Christmas Spirit Around the Nation
Across the country volunteers and citizens embrace the season with festive acts. In West Virginia third graders cheerfully brave a Montage of shortages while a donor funds a Salvation Army kettle with $1,000, and Sky lab crew hear carols as OSU memories are shared.
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Speceren
Sule Tanle
Salvation’ Army
Néf
Christman
West Virginia
Sacramento
Calif
Ray Valine
Santa Claus
Valine
Santa
Morgantown
W.va
Salvation Army
William Crabson
Group unveils list of ethnic demands in San Leandro
Betsy Lira reports the Mexican American Social and Cultural Organization presents five demands to the San Leandro school district for equal opportunity in employment and education. Supt. Holden says he will work with the group, with further data collection and sessions planned before a board request.
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Betsy Lira
San Leandro
Supt. L. Edward Holden
Board of Education
Holden
San Leonddo
al Lozano
Lozano
Alameda County
Gas stations resist voluntary gas rationing in South County
Polls show dealers oppose limits on fuel sales despite a call from energy chief William Simon for motorists to curb purchases to one gallon per week. Many station owners say voluntary restraint is impractical, arguing drivers will simply go to other stations. Local residents report cutting trips and combining errands, with some deeming rationing a threat to personal freedom.
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South County
Jemeniay
Energy
Wiliam Simon
Association
Simon
Profit clash narrows energy bill path in Washington
Senate and House negotiators reached a compromise on Nixon emergency energy powers but faced threats from Sen. Paul Fannin who called the profits provision a “can of worms.” The dispute centers on windfall profit controls and rebate timing, with White House objections lingering on other sections.
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Washington
White House
House
Nixon
Senate
Fannin
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Sen
Jennings
Newark Trucker Sues Teamsters Over Racial Discrimination
Newark driver Leon Jones leads a $6 million racial bias suit in US District Court in San Jose. The case targets the Teamsters Union and major trucking firms for excluding Blacks from high paying over the road jobs, with demands for training programs, hiring goals, seniority protections, and permanent hiring practices to curb layoffs.
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Teamsters Union
Newark
Leon Jones
Starflower St
San Jese
William B. Gould
Stanford University
Nin
Jones Gald
Teamsters
Food and fuel push November cost of living higher
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the Consumer Price Index rose eight tenths of one percent in November, driven by food and fuel. Gasoline, fuel oil, natural gas, electricity, and coal contributed about a third of the rise. food added another third. Real earnings fell while prices rose across most categories, signaling broader inflation pressures.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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