The Ice Cream Man An American Folk Hero
The piece profiles Don Worth a veteran ice cream man for Good Humor Melody Ice Cream and Ray- J's in Lompoc. It notes his kid friendly approach his price chalked at 15 cents in earlier days and his habit of giving free treats, while acknowledging mixed public views and legal concerns about street vending.
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New York
Don Worth
Santa Barbara
Melody Ice Cream Company
Ray- J
Lompoc
Ding-Ding
Worth
California
Peewee
Sissy
Impeachment Hurdles in Nixon Probe Amid Ford Nomination
The House Judiciary Committee moves to fast track Ford nomination for vice president while impeachment of Nixon faces political drag. Rodino aims to empower a special Watergate prosecutor and possibly vote on Ford after Thanksgiving, but impeachment prospects look slim unless new disclosures emerge. The 38 member panel delays, signaling a lengthy inquiry beyond 1974.
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Rodino
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House Judiciary Committee
UAW Sets Strike Deadline for GM in Big Three Fight
The United Auto Workers set a 10 a.m. November 19 strike deadline at General Motors, the last of the big three without a new national contract. The move followed Ford approval by the union’s Ford council. deadlines also set for Ford of Canada and GM Canada in November.
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UPI
United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
National Ford Council
Ford Motor Co
Ford of
Canada
GM of Canada
U S proposes troop cutback in Central Europe
U S negotiator Stanley R Resor announced a plan to begin a bilateral troop reduction in Central Europe. NATO allies backed the move at a Vienna conference, aiming for approximate parity with a common ceiling for ground forces on both sides.
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UPI
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Worker passes test about UFO sighting near Pascagoula
A lie detector test concluded Charles Hickson told the truth about being taken aboard a UFO by three crab clawed creatures. Hickson and Calvin Parker reported the October 11 encounter on the Pascagoula River, drawing calls for scrutiny from Sheriff Fred Diamond and investigators.
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Miss
UPI
Charles Hickson
Scott Glasgow
New Orleans
Glasgow
Hickson
Calvin Parker
Pascagoula River
Jackson County
Fred Diamond
Diamond
Parker
J. Allen Hynek
Northwestern University Astronomy Department
California faces summer power cuts if usage not cut
PUC President Vernon L. Sturgeon warned brownouts could hit California next summer unless residents reduce power use by about 7 percent. The panel will hold hearings on two year proposals including banning night events and signs, limiting connections, and cutting store hours. He called eliminating night shifts unthinkable for workers and products made.
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UPI
California
State Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Vernon L. Sturgeon
Fire roars over LA hills forces 500 evacuations
A massive brush fire swept through a pricey Los Angeles hillside area burning 1,500 acres and forcing about 500 residents to evacuate. No structures burned by dawn as fire crews 124 strong battled with water-bombing helicopters and shifting Santa Ana winds aided containment efforts.
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UPI
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California
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Brown reactivates suit over ITT campaign contributions
Sacramento Secretary of State Edmund Brown Jr reactivated a lawsuit charging ITT with illegal campaign contributions to the Republican National Committee. He seeks a speedy 9th Circuit hearing to challenge a May dismissal that held only the Justice Department can enforce federal laws. Brown argues federal inaction left California officials to act to keep elections honest.
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UPI
International Telephone and Telegraph
Republican National Committee
Edmund Brown Jr
Justice Department
Brown
California
Lawmakers See Tax Measure Fight Include Taxpayer Aides
Twenty five Assembly employees were cited as working part or full time against Prop. 1 ahead of the election. Seven served full time, costing over 5200 dollars, as Moretti's office defends the practice amid a statewide initiative controversy.
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UPI
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Assembly
Bob Moretti
D-Van Nuys
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