November Indian Summer in Arkansas and Florida Freeze
The piece contrasts Hope Star reports of November frost in Arkansas with Florida’s record cold. It notes Florida’s three temperature zones, severe damage to citrus and vegetables in South Florida, and a potential shift to juice processing for damaged fruit as growers seek federal aid to offset low prices.
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Humphrey vows to make things hum in Senate return
Hubert Humphrey says he will focus on domestic affairs when back in the Senate next month. He plans to be a steady voice and seeks seats on the Appropriations, Agriculture and Government Operations committees while declining a run for Foreign Relations.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Burr
Minnesota Democrat
Sen
Edmund §. Muskie
Maine
Douglas Urges Legislation on Pollution
Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas urged nations to enact laws to curb global pollution during a speech at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. He warned the United States dominates debris production, citing 6 percent of world population generating 70 percent of waste since 1945, and called for independent experts to challenge industry ties on environmental issues.
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Ore
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
United States
Douglas
New Northwestern Law School
Lewis and Clark College
Indian Ocean
Pentagon
Atomic Energy Commission
Wayne Tells Off Newsmen At Buena Park Groundbreaking
Hollywood actor John Wayne says Vice President Spiro Agnew is justified in criticizing the news media. He told newsmen at a Buena Park groundbreaking ceremony that public figures may be criticized but get upset when attacked personally.
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Hollywood
John Wayne
Spiro T. Agnew
Wayne
Buena Park
POW Mail Increases During Year
AP reports 430 Americans in North Vietnamese POW camps mailed 2,578 personal letters home in the first 11 months. Postmaster General Blount calls this a marked rise from about 600 in prior years. The Pentagon lists 378 Americans held, Hanoi says 339. Blount seeks verification that families’ mail reaches captives. Christmas notes from POWs are expected to raise year end totals.
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Waonin Glan
U.S
Winton M. Blount
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Blount
Paris
Post Office
Defense Department
ROTC enrollments fall to 1947 low in colleges
AP Military Writer reports ROTC enrollment at 502 colleges for the current academic year fell to 109,598 from 155,946 last year and 212,417 the year before, the lowest since 1947. Pentagon proposals seek to double ROTC scholarships to about 30,000 and raise stipends to 100 dollars monthly to reverse the decline.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Washington
Armed Services
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Pentagon
Army
Air
Force and Navy
Congress
Air Force
Navy
City Muffled in Smog Now
Washington AP Rep. Roman C. Pucinski of Illinois replaced a clear aerial view of Chicago with a smoggy recent image in his office wall display. He said the change shows the truth and promises to switch back to the clean air photo when air quality improves.
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Washington
Roman C. Pucinski
D-Ill
Chicago
FTC Holds Up Cigarette Tar and Nicotine Disclosure Plan
The FTC delays a mandatory tar and nicotine disclosure rule to allow a voluntary program by major tobacco firms to disclose tar grams and nicotine tenths of a milligram in all ads. If the voluntary plan succeeds, public disclosure will occur sooner. otherwise, rule proceedings may resume. Key signatories include Brown & Williamson, Philip Morris USA, R J Reynolds, Lorillard, and United States Tobacco Co. The plan targets ads in newspapers, magazines, billboards, and other outlets.
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Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Larus & Brother Co., Inc
House of Edgeworth
United States
Cubans Aid Coast Guard in Rescue
In a Christmas incident off Cuba the U S Coast Guard and two Cuban patrol boats helped rescue seven Americans from the partially submerged Sea Rover bound for Nicaragua. Survivors describe Cuban aid before a Coast Guard salvage pump and a St. Petersburg helicopter evacuated the group to safety in Miami. The vessel’s owners, Nik Ola Severdija and family, were en route to Nicaragua to operate the boat commercially.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Nicaragua
David Edwards
Statesville
N.C
Coast Guard
Edwards
St. Petersburg
Nikola Severdija
Bill Fisher
Severdija
Sylvia
Nick
Dean
Gladys
Terri
United States
Pentagon Studies All-Volunteer Force Budget Plan
The 1971 defense budget includes about 1.3 billion to move toward an all-volunteer armed forces by mid 1973. About 500 million would fund a 20 percent raise for the lowest ranked enlisted men and 800 million for recruiting revitalization and special pay for combat arms. The Army faces the toughest shift from draft base to volunteers as enlistments fall to new lows.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Pentagon
Nixon
Congress
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Teletype to lay off about 100 in Little Rock
Teletype Corp in Little Rock plans to cut about 100 employees by December 31, citing weak business conditions. Approximately 70 percent of the layoffs will affect hourly workers, with the remainder being salaried staff. Manager Red D. Walker said further reductions could come if conditions do not improve.
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Little Rock
Teletype Corp
Red D. Walker
Teletype
Martha Mitchell Tops Washington Scene With Book
Mrs. Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, gains prominence in Washington as Ballantine Books publishes a 62 page collection of her public remarks titled On With the Wind Martha Mitchell speaks The book, compiled by Amram Ducovny and illustrated by Peter Green, features quotes about public life and her views on media and politics from her Arkansas roots to Washington life.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Martha Mitchell
Mrs. Mitchell
Ballantine Books
Alty
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Pine Bluff
Ark
Washington
America
Amram Ducovny
Peter Green
Spiro T. Agnew
Martha
New York
John
Tchee
Tam
Arkansas
William Fulbright
Russia China Border Dispute Continues
Tokyo dispatch reports Peking denying a Soviet claim of a boundary navigation pact. The New China News Agency says the Joint Commission met July 10 to December 19 and planned another meeting in 1971 in the Soviet Union, but no agreement was reached. Moscow Radio cited a protocol on Lake Khanka and the Ussuri where clashes occurred in 1969.
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Tokyo
Peking
New China News Agency
Joint Commission For Navigation
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Khanka
Ussuri
Inflation Cuts Peace Dividends
Washington reports that the so called peace dividend from ending the Vietnam War has vanished under inflation. Pentagon comptroller Moot says 1968 war costs peaked at 20 billion yearly, now about 10 billion. Defense spending will rise next year despite cuts, due to pay raises and inflation driving up costs.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Associated Press
Washington
Robert C. Moot
Pentagon
Moot
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Defense Department
Laird
Nixon
System Formed for Plant Pollution
Washington AP Nixon creates a system requiring federal permits for all discharges in navigable U.S. waters. EPA will set effluent guidelines for 22 basic industries by next June, with plants applying to the Army Corps of Engineers. Ruckleshaus says later guidelines will cover remaining industries and ongoing quality actions continue.
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Nixon
United States
New Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
William Ruckles
Army Corps of Engineers
Ruckleshaus
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