Meade residents honor late decorator with Christmas lights
In Meade Kansas Sunrise Plaza residents remind the last decorator must host a dinner. Last year banker Clark Bird was tardy and vowed to avoid delays. The Birds traveled to Colorado for three days returning to find 11 of 12 horses lit up, all by Bird, who now again plays Santa Claus.
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Meade
Kan
Sunrise Plaza
Clark Bird
Colorado
Bird
Santa Claus
Pittsburgh Walkout Halts Editions and Court Nomination Debate
AP reports a brief pressmen walkout halted the Pittsburgh Press edition while the Post Gazette remained on sale. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order. Separately, Taft touted Richard Poff for the Supreme Court amid Meany’s racial critique. Middletown High School closed after white student demonstrations against a black student disturbance.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
Pittsburgh Press
Post-Gazette
Washington
Robert Taft Jr
Richard H. Poff
R-Va
U. S. Supreme Court
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Poff
Labor Organization
High Court
Meany
David Frost
Nixon
Middletown
Ohio
Middletown High School
Draft resumption eyed for quarterly calls this year
Washington says up to 12,000 men may be called for the last three months of the year, potentially establishing a quarterly pattern. Pentagon officials report Melvin R. Laird favors three month announcements over the traditional monthly draft calls.
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Washington
Pentagon
Melvin R. Laird
Inside Classifier Obituary and Entertainment Notes
An index page lists sections including obituaries from pages 15 to 17, comics on page 14, and entertainment coverage. It references theater, television, fashion, and women’s features across pages 18 to 28 with occasional editorials on page 12.
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Coves
Oveee
Sivas
Sasae
Aaeaee
FBI reports 11 percent rise in violent crime first half 1971
Violent crime climbed 11 percent nationwide in the first half of 1971 led by a 20 percent rise in police officer deaths. Eighty officers were murdered January through August, 96 percent by gunfire, with Ohio cities like Akron Canton Cincinnati Columbus Toledo and Dayton showing increases while Cleveland and Youngstown dipped.
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Washington
FBI
Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Columbus
Toledo
Dayton
Cleveland
Youngstown
West Virginia air study to unite Charleston and Huntington
Charleston and Huntington airport authorities approve a joint long range planning study of air travel needs in southern and southwestern West Virginia. A regional jet port between the cities is sought but faced opposition from Kanawha Airport operators.
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Charleston
W. Va
Huntington
West Virginia
Central West Virginia
Tri-State
Kanawha Airport
Injunction Validity Questioned In OU Contempt Case
Ohio University faces contempt-of-court charges against Oscar McGee and the Non Academic Employees Union. The Athens County hearing pondered the validity of the preliminary injunction as university and union attorneys spar over witness credibility and the Saturday strike meeting.
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Tom Price
Ohio University
Oscar McGee
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Howard Goldsberry
Athens County
Union
Leonard Sigall
McGee
Robert Terryl
Ward Wilson
Robert Lilly
Scientific Computer Center
Frank Stewart
Sigall
Stewart
David Lyons
Athens County Fairgrounds
Lyons
Ohio House Committee OKs broad strip mine reform bill
The Ohio House Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously approved a sweeping bill to regulate and reclaim strip mining. The measure, backed by Rep. Kenneth Creasy, shifts to the House Rules Committee as supporters push for a floor vote despite Senate opposition. The plan requires reclamation within six months after mine closure, with topsoil reuse, contour restoration, and limited water impoundment. Opposition cites higher costs, while nearby states tighten controls and federal action is debated.
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Columbus, Ohio
House Environment and Natural Resources Committee
Ohio
Kenneth Creasy
Delaware
House Rules Committee
Creasy
House
Senate
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
U.S
Wayne Hays
Congress
Possible Midnight Strikes Loom In Coal and Rail Talks
Labor negotiators warned of likely walkouts across the East Gulf Coast ports and West Coast shipping hubs as 22 mines idle amid contract expiry talks. US railroads face a renewed standstill with 13 000 signalmen as Nixon strike ban nears expiry, while ILA and New York firms clash over wage guarantees.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
New York
ILA
Maine
Texas
New York Harbor
West Coast
International Longshoremen’s and
Washington
United Mine Workers
Charleston
W. Va
Appalachian Coalfields
West Virginia
Ohio
Virginia
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Nixon
Ginger Pummels Carolina Coast With 90 MPH Winds
Hurricane Ginger lashed the North Carolina coast with 90 mph winds, knocked out power and phones, and flooded low-lying areas. The eye, one of the largest on record, neared Morehead City as shelters housed hundreds. Red Cross says 1,564 residents sought refuge overnight.
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Morehead City
N.C
Ginger
North Carolina
Red Cross
National Guard
U.S. Weather Service
Ter
Stu Taber
Cartaret
Pamlico
Craven
Oak Island
Wilmington
South Carolina
Goose Creek Island
Pamlico Sound
N. C
Copters Airlift Troops Near Cambodian Border in Vietnam
An armada of U S and South Vietnamese helicopters airlifted 2 000 South Vietnamese reinforcements into corridors near the Cambodian border to lift sieges at two fire bases. Rockets struck near Lt Gen Nguyen Xuan Thinh causing refugee deaths and injuries as gunships targeted rocket sites. Six refugees died and about a dozen were wounded. Thinh noted shelling along a 30 mile stretch of highways 22 78 and 7 with ground attacks on two bases. South Vietnamese reports said 14 rocket and mortar attacks wounded 15 soldiers along the northwest Saigon area.
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Tav Ninh
Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
North Vietnam
Thinh
Tay Vinh
Krek
Saigon
Action Ads Sell Your Used Bed Bicycle or Banjo
A brisk prompt for readers to place ads to move furniture bikes and musical instruments quickly. The message touts fast results and wide daily readership as the selling point for listing items like beds bicycles or banjos.
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John N. Mitchell
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Bituminous Coal Operators Association
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Atlantic Beach
Civil Defense
W. W. Moore
Beaufort
New Bern
Neuse
Trent
Copters
Messenger
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