Price Of Money Rises As Banks Hike Prime Rate
New York AP By raising the prime rate to 6 percent, major banks led a nationwide move to higher money costs. The rate increase, tied to a Fed discount-rate rise, could slow consumer borrowing for homes and cars and boost costs for loans.
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New York
Jerry Krause
San Fernando Valley Board of Realtors
First National City Bank of New York
Chase Manhattan
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Bank of America
California
First National Bank of Chicago
Citizens and Southern National Bank of Atlanta
First National Bank of Boston
Joseph Kingman
First National Bank of Minneaposlis
Robert S. Beaupre
Seattle
First National Bank
Pacific Northwest
Federal Reserve Bank
James O’leary
Fed
Jeremiah the Prophet under Fire and Faith
The account traces Jeremiah's perilous ministry from 626 to 580 B.C. He faced imprisonment, flogging, stocks, and exile while denouncing Judah’s alliance with Egypt and impending Babylonian doom. Despite isolation and scorn, he spoke of a coming new covenant and urged social reform, warning of destruction yet affirming divine attachment to humanity.
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Jeryd Hic
B.C
Manasseh
Josiah
Egypt
Pharoah Neco
Judah
Jehoiakim
Jeremiah
Gilead
Jerusalem
Temple
Babylon
Benjamin
Uriah
Baruch
Carchemish
Babylonia
Middle East
Nile
Euphrates
Zedekiah
Phey Jay
Former friend charged in Merriam kidnapping case
A former boyfriend of 16 year old Peggy Thurston and two unnamed men were charged with kidnapping felonious assault and weapons counts after Peggy vanished from a Merriam Kansas home. An orange 1954 Chevrolet was involved and a gunshot was reported though no bullet found. Ruth Thurston Peggy’s sister described the intruders as American Indians in appearance.
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Kansas City
Merriam
Kan
Peggy Thurston
Mike Kreitler
Douglas Haines
Ruth
Peggy
Haines
Satellite launches planned for 1972 amid new Intel-3a series
Satellite moves described include one launch over the Atlantic and one each over the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The consortium outlines a larger Intel-3a 4 series, with the first unit scheduled for 1972 deployment.
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Atantic
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Vietnam peace talks drag as NLF status stalls progress
The Paris talks are delayed about 10 days due to NLF status and procedural snags. Saigon pushes a tough line, demanding a cease fire only after all North Vietnamese forces withdraw, while Thanh argues for a cease-fire after aggression ends and warns that early talks risk strengthening the enemy. American troops report 61 enemy killed in Da Nang foothills and 56 more in other clashes as South Vietnam seeks to assume greater defense burden.
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United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
NLF
Paris
Liberation Radio
Hanoi
Tran Chanh Thanh
U.S
Saigon
Thanh
da Nang
North Vetnam
Ghisanat
Ike Eisenhower's Brother Earl Dies at 70 in Arizona
Earl Eisenhower, brother of Dwight D. Eisenhower, died in Scottsdale, Arizona after a heart attack at age 70. He had been a former engineer and public relations director, and his death leaves three of the Eisenhower brothers surviving, including the former president who is hospitalized at Walter Reed.
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Milton
Casey Pease Ur
Johnsod
West Penn Power Hopkins University
Edgar,Co
Tacoma
Pennsylvania
Con- City
Neelsyate
Daily Courier
Jack
Paul
Eisenhower
Grange
Ill
Ilinois
Life
Chicago
Yarths
Earl Jr
Katherine
Motorola
Kay Morgan
Rockford
Fuel Oil Deliverymen Strike Strands New York Heat
Thousands face discomfort and danger as New York suffers a fuel oil deliverymen strike amid a severe flu epidemic. Mayor Lindsay seeks legal options to halt the walkout while mediation tries to resolve wage and retirement disputes.
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New York
New
Ky hints at Christmas visit to troops amid Paris talks
The blunt South Vietnamese leader said he may fly back to Saigon to spend Christmas with front-line troops and confer with President Nguyen Van Thieu on new developments. He noted a daily new development, signaling behind the scenes shifts in the stalled Paris peace conference amid perceived American pressure to yield more ground in talks.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Viet Nam Truce Talks Open as New Year Tet Discussed
The government of the Republic of Viet Nam says it is ready to discuss a truce with North Vietnam for New Year and Tet. Hanoi is unlikely to formally reply, viewing the Viet Cong National Liberation Front as Saigon’s government. Enemies have violated holiday truces, with some allied officers opposing cease fires. Only scattered clashes occurred on fronts, while a U S reconnaissance plane was fired on in the southern half of the DMZ between North and South Vietnam.
