Big Ten Takes Up Iowa Case at Meeting
The Big Ten faculty committee on athletics meets in Chicago to decide whether Iowa can regain full athletic privileges after a January 1 1980 ban. Reports say Michigan Illinois Chicago oppose reinstatement while Northwestern Purdue Indiana Wisconsin favor it, with Ohio State and Minnesota undecided.
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University of Iowa
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Ohio State
Minnesota
Big Yale Organ In Service Today
New Haven December 6 One of the world’s great organs will be set in motion at a public concert in Woolsey hall Yale organist Professor Harry B Jepson will play the Newberry organ built in 1908 expanded in 1916 and rebuilt this year to 13000 pipes The Newberry family will attend the concert with funds contributed by Helen Newberry Joy Truman Handy Newberry and John Stoughton Newberry providing the latest improvements.
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Christmas Decorations and Lighting Contest in Amarillo
A Cham ber of Commerce notice invites participation in a Christmas decorations and lighting contest in Amarillo. Complete the coupon and mail promptly for a chance to win one of $200 in prizes for the best lighted and decorated homes.
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Globe
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
U SIC urges rail legislation for orderly mergers
The Interstate Commerce Commission in its annual report urges Congress to consider new measures to prevent railroad stock controls from undermining orderly consolidation. It cites Alleghany and Pennroad structures as examples of potential common control by indirect means and warns that public regulation must guard against such arrangements. The report notes 1920-28 road arrears and how recent rulings affect calculations, estimating a multi-year path to resolution. It also adds brief items from Stockholm and Brussels on labor records and theater taxes.
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Washington
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
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Pennroad Corporation
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van Sweringen
New York
Chicago & St. Louis
Erie
Pere Marquette
Chesapeake and Ohio
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O'Fallon
Supreme Court
Morocco Slave Ring Exposed in Marrakech
United Press report from Marrakech cites a severe servant shortage as boys and girls are held and sold as slaves for housework. Merchants like Hafid ben Boujma recount four years of captivity and ransom paid with two camels and money. Police arrested Boujmah ben Bouazza, named ring leader, following testimony.
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United Press
Marrakech
Morocco
Hafid Ben Boujma
Boujmah Ben Bouazza
Fifty-one From San Quentin Home for Xmai
Fifty one prisoners at San Quentin will be released early for Christmas as the State Board of Prison Directors advances all parole dates between December 22 and January 4 to December 25. Discharges will also occur, with the condition that released offenders have jobs lined up. One inmate gains freedom Christmas morning.
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Ne International News Service
Quentin
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State Board of Prison Directors
Prison Board
Egypt and Italy Exchange Gifts and Museums Plan
Cairo reports a government exchange between Egypt and Italy creating reciprocal institutions. An Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts will be established in Rome and an Italian Institute of Archeology will be built in Egypt after land gifts. Initial Italian site by Nero’s palace ruins near the Coliseum proved too small. another site is sought.
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Cairo
Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts
Rome
Retired Naval Officer Takes Witness Stand
Lieut. Commander R. F. Landis retired from the Navy testified in the Elk Hills naval oil lease cancellation case in Kern County. Landis, inspector in chief of California naval reserve lands since 1924, provided figures on Pan American Petroleum profits since 1921. The hearing showed Fall ordered leases without open bidding and ignored geologists’ advice.
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United Press
Los Angeles
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Beases
Kern County
Pan American Petroleum Company
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Naval Reserve Petroleum Lands of California
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Albert B. Fall
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Interior Department
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Pan American Company
Atlee Pomeréne
Fall
California
Historic Chateau Burns in Rouen Fire
A drunken worker started a blaze that gutted the historic chateau of Countess Sienkiewicz in Rouen, causing about 2,000,000 francs in damage. The fire marked a major cultural loss in the French city.
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United Press
Rouen
France
Countess Sienkiewics
Soviet Sack Shortage Publicized in Moscow Dispatch
Moscow reports a sack shortage slowing grain collection as Patriotic Soviet citizens are urged to gather ordinary sacks and turn them to the government. The shortage hampers grain collection efforts and signals a push to mobilize resources for collective agriculture.
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United Press
Moscow
College Rules Now Relaxed By United Press
Fort Worth report notes changes at TCU formerly Ran College as authorities drop 1874 75 catalogue weapon bans. The new policy relaxes rules on firearms dirks bowie knives and other deadly weapons for students.
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United Pree
Fort Worth
Flashes of Life in London and New York Society
London gossip notes Zena Dare questions whether a prime minister would resign if he married an actress after Francis Francia of the Royal Horse Guards and Bunny Jarmann engagement provokes talk. In New York debutante season, 200 hearts ache as 100 of 300 debutantes attend the first junior assembly. Lindbergh associate plans a honeymoon on the Pan American air route as aviator Harry A. Bruno marries actress Nydia D Arnell.
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London
Zena Dare
Francis Francia
Royal Horse Guards
Bunny Jarmann
Maurice Brett
Coldstream Guards
Misa Dare
New York
Lindbergh
Harry A. Bruno
Nydia D'Arnell
Ortiz Due To Arrive Today At Hot Springs
President-Glect Pascual Ortie Rubio of Mexico, continuing a leisurely U S tour to rest from his campaign strain, was due to arrive in Hot Springs Arkansas early today after departing Houston Thursday night following a day of reception.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Pascual Ortie Rubio
Mexico
United States
Houston
U.S. Science Now Adopted by Sweden Railways
Sweden's state railways plan major American inspired upgrades. Old wooden coaches will be replaced with steel frame cars and engines may gain searchlights and whistle systems similar to U S practices. Gothenburg shops adopt belt system boosting freight car repairs per worker. Tomteboda and Malmo to follow.
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United
Stockholm
Royal Railroad Board
United States
America
Gothenburg
C. Sabelstroem
Tomteboda
Malmo
Japan Plans for National Culture Campaign
Tokyo municipal authorities launch a national culture campaign including lecturers, motion picture shows, and school education. Theaters must display the Japanese flag and play the national anthem before each performance. Schools are instructed to train students to show respect to Shinto shrines and national flags.
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International
Tokyo
Spanish Expositions Delay Closing Dates
United Press dispatch from Madrid reports Spain postpones closing dates for two major expositions. The Seville Fair will stay open until June 21, 1930, while Barcelona's International fair closes January 15, 1980 and will reopen months later as a national exposition, extending travel plans for visitors.
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Madrid
Spain
Seville
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