Patman Raps Council's Interest Rate Decision
AP reports the Cost of Living Council did not impose controls on interest rates, opting for a hands off approach while promising voluntary restraints with exemptions. The Postal Service was allowed a 22 percent rate increase after a 34.1 percent request, and mortgage rates were noted to have fallen since 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patman Raps Council
Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Jerome R. Waldie
D-Calif
Committee On
Patman
Oklahoma Tonight Sees Mild Christmas Weather
Santa Claus may skip snow as Oklahoma forecast calls for sunny skies and mild temperatures. Highs in the lower 60s today and upper 60s Christmas Day with lows near 40 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Oklahoma
Christians Celebrate Birth Of Christ Worldwide
Christians worldwide celebrate Christmas amid turmoil. In Belfast 100 Protestant and 50 Roman Catholic children were flown to London for a danger-free holiday, while Arabs from neighboring states travel to Bethlehem under occupation. Bethlehem prepares for 35000 pilgrims as police step up security. President Nixon delivers a Christmas message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
London
Bethlehem
Chicago
Bowie
Santa Claus
Israel
Jesus
Nix- See
Hoffa Released From Prison After President's Commutation
Josephine Hoffa embraced her husband at a Glendale home after James Hoffa’s release from a Lewisburg prison term shortened by presidential commutation. UAW President Leonard Woodcock praised justice served, and labor leaders celebrated at Detroit events marking Hoffa’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Hoffa
Glendale
Hoffa
Detroit
Teamsters Union
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Nixon
Jimmy Hoffa
UAW
Teamsters
Alliance For Labor Action
Saints
Jimmy ’ Hoffa
St. Louis
Federal Court Panel Sets Decision On Texas School Financing
A federal judge ruled financing systems for schools in Texas unlawful and issued an injunction. The decision, discussed by EPA official John R. Quarles Jr., broadens the meaning of non navigable waters and questions the basis for a federal pollution control permit program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Quarles
Congress
Cnly
Robinson
Grand River
Ohio
Lee
Seven Family Members Die In Arlington Heights Fire
Seven people from three generations died in a two story Arlington Heights home blaze. Dense smoke filled the house as firefighters confined the flames to a passageway and water damaged the remainder of the residence. All seven bodies were recovered at Northwest Community Hospital, according to Fire Captain Raymond Stark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaze
Rlington Heights
Northwest Community Hospital
Arling
Raymond Stark
Arlington Heights
Nine Kids Benefit From New Five Bedroom Home
The A D Douglas family of eleven moves into a five bedroom house at 1702 S 14th Place in the Rose Hill renewal area with Urban Renewal Authority support. Relocation counselor John Kennedy aided the move and moving expenses aided by urban renewal funds. The family includes parents Mr and Mrs Douglas and children Clifford seventeen Marilyn sixteen Cletis fourteen Kaye twelve Kim nine Deborah seven Alvin jr six John five and Carol three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Douglas
Douglas
Rose Hill
Lawton
Mae
Clifford
Marilyn
Cletis
Kaye
Kim
Deborah
Alvin Jr
John
Carol
Texas Court Declares Public School Funding Unconstitutional
A federal panel ruled Texas public school financing unconstitutional because reliance on local property taxes creates unequal education quality. The decision, filed for Edgewood ISD, orders restructuring within two years to ensure equal protection under law and may push action if the legislature fails to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio, Tex
Texas
U.S. District Court
California Supreme Court
California
Edgewood Independent School District
Edgewood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morning Press
Santa
Christ
THE
Associated Press
Ccristians
Prince of Peace
Hotta
Federal Court
Washingto
John R. Quarles, Jr
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Butch Walker
Scott Alan
Gene Walker
Columbia
Bill Dixon
By Coy Hobbs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!