Police clash with antiwar veterans at Lincoln Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Against the War clashed with police on the Lincoln Memorial steps on Tuesday night after linking arms to block entrance. Seventy to eighty protesters were seized on misdemeanor charges as they left in peace with a five dollar note and a flag left at the scene. no major damage observed by the statue's superintendent.
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Lincoln Memorial
Washington
The
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
White House
Lincoln
Statue of Liberty
Dcaed
Uinetany
Park Service
Liberty
James Bateman
Rock Sets City Posts as New Democrat Regime Forms
As Robert Rock prepares to take office, he announces key appointments including Jack Campbell as city attorney and Charles Newberry to chair the Park Board with Bryce Brown as a Republican member. George Welker remains city plumbing inspector and George Horn becomes city purchasing director. The retiring GOP administration meanwhile confirms broad street department layovers as party patronage shifts unfold.
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Robert Rock
Rock
Jack Campbell
Charles Newberry
Seventh St
Anderson High School
Bryce Brown
Anderson Haberdasherff
Isaac Weatherly Sr
Richard Peck
Anderson
Weatherly
Peck
Carl Erskine
James T. King
Jack Hollis
Charles B. Wolfe Rock
Gorge
Street Department
Teck
Campbell
Board of Public Works
Works Board
Demeral Paul Newbern
Frank H. Allis
Flanagan
Newbern
Robert Hodson
James Steele
Fire protection feud grows as contracts rise to six thousand
Jackson Township faces a renewal battle with Lapel and Frankton fire departments over a proposed 50 percent increase to 6000 for fire protection. Township trustee Robert Jerram says the advisory board overrode his request for 6000, while Alden Cox of Lapel cites strained talks and threatened service cuts if agreements are not renewed by January 31.
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Jackson Township
Hill
Lapel and
Frankton
Alden Cox
Lapel Town Board
Lapel
Robert Jerram
White River
Lapel Volunteer Fire Department
Jerram
Colma
Redevelopment Bond Bid Advances City Plan
The Anderson Redevelopment Commission opened bids for an 8.125 million bond issue to finance major city redevelopment. Northern Trust Company led the low bid with an average interest of 4.4958 percent, pending State Board approval, enabling site clearing and demolition followed by bid sale of development parcels. Commission members listed include John Finney, Harold Miller, Clair Call, William Jackson, and Richard Grant.
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Anderson Redevelopment Commission
Northern Trust Company, Inc
Chicago
Watson and Company, Inc
Citizens Banking ‘Company of
Anderson
Northern Trust Company
LaSalle National Bank
Harris Trust and Savings Bank
Halsey, Stewart and Company
Traub and Company
Indianapolis
American Ketcher National Bank
Continental Banking Company
Indiana National Bank
J. E. Flanagan
Paul O'Neill
David S. Sheldon
Department of Redevelopment
Northern Trust
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Redevelopment Commission
John Finney
Harold Miller
Clair Call
William Jackson
Richard Grant
U S Party Off To Peking
Florida White House announces an advance party for Nixon's Peking trip led by Brig. Gen. Alexander M Haig. A 25 member delegation will include CBS NBC ABC TV pool staff plus Comsat and AT T reps to arrange technical media coverage and security details in China for February trip. The group heads from Washington to Hawaii Guam Shanghai and Peking, staying about a week.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Florida
White House
China
Nixon
Peking
Alexander M. Haig
National Security Affairs
Pekingtan
Jerry Warren
Warren
Gen. Haig
Nis
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Ronald L. Ziegler
John Scali
Brent Scowcroft
Secret Service
Washington
Hawaii
Guam
Shanghai
William ‘Small
CBS
James Kitchell
NBC
Marshall Davidson
Robert Siegenthaler
ABC
Sound Off tackles book club billing disputes
A reader reports persistent charges from Grolier Enterprises book clubs after requesting withdrawal. The Sound Off segment notes the consumer affairs manager found both books were received and promises verification letter, urging readers to identify themselves when sending calls.
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Grolier's Enterprises, Inc
Danbury, Conn
L. Question
Animal Kingdom
Groiler Enterprises
Inez
Consumer Affairs
Herald
Mayor Lindsay Enters Race Amid City Backlash
A fragment notes Mayor Lindsay throws his hat in the ring amid a political pageant. References to seven day weeks and a January start appear, with other unrelated items on page references and weather notes.
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Legisature
Lindsay
Bombers Pound North Vietnam As Peace Talks Waver
U.S. bombers press heavy raids on North Vietnam for a fourth day amid Hanoi claims of downed jets and casualties. Washington cites limited duration and protective reaction while Paris talks are canceled after renewed raids. The 101st Airborne begins withdrawal with most units redeploying by January end.
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Saigon
U.s
North Vietnam
North
Hanoi Radio
Quang Binh
Demilitarized Zone
United States
Hanoi
Indochina
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nixon Signs Bill For Job Training
President Nixon signed a welfare reform measure in Florida requiring able bodied AFDC adults to work or enter job training. The July 1 effective law targets 2.6 million parents in the 17.7 million person program, with work registration for most adults except the aged ill disabled students and mothers of young children. Some officials praised the reform while others warned of limited impact due to job shortages.
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Key Biscayne, Ka
Nixon
AFDC
Administration
Florida
Willy Brandt
Congress
County Offices Close for New Year Holiday Plan
County offices will observe New Year’s at a Friday closure per Commissioner Clifford Paddock. An open house and reorganization of the county commissioners will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday on the eighth floor. The veterans memorial will be temporarily placed near the city building at Eighth and Main.
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Clifford Paddock
Paddock
J. E. Flanagan
Eighth
Main Streets
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Salem
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John Gunter
Muncie
Delaware County Sheriffs Office
Delaware County Lions Club
Larry G. Rhoads
Robert L. Funkhouser
Dennis L. Funkhouser
Gunter
Don Stoops
MCPD
Jerry Speidel
Pete Dodd
William McCallister
Tom Williams
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