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Babylon
Jeremiah
Jesus
David
Ebedmelech
Jerusalem
B.C
Mispah
Egypt
Bic
Contin
Hanoi
Republic of Vietnam
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Saigon
Front
U.S
North
Apollo 8 crew rehearses Earth orbit to Moon flight plans
Apollo Lovell and Apollo 8 crew members worked in a spacecraft simulator Wednesday rehearsing procedures for an initial Earth orbit, then lunar transfer after liftoff. They practiced emergency comms, ground links, and abort sequences while meeting with launch director Petrone and Michael Collins, who will handle mission control comms.
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Lovell
Air Force
Frank Borman
William A. Anders
Pacific Ocean
National Aeronautics and ‘Space Administration
Mission Control
Houston
Tex
Col. Collings
Collins
Paterson Police Indicted For Civil Rights Violations
Federal grand jury in Paterson New Jersey indicted eight police officers on charges of violating Negro residents civil rights during a four day period in July The officers are accused of conspiring to deprive individuals of liberty and property under color of law by damaging properties and failing to protect buildings and offices leased by Negroes Six officers named Bevacqua DeChellis Gsell Hemse Maasha and LeConte face multiple counts with potential penalties up to one year in prison and $1000 fines per count
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Paterson
Negroes m
Pre-Dama
Passaic County
John G. Theves
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Philip Bevacqua
Angelo DeChellis
Carl Gorma
George Gsell
Abraham Hemse
Peter aMaasha
Ueteven
Bevacqua
DeChellis
Gsell
LeConte
Joseph D. Grossi
Emil Scarmazzo
Grossi
Scarmazzo
Grossi Gesell
le Monte
SCLC
Nixon and Kennedy clash over future treaty ratification timing
Nixon defers pressing for ratification of a nuclear test ban as he weighs the Senate environment after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Ziegler notes timing will depend on the foreign affairs outlook when Nixon takes office. Kennedy, weeks from becoming treasury secretary, avoids committing on gold price policy, triggering market swings as Nixon reassures no change to the official $35 per ounce rate despite traders seeking higher values.
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Nixon
Czechoslovakia
Ziegler
Senate
National Security Council
Secretary
Poth
Washington
E- Sect
London
Frankfurt
Zurich
Kennedy
Chicago
Indictments Named A Group Of Chicago Area Defendants
A Chicago area grand jury returned indictments against multiple defendants including Richard Lee Smith 26 Theodore Klocek 20 Richard Wolf 19 and others from Chicago Newton Archer Cicero Summit Oak Park Calumet Park Lincolnwood and Morton Grove. Most defendants except Levin Wolf and Kay were arrested with bonds set at 4500 for those indicted and recognizance bonds of 2000 for the rest.
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Richard Lee Smith
Howard Mark Mullen
Theodore Edmund Klocek
William Anthony Schuberth
Robert Harris Robin
Richard Joel Wolf
All of
Jay Stuart Perlman
Lincolnwood
Levin
Wolf
Kaye
Santa Claus Arrest Sparks City Wide Mock Award
Winston-Salem AP report says Santa Claus was arrested during a traffic stop near a Western Electric plant. Bob Gibson witnessed the scene and called the Winston-Salem Journal to nominate the police for a Scrooge award after the officer allegedly wrote a ticket to Santa despite the onlookers' reaction.
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Winston Salem, N. Co
Santa Claus
Winston-Salem
Bob Gibson
Winston-Salem Journal
Gibson
Western Electric
Shooting Rages Through Office In Carlinville
Don Jones of WSMI in Litchfield witnessed the gunfire as shells littered an office in Carlinville. Police described the scene with upturned stockings and toys amid blood and stray bullets. Kline and Mrs. Kline are named residents of Brussels Illinois and St. Charles Missouri.
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Kline
Brussels
Ill
St. Charles
St. Louis
Carlinville
Tllingis
Don Jones
WSMI
Litchfield
Jones
Tree Lighted At Capitol
Gov Mills E Godwin Jr delivers a Christmas message to Virginians during the Capitol tree lighting. Mrs Godwin pressed the switch to illuminate a 32 foot red cedar with 1,209 lights as about 600 people heard carols from the Virginia Commonwealth University choir and National Guard band.
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Richmond
ASP
Mills E. Godwin Jr
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