Welfare Vote May Come First
Washington AP report on Nixon welfare reform push as Senate leaders seek a floor vote on the family assistance plan before a foreign trade rider. Ribicoff seeks parliamentary path to beat the trade measure, amid adjournment pressure and looming Social Security hikes. Mondale notes about 25 senators oppose the trade rider.
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House moves to approve scaled SST funding amid Senate delay
The House is set to approve a $210 million SST development appropriation, matching margins from a prior vote, while the Senate delays and considers separating the SST funding from the transportation bill. Wisconsin senators Proxmire and Nelson propose quick consideration by timing a separate vote in January, amid filibuster threats and environmental and economic concerns حول SST.
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Soviet Union
UE Engineers Continue Strike at Union Electric Co
A 24 day strike by Operating Engineers Local 148 against Union Electric Co stalls as labor and management, aided by federal mediators, seek talks. About 1,300 engineers quit November 20 over a Portage Des Sioux plant assignment, while Electrical Workers Locals 1455 and 1439 back the picket lines with supervisors running the nine Missouri Illinois Iowa plants.
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U.S. Navy Plane Crashes Off Ranger in Tonkin Gulf
A Navy courier plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the carrier Ranger in the Tonkin Gulf. All 10 aboard are feared dead according to AP dispatches. The incident follows a series of war and political developments reported from Washington and other cities.
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Hughes Aide Testifies He Saw Hughes Sign Proxy
Las Vegas AP report says LeVar Myler testified he watched Howard Hughes sign a proxy on November 14 authorizing power for Hughes Tool Co. directors and counsel. Handwriting experts offered opposing views on authenticity while officials recalled requests tied to Maheu’s dismissal and related court actions.
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Youth Leaps From 16th Floor in St Louis Hotel
Dennis Liscombe, 23, of St Louis, fell to his death from the 16th floor of the Bel Air East Motor Hotel after a confrontation over a $217 bill and a plan to pay by personal check. Police say he leaped from the room rail as hotel manager, a relative, and an off-duty officer approached.
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State Board Backs $50 Pay Boost
Jefferson City AP report says the State Board of Mediation backed a $50 monthly raise for merit system employees at the lowest levels. The board urged public pay boosts as essential to public interests and noted workers lack the right to strike. Dr. George A. Alett pressed for immediate action amid thousands in the division’s employes affected.
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Griffin urges freeing enemy POWs to aid American captives
Senator Robert P. Griffin proposes releasing sick and wounded enemy prisoners and 1,500 able bodied North Vietnamese troops to spur exchange efforts for American POWs. He favors Tet timing, seeks Red Cross mediation, cites 459 Americans feared held, 8,200 POWs held by South Vietnam.
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Double murder charged in rural Missouri case
Kenneth Ray Richards, 24, of Potosi, has been charged in the double murder of August Walker, 83, and his wife Rebecca, 66, whose bodies were found Sunday at their rural home eight miles north of Potosi. Weapons were recovered. motive undetermined. Richards held without bond.
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Supreme Court Reinstates Maharajas in India
The Supreme Court of India rules Indira Gandhi acted unconstitutionally in abolishing princely rank and privy purses, orders reinstatement of 278 maharajas and payment of litigation costs. The ruling bars further executive action against the princes and leaves open constitutional amendment questions. The decision sparks political tension as Parliament debates next steps.
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Bob Hope Begins 20th Christmas Tour for Troops
Bob Hope launches his 20th annual Christmas tour to American servicemen abroad with an 87 member troupe including Ursula Andress Johnny Bench and Jennifer Hosten. He departs from Van Nuys aboard military transport en route to England West Germany the Mediterranean Korea and Alaska. The trip includes a Christmas card from Nixon Agnew Congress and 50 governors and a check from the Women’s Christian Temperance Union to buy soft drinks.
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Sheriff Talks Escapee Back At Worth County Jail
GHANT CLEY Mo AP A young prisoner Carl Ray Davidson 17 of Brockton Iowa who escaped from Worth County jail returned to collect loot and held, Sheriff Trustin Wilkin son, at gunpoint. Davidson had fled after burglaries in northern Missouri eight miles from his home. He stayed in an office where he and the sheriff conversed for over an hour before Davidson handed the gun to the sheriff.
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Iowa
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Missouri
1971 draft starts with 100 men below 100 eligible
Washington AP reports the Selective Service will call 100 of the 1971 draft pool in January. About 17,000 men are expected to be in January calls, with extended priority members able to be drafted first in the first quarter, ahead of the 1971 pool. The 1970 high mark was 195.
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Selective Service
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Russia Expands Military Pilot Training Amid Sino-Soviet Tensions
U S defense sources say the Soviet Union is widening its pilot cadre by opening two new academies at Stavropol and Saratov and reviving Borasoglebsk Higher Military Aviation School. The move coincides with a shortened four year training cycle by four to five months.
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Saratov
Boras Oglebsk
Ledger Ads Urge Savings on Household Supplies
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