Democrats vs Strauss sparks clash over Nixon drift
Washington AP reports Democratic Party Chair Jean Westwood accuses Dallas lawyer Robert Strauss of symbolizing Democrats for Nixon and vows to block a right wing shift as Strauss denies the charge amid a looming showdown. In Kansas City AP notes Truman remains on the critical list with his heart condition worsening, doctors stating concern over his heart.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Jean Westwood
Dallas
Robert Strauss
Nixon
Strauss
National Committee
Kansas City
Harry S Truman
Wallace Graham
Scotch spill capsizes tractor trailer near Bristol
A tractor-trailer overturned along the 9 ramp to the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Bristol Bucks County spilling 1000 cases of scotch, rye and brandy valued at 25000. State Trooper Denton McLaughlin investigated noting a New Year smell in the scene.
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Britstol
Bucks County
Denton McLaughlin
Alexander's Store Faces Sabbath Law Summons Withdrawal
New York city officials plan to withdraw a summons against Alexander's department store after it opened on a Sunday to serve handicapped shoppers. Norman Reddlich said a works of necessity and charity stipulation would apply. The move followed angry reactions from management and public officials. A patrolman who issued the summons said he felt ashamed upon learning the store’s purpose.
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New York
Alexander’s Department Store
Norman Reddlich
Alexander's
Ree
Man eats evidence, gets jail time at Peoria inn
Dale Anderson of Alameda California received five days in jail after eating two shrimp cocktails two champagne bottles two roast beef dinners one roast turkey and one rib eye steak at a Peoria Howard Johnsons. Charged with defrauding an innkeeper he could not pay 31 50. He said he was cold broke and hungry. Judge William Young credited four days already served and Anderson was released.
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Peoria, Ill
Dale Anderson
Alameda
Calif
Peoria
Howard Johnson
Anderson
William Young
Circuit Court
Florida
Psychiatric booth offers walkup help at Christmas
Yale counsel in Los Angeles shapes a curbside booth labeled The psychiatrist is in to dramatize low cost mental health care. Dr Benjamin Weininger says the Southern California Counseling Center handles 500 cases weekly with no public funding while volunteers hear issues from love troubles to parental conflicts.
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Los Angeles
Benjamin Weininger
Vicki Michel
Southern California Counseling Center
la Cinega Boulevard
Weininger
Garden Sass: Gus Finds Losing Cool Difficult Now
Garden notes reveal Gus wrestling with temper as modern life presses in. He muses that keeping composure is harder than ever amid daily stimuli and social expectations.
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Gus
Unemployment rates shift among workers in 1970s data
Average hourly earnings held at 3.73 with weekly pay 138.01 due to fewer hours. Unemployment fell for men to 3.6 percent and for women to 5.0 percent. teenagers at 15.4 percent. White workers 4.6 percent, nonwhite 9.8 percent. full-time rate 4.6 percent, professional and technical workers 2.1 percent, clerical 3.9 percent. Total employment up 2.2 million year over year.
Family Keeps 800 Pound Pet Pig Arnold at Home
In Firebaugh California James and Mickey Boccabella care for Arnold a housebroken 800 pound pig who sleeps 20 hours a day and has his own bedroom. Arnold once weighed two pounds at birth and grew to three feet tall seven feet long after persistent care and nursing.
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Firebaugh
Calif
James
Mickey Boccabella
Arnold
Hampshire
Mickey
Boccabella
Farmers Shun Cold and Snow Harvest Rushes Nights
Grain sorghum harvest runs in gray county despite heavy snowfall. Ray Purdy reports 1 a.m. starts and 24 hour operation as ground supports combines. Al Maddux confirms slow but steady progress in Scott County with 16 percent moisture and 85 percent salvage. Beets at American Crystal Sugar stand still until ground thaws, while Kansas Finney County milo harvest nears 75 percent.
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Norm Clore
Post Office Department
Ray Purdy
Gray County
Purdy
Scott County
Maddux
Milo
LeRoy Fager
American Crystal Sugar Company
Deerfield
Fager
Rocky Ford
Colorado
Fagor
Andy Erhart
Kansas State Experiment Station
Garde City
Finney County
Erhad
Kansas
Nebraska
Life Magazine to Halt Publication in 1973
NEW YORK AP Life magazine will discontinue publication with the Dec 29 issue after 36 years. Time Inc cites continuing losses with deficits in 1969 70 and smaller losses in 1971 72 and forecasts of heavy losses in 1973 74. About 250 to 300 staff gathered for a closed meeting at the Time Life Building.
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New York
Life Magazine
Time, Inc
Henry Tarce
Life
Time-Life
Sixth Avenue
50Th Street
Look
Hedley Donovan
Andrew Heiskell
Stage Band in Concert Monday at Garden City High
Garden City High School's Stage Band performs at 7 30 Monday in Clifford Hope Auditorium offering fifteen selections. Student arrangers include Tim Nichols Greg Broer Marc Powell and Bob Brock with pieces like Open Wide Lucre tia McEvil 25 or 6 to 4 Vehicle and Both Sides Now. Admission 1 for adults 50 cents for students.
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Garden City High School
Clifford Hope
Tim Nichols
Lucreteia McEvil
Greg Broer
Marc Powell
Nichols
Broer
Schneider
Susan Mark
Marc Bowell
Robin Lopez
Alan Stoecklein
Harold Ellison
Steve Sloan
Mark Turrentine
Randy Roach
Mark Hays
Susan Batherly
Janet Devies
Scott Fairbairn
Doug Ginther
Marcia Harder
Alan Diller
Apollo 17 Near Midpoint in Space Flight Toward Moon
Apollo 17 passed the halfway point on its 88 hour coast to the moon with America and Challenger linked nose to nose. Crewmates Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt rested well as Mission Control prepared a brief thrust to correct course and enter lunar orbit.
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Space Center
Houston
Moon
Eugene A. Cervan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
Earth
America
Challenger
Mission Control
Schmitt
Apollo 17
Cernan
Jerry Criffin
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Yale Counsel
U.S
David Willams
Lake McKinney
Lakin
Eryman
Arnold Pearing
Mrs. Boccabella
Sallits
al Maddux
Time Inc
the Times, Inc
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Apollo
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