Greece ousts Papadopoulos in bloodless military coup
Army backs Ioannides seize Athens lifting Papadopoulos and suspends press freedom. Parliament, ministries and broadcasters are seized as 19 member cabinet forms under Adamantios Androutsopoulos. Papadopoulos under house arrest. Kanellopoulos Mavros Zighdis freed.
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Athens
UPI
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
George Mavros
Ioannis Zighdis
Fuel crisis trims Christmas shopping outlook across stores
UPI reports department stores in New York and New England foresee cooler sales this season due to the fuel shortage. Merchandisers expect warmer clothing and home entertainment to drive purchases while overall gains may fall short of earlier projections.
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New York
UPI
Ski resorts fear fallout from Nixon Sunday gas ban
In California, Sierra resorts fear attendance drop and job losses as President Nixon proposes a Sunday and Saturday night gasoline sales ban. Sugar Bowl and others warn revenue and tourism drop, with Lake Tahoe and Shasta-Cascade regions expecting sharp impacts on visitors, employment, and recreation.
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Sacramento
UPI
Sierra Nevada
Nixon
Don Schwartz
Sugar Bowl
California
Lake Tahoe
Tahoe Basin
Tahoe
Lake Shasta
John Reginato
Redding
Reginato
Shasta
Europe Bans Sunday Driving to Conserve Fuel
Western Europe nations including West Germany Denmark Luxembourg Liechtenstein and Holland joined Belgium and Switzerland in banning Sunday driving to curb Arab oil cutbacks. A Bavarian family rode a six seat home made bike in Nuernberg while a Brussels riding school drew crowds at Grand Place as a horse pulled a car and others used horses to haul autos.
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United Press International
West Germany
Belgium
Switzerland
Europe
Denmark
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein
Holland
Willy Brandt
Bavaria
Nuernberg
Brussels
New Car Sales Slump Deepens On Energy Measures
News from Detroit notes President Nixon's energy plan pushes buyers toward small cars and raises fears of rationing and Sunday driving bans. Industry leaders caution the outlook as mid November sales data from the big four lag behind 1974 pace. Consumers like Joe Morgan weigh timing despite showrooms offering little trade value for older large models.
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Detroit
UPI
Nixon
General Motors
Joe Morgan
Weather across the nation brings rain and snow patchwork
Scattered portions of the nation saw rain and snow as a fast developing system moved from the Rockies into the Plains and Midwest. Thunderstorms hit southwestern Missouri and Arkansas while central and northeast Texas were drenched. Two inch hail fell near Broken Bow Oklahoma. Moisture from the Gulf fed the system. drizzle coastal California and Washington. snow fell in northern Utah and western Montana. scattered drizzle and rain lingered from the Ohio Valley to the Middle Atlantic Coast.
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United Press International
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Broken Bow
Okla
Gulf
Rockies
Plains
Kansas
North Dakota
South Dakota
California
Washington
Utah
Montana
Middle Atlantic Coast
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
GOP accuses dummy groups of concealing Democratic donors
The Republican State Central Committee charges that phony Democratic groups hid contributor names in California campaigns. It cites two PACs named Political Action Committee 12 and Democratic Political Action Committee 14 and a 1972 committee Californians for a More Responsible Legislature that spent 229361 dollars backing GOP candidates. Haerle accuses Secretary of State Edmund Brown Jr. of partisan connivance and notes a donor list omission for the 12th district committee.
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Sacramento
UPI
Republican State Central Committee
California
Democratic Party
GOP
Paul Haerle
San Francisco
Political Action Committee
Democratic Political Action Committee
Haerle
Edmund Brown Jr
Democratic State Central Committee
Dangerous toys campaign gains traction with merchants
Richard Simpson of the Consumer Product Safety Commission says merchants are taking the dangerous toys effort seriously this year after a switch from the FDA. He notes 55 percent of stores sold banned toys last year and warns jail time for violators. He urges caution and lists a hotline for information. Bicycles are flagged as highly dangerous and new safety rules may require bike safety even when assembled by consumers.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Simpson
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Food and Drug Administration
Simpson
Washington Window
Percy seeks lie detector test in daughter's burglary murder
UPI reports Senator Charles Percy of Illinois hopes lie detector tests will be used to verify the guilty party in the unsolved killing of his 21 year old daughter Valerie during a Kenilworth home break in seven years ago. He said they want closure and that the prime suspect has offered to take a test.
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Chicago
UPI
Charles Percy
Ill
Valerie
Percy
Kenilworth
Hawaii
Pioneer 10 Thruster Firing Before Jupiter Arrival
Pioneer 10 in Mountain View fires thrusters for final trajectory tweaks a week before Jupiter encounter. A misstep could ruin important experiments measuring Jupiter’s mass distribution from the influence of its 12 moons on the 570 pound spacecraft.
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Mountain View
Calif
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Dimitrios Ioannides
Greece
Phaedon Gyzikis
1St Army
Spyros Markezinis
Adamantios Androutsopoulos
Ioannides
Peking
Paul A. Salomone
Gimbel’s
Bloomingdale’s
Lord & Taylor
Boston
Charles Colar
Filene’s Children’s
New Hampshire
Maine
Howland’s
Concord
N.H
Sears, Roebuck
Mammoth Mart
Dangerous Toys
Maryland
By Barnes
Pioneer 10
the Advertising Council
Park Avenue
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