Marblehead Debates Christmas Observance Ban Reversed
Citizens press Marblehead school committee to rescind a ban removing Christmas references from group activities. Post Office stamps avoid religious imagery, while White House Christmas tree tradition resumes. The piece links these events with broader cultural tensions over holiday symbols.
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Marblehead
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Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
White House
Dallas
Tex
Times Herald
Rockefeller to call Arkansas legislature in February
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller announced in Hot Springs that he plans to convene the Arkansas legislature in February to address fiscal matters. He said a special session is impractical before the constitutional convention reconvenes January 12, and that the convention will use the House chamber for 30 days to prepare material for the legislative session. He is expected to seek about 325 million dollars in new taxes.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
House
Rockefeller
National Republican Governors’ Conference
Israeli Premier Meir vows to keep occupied lands until peace
Prime Minister Golda Meir presented her coalition to the Israeli Parliament and pledged Israel will hold the Arab territories occupied in 1967 until peace is achieved. She emphasized pursuing peace with Arab neighbors and condemned Soviet arms support to Egypt, Syria, and Iraq totaling billions, while criticizing France and Britain over arms deliveries and a gap with the United States.
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Marcus Eliason
Associated Press
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Golda Meir
Israel
Middle East
Soviet Union
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
France
Britain
Newcomers Welcome to Endless Advice Club in New York
New arrivals in New York quickly join the Hunting for a Home Club, a support network of fellow workers hotel staff and locals who share sympathy and guidance for finding housing in a tight market. The greetings often shift from pleasantries to practical questions about securing a place to live as newcomers endure days of searching.
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New York
Endless Advice Club
D. M. Kreisher
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Greenhorn
Cies
Major Moves Made to Resolve Conflicts in Tax Reform Measure
Congress eyed two large steps to end House Senate clashes on tax reform with aims to reach a pre Christmas compromise. Gore said Treasury would present an admin plan to raise personal exemptions while conference talks seek a mix of exemptions and rate cuts. The plan also covers private foundations taxation and social security benefits.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Treasury Department
Conference Committee On Tax Reform
Conference Committee
Nixon
Gore
Treasury
Wilbur D, Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Cold Front Threat to Mild Days Across Arkansas and Missouri
The Associated Press reports a cold front moving through Arkansas and southwest Missouri threatens mild weekend conditions with cooler air and more clouds. No statewide rainfall in the 24 hours ending 6:30 am, with only light precipitation possible in the far northeast. Overnight lows ranged from 31 to 41 across various towns including Fort Smith Little Rock Fayetteville Texarkana Blytheville and Pine Bluff.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Harrison
Blytheville
Fayetteville
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Carauo
Merpus
Little Rock
Fort Smid
Unmanned Cosmos Satellite 313 Lands Safely in USSR
A Soviet Cosmos No. 313 satellite ended a 12 day orbital mission with a soft landing in the Soviet Union. The Bochum Space Observatory reported the event.
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Bochum, Germany
Soviet Union
Bochum Space Observatory
Court Rules Negroes May Access Shared Community Facilities
The Supreme Court ruled five to three that Negro homeowners cannot be barred from recreation facilities open to white neighbors. Justice Douglas said the 1866 civil rights law gives access to shared parks and pools, though private social clubs remain outside this ruling. The Fairfax County case involved Little Hunt Park where a Negro family was denied entry. state courts previously ruled against them.
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Supreme Court
Willam
Douglas
Fairfax County
Little Hunt Park
Virginia
Community notices and events mix in Whitfield area
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No 239 to hold regular meeting Tuesday December 16 at 7 30 p m The First Presbyterian Church Christmas tree shown in Star coverage drew visitors nightly until about 10 p m Public urged to view it Police report 12 traffic violations one license violation four drunken arrests one resisting arrest one wreck death and injuries total for year Five Hempstead County high school students attended the Upward Bound workshop at Southern State with participants from several counties including Hope and Floyd Young a Hope High School student Also University of Arkansas GE College Bowl team members and alternates named from various towns A Washington Arkansas man receives an Honorary Award Certificate from the National Register of Prominent Americans listed in the 1970 Registrar Dr Llewellyn W Williamson noted.
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Hempstead County
Benton State Hospital
Willis Ricletts
Brian Roberts
Jimmie Griffin
Walter S. Mizell
Jim
Cobb
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Haskell Jones
KXAR
Alvin Willis
Jim Cobb
Hope and Hempstead County
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Columbia
Hempstead
Lafayette
Miller
Ouachita
Union
Henry Lee McKenny
Paula Poindexter
Gerald Purifoy
Floyd Young
National Register of Prominent Americans
Washington, Ark, Man
Registar
Llewellyn W. Williamson
Box
Washington, Ark
Nixon to outline Vietnam troop withdrawals tonight
AP reports President Nixon is expected to announce additional US troop withdrawals in a brief policy speech. Saigon claims 92.5 percent control of South Vietnam’s population, the highest yet, with only a small margin higher than last month. GOP strategy after Hot Springs conference centers on Nixon as top campaigner and targeting Senate and Southern governorships. Treasury plans a tax exemption shift while the House advances Social Security and tax reform bills.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
Republican Governor’s Association
Hot Springs
Arki
Senate
Compensation Pay Upheld by Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld rulings awarding Arkansas County Circuit Court and the Workman's Compensation Commission that Curley Butler, a Townsend Paneling employee from Stuttgart, was entitled to compensation after being assaulted on the job. Butler, injured January 29, 1968, when Charles Wilson struck him with an oak board over a 25 cent bet, resulting in partial paralysis and vision loss. The court affirmed that on the job assaults are compensable if casually related to employment, but not if stemming from purely personal reasons.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas County Circuit Court
State Workman’s Compensation Commission
Townsend Paneling Inc
Stuttgart
Jop.Rhodes
Curley
Butler
Townsend
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Nixon to Announce Third Vietnam Troop Withdrawal
President Nixon will speak tonight at 6 pm EST to outline a third round of pullouts from Vietnam as part of his plan to end the war. The White House notes the speech follows the Nov 9 address and aims to reach the 100000-troop reduction goal for the year amid estimates of 30000 to 40000 more to withdraw.
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Kenneth J
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
White House
U.S
Miller Leads Fatalities in Hope District
State Police report November traffic deaths fell to 15 nationwide, with Miller County accounting for four fatalities in the Hope District. Eleven deaths occurred across 12 counties, and Texarkana and Emerson each had one.
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Milton Mosier
Ander
Hope District
Parsons
Miller County
Nevada County
Columbia
Howard
Lafayette
Little River
Sevier
Texarkana
Emerson
Mosier
Nevada
Polk
Pike
Monte
One Killed in Accident at Fulton
A collision on Highway 67 at Fulton left Leo nard Leroy King 28 of Saratoga dead and Gertha Smith 20 critically injured after the King vehicle collided with a truck driven by Gilbert Allen of Cransfordville Ark The truck driver escaped injury and Gertha Smith was hospitalized in Little Rock Investigating officers were RW Neel Guy Downing State Police and Sheriff Jimmie Griffin
APGL Budget Shows Record $77 Million Construction Plan
Argan SAS Power and Light Co announced Saturday a 1970 construction program valued at 77 million dollars, the largest in the firm's history. The project details include the scope and anticipated impact on operations and regional energy capacity.
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Argansas Power & Ught Co. Ae
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