Kidnappers Demand 70 Released in Brazil Talks
The Swiss ambassador Giovanni Bucher kidnapping case sees a list of 70 prisoners demanded for release. President Medici held cabinet deliberations on authenticity while talks with Algerian and Chilean embassies aim to secure asylum and air transport for the prisoners. Names include Nancy Unger and Adoline Silva.
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Francisco Silva
Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Giovanni Bucher
Brazil
Emilio Garrastazu Medici
Bucher
Cuba
Algeria
Chile
Nancy Mangabeira Unger
U.S
Jean-Marc von der Weid
Jorge Medeiros Do Vale
Adoline Sande Cavalcanti Silva
Rio
General Mills Ends Coupons for Life Saving Devices
General Mills in Minneapolis says it will discontinue redeeming Betty Crocker coupons for life saving equipment after a two year program faced accusations of profiting from misfortune. Approved groups such as hospitals, churches, schools, and PTAs had redeemed coupons for dialysis machines iron lungs pacemakers and other devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
General Mills
Betty Crocker
Merchants and Employees Take Defensive Driving Short Course
Local Merchants Association promotes defensive driving with a short course for employers and staff. Participants completing the program include Bud and Odelle Collier of Colliers Furniture and Appliance, Anna McCorkle, Dora Russell, Neve Baker, Herbert Burns Men’s Store, Connie Griffin, Alene Reeves, Forrest Singleton, Roderick Powell, Henry Haynes, Myra Ross, Lewis McLarty, Maxine Green, and others from Pennys and Cato’s. Certificates were presented by Sergeant Jim Wooten of the State Police in a ceremony led by Captain Milton Mosler and Calvin J Caldwell with the County Agricultural Extension Service coordinating.
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Merchants Association
Bud and
Odelle Collier
Colliers Furniture and Appliance
Anna McCorkle
Dora Russell
Pennys
Neve Baker
Herbert Burns
Connie Griffin
Alene Reeves
Forrest Singleton
Roderick Powell
Henry Haynes
Haynes Brothers
Educational Driving Success Attributed to Concern and Support
Hempstead County Agricultural Extension Service credits countywide concern and support for the defensive driving educational program. Community groups and many citizens helped Hempstead lead the state in drivers receiving training, with Sergeant Jim Wooten invited to speak at a national meeting. The display highlighted cooperation with Hope Star and KXAR Radio, and a February short course invites drivers to enroll at the Extension Office.
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Hempstead
Agricultural Extension Service
Hope Star
KXAR
P.T.A
Garland
Brookwood
Beryl Henry
Guernsey
Patmos
Spring Hill
Paisley
Verger
Saratoga
Blevins
Extension Homemakers
Farm Bureau
B & PW
Hope High School
Kiwanis
Lions
Rotary
Jaycees
Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
M & M Leasing
Finis Odom
Mack McLarty
Red River Vocational- Technical School
Nixon Heath to Discuss Key International Issues
Nixon and Prime Minister Heath plan to discuss the Vietnam war and other pressing global topics on the second day of Heath’s visit. Talks covered the Middle East, international trade, and Soviet policy with State Department notes highlighting a Middle East peace proposal and international zones along borders.
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Washington
Nixon
Edward Heath
Middle East
State Department
Heath
William P. Rogers
Alec Douglas Home
Marine Corps
Winston Churchill
Laird Orders Hiring Goals for Blacks and Minorities
Secretary Melvin R. Laird mandates that Defense Department managers meet numerical hiring goals and timetables to boost minority employment. Assistant Secretary Roger Kelley stresses goals are not quotas and should be paired with timelines to show progress. Laird also empowers base commanders to designate off limit discriminatory establishments locally.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Defense
Roger Kelley
Pentagon
Kelley
Armed Services
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
State Police names new public information officer
Lt. Jim Ross of the Dumas District has been chosen to succeed Sgt. Jim Wooten as the Arkansas State Police public information officer. Ross, 41, joined in 1957 and has been stationed at Dumas since 1967. Wooten resigns to head public relations for the Arkansas Petroleum Council.
