Postal rates exempt from price controls under Nixon plan
The Cost of Living Council exempted postal rates from price controls while mandating reviews for proposed increases including a 23.9 percent hike in third class mail. Pay for federal, state, and local workers remains under the Pay Board. most local fees are freed from controls. Retroactive pay and rent rules shift through new guidelines and deadlines.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
U.S. Postal Service
Pay Board
Nixon
Afl-Cio
National Education Association
U S Air Raids Close to Hanoi Expand Ops Near Laos
U S air raids in North Vietnam moved closer to Hanoi with an F105 Shrike strike 73 miles from the capital and a prior attack 82 miles away. The 102nd raid targeted a radar site near the Laotian border, while B52s pressed eastern Cambodia near Highway 7 as North Vietnamese units reportedly shifted across the Mekong.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Highway 7
Krek
Dam Be
Muskie Gains Momentum With Democratic Endorsements
Senator Edmund Muskie builds campaign momentum as Democratic leaders back him. Governor John Gilligan of Ohio endorsed Muskie in Columbus, signaling a potential surge for Muskie among liberal Democrats and undecided party members ahead of the 1972 primary season.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
White House
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
Muskie
Columbus
Muskie Organization
Gilligan
Edward M. Kennedy
Bob Hope visits Laos and discusses POWs at Hanoi request
Bob Hope flew to Vientiane Laos and met North Vietnamese First Secretary Nguyen Van Thanh in a friendly encounter. He refused to reveal details about any POWs visit or messages to Hanoi while an aide said POWs were a clear topic.
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Vientiane
Bob Hope
Laos
U.S
Hanoi
Hope
Nguyen van Thanh
Bill Faith
Nixon
Faith
Bangkok
Southeast Asia
G. McMurtrie Godley
Richard Rand
Thanh
Godley
KU Athletic Program Faces 163000 Debt After 1970 71 Year
The Journal-World reports a cumulative $163 000 deficit for Kansas University's athletic program ending June 30 1971. The article outlines debt implications and previews a continuation on Friday with further details from Chuck Woodling and Ralph Gage.
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Kansas University Athletic Program
Chuck Woodling
Ralph Gage
Journal-World
Warming trend forecast through Friday with increasing rain chances
The forecast calls for warm ing temperatures tonight and Friday with cloudy to partly cloudy skies. Lows reach upper 30s to low 40s tonight and highs near 50 on Friday with 5 to 10 percent rain chances. An extended outlook shows possible rain on Christmas day with highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s. Monday cools to highs in the 40s and lows in the 30s. Overnight low was 37. Wednesday high 44.
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The
Journal-World
Families Learn 18 American POWs Are Alive in Vietnam
The news eased long standing fear for families of 18 servicemen listed missing or previously believed dead. Cora Weiss announced the prisoners names as 18 families heard from the Viet Cong via North Vietnam. Letters from the prisoners were delivered to New York with other mail to relatives.
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South Vietnam
Cora Weiss
Cochairman
Committee of Liason
North Vietnam
New York
Richard Fernandez
Freed Girl's Yuletide Homecoming in California
Mary Ann Harbert, freed after 314 years in Communist China, arrives in Palo Alto with her family for her first Christmas at home. She plans a quiet holiday with parents and sister Sue after release from Hong Kong and hospital care at Valley Forge. Richard G. Fecteau, freed with Harbert, to spend Christmas with twin daughters and three brothers near Boston, urges no further press statements to avoid misinterpretation amid ongoing concerns about China.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Mary Ann Harbert
China
Miss Harbert
San Francisco International
Sue
Harbert
Richard G. Fecteau
Valley Forge
Fecteau
U.S. Army
Boston
Nearly one in three U S Christmas trees may be ersatz
U S residents plan to spend about 210 million dollars on 35 million natural trees and 90 million on 4.5 million plastic trees. Artificial trees could decorate nearly 15 million homes as natural trees show sales decline while plastic trees rise.
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New York
U.S
Terry Hermanson
Mr. Christmas Inc
Minneapolis’ Dayton
Russell Stover Candies Key Rexall Adv Open Christmas Day
Ad shows Russell Stover candies and Rexall drugstore promotional display. It notes Christmas Day opening and a Rexall advertising push for holiday shoppers.
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Russell Stover
Key Rexall
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