Mystery gunboats head toward Israel from France
Five fast motorboats built at Cherbourg slipped out on Christmas and steamed toward Haifa likely with Israeli movement signals. Reports from Sicily and Malta described radio chatter and a possible Israeli flotilla. France and Norway disputed ownership and intent, while Middle East battles included Israel raids on Jordanian targets and claims of downed Egyptian jets.
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France
Mediterranean
Israel
Sicily
Cherbourg
Haifa
Hope fades for Badger State crew after mutiny ship explosion
Rescue efforts continue 1,500 miles northwest of Hawaii for 20 crewmen of the Badger State after an explosion ripped a hole in the right side of the munitions ship. Fourteen men including the skipper were rescued by the Greek freighter Khian Star. five bodies sighted near an overturned lifeboat.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Yokohama
Japan
Khian Star
Flying Dragon
Navy
Jefferson City Post Tribune and The Tribune History Notes
An old Jefferson City newspaper entry lists the combined lineage of the Post and Tribune dating to 1863 and 1903 respectively. It names publishers editors and staff including R L Rose Robert Bloss er Joseph Majersky Kenneth Johnson and others with circulation and mailing rate figures for Missouri markets.
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the Tribune
Post
Robert C. Goshorka
William HW. Weldon
R. L. Rose
Robert Blosser
Joseph C. Majersky
Kenneth M. Johnson
Postal plan breakthrough sparks renewed postal union concerns
Washington reports a White House backed compromise breaking the deadlock over Nixon’s postal corporation plan though union leaders remain split. Opponents fear loss of congressional rate control while support hints at a semi independent postal authority likely next year. The deal centers on binding arbitration, four lawmakers on the executive council, and civil service status for workers with an 11.1 percent pay raise potential.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
iPostal Corporation
House Post Office Committee
Postal Authority
Rademacher
Three Plead Guilty in Lincoln ROTC Building Arson
Three former Lincoln University students Hamel Rose Willie Horn and Robert Wilmsmeyer changed pleas to guilty in Cole County Circuit Court for burning the old Lincoln ROTC building White Hall on Sept 25 1968. Judge James T Riley suspended sentencing to June 8 ordering a pre sentence investigation. Rose and Horn live in New York State while Wilmsmeyer resides in Chamois.
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Lincoln University
Lincoln Rotc
White Hall
Cole County
Hamel Rose
Willie Horn
Robert Wilmsmeyer
James T. Riley
Rose and
Horn
New York State
Wilmsmeyer
Chamois
Saigon suspends two more newspapers amid unrest
Saigon government temporarily shuts two papers published by lawmakers Voice of the Nation and Survival reducing total closures to 14 this year. The move targets articles advocating neutrality and internal dissent, while the draft call rises to 19,000 in February as the U.S. votes to curb Viet Nam commitments.
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Saigon
Son Con
Tieng Noi Dan Toc
Voice of the Nation
le Quy Chung
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thien
Pham Duy Tuc
Washington
Thien
Pentagon
Tran van Huong
Service station window broken and radio theft report
Leo Redel, manager of Finn Service Station at 1907 E McCarty St, told police Sunday the Saturday night break in attempts broke a west window but nothing was taken. Eloise Trotter of 21 W McCarty Sr. reported a portable radio worth 990 missing from her car parked at DeVille Southwest Apartments between 7 36 and 9 p m Saturday.
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Leo Redel
Finn
E. McCarty
Redel
Eloise Trotter
W. McCarty Sr
Miners strike for safety bill in West Virginia
About 1200 coal miners at four nearby mines walked out to press for a federal coal mine health and safety bill. Pickets appeared at Carbon Fuel Co and Imperial Collieries in Kanawha County and Central Appalachian Coal Co in Fayette County. Advocates warned a wider shutdown could follow if Nixon does not sign the measure.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nixon
Carbon Fuel Co
Imperial Collieries
Kanawha County
Central Appalachian Coal Co
Fayette Count
SBA reports minority loan total hits 128 million this year
SBA Administrator Hillary Sandoval Jr. said the agency approved more than 5 300 loans totaling 128 million to minorities this year. He noted 14 000 loans across four major programs amounting to 679 million, up from 675.7 million in 1968, based on first 11 months plus December estimates.
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Washington
Hillary Sandoval Jr
Small Business Administration
SBA
Sato Says Election Endorsed Policies
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato announced after Japan's Saturday election that his Liberal Democratic Party won 288 of 486 seats, boosting his parliamentary majority to 114 with 12 independents. He cited a mandate for a pro American foreign policy, Okinawa retention, and continued U.S.-Japan security. focus now on prices, taxes, and student unrest. The election also boosted the Communist and Komeito gains while turnout fell to 68.5 percent, the lowest since 1947.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Romeito
Sato
Liberal-Democratic
House of Representatives
Okinawa
U.s.japan
Komeito
Clean Government Party
Soka Gakkai
Democratic Socialist Party
Public Health Expert Seeks Dent al Decay Prevention
Dr Seymour J Kreshover of the Public Health Service's National Institute of Dental Research urges a concerted effort starting now to make dental decay almost completely preventable within the next decade.
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Seymour J. Kreshover
The
Public Health Service
National Institute of [Dental Research
Gunman Killed After Wounding Officer in Kansas City
Leron Douglas Ford, 25, killed after wounding Patrolman Roger E. Lutcher, 24, in an alley near a private club in Kansas City. Ford, sought in a June 8 beating death, exchanged fire with officers before being shot five times by Berry and Mackey. Lutcher was in serious condition at a hospital. Ford had a lengthy arrest record in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kan
Leron Douglas Ford
Roger E. Lutcher
Ford
Wanda J. Teagarden
Robert Mackey
Mackey
Lutcher
Howard Berry
Berry
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da Nang
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National Association of Letters Carriers
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St. Mary's Memorial
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National Order
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Black Panther
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Techwoolor A Paramount Pture
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