Weather, quirks, and a holiday shopping list
A daily column notes yesterday's weather plans and anticipates snow. It jokes about self-pronouncing devices for TV, self-spelling typewriters for reporters, and wind-up censor dolls for Huntley and Brinkley. It reports static on newsprint due to dry air, fixed by wet sponges, and mentions a Garden City Chamber of Commerce home lighting contest deadline December 10.
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Huntley
Brinkley
Spiro
Garden City Area
Desertions meet harsh North Vietnamese penalties reported
SAIGON AP reports that North Vietnamese officers executed their own soldiers who attempted desertion marking the first such accounts in the war. Washington AP notes lawmakers expect Christmas completion of funding bills after Nixon warns of a possible Dec 26 special session. Detroit AP quotes Cynthia Wedele as the first female president of the National Council of Churches aiming for openness. Pittsburgh AP reports a man charged with murder and related counts after firing from a third floor window. Washington AP notes a House subcommittee slashed foreign aid to about a billion below the administration ceiling.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Washington
House
Senate
Appropriations
Nixon
Congress
Detroit
Cynthia Wedel
National Council of Churches
Four man’s bank balance stirs talk of quick draw danger
Gus Garden says the scene for a four man bank balance plan draws sharp comment about violence if the shooter is too fast.
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Gus Garden
Santa Claus Arrives Tomorrow in Town Santa Cottage Event
Santa arrives at 1 p.m. in a horse drawn cart at Grant behind Garden National Bank, stays until 6 p.m. giving candy to children. A free Kiddies show at State Theatre offers Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 3:45 p.m. A giant stuffed Santa giveaway funded by KUPK rewards best letter to Santa, with prize delivery on Christmas Eve. A life size red sleigh by Clarence Gercken enhances the cottage display, a project of the Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division.
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Santa Claus
Grant
Garden National Bank
KUPK
Santa
Clarence Gercken
The
Chamber of Commerce
Weather Change Seen in Kansas After Warm Dry Spell
The Weather Bureau reports little change in 24 hours as clouds increase in Kansas. Light scattered precipitation is expected today with a disturbance bringing scattered rain east and more snow west tonight and Saturday. Western areas had a mix of rain freezing rain sleet and snow with an inch of snow in northwestern counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Weather Forecast for Kansas Cities Intermittent Snow Tonight
Intermittent snow expected tonight with northerly winds around 15 mph and temperatures in the upper 20s. Saturday will bring snow and cooler air with high in the low 30s and northerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Precipitation chance about 60 percent. sunrise at 7:44, sunset at 5. City and towns including Mas, Dodge City, Emporia, Garden City, Goodland, Hilt City, Russell, Salina.
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Dodge City
Emporia
Garden
Goodland Hitl City
Russel Salina
Death Sentence Is Removed from Tax Reform Bill
The Senate voted 69-18 to strike a provision ending the 40 year life limit for private foundations from the tax reform bill. Senator Mondale urged the change calling it a death sentence for foundations, while Gore argued a reasonable limit is needed. Supporters said future Congresses could revive foundations doing good. The chamber also advanced a separate Social Security increase plan, seen as likely to affect veto risk.
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Wasilington
Senate
Finance Committee
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
America
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Senate Gop
Robert P. Griffin
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
D-Tenn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Gore
Long Equine Trek Reaches Fort St. John on 3600 Mile Journey
A man and horse traveling from New York to Alaska arrive in Fort St. John after about 3600 miles on the road. J J Krammer and the horse Doc left Middleport New York May 23. He expects Juneau early next year to end the longest ride by one man and one horse.
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Fort ST. John
B.C
New York State
Alaska
J.J. Krammer
Doc
Middleport
N.Y
Krammer
Juneau
NATO ministers press for East West troop talks amid security conference push
Fourteen NATO foreign ministers agreed to challenge the Soviet bloc to discuss mutual troop reductions as a sign of seriousness about a European security conference. France objects to NATO command and favored not joining a bloc division, while Norway Denmark Iceland and Canada urged using the offer to bring the Communists to the bargaining table.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Alliance
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Maurice Schumann
NATO
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
United States
Canada
U.S
William P. Rogers
Europe
Walter Scheel
West Germany
Germany
Britain
Soviet Union
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Prosecutors to Seek Indictment in Manson Murder Conspiracy
Los Angeles prosecutors plan to indict Charles Manson 35 on conspiracy to commit murder as three friends describe his claimed belief in black magic and his control over a clan at a Death Valley area commune. They say women held power over the men and that life had little value.
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Los Angeles
Charles M. Manson
Death Valley
Manson
Sharon Tate
Paul Crockett
Paul Watkins
Brooks Poston
Los Angeles Times
Watkins
Haight-Ashbury
San Francisco
Crockett
Army inquiry hears Calley mass murder case details
1st Lt William L Calley Jr testifies as Capt Ernest Medina defends himself saying no massacre was ordered. Medina reveals he acted on instinct when he thought a woman faced attack and claims intelligence warned no women or children would be in My Lai. Pentagon news conference follows amid charges of indiscriminate killings linked to Lt Gen Peers panel inquiry.
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Calley
Ernest Medina
Medina
Pentagon
My Lai 4
Boston
PF. Lee Bailey
Vapkin
Bailey
Cailey
bin Er Ried
Medi
Vietnam
My Lai
Wve
Charles H. Percy
Percy
Anthony Martin Trigona
Champaign
Jack Anderson
New York Post
Maj
Charles Robb
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robb
Las Vegas
Nev
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