Army unveils collapsible canteen set for Vietnam troops
After eight years and 58550 dollars, the Army introduces a larger collapsible slash canteen cup and cover to replace the old kit. The design aims to reduce water slosh and noise during combat, with Frank Babers noting emphasis on silent operation. Developed at Natick Laboratories in Natick Massachusetts.
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Washington
Vietnam
Frank Babers
Babers
U. S. Army Natick Laboratories
Natick
Mass
Rivers Power Shapes Military Bill in Washington
Public Law 91-121 signed by Nixon authorizes $20.7 billion for ships planes missiles and research. House conferees led by Lucius Mendel Rivers prevailed shaping the measure, with critics calling Rivers a militarist and noting his strong influence over defense spending.
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Washington
L. Mendel Rivers
P.L
Lucius Mendel Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
Nixon
House
Senate
Rivers
Julius Caesar
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Caesar
Woman seeks asylum as embassy break in shocks Moscow
A Russian woman, aided by a French diplomat, forced her way into the French Embassy in Moscow to seek political asylum. She shouted her desire to leave the Soviet Union, wrestled briefly with a police guard and a Russian embassy employee, and was chased inside the embassy compound before being caught. No names were learned.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Sato Heads For Home After Okinawa Accord
Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato left for home after predicting the Okinawa accord with President Nixon will springboard Japan into an international role for peace and prosperity. He also forecast overwhelming Japanese approval of the settlement, which provides for Okinawa's return by the end of 1972.
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San Francisco
Eisaku Sato
Nixon
Okinawa
Japan
Asia
Washington
Stevenson Endorsed by Illinois Democrats for Senate Run
Adlai E Stevenson III, state treasurer and party leader, won endorsement from 80 Illinois Democratic leaders for the 1970 U S Senate race. Critics had accused him of independence, but his backing is expected to prevail, though a primary challenge could still arise.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson III
U. S. Senate
Stevenson
Illinois
Lebanon forms 16 member government ending seven month crisis
Premier Rashid Karami announced a 16 man cabinet after a 10 hour meeting with President Charles Helou at the presidential palace. The new government includes nearly all major factions with Raymond Edde's national bloc excluded as opposition.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Karami
Charles Helou
National Bloc Party
Raymond Edde
Edde
Battles on Cambodian border flare in Vietnam clash
North Vietnamese and U S troops battled Tuesday along the Cambodian border with a six hour struggle around Black Virgin Mountain near Tay Ninh. The fighting centered in the southern central highlands as Communist forces test government troops increasing combat role.
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Saigon
Black Virgin Mountain
Tay Ninh
Central Highlands
Mayor and Councilmen Attend National Cities Convention in San Diego
Mayor H C Weeks and four councilmen travel to San Diego December 1 5 for the National League of Cities Congress of Cities convention. Councilmen Marvin Fulmer Jones Suhrer will attend. Wy man and Brown cancel due to prior duties. Weeks heads the South Carolina Municipal League and will be accompanied by his wife. The group departs Aiken Friday and returns December 5.
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H. C. Weeks
National League of Cities
Congress of Cities
San Diego
Calif
Charles H. Marvin
Q. Julson Fulmer
Charles M. Jones
James H. Suhrer
Weeks
The
South Carolina Municipal League
Patrolman Escapes Injury In Highway Hijacking
A South Carolina patrolman, Hubert Gregory Hill, 24, was forced from his patrol car and shot at on U S Highway 1 near North Augusta but escaped unharmed. The suspect, Brenda Hill, his wife and mother of a six week old boy, was jailed after a statewide manhunt. Hill, based in North Augusta, has two stints with the force. his wife says he remains devoted to the job. Her remarks reveal a loving, worried family context surrounding the incident.
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Rivers
U.S
Army
South Carolina
Drew Pearson
Lem
Armed Services Committee
South
U. S. Highway No. 1
North Augusta
Hubert Gregory Hill
Brenda Hill
S. C
State Highway Department
Hill
Cain Pushes Change In Election Laws
South Carolina Republicans push to move party primaries from June to September. State Rep. C Marshall Cain says it would raise turnout, while other party leaders debate timing and runoff implications. Democrats support varied views. committee members weigh convenience against voter fatigue and timing.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Republican Party
C. Marshall Cain
R.aiken
Legislative Election Laws Committee
W. A. Barnett
South Carolina Independent Party
Moncks
Democratic Party
Cain
Eugene Zeigler
Florence
Clator Arrans
Kershaw
Ray Harris
Aiken County Outlines Expanded Special Education Program
Aiken County outlines a robust special education system highlighted by Kalmia Hill School as the operation hub. The program includes Wee Care Center, Vocational Rehabilitation in Graniteville, 48 school based classes, orthopedically handicapped services, 25 pupil personnel workers, nurses, a dentist, speech and reading departments, and four psychologists and master teachers with a consulting psychiatrist. Federal funding runs out in May with efforts to preserve the program ongoing.
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South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Aiken County
Special Education
John Bradley
Aiken County Mental Health Association
Bradley
Kalmia Hill School
Wee Care Center
Retarded Children’s Association
Vocational
Freedman
Graniteville
Kalmia
Familiar Kettle Is Coming By Staff Writer
Salvation Army drives a big Christmas effort for 1400 children with an extra gift expectation. KETTLE feature continues on page 10.
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Michael McMan
Salvation Army
Kettle
Moon Rocks Begin Quarantine at Space Center Houston
A white box labeled Handle with Care containing Apollo 12 moon rocks was escorted under guard to Ellington Air Force Base and then to the lunar quarantine station. Film and biological samples from the astronauts arrived separately. Technicians loaded the samples at 3 45 p m EST, while another shipment was en route.
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Space Center
Houston
America
Air Force Jet Transport
Ellington Air Force Base
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