumes and a Chitlin Music Show headlined by The Swinging Woods and Paul Holt. Proceeds fund a Revolutionary War Battle of John Town monument. Admission to the music show is 1 50 for adults and 1 for children under 12.
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Salley
John Town
Aiken County
Thanksgiving Weather Outlook With Cloudy Skies
The forecast for Thanksgiving calls for partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 50s. Tonight has a 60 percent chance of precipitation, dropping to 20 percent on Thursday, with easterly winds. An extended outlook shows a slow warming trend Friday through Sunday, with lows in the 30s and highs in the 50s on Friday, and by Sunday lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s.
Committee To Submit 3 Ambulance Plans For Aiken County
Aiken County will face a tax increase to fund ambulance service as the county legislative delegation weighs three plans. The proposals include a private professional run system at 220000 first year, a county owned but professionally managed model at 270000, and a county owned and managed system at 192000.
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Aiken County
Para-Med
Richland
Lexington
Paul Posey
Langley
SCE&G Wins Watered-Down Price Increase For Services
The South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. wins a PSC approved rate hike yielding about $6.5 million more annual revenue. Average residential electricity costs rise 108 percent and natural gas 62 percent with bills after December 1. Several commissioners dissented citing insufficient justification for the larger increase.
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Columbia
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
South Carolina Public Service Commission
PSC
Sce&g
Fred Fuller
Fuller
J. Henry Stuckey
J. Lewis Moss
Moss
State Teachers Seek Relief From Phase 2 Wage Controls
A South Carolina legislative committee named a four member delegation to Washington to seek exemptions from Nixon era wage controls for teachers. The team includes Sen Albert Dooley Rep Purvis Collins Dr Agnes Hildebrand Wilson and William Grooms. They aim to argue that 28 000 teachers deserve any affordable raise despite federal limits.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Washington
Nixon
Albert Dooley
D-Lexington
Purvis W. Collins
Dfairfield
Agnes Hildebrand Wilson
Sumter
William Grooms
Senior Citizens Christmas Shopping Spree Planned in Aiken
Mayor H Odell Weeks proclaims December 24 as Senior Citizens Christmas Shopping Spree Days in Aiken with the Sell Aiken Committee backing the event. A Senior Citizens day is set for December 2 offering coffee, discounted lunches, and a 50 cent matinee for those over 62. Transportation to three shopping centers will be provided from the Commercial Hotel between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. with Lee's and downtown merchants offering special discounts.
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H. Odell Weeks
Weeks
Buddy Coleman
Sell Aiken Committee
Lynda Woods
Lower Savannah
Greater Aiken
Aiken
Lee's
Pakistani Reserves Put On Active Duty
The Associated Press reports Pakistan activated reserve forces as Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced Indian forces did not fight in East Pakistan, while claiming Pakistani troops and armor attacked near the border near Bogra and that Indian defenses repelled the assault.
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Pakistan
East Pakistan
Chalna
Punjab
Kasba
Comilla
UPI
Indira Gandhi
India
East
Mukti Bahini
East Pakistan Liberation Army
Bogra
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Paul Holt
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Joe Wise
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