Mills Proposes $5.3 Billion Annual Aid Plan
Rep. Wilbur Mills, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, introduces a five year counterproposal to Nixon revenue sharing. The plan proposes 3.5 billion to cities and local governments and 1.8 billion to states, with allocations based on population low income and urbanization and with review after five years. Mayors at the National League of Cities praise the move while Mills signals ongoing congressional oversight.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Wilbur D. Mills
Nixon
Arkansas Democrat
Ways and Means
Honolulu
Mills
National League of Cities
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Richard G. Lugar
Indianapolis
Congress
Barbs Urges Early Light Checks Ahead of Christmas
A holiday reminder notes households should inspect strings now, not wait until Christmas Eve. The column jokes about festive prep and mentions an unexpected sound from the attic, hinting at mice instead of a reindeer arrival.
Unity Baptist Church Missions Conference Set for December
Unity Baptist Church announces a three day missions conference from Friday to Sunday December 3 4 and 6 with the theme Operation Outreach Principal speakers include Paul J Bearfield and his family Bearfield a native of Ashdown Arkansas has served as a missionary in Formosa Republic of China since 1967 under the Baptist Missionary Association of America The Saturday night choir will present The Greatest Story Yet Untold cantata directed by Bob Hand Pastor Gordon Renshaw extends a cordial invitation.
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Unity Baptist Church
Paul J. Bearfield
Mr. Bearfield
Ashdown
Arkansas
Republic of China
Formosa
Baptist Missionary Association of America
Bob Hand
Gordon Renshaw
Castro Links Socialism to Women's Liberation in Chile
Fidel Castro told thousands of Chilean women that socialist revolution includes women’s liberation and a human role in society. He warned against reactionaries and fascists, urged organization, and pressed women to join the revolutionary cause during a rally in Santiago.
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Bruce Handler
Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Fidel Castro
Castro
Salvador Allende
Fidel
Butz Nomination Faces Narrow Senate Vote
The Nixon administration boosts pressure to confirm Earl L. Butz as agriculture secretary amid a divided Senate. Early polling shows up to 40 against, 36 in favor, 23 undecided, with key opposition from Sen. Herman Talmadge and Sen. Vance Hartke. Bayh signals support while urging focus on Nixon's policy. McGovern calls for televised debates in New Hampshire ahead of the presidential primary.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington
Farl L. Butz
Senate
Nixon
Butz
Spiro T. Agnew
Agriculture Organization
The
American Farm Bureau
Chicago
Farm Bureau
Illinois
Dale Butz
Illinois Agricultural Association
Herman Talmadge
Senate Agriculture Committee
Georgia Democrat
Vance Hartke
Purdue University
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Bayh
Manchester
N.H
George McGovern
New Hampshire
McGovern
Things the Public Could Really Do Without
HAL BOYLE lists a tongue in cheek catalog of annoyances and social foibles from rising grocery prices to awkward social moments. He lampoons trends from reversed bar clocks to denture misfires and money woes, ending with a jab at the paradoxical “high cost of low living.”
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Hope
Ark
Hal Boyle
New York
Natural History Museum
U.S
Jury Requests More Witnesses in My Lai Trial
The defense rested as the Henderson court-martial heard a request to call at least three more witnesses tied to the My Lai coverup. The panel, expected to decide by December, reviewed notes and heard brief testimony from clerical and division personnel connected to the case.
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My Lai
FT. Meade
Henry B. Rothblatt
Henderson
Maj
Carroll Tichenor
Carl Edward Creswell
Emgoria
Kan
Col
Francis R. Lewis
Creswell
DeKalb
Frank A. Barker
Blakey
Barker
Henry S. Lowder
Americal
Pentagon
Barney J. Brannen
Division
Lowder
Home of Late Justice Black Up for Sale
The three story Georgian row house in Alexandria Virginia once housed Justice Hugo L Black for over 30 years is for sale. After his death on September 25 his books and bench notes are being sorted with many volumes likely to a university or kept in Washington.
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Washington
Alexandria
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Justice Black
Frances Lamb
Black
Harvard
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
University of Alabama
Soviet Mars Mission Puzzles U.S. Scientists in Pasadena
Caltech and Cornell scientists react cautiously to Tass reports that Mars 2 released a pennant on Mars. They note the lack of detail on whether instruments survived, data is being sent, or if Mars 3 follows. If instruments exist, it marks a major step in planetary exploration.
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Bili
Stockton
Pasadena
Calif
Moscow
Mars
Soviet Union
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tass
Martian
Robert Sharp
Cal Tech
Mariner 9
U.S
Mers
Carl Savan
Cornell University
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Hope, Ark
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Crescent Drug Store
Hope Builders Supply CO
Hope Federal Savings and Loan Assn
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First National Bank Lobby
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Gen
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