Dropping into Santa Seva: Code Of Conduct Briefing
Forty white bearded Santas in Times Square learn the St. Nicholas Code of Conduct from Col. Walter Nash of the VOA before beginning their annual Christmas charity drive. The rules stress courtesy and avoiding drinking or smoking, with one Santa briefly seeking a cigarette.
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United Press International
New York
Times Square
St. Nicholas
Walter Nash
Volunteers of America
VOA
Adists
VCA
Third Class Postal Rate Hike Sought by Postal Service
The U S Postal Service asked the Price Commission to raise third class mail rates by 23.9 percent to cover advertising circulars and other occupant mail, noting first class and air mail rates would stay unchanged. The request, nearly ten times the commission’s economy standard, awaits seven-member panel review and follows 36 other requests filed Friday including coal and steel firms.
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Washington
U. S. Postal Service
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Postal Service
Commission
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Bassett
John Daly
Direct Mail Advertising Association
Postal Rate Commission
Congress
Market Makes Sharp Advance
New York stock prices rose sharply on Friday in slow trading as analysts cited favorable news developments. The Dow Jones average of 50 industrial stocks climbed 17.96 to 816.59, the biggest one day gain since August. On the NYSE, advances outpaced declines about 4 to 4.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
U S Trade Deficit At Record Low Amid Economic Upturn
The Commerce Department reports October shows a 1.2 percent rise in leading indicators signaling vigorous expansion in 1972. The trade balance with other nations hits a record low as exports lag imports by 821 million, influenced by dock strikes on both coasts and a Taft-Hartley cooling-off order.
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Virginia Furniture
Harold Passer
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West Coast
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Maine
Texas
Passer
Nixon
Pacific
Reflection on Forgiveness and Wisdom in Prayer
A reader offers a short prayer asking God for forgiveness and guidance. The text notes human frailty in cleverness and a plea for divine support and wisdom.
70 Trees Light Downtown Lubbock For Christmas
Electrical crews in Lubbock installed 70 aluminum foil Christmas trees along Broadway from Texas Avenue to University Avenue. Each 10 foot tree on steel poles shines with about 15 blinking lights in green gold red and silver. The display runs around the clock through early January.
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Lubbock
Broadway
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Midwest Buried By Heavy Snows And Northeaster
A new storm dumped foot-deep snows on the upper Midwest while the Northeast faced blocked highways from a Thanksgiving northeaster. A Pacific Northwest storm spanned wet windy weather into the northern Rockies and northern California with additional warnings issued across Wisconsin Michigan and Pennsylvania for freezing rain and snow. Travelers were warned as storm systems brought cold fronts and gusty north winds in Texas Amarillo and surrounding areas.
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Wisconsin
Tilineas
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Amarillo
Panhandle
Amaribho
Texas
Cainesville
Mineral Wells
San Angelo
Blast Kills Lamb Man and Burns Woman in Lamp Lubbock Incident
Special report details 21 year old Renna Sainz killed when a water heater triggered a gasoline fuel blast. Amalia Morales, 19, suffered third degree burns and remained in critical condition at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after the bathroom explosion, which occurred as they washed clothes. the victims were found in the bathtub.
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Seb Pein
Pris
Amalia Morales
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Lubfock
Laing
Justice of the Peace Truett
Bentsen Sees Economy as Key 72 Issue in Texas
Texas senator Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. says the economy will be the major issue in next year’s national politics and that Nixon will carry Texas if the economy is strong. He dodges speculation on campaigns and denies teaming with Connally to seat Roy Orr as SDEC chairman. He notes he will seek influence for a unified delegation but won’t control state party machinery.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Nixon
U.S
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
Bentsen
Treasury
John Connally
Len
Mrs. Bentsen
Charles ©. Maedgen Jr
Eric
Bentsens
Tina
Connally
Roy Orr
Democratic Executive Committee
Orr
John CC. White
SDEC
Elmer Baum
Preston Smith
John White
Earthquake震 and regional clashes reported near Los Angeles and South Asia
An earthquake in the Los Angeles area measured 3.0 on the Richter scale centered in Inglewood, causing minor damage. Separately, India and Pakistan exchanged claims of troop movements and artillery exchanges with reports of civilian casualties and property destruction in the border region, as a communications brief cited.
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Los Angeles
Phat
Cal Tech! Seismological Laboratory
Inglewood
New Slaving Huks Hunt For Maniac
Federal and local investigators press forward after a series of grisly discoveries near Houston as headless remains and a skeletal figure are found. Officials report a possible suspect linked to the killings, with dental matches aiding a bones-based identification. Police continue to question witnesses and search for more victims in the Fray area.
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United Presa
Houston
Nixon to Meet Heath in Bermuda in December Summit Plan
President Nixon announced a December schedule of pre Peking and Moscow talks and will meet Britain's Prime Minister Edward Heath in Bermuda in December 2021. The Western White House said details remain undecided while NATO and European leaders plan additional conferences.
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Weather Map Page Forecast for Lubbock and Wichita Falls
Weather map page notes warmer temperatures for Lubbock and Wichita Falls with southerly winds. Forecasts show daytime highs near the upper 60s to 70s and cooler nights with possible low 50s, indicating a mild weekend trend.
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