02 Dec 1970
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1970
Page
1
Alexander Solzhenitsyn says he won't travel to Stockholm to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature fearing Soviet authorities would bar his return. He would accept in Moscow if allowed, noting Soviet press attacks signaled he could be cut off from his homeland.
Rome deputies pass the divorce legislation by 319 to 286 after hours of amended sections. The Vatican decries the move as a breach of the 1929 Concordat, amid looming referendums and long court battles for mixed religious civil status in Italy.
Hollywood AP reports the film industry’s classification system enters its third year amid ongoing debate. Produced by Jack Valenti, ratings evolved from General, M now GP, R and X. Critics note GP and R drift toward racy content, while X and R face advertising limits and revenue pressures.
Four Houston men were charged with conspiracy to smuggle marijuana valued at about 100000 on the retail market. Customs agents arrested them and seized two light airplanes and two cars. The men include George Armstrong 42 owner of Armstrong Aviation La Porte Jack Covington 32 a pilot Keyon E Clonts 18 student and L T Bowman Jr 36 tile company employee. Agents traced flights into Mexico by plane. One plane cleared customs at Corpus Christi after returning from Mexico. Radar showed an earlier landing at Rockport.
State Public Welfare Commissioner Hackney says the San Antonio food stamp program could end January 29 1971 six months earlier than planned. The city council voted to halt participation next July with current annual local funding of 108000 dollars.
The Nixon administration moved to curb inflation by publicly criticizing large wage and price boosts as the Fed cut the discount rate to 5 percent. Officials signaled a tougher inflation alert, framing jawboning as a policy tool while CPI shows rising costs and ongoing inflation.
The Cox Heart Institute in Kettering and McDonnell Douglas researchers led by Dr. J. W. Spickler and Dr. N. S. Rasor developed a small implantable pacemaker about the size of eight bullets. It uses a chemical or atomic battery to power microcircuits and sends minute impulses to the heart, potentially lasting five to ten years with lower replacement costs than current models.
In Los Angeles the Sharon Tate murder trial stalls as defense attorney Ronald Hughes, Leslie Van Houten’s lawyer, misses a session claiming he is marooned by a mudslide near Sespe Hot Springs. Judges and co-counsel plan to proceed with in chambers discussions while awaiting Hughes, delaying summations in the 24th week of the case amid heavy rains and washed-out roads.
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