Garbage fed cattle and the metric shift
A Norman Oklahoma experiment blends shredded household waste with sorghum sweetener in cattle feed to test viability as a cost effective garbage disposal. The piece notes mixed potential and skepticism about flavor impact on beef. The second item discusses a Senate consumer rights bill expanding access to credit reports, privacy protections, and dispute rights, seen as a major victory but awaiting House action. A final note predicts metric adoption in the United States, highlighting simple multiples of 10 and challenges in educating the public.
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Norman
Okla
Ncorn
Birmingham
Senate
William Proxmire
House
Atlanta
United States
Charlotte
N.C
Rain and Snow Forecast for Arkansas Weekend
The Associated Press reports a gloomy weekend for Arkansas with cloudy skies and cool temperatures. A Rockies storm moving east will increase cloudiness and bring light rain to extreme west Arkansas late tonight, spreading across the state Saturday with possible snow in northern areas.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rockies
Israeli Jets Hit Egypt Missile Sites
Israeli jets attacked surface to air missile sites across the Suez Canal on Christmas Day, one of the longest air actions since 1967, claiming the batteries were destroyed and all planes returned safely while Egyptians reported four raiders shot down. Along the Jordan River frontier Arab guerrillas fired on Israeli positions as Jordanian troops joined the exchange. President Gamal Abdel Nasser remains in the scene.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
Jordan River
Beisan
Jordan
Gamal Abdel Nasser
World Turns from Yale Celebrations Ends Christmas Gifts Exchange
Holiday coverage notes post Christmas shopping surge and altered gift exchanges. Reports on cease-fire status in Vietnam, renewed fighting, and Holy See calls for extended truces. Pope Paul VI urges peace while Middle East tensions persist. Bethlehem turnout dips as security eases. Ojukwu proclaims peace talks and Nigerian counterattacks referenced. U.S. families face missing loved ones as Paris talks pursue prisoner information. Perot pursues alternative aid plans. Dutch royal birth announced with a naming note.
Texan Families Learn Fate As Hanoi Talks End Briefly
A group of 58 mothers and 94 children flew 21 hours to Paris to meet Hanoi officials about missing or captured U S servicemen. They were rebuffed, then told by officials they were being used by U S authorities. A representative quote spoke of hope but the message was mixed as Perot funded the trip.
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St. Peter’s Basilica
Nigeria
Middle East
Suez Canal
Bethlehem
Christ
Owerri
Biafra
Qdumegwu Ojukwu
America
Atlantic
Paris
Hanoi
United States
Vientiane
Laos
U.S
H. Ross Perot
Dallas
Tex
North Vietnam
Netherlands
Margvie
Pieter van Vollenhoven
Jus Lia
New York
Margaret Fisher
Sebring
Fla
Halas
Orly
Notre Dame Cathedral
Fisher
North ‘Vietnam
Palme to receive honorary degree at Kenyon College
Prime Minister Olof Palme will visit Kenyon College in Ohio in May to receive an honorary degree. Palme studied at Kenyon in 1947 48 and counted Paul Newman among his classmates.
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Stockholm
Olof Palme
Kenyon College
Ohio
Palme
Kenyon
Paul Newman
Forced to Sign Statements About Hess Family Visit
Berlin AP reports Wolf Ruedi Hess and his mother were compelled to sign statements forbidding discussion of his father Rudolf Hess or his health before a pre Christmas visit. Hess, 32, visited his father, 73, a former deputy of Adolf Hitler, who is hospitalized at a British military hospital for ulcers while serving a life sentence at Spandau prison as a war criminal.
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Berlin
Wolf Ruedi
Ger Hess
Rudolf Hess
Hess
Adolf Hitler
Spandau
Storms Hit Some Parts of Nation Crippling Winter Storms Inland and Coast
A major coastal storm lashes the East with winds and over a foot of snow in places while the Southeast endures tornadoes and heavy rain. One fatality and eight injuries are reported after a twister hit Kaplan Louisiana. Snow-to-rain transition is forecast from NYC southward as the system moves north through New England. Kennedy Newark and LaGuardia airports report varying operations with LaGuardia suspending briefly. Washington DC sees rain after accumulating snow. Roanoke and Charlottesville report 15 and 13 inches respectively.