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Little Rock
Jim Ross
Dumas District
State Police
Jim Wooten
Ross
Dumas
Wooten
Arkansas Petroleum Council
Third Round SALT Talks End With No Progress
The third round of U S Soviet talks to cut nuclear arsenals closed in Helsinki with no progress yet. Delegates vowed to continue seeking an agreement and SALT talks will resume in Vienna in March. Officials note no major gains or setbacks after a year of talks despite hopeful signs on Soviet missile deliveries.
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Helsinki
Vienna
U.S
Smith
Washington
United States
6000 GIs to Spend Christmas on Home Leave
SAIGON AP As many as 6000 American servicemen will spend Christmas at home under a new Vietnam leave policy. Pan American and World Airways offer low cost charters to Oakland and New York for 14 day home leaves, with round trips cheaper than standard one way economy fares. GIs can also travel on regular flights or military planes. Some may be unable to afford the fare, while others near discharge are being released early to be home for the holidays.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Pan American World Airways
World Airways
Oakland
Calif
New York
Boondocks
Southeast Asia
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Hawaii
United States
Mills blocks new aid plan in Senate standoff
Senate sources say the Nixon administration backs a test vote on the family assistance welfare reform though the plan is dead for this session. Rep Mills signals he will not bring the broad Social Security bill to the floor, while leaders push for a vote to set a precedent for a revived plan next year.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Nixon
Congress
John J. Williams
Del
Williams
Wilbur D. Mills
Dark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Bookkeeping Method Hit in Trial
In Conway Arkansas the defense in the Robert L. Pruitt embezzlement trial attacked State College of Arkansas bookkeeping procedures. Pruitt faces embezzling 28655 dollars from SCA during 1969. Ted Bruich Jr admitted that if SCA were a corporation and audited, the auditor would file a disclaimer of opinion due to insufficient documented evidence and serious record limitations.
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Conway
Ark
Robert L. Pruitt
State College of Arkansas
Pruitt
SCA
Ted Bruich Jr
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Mayor Daley to Run Again in 1971 Election
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, 68, will seek a fifth four year term in 1971. A Democrat who leads his party and the Cook County machine, he announced his decision at a news conference. The election is set for next April.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Cook County
People Banking More Money as Confidence Slips
AP analysis shows Americans save near a 7.5 percent rate, banked money rising amid inflation and unemployment fears. Pollster Albert Sindlinger argues the press delays and old government figures misstate current conditions, while consumer outlook shifts suggest a late downturn may have passed.
Apollo 14 Moon Shot Given Go Ahead for Jan 31 Launch
CAPE KENNEDY AP After a thorough review Apollo program director Dr. Rocco Petrone approved proceeding toward a January 31 launch. Officials discussed Saturn V readiness, spaceships, launch ops, tracking, recovery forces, and astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. Stuart A. Roosa and Edgar D Mitchell.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Apollo Program
Rocco A. Petrone
Apollo
Petrone
Alan B. Separd Jr
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D Mitchell
Clean Air for the 1970s promised by Nixon and congress
The compromise pollution bill sets January 1, 1975 as the target to cut new car exhaust emissions by 90 percent. It allows a one year extension if tech research shows progress. The measure would fund pollution control with $1 billion over three years and faces possible executive sign off. Critics say industry may be shielded and warn the auto sector could be harmed.
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Congress
house-Senate
Nixon
Senate
Elliot L. Richardson
D. Mo
Administration
Richardson
Muskie
Marijuana Residues Linger In Tissues, Study Finds
A Public Health Service team reports THC and by products from marijuana remain in the bloodstream and tissues for days after exposure. The study, an early step in a long series of research, involved non-smokers injected with THC. Researchers note possible significance if THC binds in lungs, with inhalation being the usual route. Dr Julius Axelrod, Nobel laureate, co-authored the report.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Science
National Institute of Mental Health
Julius Axelrod
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Rep. Mills
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John Cunniff
Albert Sindlinger
Sindlinger
Norwood
Moon
Mike Shanahan
Washington (Ap
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