Unemployment rises to six percent as job seekers grow
Government data show the November jobless rate at 6 percent with total employment at a record 80 million. Job seekers increased by 210000 to 4.8 million as young adults lost work, while white unemployment rose and Black unemployment fell to 9.3 percent. Wholesale prices rose modestly and earnings edged lower though year over year gains remain.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Humphrey sees fight over Butz freeing funds for farmers
Senator Hubert Humphrey predicted the struggle to confirm Earl L. Butz as agriculture secretary would unlock federal funds and raise farm income by as much as a billion dollars. He argued the Senate debate forced the Nixon administration to aid farmers.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Earl L. Butz
Nixon
Senate
Butz
Humphrey
Treasury
United States
Midwest
Ces
Capitol Hill
Clifford Hardin
U S Soviet plan joint space flight details discussed in Moscow
American and Soviet scientists plan to sign a joint manned space flight agreement within two months. Talks in Moscow focused on hardware compatibility and the mission outline, with Dr. Robert Gilruth and NASAs team participating.
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Moscow
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Washington
Tech
Robert Gilruth
U.S. Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
U.S. backs long term Israeli military modernization
President Nixon told Prime Minister Golda Meir the United States supports a long term program to modernize Israel's armed forces. A request for additional Phantom jets is still under review as Washington recognizes Israel must maintain modernization with U.S. participation.
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Washington
Nixon
Golda Meir
United States
Israel
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Pirates seize PIA jet at Orly demand medicine for Bengali refugees
Hijackers aboard Pakistan International Airlines flight PK 712 seized a Boeing 720B at Orly Airport demanding 20 tons of medicine for Bengali refugees. After five hours of tension two Red Cross workers unloaded medicine as 28 aboard faced danger. Police containment remained tight while air traffic continued.
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Orly
Pakistan International Airlines
Bangla Desh
East Pakistan
India
London
Karachi
Rome
Cairo
West Pakistan
France
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Georges Pompidou
Viet Cong announce holiday ceasefire in South Vietnam
The Liberation Radio said Viet Cong troops will observe three day truces for Christmas and New Year and a four day Tet cease-fire. The NLF ordered all forces to halt operations from Dec 24 1 a.m. to Dec 27 1 a.m. and Dec 31 1 a.m. to Jan 3 1972, with a Tet truce from Feb 14 to Feb 18.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Liberation Radio
South Vietnam
National Liberation Radio
NLF
Wholesale prices rise in November
Wholesale prices increased by one tenth of one percent in November driven by gains in farm products not under price controls. The index for industrial commodities fell slightly while consumer finished goods rose by two tenths. Prices prior to the November 14 freeze end show no effect from subsequent policy changes.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
$3.5 Million Injury Suit Filed for Blooming Prairie Man
Patrick D. Burke 20 of Blooming Prairie sues Milwaukee Road in U S District Court Minneapolis for 3.5 million alleging negligence after a 25,000 pound steel beam fell from a car near Waterville Iowa on November 11 injuring his back and paralyzing him. Burke hospitalized in Rochester with spinal injuries and now in fair condition.
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Milwaukee Road
U.S. District Court
Minneapolis
Patrick D. Burke
St. Marys Hospital
Rochester
Eugene A. Berat
Burke
Minnesota
Pakistani warplanes hit three Indian airfields in western region
The Indian government declared a national emergency as Pak warplanes attacked Srinagar in Kashmir Amritsar and Pathankot in Punjab. New Delhi suffered a blackout and air raid warnings sounded citywide. An Indian spokesman said attacks were ongoing with few details available.
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India
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Srinagar
Kashmir
Pakistan
Amritsar
Punjab
Pathankot
Tax cut bill tightens path to passage with checkoff setback
The $15.8 billion three year tax cut moves toward enactment as a Senate House conference settles the measure to please President Nixon by delaying the presidential campaign checkoff to 1976. The bill adds $25 personal exemptions this year and $50 next year while repealing the auto excise tax and boosting the low income minimum. Mills cautions the House may not approve the initial form and warns a veto could stall all tax provisions for months.
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Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Senate House
Nixon
White House
Conference Committee
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Reds trade Granger to Twins for Hall at winter meetings
Cincinnati Reds send Wayne Granger a key reliever of 1970 to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Tom Hall. Granger posted a 7-6 record with a 3.33 ERA in 70 games last season. In other AP dispatches currency markets show the dollar sinking to new lows in Frankfurt and Zurich amid crisis fears. Saigon reports a Vietnamese helicopter squadron aiding Cambodian forces on the northeastern front.
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Wayne Granger
Minnesota Twins
Tom Hall
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Paris
Saigon
Cambodia
Airlines suspend flights as Pakistan danger prompts warning
London based AP report notes international carriers halt flights due to urgent warning messages from Beirut and Bahrain as India and Pakistan near war. Belfast IRA escape raises security concerns in Northern Ireland. Marshall Minnesota arrests linked to drug sales and possession after undercover operation.
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India
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