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Associated Press
Kaplan
Weather Bureau
New York City
New England
New York
Kennedy
Newark
LaGuardia
Washington, D.C
Roanoke
Charlottesville
Georgia
Great Lakes
Feild Pleased With Response on Drug Issue
Representative Talbot Feild of Hope Arkansas expressed gratitude for broad state response to his drug abuse study. He filed Proposal 24 calling for public hearings, noting December 19 hearings revealed a larger problem. He urges anyone with information to contact him for further study.
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Talbot Feild, Jr
Hope
Arkansas
Feild
Arkansas Legislative Council
Legislative Council
Representative Feild
Cutbacks in Defense to Idle Workers
Pentagon officials predict about 1 million fewer Americans will be involved in the nation's defenses over the first 30 months of the Nixon administration. The budget plan for 1970 71 aims for a $73 to $75 billion defense book, down $2 to $4 billion from the current year, with further cuts expected as Vietnam War financing declines. Civilian Defense Department jobs may fall by about 73,000 this year and possibly 150,000 by next year, while military personnel cuts near 270,000 this fiscal year and could reach 500,000 before mid-1971.
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Fred
Hoffman
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Penstagon
Nixon
Armed Services
Congress
Pentagon
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Vietnam
Defense Department
World brings back business as usual after Christmas pleas
AP dispatches report North Vietnam refused permission for Perot to fly two planeloads of gifts to Hanoi for POWs. Agnew forecasts defense budget cuts through 1976-71, Nixon delays California vacation to adjust the federal budget, Johnson reflects on 1968 bid, cease fire in Saigon nears end, 152 Americans return from Paris talks, Israeli strikes on Jordan and Egypt, and a nationwide Christmas weekend traffic death toll of 209 amid wintry conditions.
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Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
Texas
H. Ross Perot
Hanoi
Washington
Nixon
California
Fordyce Wreck Proves Fatal
Fordyce Arkansas state police report a one vehicle crash on a city street killed 91 year old Howard Kelly of Fordyce.
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Fordyce
Fordyce, Ark
Howard Kelly
All Around Town Roundup Indicates Busy Holiday Week
All MYF members to meet Ralph Routon’s home at 8 15 a m December 29. Paul Silas of Phoenix noted Prescott hometown on ABC roundup during Christmas day game between Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics. Ket tie Frierson formerly Ket tie Lester, star of Joey Bishop show, graduate of Yerger High School, reflected on Hope youth and Santa. Regis Fisher hosted Bishop event as Bishop absent. Hope Police report a quiet holiday with little activity. Clo vis Swinney of Arkansas State University named North South Classic MVP in Miami, North led 31 to 10. Judy Croom, daughter of Mrs Ellen Croom, to Arkansas Junior Miss contest in Little Rock. sponsors include local Anderson Frazier Insurance, First National Bank, Hope Water and Light Plant, Greening and Ellis, Hope Federal Agency, Hope Auto Co, KXAR, and merchants funded full page Junior Miss ad.
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Kettie Lester
Joey Bishop
Kettie Frierson
Yerger High School
Miss Lester
Hope
Santa
Regis Fisher
Bishop
Arkansas
Miami
Clovis Swinney
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro
Swinney
Arkansas State
Judy Croom
Ellen Croom
Little Rock
Miss Croom
Henderson State College
Anderson-Frazier Insurance Agency
First National Bank
Hope Water & Uight Plant
Greening & Ellis and
Hope Federal Agency
Hope Auto, Co
KXAR
Herbert Burns
Fighting resumes as truce ends in Vietnam actions
Major fighting broke out after a 24 hour Christmas truce in Vietnam with 111 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks. Allied casualties reached 12 U.S. and South Vietnamese killed, 25 South Vietnamese and three Americans wounded, two government troops missing. U.S. helicopters supported ground troops while warplanes continued bombing along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The week saw a sharp drop in overall casualties, with American battlefield deaths nearing 40,000 since 1961 and total wounded numbers rising.
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Ly George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S. Command
Drugs Smuggling Rings Plague Cummins Prison F arms Ark
Arkansas correction chief Robert Sarver says liquor drugs and LSD have been smuggled into Cummins and Tucker prison farms in recent months. A paid guard was dismissed for smuggling liquor by the case. An inmate was sent LSD on a postage stamp. He notes amphetamines used during work and visits, and cites staff shortages and funding limits as obstacles to tighter control.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Robert Sarver
Commissioner of Correction
Arkansas
Sarver
Cummins
Tucker
Sarger
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