Oldest musical instruments traced through ancient cultures
Q and A style notes describe early instrument use from Egypt Greece and Rome with mentions of trumpets drums harps zither flutes and other devices. It also advises on CB radio interference and how to contact the FCC and Television Interference Committee for complaints about unlawful broadcasts.
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Nero
Rome
Don Harris
Immanuel Road
Greensboro
Citizens Band
FCC
Harris
Is there enough gold at Ft. Knox to back all money
The piece explains the gold supply at Ft. Knox and in other U S mint and assay offices totaling about 13 billion dollars in gold. It notes the Fed cannot issue money beyond four times its gold certificates and discusses the shift from gold backing to money supply control, plus how international gold reserves are handled in New York and by foreign purchases.
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Ft. Knox
United States
G.H
Treasury
Denver
Philadelphia
San Francisco
New York City
Federal Reserve
U.S
Federal Reserve Bank
West Germany
Complaints About Noisy Neighbors and Public Drunkenness
A reader reports retired neighbors causing late night noise and drunken behavior. They claim profanity and liquor in view of children, and question enforcement. Official guidance says city ordinances prohibit public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. residents should call police for immediate issues.
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A.C
Youths Parade Against Drugs in Hollywood Fla
Thousands of high school students led by four youths with a coffin passe the longest trip in a two hour candlelight anti drug march along Hollywood Boulevard. They sang carols and chanted slogans while a rock concert followed at a park.
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Hollywood, Fla
Hollywood Boulevard
John Costello
South Broward High
John Ackley
Oward
Congress Returns From Christmas Break Amid Policy Gridlock
Washington AP Congress ends year in shambles as Senate plans a late Dec 28 session to resolve SST subsidies social security welfare reform and new trade limits while House delays. Negotiations on Cambodia aid and foreign aid bills edge forward but a $2.53 billion basic appropriation stalls over a $200 million foreign military credits item.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Nixon
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
John Byrnes
R-Wis
John J. Williams
Del
Cambodia
U.S
Cambosa
White House
Senate House
Israel
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Air incidents slow North Vietnamese supplies after Nixon warning
Pentagon sources report a slowdown in North Vietnamese supply movement through the Panhandle toward Laos, South Vietnam, and Cambodia after President Nixon warned of possible U S air attacks. They note dispersed stockpiles and reduced daylight truck convoys as bombing drops near 1 500 tons daily on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Nixon
Hanoi
U.S
Pentagon
North Vietnamese
Panhandle
Laos
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam POW list labeled propaganda by U S official
Secretary of State Rogers denounced Hanoi's release of a 339 name POW list as a contemptible propaganda maneuver. He said the list adds no new information on captured Americans and questions completeness and access to camps.
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Washington
North Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Paris
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Rogers
United States
U.sovernment
Hanoi
U.S
Committee of Liaison
Wandering planets near crescent moon may echo Star of Bethlehem
Boston AP reports three planets Venus Jupiter and Mars will form a loose triangle near the crescent moon early Christmas morning. Walter Webb of the Boston Museum of Science links the event to biblical signs and the Star of Bethlehem, noting Kepler proposed this idea in 1604.
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Boston
Bethlehem
Christ
Walter N. Webb
Charles Hayden Planetarium
Boston Museum of Science
Webb
Jesus
Mesopotamia
Judea
Johannes Kepler
Angela Davis Arrives in California amid secrecy
Angela Davis, flown under guard to Marin County, arrives near Hamilton Air Force Base to face murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy charges in a San Rafael shootout last August. She was jailed at the Marin County Civic Center and saluted reporters with a clenched fist as guards looked on.
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San Rafael
Calif
Angela Davis
Superior Court
Marin County Civic Center
Miss Davis
Evelyn Gosser
Merin County
California Air National Guard
Hamilton Air Force Base
California
New York
Said
Carol Craven
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R.B
J.W
T.V
Ann Ignatowicz
McArthur High
Broward County
Ken Eisner
Costello
Jim House
Namese
Tom Brady
Associated Press
Sen
Edward Kennedy
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