Bah Humbug Thanksgiving Thoughts Prompt Lighthearted Grumble
A New York opinion piece notes a working wife and mother venting holiday stress. She calls Thanksgiving a male chauvinist holiday and gripes about planning, shopping, cleanup, and coordinating work with family, while a friend jokes about serving the husband on a spit. The author nudges her to list what she is thankful for, ending with a playful confession of loving the sentiment and hating turkey.
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New York
UPI
Scrooge
Charles Dickens
Pat Nixon Plans Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner
Mrs. Nixon joined turkey industry representatives at the White House as two live white California birds were presented for Thanksgiving. Officials also had two ready-for-the-oven turkeys with happy holiday greetings. She noted she grew up around farm turkeys and chickens, but the Nixons will not eat the live birds and have not fixed a holiday location yet.
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Washington
Pat Nixon
White House
California
Nixons
Welsh Rabbit Cheese and Beer Pairing from Colonial Recipes
A historic 11th century Welsh Rabbit recipe blends sharp aged cheese with beer to create a classic dish. Melt Cheddar with butter then whisk in beer or ale, add mustard Worcester sauce and paprika, and serve over bread with a beer.
Dramatic Increase in Abortions Across States
The Center for Disease Control reports 180000 legal abortions were performed in 19 states and the District of Columbia in 1970, up from 12417 in 1969 when most states restricted abortion to life preservation. Twenty eight states restrict, while eighteen permit abortions in various circumstances.
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District of Columbia
Center For Disease Control
For Better Health Mononucleosis common among youths
Dr. S. L. Andelman explains mono is most common in students with ages over 35 rarely affected. Transmission may be airborne and via blood transfusion. Incubation 5 to 15 days, with prolonged recovery if hepatitis symptoms appear. Bed rest fluids protein diet aspirin or codeine throat care and possible drugs in complications. Write to The Gazette with questions.
Norway House Indians Elect Woman Chief
Norway House Manitoba AP breaking with tradition elected a woman as chief Jean Forster defeated three male contenders for the 1600 member band. The 49 year old welfare administrator says she is honored and worries about child neglect on the reserve and plans to refurbish an empty school as a home for neglected or abandoned children.
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Manitoba
Norway House Band of Indians
Jean Forster
Manitoba Indian News
Nelson River
Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg
Forster
Laura Stone Marr, mother of Gunsmoke's Milburn Stone
Laura Stone Marr, 92, mother of Milburn Stone who played Doc on Gunsmoke, died Tuesday in San Diego California.
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Doc
San Diego
Calif
Laura Stone Marr
Milburn Stone
Collette Bedard Editor in Chief of Nouvelles Illustrees Dies
Montreal report states Collette Bedard 31 editor in chief of the French weekly Nouvelles Illustrees died Tuesday. Cause of death not disclosed.
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Collette Bedard
Montreal
Nouvelles Illustrees
Susan Smith and Airman Ficken wed at Concordia Lutheran
Miss Susan Smith and Airman Charles E. Ficken united in marriage Saturday at Concordia Lutheran Church. A reception for 90 followed. The couple will reside in Lubbock Texas after a brief wedding trip while the bridegroom serves at Reese AFB.
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Ficken
Paul Scheidt
Concordia Lutheran Church
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Charles E. Ficken
Walter E. Smith
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First Avenue NW
Lubbock, Texas
Air Force
Reese Afb
Shively anniversary celebrated in Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs William Shively of Van Horne marked their 25th wedding anniversary with a surprise party at Cedar Terrace Recreation Center. Hosts were their children Jerry Shively and Jack Rabe with families from Cedar Rapids. the couple wed on November 16 1946 in Campbellsville Kentucky.
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William Shively
van Horne
Cedar Terrace Recreation Center
Jerry Shively
Jack Rabe
Cedar Rapids
Shively
Virginia Walters
Campbellsville
Israel not woman’s country, says Connecticut official
TEL AVIV Gloria Schaffer Connecticut secretary of state challenges gender equality view in Israel. She notes that despite Golda Meir’s leadership, responsibility of youth precedes a surge of male dominance and fading equality.
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Victorine Marcelle Nino
Tel Aviv
Miss Nino
Egypt
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U.S
Cairo
New York Times
Women’s Liberation Front
Gloria Schaffer
Connecticut
Israel
Schaffer
Britain to Name American Admiral to Lead Atlantic Fleet
Twenty years ago Britain prepared to approve the appointment of an American admiral to command the Western naval forces in the Atlantic, signaling a significant strategic alignment between the two nations.
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Atlantic
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