Christmas Gift Books Catch Eye With Fringe Humor
Washington report covers new releases ideal for holiday shoppers. Titles span scandal tales to sports satire and social critique, with authors including Fletcher Flog An intimate portrait of a president and Abigail Powers, and expose style takes on football broadcasting.
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Abigail
Barthlomew
Crazy Thumbs
Fitzandstartz
Howard Cosell
Nebraska high court asked ruling on meetings without notice
The Nebraska Supreme Court heard an appeal over a Boone County 1969 school district reorganization meeting. The district court voided the election results after ruling the meeting was not properly publicized. The case centers on whether unnotified meetings violate open meetings law.
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Boone County District Court
Boone County Committee For
Thomas White
Tower Court
Edwin Perry
Annual church membership renewal urged by Lutherans
Louis Cassels argues that many drift from church rolls, keeping nominal ties. A commission proposes yearly voluntary renewal to separate committed Christians from casual members, with pledges of time and money, while allowing reentry in future years.
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Tasheran Church In
America
Christian Disciples
Community of Christ
Washington, D.C
Christ
Brandt flies to Oslo to get Nobel Peace Prize
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt travels to Oslo to accept the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize in a Friday ceremony. He will deliver the Nobel Lecture at the University of Oslo on Saturday titled Peace Policy in Europe. Brandt is welcomed by Crown Prince Harald and Crown Princess Sonja in place of King Olav, hospitalized after a hernia operation.
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UPI
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Brandt
University of Oslo
Europe
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Harald
Sonja
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Olay
Indian Airlines plane crash near Madurai kills 20
In southern India an Indian Airlines Avro 240 twin prop transport crashed on a Trivandrum to Madras flight in Madurai District. Twenty people were killed and eleven survived. one survivor was in serious condition and several others escaped unharmed, authorities said.
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Indian Airlines
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Nursday
Trivandrum
Madras
India
Lau
Troiua
Britain
Madurai
Almanac for December 10 highlights historical events
UPI almanac notes Friday December 10 as the Smith day of 197. Emily Dickinson born December 10, 1821 is mentioned. Historical events include Mississippi joining the Union in 1817 and Spain signing the 1898 treaty ending the Spanish American War. Nobel prizes distribution began in 1901. A Dickinson quote about success is included.
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Emily Dickinson
Mississippi
Spain
Guan
Puerto Rico
Philippines
United States
Alfred Nobel
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Pat Nixon on path to record travel as First Lady
Pat Nixon is headed to become the most traveled First Lady with planned journeys to Africa, China and the Soviet Union. The article compares her travel to past First Ladies, noting Eleanor Roosevelt and others for context and highlighting her role as eyes and ears for the president.
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Pat Nixon
China
Russia
Helen Thomas Washington
UPI
Africa
Soviet Union
White House
Eleanor Roosevalt
United States
Panama
Herbert Hoover
Latin America
Mamie Eisenhower
Canada
Geneva
Mexico
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Atlantic
Paris
Vienna
India
Greece
Morocco
Lady Bird Johmson
Nixon
Bournemouth fundraiser row over errant frying plea
In Bournemouth England UPI reports Mayor Richard Judd criticizing local salesman John Platt who on his delivery route has been offering a 25 cent donation for a group of girlie magazines. The mayor says there should be limits and plans to contact him to stop the practice.
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Bournemouth
England
UPI
Richard Judd
John Platt
Platt
Stans sees potential U S Russia trade growth
Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans said his trip to the Soviet Union showed U S Russian trade could rise by billions if political ties improve. He noted Soviet officials seek raw materials like chrome and oil, while the United States could export autos, trucks, and machinery, with caution on strategic items. A Soviet delegation will visit Washington January 6 to continue talks.
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UPI
Maurice H. Stans
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Slans
United States
Stans
National Press Club
Alexei Kosygin
Warsaw
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Swivel Neck Bush Baby Turns Nearly 180 Degrees
The African bush baby cannot move its eyes and must turn its head to look sideways. Its neck can swivel almost 180 degrees, enabling a broad range of motion in a compact skull.
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