Thanksgiving across the nation amid travel hazards and protests
The nation marked Thanksgiving with home meals and record crowds as holiday travel caused 140 highway deaths. Dick Gregory was jailed for protesting South Africa policy near Washington. Indians in Plymouth staged a vigil while Mashpee negotiates land rights. A Beckley crash killed six from an Illinois family and Amtrak delays affected 800 passengers between Seattle and Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Dick Gregory
Beckley
W. Va
Amtrak
Seattle
Los Angeles
Dunsmuir
Calif
Owl Oliver Rescued After Car Collision Near Cape Town
The horned owl Oliver was found near Cape Town with two broken legs after a suspected vehicle strike. He is held by careful hands and is anaesthetized for veterinary treatment.
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Oliver
Cape Town
South Africa
Farmers rally tractors for price supports near Plains Georgia
Farmers marching with 10 000 tractors plan to converge on Plains to press Congress to set floor prices covering production costs and modest profits. Carter at Camp David. cousin Senator Hugh Carter watches from Plains as crop dusters prepare fly over in support.
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Plains
Camp David
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Plains’ Main Street
Georgia Agriculture Aviation Association
Tom Kersey
Unadilla
Americus
Reynolds
Albany
Smithfield
Vienna
Cordele
Dock Contract Near Vote as Bus Talks Resume
The International Longshoremen's Association plans a Monday vote on a proposed three year dockworkers contract at 34 Atlantic and Gulf ports. Unresolved local issues in Baltimore Philadelphia and Mobile slow progress amid inter port rivalries and a general strike in Baltimore.
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International Longshoremen’s Association
Thomas W Gleason
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Gulf of Mexico
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Philadelphia
Mobile
Gleason
Gulf Coast
Trail Leads to Thief in Carpet Theft Chase
Athens police traced a trail of threads dropped from a stolen carpet Wednesday to identify and arrest the thief. The report notes this as a notable catch and mentions upcoming area events feature starting today on page 5.
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Athens
Ferries Face End as Bridge Opens Nearby
For 158 years ferries have served Aurora Indiana’s river crossing but a new interstate highway bridge set to open December 6 about five miles upriver could end the ferry era. The old landing has hosted service since 1819.
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Aurora
Ind
Coast Guard probe request on Edmund Fitzgerald sinking
The Coast Guard declines comment on a push by the Seafarers International Union for a congressional inquiry into the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members died in the 1975 sinking.
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Detroit
Coast Guard
Edmund Fitzgerald
Lake Superior
Seafarers International Union
Rhodesia Dixit on Majority Rule Easing Roots of Peace
Moderate black leaders back Ian Smith’s offer to move toward black majority rule in Rhodesia while not naming a date for elections. Rev Ndabaningi Sithole and Jeremiah Chirau praise the plan as a path to peace. guerrillas remain abroad and silent on immediate response.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Ndabaningi Sithole
Smith
Zimbabwe
Sithole
African National Council
Jeremiah Chirau
Zimbabwe United Peoples Organization
Rhodesia Herald
Zambia
Mozambique
Amerasians in Thailand Face Loss of Thai Citizenship
About 4,000 children of American-Thai parents may lose Thai citizenship under a 1972 decree now applied to Amerasians. The rule bars them from voting and government jobs, with potential but limited paths to U.S. citizenship discussed by Robert M. Hearn of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation which aids 1,227 Amerasian children.
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Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
United States
Interior Ministry
Vietnam
Robert M. Hearn
Pearl S. Buck Foundation
U.S
Hearn
The
Messenger Begins 73rd Year as Daily
The Athens Messenger marks its 73rd year as a daily paper with today’s edition. Tracing to the Athens Mirror and Literary Register of 1825, the paper passed through eight owners until F. W. Bush bought it in 1896 and launched the first daily issue on November 25, 1905 after a long weekly history.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger
Athens Mirror
Literary Register
F. W. Bush
Social Security Chief Warns of System Flaws
James B. Cardwell, retiring commissioner of Social Security at 55, says the federal retirement and Social Security systems are out of whack. He will begin a private pension and pay taxes into Social Security for the first time, while moving to a new post at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He favors reform to prevent double dipping and notes a $114 minimum benefit for 65 year olds masks how long someone contributed.
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James B. Cardwell
Cardwell
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
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