Medgar Evers Widow Joins Muskie Campaign Staff
Myrlie Evers, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, is welcomed as cochairman of the National Citizens Committee for Muskie and joins Sen. Edmund S. Muskie's campaign team. She says active women will be policy makers and candidates, not backroom workers, and discusses race and gender representation in 1972.
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Convict Kidnapped From Prison Camp in Florida
Six masked men stormed the State Prison Camp near Niceville abducting Bryan Peter Walker a 37 year old inmate serving 10 years for breaking and entering. They overpowered guards looted the arsenal and canteen and forced Walker into a waiting car amid police roadblocks in the Panhandle search.
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Fleeing Cambodian forces abandon towns on Highway 6
Thousands of Cambodian soldiers and civilians flee Baray and Kompong Thmar as Lon Nol orders retreat on Highway 6 under U S air cover. Some 5 000 civilians and 5 000 military personnel depart toward Taing Kauk. Combat mainly at Kompong Thmar end. helicopter downed. several armored cars and artillery left behind. U S air power destroyed equipment to deny it to Communists.
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Devaluation Talk Hits Dollar As G10 Meets in Rome
In Rome at Palazzo Corsini the G10 meeting of 10 rich non Communist nations produced little concrete. U S Treasury Secretary Connally said no offers or acceptances occurred while delegates discussed a possible dollar devaluation of over 5 percent. The dollar fell on European markets as talks adjourned to December 17 in Washington for a fourth round of defense moves.
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106 percent pay hike for Britain's Queen Elizabeth
Sir Michael Adeane warns how tough royal life is as a parliamentary committee backs a 106 percent pay rise for Queen Elizabeth. The move would cost nearly 2.5 million dollars annually, funding palaces upkeep and hundreds of staff. Political tensions loom between Heath government and Labour.
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Federal judge: Klansmen have constitutional rights too
UPI reports Judge McMillan ruled Harold Murray's rights were violated when Charlotte fired him over KKK affiliation. He said Klansmen are people like others and not disqualified from public employment. The judge did not order reinstatement, inviting city, Daly to decide by December 10. Murray, a Korean War veteran, led the North Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and joined the city in June as a building inspections clerk.
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Zhivago back at Harte and Carry on Camping in Williamstown
The Harte re screens Zhivago for a fourth circuit signaling strong audience demand. Williamstown shows Carry on Camping at the College Cinema with shows at 7 and 9 p.m. The piece notes royal salary debates and cost of living since 1952 with MPs debating a raise for the queen.
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Nixon pledges more aid to elderly from aging conference
The White House Conference on Aging ended with 3,500 delegates signaling cautious support for Nixon's plan to boost senior spending by 113 million dollars next year. The plan targets four programs, aims to expand nutrition, create jobs for the aged, and add volunteer work while a black group urged an annual income guarantee of 6000 to 9000 dollars for those over 65.
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