Next Speaker Sees Push For Manpower Training Bill
The incoming House speaker, Albert, signals support for revisiting a manpower training bill. President Nixon vetoed the earlier bill proposing up to 1 million public service jobs, funded largely by the federal government, citing concerns over WPA like dead end work. Representative O’Hara vows to reintroduce the vetoed bill on opening day.
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Congress
Albert
Nixon
James G. O’hara
D.mich
Senate
House
Plus Side CAB Ends Year Looking Ahead for Community Programs
The Community Advisory Board focuses on future projects like special education classes and driver education while enforcing bylaws that suspend members for missing three consecutive meetings. Several dismissals occurred in September and November, and an oral resignation was tabled but not finalized for Harold Chatman.
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Neftali DeLeon
Northwest Lubbock
Juan Gomez
Northeast Lubbock
Lorenzo
Sedeno
Tract 10
Idalou Road
East Lubbock
A. P. Counch
City of
Chatman
Buchanan
CAB
Okinawa Gas Demostrations Rally Against Poison Shell Move
Okinawan demonstrators stormed the U.S. Army 267th Chemical Company compound at Chibana, smashing 14 barracks windows and an army car. A soldier was injured as U.S. troops drove them off amid postponement of the poison gas shipment to Johnston Island. Lt. Gen. Lampert and Ryukyu leader Yara held a midnight conference on safety measures for gas movement.
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Naha
Okinawa
UPI
U.S
Chibana
Johnston Island
Central Pacific
James Lampert
Chobyo Yara
Ryukyu
United States
Undertakers Accused Of Exploitation After Mine Deaths
Dr. I E Bufé, a mine safety advocate, says widows of 38 Finley Coal mine victims were charged up to 1500 for funerals. Kentucky compensation offers 500 plus 250 social security, leaving 750 to pay. One mortician handled 26 funerals at 1500 each. The miners earned 15 to 18 dollars a day. Buffé met with widows and called industry figures blood suckers.
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Hyden, Ky
UPI
Finley Coal Co
I. E. Bufé
Buff
Beckley
W.va
Kentucky
Cornell Plan offers degrees with no tests or grades
Cornell College in Mount Vernon Iowa plans two unstructured bachelor degrees, the bachelor of special studies and the bachelor for philosophy, allowing a student to complete a four year program by independent study with no required courses or tests. The BPh must pass senior comprehensive exams. BSS requires only advisor certification. The plan, developed after two years of study, has faculty and trustee approval and aims to fit individual student goals.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
UPI
Cornell College
Cornell
William Dobbins
Board of Trustees
Riad to Hold Talks in Rome With Italian Officials
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad arrived in Rome for talks with Italian officials on the Middle East situation. The discussions will cover the fighting between Jordan and Palestinian guerrillas and Egypt's position in the peace process as U.N. envoy Gunnar V. Jarring conducts steps toward negotiations.
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Rome
Mahmoud Riad
Middle East
Jordan
Riad
London
Paris
Egypt
Mideast
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Ancient 8000-year-old copper jewelry found in Iraq
Iraqi archeologists reveal a three room T shaped clay house in an 8000 year old farming village 80 miles north of Baghdad. The site yielded beaten copper rings and earrings suggesting copper in its native, un-smelted form.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Antiquities Administration
Fifth Christmas Journey Ends Yuletide Trip to Mexico
The Winkler group concludes its Christmas mission in Palomas and Ojinaga with gifts for about 120 Palomas students and area adults. Rotary clubs provided water access by a hand-dug 65 foot well, while Hands Across the Border expanded aid from desks to paintings hung in the county library. The Kermit and Ojinaga groups coordinated gifts, songs, and meals in a canyon setting.
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Mexico
Loma de Juarez School
Palomas
Kermit Rotary Club
Ojinaga
Ojinaga 20 30
No Smoking Week Sweeps Longnor Village
In Longnor England the town enforces a no smoking week with a mayoral ribbon cutting and band music as nine residents abstain. Organizer Ike Thompson the 72 year old village gravedigger led the pledge while Leslie Smith a pub manager quit a 45 a day habit after the campaign spread from a government health report.
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Longnor
England
UPI
W Longnor
London
Ike,Thompson
Staffordshire
Thompsson
Leslie Smith
iVillage
Skyjacker Detained After 707 Lands in Denver
A man held by a stewardess during a jetliner incident was not deemed threatening. The 707 landed in Denver at 1 52 p m and federal authorities met the craft after responding to the pilot Captain Ray Schriber. The suspect disembarked with the other passengers.
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Denver
Ray Schriber
Hijacker Threatens Plane. Stewardess Talks Him Down
The man boarded a Denver bound flight with a weapon and claimed a hand grenade. He kept the crew as hostages and intended to fly to Las Vegas after Denver. The stewardess spoke with him for about 30 minutes, then alerted the pilot who called for help as the plane landed.
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Denver
Third Party Roots Planted At Meet In San Antonio
Nearly 100 Texas liberal labor and minority leaders met in San Antonio to plan for a new issue oriented political organization. The session referenced the 1972 Democratic convention and discussed a possible third party as a safety valve while aiming to field a broader Texas lobbying effort. Speakers included H S Brown AFL-CIO and Benton Musslewhite, with Ralph Yarborough unable to attend.
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San Antonio
Texas
Bob Eckhardt
D-Tex
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Joe Bernal
San Antonio Express- News
H. S. Brown
Texas Afl-Cio
Brown
Benton Musslewhite
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Washington
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