PLO to appear before UN amid Lebanon raids
The PLO plans to join UN Security Council debate early on the Arab Israeli conflict after Israeli air raids on Palestinian camps in Lebanon killed about 100 and wounded over 150. Egypt backed Lebanon to invite PLO participation, while the US was expected to oppose any invitation. A PLO Beirut spokesman vowed to present a death toll and documentary evidence of Israel’s attack, as diplomats noted procedural questions without blocking action.
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United Nations Security Council
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PLO
Egypt
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Middle East
General Assembly
Iraq
United States
Beirut
New York
Washington
State Department
U. S
Palestine
Ahmed Hilal
Sinai
theTeraeli
Yigal Allon
London
University Singers Deliver Clear Christmas Recital at Presser Hall
The University Singers presented a crisp Christmas program to a crowd mostly of vocal music students. Conductor Thomas Mills led 35 voices in well prepared encores and featured Dorothy Markwort whose pure, nearly vibrato free tone resembled a boy soprano. The group will sing in Washington as Missouri’s Bicentennial choral group, performing Trilogy with American and Civil War anthems. Wetterau Foods sponsored the show and underwrote tickets for students. admission was $1 for the general audience.
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University
Presser Hall
Thomas Mills
Dorothy Markwort
Washington
Missouri
R.N
Letters To Santa Claus in a Small Town
A parade of handwritten children letters to Santa from Mexico and Centralia, asking for dolls, toy cars, a Bible, a piano, and various gadgets. Recurring themes include cookies and milk left for Santa, holidays with family, and reminders to include cousins and grandparents.
Mystery Man Heads Cabinet Of Laos Reds
Red banners mark Vientiane as a pro Hanoi Communist named premier and Prince Souphanouvong named president of a 45 member Supreme People’s Council. Kaysone Phomvihan to head a 39 member cabinet as King Savang Vathana becomes supreme adviser. Souvanna Phouma, once neutralist, retires to France amid health concerns. The Lao complex political reshuffle names the “mystery man” as head of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party. Separately, Donald Wortmann and wife announce the birth of a son at Audrain Medical Center in Martinsburg.
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Laos
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Luang Prabang
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Kaysone
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Indochinese Communist Party
Pathet Lao
Prince Souphanouvong
Communist Party
Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Vieng Xay
Turner Retires After 46 Years With Mineral Company
Robert M. Turner, longtime mining superintendent for A. P. Green Refractories Co., retires after 46 years and two months. He directed Mexico plant fireclay mining since 1947, overseeing a staff of about 40 and coordinating contractors. Turner helped start Arkansas calcining in 1952 and supervised operations in Missouri and surrounding states. He and his wife Celene live in Mexico, Missouri, with a son in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Robert M. Turner
A.P. Green Refractories Co
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Mexico
Canada
Green Company
Audrain
Gasconade
Osage
Arkansas
Arkansas Calcining
James F. Westcott
Bob
Celene
E. Love
Wholesale Prices Show No Advances
Washington AP reports seasonally adjusted wholesale prices held steady in November with a 0.0 percent change after a 0.4 percent fall unadjusted. The December-to-November trend follows October's 1.8 percent surge, with November's stability easing inflation fears and the index at 3.7 percent above year ago levels.
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Washington
Labor Department
Police Officers Fired for Refusing Lie Tests in Lee's Summit
Four officers in Lee's Summit Missouri were dismissed after refusing lie detector tests in an internal probe. Police Chief O C Roberts announced the firing, noting insubordination. The officers, three patrolmen and a jail security officer, had been suspended two weeks earlier over alleged misconduct involving a 6 year old girl. officials would not discuss specifics.
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Lee’s Summit
O. C. Roberts
Kansas City
Thieves Loot Beirut During Lull In War
Armed looters attack amid civil conflict in Beirut as thieves, Palestinian guards, and militiamen plunder shops and apartments. A guard killed a robber, another wounded. widespread theft hits Hamra Street and Qantari district. Security forces struggle to curb lawlessness amid eight months of fighting.
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Lebanon
Hamra Street
Palestine Research Center
Chevrolet
BBC
Chris Drake
Drake
Qantari
Holiday Inn
First National City Bank
Loch Ness monster slide electrifies scientists
A Boston group led by Robert Rines presented a rust colored underwater slide from Loch Ness showing a leg long neck and head with two front appendages. The image, captured at 45 feet, sparked calls for cautious analysis as a London symposium was canceled amid publicity.
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N.H
United States
Great Britain
Loch Ness
Scotland
Boston
Robert Rines
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Rines
London
Britain
Boston Globe
Academy of Applied Science
Boston Group
Peter Scott
Lehr Reports Retirement System Audit
State Auditor George Lehr says the Missouri State Employer Retirement System may lose its tax exempt status, hindering a clear view of the system’s finances for five years through last June. The report notes possible ineligible beneficiaries due to weak disbursement monitoring and cites IRS review as decisive on exemption status.
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Jefferson City
George Lehr
Missouri
Lehr
Federal Internal Revenue Service
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