Patman Attacks 'Sorry Holiday Greeting' on Interest Rate Controls
Rep. Wright Patman criticized the Cost of Living Council for not acting on interest rate controls and called the president’s stance a violation of the Economic Stabilization Act. The council said no mandatory regulations are needed now as rates for mortgages, consumer loans, and bonds show declines and overall credit remains accessible.
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Washington—T
Cost of Living Council
Paul W. McCracken
House Banking and Currency Committee
Rep
Wright Patman
Nixon
Patman
Postage Rate Hike For Third Class Mail Planned
The U.S. Postal Service will raise third class mail rates by an average 23 percent, effective January 24, delayed from September 15 due to the wage price freeze. The change follows the Cost of Living Council's exemption of postal rates from controls.
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Washington
U.S Postal Service
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
The
Price Commission
Commission
Jerome R. Waldie
Dcalif
House
Subcommittee On
Pay Board
Congress
Council
McGovern urges full disclosure on campaign funding
Sen George McGovern urged all Democratic presidential hopefuls to disclose the sources and amounts of their campaign funds. He said he would join if others refuse, calling it a political sacrifice to ensure full public disclosure of campaign and government activities. He downplayed endorsements from party officials and backed simultaneous public debates among candidates.
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Washington
George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Dog Warden Learns Life Of Dog After Accidental Dart
In Ann Arbor Michigan AP report 27 year old dog warden Stuart Wilson was bitten by his own tranquilizer gun while chasing stray dogs in Scio Township. The dart rendered him sleepy prompting a hospital visit before he recovered and continued the roundup.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Stuart Wilson
Wilson
Scio Township
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
State forecast notes cloudy mild weather
The brief forecast reports cloudy and mild conditions with a chance of light rain. Additional weather details appear on Page 2A.
United States Attacks North Vietnam and Vietnam Cease Fire
American fighter bombers launched three new strikes against air defenses in North Vietnam bringing this year total to 105. In South Vietnam the Christmas cease fire began with two early violations that killed three soldiers and wounded six. Also, Ailsa Mellon Bruce’s estate was probated in Manhattan Surrogate Court at 570.7 million with 568.2 million bequests to public and charitable causes, and Nixon proposed half a billion dollars to states to freeze welfare costs as part of reform efforts amid a 27 billion deficit.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U. S
South Vietnam
New York
Manhattan
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Los Angeles Times
Washington
Nixon
Congress
U. S. Treasury
Panthers Convicted in Weapons Conspiracy Case at LA HQ
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury found nine of twelve Black Panther members guilty on weapons conspiracy charges from a gun battle with police at the Panther headquarters two years earlier. Three officers and six Panthers were wounded.
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Los Angeles
Black Panther Party
Panther
Hoffa Freed by Nixon Commutation to 1986 Supervision
James R. Hoffa, former Teamsters boss, is released from Lewisburg federal prison after President Nixon commuted his sentence. Hoffa must refrain from direct or indirect union management until March 6, 1986 and report to a federal probation officer. he plans a Christmas in St Louis with his wife and daughter. The decision notes Hoffa as a model prisoner and cites his wife’s heart condition.
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Washington
Nixon
Teamsters Union
James R
Jimmy” Hoffa
Hig Labor
Hoffa
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
St. Louis
Teamsters
Robert Crancer
Robbery At Shaar's Confectionary Wounds Owner
A 78 year old West Side man, Sam Shaar, owner of Shaar's Confectionary on Central Avenue, was wounded in a store holdup Thursday. A man in his early 20s demanded money. Shaar was shot in the left shoulder and emergency surgery followed. Police have not confirmed a cash theft.
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West Side
Shaar
Central Aveenue
Charleston General Hospital
Sam Shaar
Main Street
Prom
Charleston General
Christmas Spirit Lives in Kanawha Valley Helpers
Eleven year olds Doug Harless and Brian Percy spent Christmas vacation at the Salvation Army helping load food and toys for needy families. Ronnie Scott, thirteen, received a basketball despite the center’s policy of serving only twelve and under. The Kanawha Valley community donated time money food and toys, allowing the Salvation Army to raise $60 000 and 10 000 toys for its Christmas Cheer program, the largest totals in the history of the effort.
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Doug Harless
Brian Piercy
Salvation Army
Brian
Toy Center
Ronnie Scott
Tay Center
Army
Ronnie
Kanawha Valley
Doug
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Butch
Michael R. McCann
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Freedom
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Barron Era
Dr. Gill
Panthers
the Gazetteer
Labor
By Mark Brawn
Morris Shenker
Lawrence N. Traylor
Traylor
John N. Mitchell
Michigan
Justice Department
John H. Hushen
Doug Starless
Southeast Asia
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