Scrooge Strikes At St Joe Amid Paper Mill Strike
Port St. Joe Florida endures a five month St Joe Paper Co strike as 750 workers walk out. Santa helper David Treace, a Gulf Coast Junior College freshman, greets few children while merchants report Christmas sales off 40 to 60 percent. Union leader Charlie Davis and vice president Thadus Russ describe hardship and charity efforts as 400 log haulers idle and the town braces for a lean holiday season.
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John van Gieson
Associated
Port St. Joe
Sears
Reed Avenue
Arrant
Doctor Hospital Guidelines Set To Curb Medical Costs
The Price Commission proposed caps on increases in doctor and hospital charges, limiting a doctor's average fee rise to 2.5 percent annually and a hospital average to 6 percent. Individual house calls may exceed the doctor average with government approval, and justification for any raise is required.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
United States
American Medical Association
AMA
Dayton Moore
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Grayson
Internal Revenue Service
Medicare
IRS
Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Cold War Thaw Gains Ground Between France and U S
A wave of improved relations unfolds as Nixon meets Pompidou in Azores, easing tensions after De Gaulle’s era. The article traces Franco American ties from 1960s disputes over NATO and the dollar to renewed cooperation on China and Germany, while noting remaining rifts and shared goals.
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William L. Ryan
Nixon
Azores
Georges Pompidou
France
Paris
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Paris-Washington
de Gaulle
Europe
U.S
Vietnam
Middle East
China
Soviet Union
Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Pompidou
Peking
Germany
NATO
West Europe
Connally Back On Trail Demands Dollar Devaluation Move
Washington reports John B. Connally resumes his drive to realign international money affairs. He presided in Rome where officials floated the unthinkable step of devaluing the dollar and invited talks in Washington on December 17 to resolve currency values. The move follows President Nixon’s hint and marks Connally’s role as chief economic spokesman shaping policy.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Washington
John B. Connally
U.S
Connally
Treasury
Rome
Palazzo ‘Corsini
Nixon
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Sid Richardson
Sessions
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Scrooge
St. Joe
Santa Claus
Santa
Port St. Joe’s
Bayside
Charlie Lie Davis
United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union
Davis
St. Joseph Bay
M. J. Robinson
Robinson
Thadus Russ
Russ
Union Hall
Lone Picket
Florida
Teen
Tampa, Fla
Tampa International Airport
Phillip Davison
Coventry
England
British Overseas Airways
London
New York City
Davison
Switzerland
Gilwern
Wales
A. W. Alexandre
Florida Division of Youth Services
Campbell
U.S.A
Brucene Smith
Salvation Army
George H. Boldt
Boldt
Glen Campbell
Bob Hope
van Nuys
Jan Daley
Hope
Renee Woods
Jim Nabors
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