700000 More Waiting 50000 Cubans Airlifted Into U S
Nearly 50000 Cubans have entered the United States in a refugee airlift begun a year ago. Planes land twice daily at Miami International Airport. Over 700000 with filed applications wait, with projections suggesting years to process.
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Theodore A. Ediger
Miami
Fla
United States
Fidel Castro
Miami International Airport
U.S
Sky Shuttle
Freedom House
Cuba
Jose Antonio Grande
West New York
N.J
Excessive wage demands loom as new Congress eyed
The Associated General Contractors of America accuse construction unions of excessive wage demands and predict possible strike legislation. A White House task force studies strikes as the Johnson administration weighs actions to shield the public and labor’s image amid a conservative Congress.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Congress
White House
Associated General Contractors of America
Texas
George Christian
Justice, Labor
Johnson
Asst
James J. Reynolds
Speck Ruled Mentally Competent to Stand Trial
In Chicago, a jury found Richard Speck mentally fit to stand trial for the eight nurse slayings. Judge Herbert Paschen will rule on a venue change request after seven medical experts testified to his competence. Speck’s attorney cited pretrial publicity as a fair trial obstacle.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Herbert Paschen
Specks
Speck
Gerald Getty
Cook County
Paschen
Getty
James Doherty
Ashmore Business College Christmas Banquet Planned
The annual Christmas banquet for Ashmore Business College will be held Friday December 16 at 7 30 p.m. at the Thomasville Women's Club. Former students are invited to a semi formal dinner dance with speaker Guy H Lambeth superintendent of the High Point District of Pilot Life Insurance Co. The Christmas queen Pam ela Reddeck and attendants Lynn Younts Judy Phillips Linda Smith Sandra Bean and Ann Anderson will be presented. The Top Cats will provide music for the dance lasting until 11 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashmore Business College
Thomasville Woman’s Club
Guy H. Lambeth
Lambeth
High Point
Pilot Life Insurance Co
Pamela Reddeck
Lynn Younts
Judy Phillips
Linda Smith
Sandra Bean
Ann Anderson
Wilson and Rhodesian leader to meet amid stalemate
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Ian Smith planned a daylight meeting aboard a Royal Navy cruiser off Malta to resolve Rhodesia's rebellion. Britain sought U.N. sanctions if Smith refused constraints, while Smith and envoy Sir Morice James met with Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs amid independence tensions.
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Ry Arthur L. Gavshon
London
Harold Wilson
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Tiger
Mediterranean
Malta
U.N
Smith
James
Britain
Sir Humphrey Gibbs
Gibbs
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ABC
Belks
Green, Bive
Holiday
Belk’s Children’s Dept
Belk Beck
Wilson
Commonwealth
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