NFO Vote Upholds Directors Ouster
Kansas City AP reports the National Farmers Organization upheld the expulsion of six national directors at its convention. Oren Lee Staley appears secure as president amid protests by ousted directors and delegates who walked out. Senators Harris urged collective bargaining to empower farmers against automated agriculture.
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Kansas City
National Farmers Organization Convention
Oren Lee Staley
NFC
National Board
DeVon Woodland
National
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California
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kimball
Don Moskal
Santa Rosa
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Mulvane
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Hugoton
Jack Grimmer
Arbuckle
Calif
John Oster
Ethan
S.D
NFO
Staley
Oster
Erhard Pfingsten
Iowa
Pfingston
North Dakota
Presser
Fred Harris
D-Okla
Congress
Harris
Lavish 80th Birthday Party for J Paul Getty in London
American oil billionaire J Paul Getty celebrated his 80th birthday with a lavish Dorchester gathering hosted by Margaret Duchess of Argyll. Nixon family guests included Tricia Nixon, and a 12 cent gift sparked a humorous performance. Getty, long based in Britain, vowed to live to 100 and was moved by the Duchess’s toast and song.
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London
J. Paul Getty
Getty
Nixon
Dorchester Hotel
Britain
England
Leftovers On Moon Await New Explorers
Space Center Houston AP reports remnants from six Apollo landings on the moon, including two million dollar rovers and descent platforms. Items left behind range from useful gear like cameras and power systems to playful mementos such as golf balls and a falcon feather. Flags, coded messages, and a plaque honor fallen astronauts also remain on the lunar surface.
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Moon
Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Air Force Academy
Falcon
David Scott
Four More Airmen Missing in Vietnam Casualty Summary
SAIGON AP report: one American killed in action last week, another died of nonhostile causes, four airmen missing or captured, eight wounded. The dead man is 37 year old Louis R. Taylor of Johnson City Tennessee, killed in a rocket attack December 6 at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S. Command
T. Set. Louis R. Taylor
Johnson City
Tenn
Tan Son Nhut
Apollo 17 Moon Christmas Poem Surprises Mission Control
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harriett Schmitt woke to a festive duet of Good Morning to You for Gordon Fullerton. Schmitt recited The Night Before Christmas in verse on the lunar surface describing a miniature rover and eight tiny reindeer as St Nick visits the moon. Cernan praised the poem though jokes about being poets in space followed.
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St. Nick
MU-Rolla Degrees To Kossmann Vance
Two Ledgerland students will be among 462 University of Missouri Rolla graduates at the winter commencement. The ceremony is at 2 p.m. Sunday in the multipurpose building. Paul David Kossmann, 1421 Kent Road, earns a bachelor of science in petroleum engineering. Chester Kent Vance, Centralia, receives a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering. Receptions honor each degree recipient Sunday morning by their departments.
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Ledgerland
University of Missouri- Rolla
Paul David Kossmann
Kent Road
Chester Kent Vance
Centralia
Xerox Corp To Fight FTC Action
The Federal Trade Commission proposes breaking up Xerox Corp due to alleged unfair marketing and patent practices in the $1.7 billion office copier market. Xerox vows to contest. The FTC would require divestiture of Bank Xerox Ltd. stock and challenge certain paper copying techniques patents.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Xerox Corp
Xerox
FTC
U.S
Bank Xerox Ltd
Xerox Defends Patents Plan in Proposed Complaint
The article notes Xerox to license others to use all existing patents for office copiers, including pending applications and patents from Mexico. C. Peter McColough, Xerox board chairman and CEO, calls the proposed complaint ill founded and without merit. The piece dates to December 15, 1972 and references continued U.S. market exits and international patent rights.
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Xerox
Mexico
Peter McColough
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