Christmas Parade entries and local inquiries
Readers seek signup details for the Christmas Parade with horses and costumes. The Merchants Association is handling entries, with three weeks left to register and Santa suits available to rent. Other queries cover IQ testing, car sales contracts, mental health data from 1968, dove cooking sauce, unemployment disability, Workmen’s Compensation, and adopting overseas children via local schools.
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Merchants Association
United States
State Department of Mental Health
North Carolina
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Crack Threatens Clifftop Homes
SAN PEDRO CALIF A massive crack opened along Paseo del Mar at a 200 foot cliff top threaten ing a luxury house and several others. Utility crews shut off water and power as residents were evacuated and police kept spectators back. Officials say six more oceanfront lots may be slipping toward the sea at an undetermined rate with three guest homes already considered lost.
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Paseo del Mar Drive
Los Angeles
George Smith
Smith
Rival students clash at American University Beirut
In Beirut, 200 progovernment and proguerrilla students fought at the American University, smashing windows and forcing police to block exits. Leftist factions occupied the arts and sciences building as riots wounded several students and drew no police entry. In Israel, Meir’s Labor coalition loses its Knesset majority as Gahal gains seats, signaling no major shifts in defense policy.
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Antiguerrilla
American University
Beirut
Arts and Science
Lebanon
Independence
Ernésto
Chee” Guevara
Proguerrilla
Israel
Goldaf Meir
Gahal Party
Air Defenses Cut Sharply Amid Base Closures
The Pentagon unveils a sharp cut in U S air defenses and retirement of the nation s sole supersonic bombers as 307 bases close or shrink. Deep cuts hit Florida and Alaska while the Air National Guard gains fighters and 78 FB111 swing wings begin. Savings reach 3 billion and thousands of positions vanish.
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Pentagon
U.S
Air National Guard
Florida
United States
Alaska
Soviet Union
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Daniel Zenkin
Armed Services
Puerto Rico
Los Angeles seeks Black officers from the Deep South
A task force of Los Angeles police officers will tour Negro colleges in the Deep South to recruit Black policemen for the city force. Inspector Merton Howe said the six week to two month trip aims to add more minority officers, citing low current Black representation. The plan follows a community letter urging more Black recruits and includes a proposed police complaint center staffed by a Black, a Brown, and a White officer.
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Deep South
Merton Howe
Vlan
Edward Davis
Celes King II
King
Davis
South
Howe
Nixon Returns to Political Wars With 1968 Style
Washington AP Nixon resumes presidential campaign fire with 1968 style rhetoric. He campaigns in Virginia for Linwood Holton and speaks to 5,000 at Salem Roanoke Valley Civic Center urging states rights and law and order.伴
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Cuff Link
Roanoke
Linwood Holton
GOP
Mrs. Holton
Witephoto
Washington
New Jersey
Virginia
Salem
Civic Center
Law and Order
Patrick Buchanan
Raymond Price
William C. Battle
Battle
Holton
al Toost
California
District of Columbia
Congress
Individual Tax Relief Taken Up
Senate Finance Committee debates tax relief for individuals amid reform effort. Senator Albert Gore proposes increasing personal exemption from 500 to 1000 dollars, a move costing about 12 billion and potentially surpassing House offers. Nixon administration opposes the exemption rise. Gore links it to two House provisions, while others urge narrowing the relief gap.
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Senate Finance Committee
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Treasury
Gore
Nixon
President Seeks Vietnam Speech Guidance Amid Quiet Expectations
President Nixon asked administration officials and experts to send memos outlining ideas for his November 3 television address on the Vietnam war. Proposals range from peace and truce concepts to shaping Southeast Asia after the conflict, but officials caution against expecting groundbreaking statements and note support for Saigon should persist.
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Nixon
Southeast Asia
Saigon
Viet Cong
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