Riots Subside as Gdansk Calm Returns After Price Riots
In Gdansk, Poland, three days of street clashes linked to price hikes eased with government radio saying life returned to normal. Curfews and long-distance service linger, while police and workers face casualties and officials vow punishment for arson and looting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Lillitos
Associated Press
Warsaw
Gdansk
Warsaw Radio
Gdanskk
Gdynia
Sopot
Bay of Danzig
Danzig
Rubuna Ludu
Willisville High School Homecoming Plans Announced
Willisville High School invites all former students and graduates to a homecoming on Tuesday night December 29 1970 at 6 00 PM with registration. Queen candidates include Sheila Williams Anita Kinchetoe and Regina Ackerson. Senior girls play Bloomburg at 6 30 PM and senior boys follow at 7 30 PM. former students to be recognized during crowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willisville High School
WHS
Shelia Williams
Anita Kinchetoe
Regina Ackerson
Willisville
Bloomburg
Texas
Time Biggest Foe of Import Quota Bill
Time becomes main obstacle to a controversial trade bill with textile and shoe import quotas. Supporters push strategies to break a Senate logjam as the 91st Congress nears its constitutional adjournment deadline. Mansfield and Nixon threats to recall lawmakers boost hopes of final action on vital measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Care for Aged Neglect Blamed on Officials and Doctors
A Ralph Nader task force of six teenage girls and their Connecticut teacher charge officials doctors and nursing home owners with national neglect of elder care. The 346 page report cites a Baltimore nursing home death from salmonella and a Marietta Ohio fire tragedy as evidence of systemic failures. It urges stricter enforcement medical reviews and better aide training while noting public aid limits. Separately Seoul police hold Robert Landers 25 of Arkansas for attempting to sell hallucinogenic drugs to a detective. 1850 pills were seized and the U S embassy seeks access to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Polk
Associated Press
Washington
Ralph Nader
Baltimore
Social Security Administration
Marietta
Ohio
Nader
Connecticut
Claire Townsend
Robert Townsend
Senate
Tysk Force
Consumer Advocate
Landers
South Korea
U.S
Secret Papers Reveal Military Spied on Congress Civilians
Secret military guidelines extend Navy and Air Force domestic intelligence duties similar to the Army. Sen. Sam Ervin says Army agents spied on Sen. Adlai Stevenson III, Gov. Otto Kerner, and Rep. Abner Mikva, plus state and local officials, political contributors, reporters, lawyers, and church figures. The documents, stamped secret, describe investigative and reporting requirements related to civil disturbances and dissident activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Lang
Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Air Force
Army
Congress
Sen
Sam Er
Vin
D-N.c
Adlai Stevenson HI
D-Il
Ilinois
Otto Kerner
Abner Mikva
D-Ill
Ervin
Senate
Ergin
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Sam Ervin
Illinois
Arkansas Rhodes Scholars Named Nominees
David L. Margolis 21 of Dermott and John H. Churchill 21 of Little Rock were chosen as Arkansas nominees for Rhodes Scholarships. They will join fellow nominees from six states at the Gulf District committee meeting in New Orleans to select four Rhodes Scholars. Margolis is a Dickinson College senior and Churchill a Southwestern at Memphis senior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Live Rock
David L. Margolis
Dermott
John H. Churchill
Little Rock
New Orleans
Rhodes
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Margolis
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Churchill
Southwestern
Memphis
Filibuster Flares Over SST Issue
Senate debate erupts over federal subsidies for the supersonic transport program. Sen. William Proxmire accuses Sen. Warren Magnuson of using SST funding as leverage while Sen. Alan Bible warns that reducing spending could still kill jobs. House and Senate differ on SST funding, with talks delaying a full halt or revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence L. Knut
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Magnuson
Proxmire
Alan Bible
D-Nev
Bible
House
10000 U S Troops to Leave Japan
Tokyo reports a joint plan to withdraw about 10,000 U S ground troops and most Phantom fighters from Japan by next June 30. The move, to be endorsed at a security treaty conference in Tokyo, will also discharge about 10,000 Japanese workers at U S bases and shifts control of Atsugi facility to Japan’s maritime self defense force. The main U S fleet will relocate from Yokosuka to Sasebo as part of cost savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
United States
U.S
Atsugi Air Naval Facility
Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Yokosuka
Sasebo
Kyushu
Foreign Ministry
Ark lawmakers split in 2.6B catchall bill vote
Washington AP reports Arkansas representatives Hammerschmidt Alexander Mills voted with the House majority on a 2.6 billion catchall appropriation bill that included 210 million for the supersonic transport. David Pryor was the lone Ark congressman to oppose the bill in a 319 to 71 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Rark
Bill Alexander
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
David Pryor
D ~ Ark
Arkansas
Confusion Reigns as Senate Passes Cambodia Aid
The Senate approved Nixon's Cambodia aid bill 72 to 22 after a late debate and a failed attempt to trim the package. A separate vote on cutting funds failed 61 to 33, leaving $544.2 million to proceed to conference with the House amid a broader legislative logjam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Nixon
Cambodia
Carl P. Leabsdorf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
John J. Williams
House
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Frank Church
Idaho
U.S
Manpower Training Bill Vetoed by Nixon
President Nixon vetoed a 9.5 billion manpower training bill, calling it ineffective and likening it to WPA jobs. The measure would have funded public service employment, with 40 000 jobs hoped for this year and up to 300 000 by 1974, plus continued funds for existing programs and Job Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Senate
Ap&l Seeks Hearing on Credit Cost
Arkansas Power and Light Co seeks a rehearing from the Public Service Commission over its Dec 1 order prohibiting credits for underground line costs. AP&L argues the ruling is unlawful and an arbitrary invasion of management discretion. The policy had allowed developers builders and homeowners credits for installing underground facilities with off peak electricity use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas Power & Light Co
State Public Service Commission
Ap&l
PSC
Santa Claus Wedding Stirs Small Town News in Hope
All around town notes a December wedding in Huntington New York as Santa Michael Claus, a Kilgore Texas native, marries Joyce in a ceremony with out of town guests including Mr. and Mrs C C Claus of Hope. The bride Joy is set to reside in Huntington where he works for the telephone company. Also mentions a German mark subscription inquires and a Navy assignment for Charles E Matties in the Philippines. Christmas Seal Campaign kicks off in Hempstead County urging donations. KTBS TV photographer Eris Houchin will film Hope industries.
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Santa Claus
Huntington
New York
C. C. Claus
Hope
Kilgore
Texas
North Pole
Santa Michael Claus
Claus
Aline
Hope Chamber of Commerce
B. N. Holt
Joyce
Joy
The
Telephone Company
Star
Germany
John Sander
First National Bank
Lois O'Neal
Hempstead
Dee McMurrough
Eris Houchin
Channel 3
Ktbs TV
Shreveport
Hope’s Industries
Terrorism Triggers More Saigon Patrols and Warnings
In Saigon the U S command raised police patrols as a precaution against a predicted wave of terrorist attacks before Christmas. Air Force intelligence warned of likely assassination and kidnapping attempts against U S personnel. Three Americans were killed and 14 wounded in bomb and grenade attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Chorge Esper
Associated Press
South Vietnamese National Assembly
Cambodia
Not Guilty of Misuse of Funds at Shorter College
The Shorter College Board of Trustees said Bishop D Ward Nichols was not guilty of misusing college funds or hindering an audit. Rev G Edward West had sued in Pulaski Chancery Court alleging misused funds. The AME Church sponsors Shorter, with Rev Nichols as bishop of the 12th Episcopal District. A news conference disclosed the board’s unanimous rejection of the allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Little Rock
Shorter College Board of Trustees
D. Ward Nichols
G. Edward West
Fort. Smith
Pulaski Chancery Court
Nichols
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Oklahoma
Arkansas
West
W. H. Hunter
Shorter
Army to Drop Some Practices
Army Chief of Staff General William Westmoreland said the service will discard past practices no longer productive. He spoke at a Chamber of Commerce banquet, urging an army where service is satisfying and professionally stimulating, while stressing that public support for an all volunteer force must be visible, audible, and tangible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay. Louis
William Co. Westmoreland
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Arkansan
Seoul
Robert D. Landers
Cave City
Ark
AP News Digest
Stanford
Calif
Charles E. Matties
C. H. Matties
North Ferguson Street
Hope, Ark
U.S. Naval Station
Sangley Point
Philippine Islands
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