Mini displays and fashion talk at Penney’s show
Wihere Stonel and Alexander Plunket Greene display their minis at Penney’s while Mary Quant is credited with popularizing the mini skirt and swinging fashions. The piece riffs on inflation, a Las Vegas convention lunch and show, hunting debates, and a tour through local events with humor and commentary from Ruth Ed.
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Alexander Plunket Greene
Penney's
Mary Quant
Penney’s
Las Vegas
Transplant Progress Mixed As Virus Strikes Patient
Houston reports two successful heart transplants led by Dr. Debakey but Amarillo shoe store owner Carl Van Bates remains in serious condition with a spreading herpes virus infection. Bates had a transplant on August 19 from Mrs. Gasper Geaccone. another donor heart went to Myrtle Schmidt in October.
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Houston
VPI
Carl van Bates
Amarillo, Tex
Bates
Gasper B. Geaccone
Louis Leatherman
William Whaley
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Court Eyes Marijuana Taxation
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on whether taxing marijuana infringes the privilege against self incrimination. The case involves drug importers and the federal tax on marijuana, with Henry Preston Covington and Dr Timothy Learny as cited figures in related proceedings and a 30 year DOJ history of prosecutions.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Timothy F. Learny
Justice Department
Henry Preston Covington
Joseph P. Kinneary
Columbus
Ohio
Hughes To Manufacture Satellites
COMSAT said it signed a contract worth about 72 million dollars with Hughes Aircraft Co to build a series of advanced communications satellites. INTELSAT approved the deal on Oct. 4 and Hughes will deliver the satellites in roughly 22 months from the start.
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Washington
UPI
Communications Satellite Corporation
Comsat
Hughes Aircraft Co
International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
Intelsat
Culver City
Calif
Wallace attacks hecklers as police clash at Wharton Field House
George C. Wallace abandoned a farm policy text and derailed his speech amid hecklers inside Wharton Field House while outside, police clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators.
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Moline, Ill
UPI
George C. Wallace
Wharton Field House
County Dads Purchase Winterwood Golf Course in County Move
The Board of County Commissioners agreed to buy the Winterwood Golf Course for 1 071 548 08 payable over 17 years. They assume 813 193 37 owed to First Western Savings and Loan and pay a 258 354 71 note within five years, with monthly payments around 6 000. Winterwood Inc. will dedicate 23 acres for park and flood control, and repairs to facilities will be completed before escrow ends. Critics questioned affordability of a county owned course.
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Board of County Commissioners
Winterwood
David B. Henry
Elmer Anderson
First Western Savings and Loan Association
Winterwood Inc
Guards Demand Return Home From Korea Duty
Sixty three Nevada Air National Guardsmen in Korea protest being kept on active duty status. They sent a letter to a Reno newspaper arguing their service time has passed and they are no longer useful to the country in the Air Force.
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Reno, New
UPI
Nevada
Kill Attempt To Build Storage Yard
West Las Vegas residents led by attorney Charles Kellar blocked businessman William Carter’s plan to reclassify Tonopah Drive and Owens Ave from residential to heavy industrial. A protest petition and 356 residents prompted a Clark County public meeting. the County Commission overrode the Planning Commission and denied Carter’s use permit.
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West Las Vegas
Charles Kellar
Tonopah Drive
Owens Ave
William Carter
Planning Commission
Clark County Commission
Hurricane Gladys Strikes Nova Scotia Amid Path of Destruction
Hurricane Gladys pummeled Cuba and Florida before sweeping Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia with 40 mph winds. It caused deaths in Florida and Cuba and forced tens of thousands to evacuate. No major disruption to New England weather, but warnings extended from Block Island to Eastport. Apollo 7 recovery targeted south southeast of Bermuda.
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Halifax
N. S
UPI
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Florida
Cape Breton Island
Atlantic
U.S. Coast Guard
New York
North Atlantic
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Nantucket
Mass
Block Island
R. L
Eastport
Maine
New England
Homosassa Springs
Bermuda
Europeans fret over wedding of Jackie and Onassis
European papers discuss the Kennedy Onassis marriage with sharp opinions on aesthetics and public hero worship. The London Telegraph calls it an esthetic clash while Vienna’s tabloid says they fit like two left shoes. The Daily Mirror features a full front page image and a dance of love at the altar.
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London
UPI
Kennedy-Onassis
London Telegraph
America
Vienna
Jackie
Onassis
Daily Mirror
Supreme Court Studies Habits of News Media
The court weighs whether joint operating agreements among newspapers violate antitrust laws, with a test case from Arizona expected later this term. The outcome could affect 44 papers in 22 cities and their shared production, circulation, and advertising ventures.
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Supreme Court
Arizona
Nixon pledges jobs for Negroes to white labor
Nixon told white union workers his administration would expand job opportunities for Black Americans without harming current workers. He forecast 15 million new jobs, eight million for those displaced by automation and seven million for those without decent jobs or youth entering the labor force, aiming to quell Wallace’s labor appeal. Transcripts were released in New York before a Cincinnati rally and planned whistle-stop tours. He also met Jewish leaders to discuss policy and warned Soviets about a renewed Middle East war risking nuclear confrontation.
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UPI
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
Nixon
CBS
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Pennsylvania
Michigan
New York
Herbert Klein
Hershel Schacter
Middle East
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James C. Green
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Listee & Wold Funeral Home
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