Trade deficit signals loss of U.S. competitive edge
The 1971 U.S. trade deficit, first in 78 years, rose as imports climbed 13.5 percent while exports gained 5 percent through November. Causes include expansive policies, Japan and Western Europe lagging, and strikes boosting imports. Canada and Western Europe drove most imports. exports declined in Europe and Japan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
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Western Europe
U.S
Commerce Department
Herbert H. Glantz
Canada
Europe
Nixon
Aoe
Kennedy Receives Top ADA Rating Among Democrats
Kennedy earned a 100 percent rating from Americans for Democratic Action, the liberal group that typically backs Democrats. McGovern 96 percent Humphrey 89 Muskie 85 are also rated. Republican Ashbrook received 8 percent for opposing Nixon on conservative grounds. The percentages show ADA alignment with voting records.
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Edward Kennedy
Americans For Democratic Action
Massachusetts
ADA
George McGovern
South Dakota
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund Muskie
Maine
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Nixon
Ashbrook
Special session likely in February says Arkansas lawmaker
Speaker Ray S. Smith Jr says a February special session seems likely to address legislative staffing, delegate rules for the Democratic National Convention, and possible federal funds for social services and pollution control. He urges advance notice to staff and notes constitutional amendment testing as a possible agenda item.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ray S. Smith Jr
Arkansas House
Smith
Dele Bumpers
Bumpers
Hot Springs
Department of Social and
Congress
Altar Guild to Meet at Beebe Memorial Church
Calendar item notes Altar Guild of Beebe Memorial C M E Church will meet January 9 at 3 30 p m in the home of Mrs. Carney Hamilton. All members urged to attend. Also announces marriage of Evelyn Joyce Walker to William James Smith on January 1, 1972 in Los Angeles and a December 31 birthday party for Mrs. R A Hicks with out of town guests listed.
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Altar Guild
Beebe Memorial C.M.E
Curtis Walker
Evelyn Joyce
William James Smith
Arthur Smith
Hope
Los Angeles
California
R.A. Hicks
R.A. Hicks, Jr
Charlie Bowles
Sims Cheatham
Chicago
the Bowles
Texas International
Delta Airlines
St. Crispin’s
Ft. Knox
Medha
Chile House votes to impeach Interior Minister Toha
Chile's Chamber of Deputies voted 80 to 59 to impeach Interior Minister Jose Toha for allowing illegal armed groups to operate and threaten protests. President Allende urged supporters to follow the law and warned against unconstitutional actions. The vote suspends Toha from cabinet pending Senate verdict. debate lasted 13 hours amid a 3,000-strong leftist march with no violence.
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Isaaca
Levi
Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Salvadore Allende
House of Deputies
Jose Toha
Senate
Toha
Net
Allende
Christian Democrats Party
National
the Radicals
House
Accuspda
Socialist
Communist Party
Congress Building
Resolutions Mean You Give Up Bad Habits
New York AP columnist HAL Boyle notes resolutions should replace bad habits with good ones and urges practical, humorous aims for 1972. The piece offers mixed, keepsake targets from smoking to poetry and workplace goodwill with playful, satirical advice.
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Hal Boyle
New York
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