Refineries Urged to Maximize Heating Oil Output
Washington AP United States Office of Emergency Preparedness urges oil refiners to shift to maximum distillate capacity to ease midwestern fuel shortages. Govs in Iowa Ohio Nebraska Minnesota form emergency task forces as railroads accelerate propane car movement amid late harvest wet weather and low inventories.
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Washington
U.S. Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
George A. Lincoln Friay
Lincoln
Midwest
West
Association of American Railroads
Iowa
Ohio
Nebraska
Minnesota
Interfaith leaders urge end to bombing in Vietnam
A nationwide group of 41 religious leaders issued a pastoral letter in New York calling on the Nixon administration to halt bombing in Indochina and to sign a peace agreement. Signers include leaders of the United Church of Christ and Union of American Hebrew Congregations. They urged a national Religious Convocation for Peace in Washington on Jan 3 and 4, aligning with Congress opening. The letter, organized by the American Friends Service Committee and Clergy and Laymen Concerned, denounces the war as a moral abyss and a threat to peace.
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New York
North Vietnam
Robert V. Moss
United Church of Christ
William P. Thompson
United Presbyterian Church
Maurice Eisendrath
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Robert N. West
Unitarian Universalist Association
Washington, D.C
Indochina
Earth
America
American Friends Service Committee
Bond Worker Leaves Off His Own Names
Poplar Bluff Missouri AP Kenneth Landreth, coordinator for governor elect Kit Bond in Butler County, found his name missing from the inauguration guest list after compiling GOP invitees. He sent the list to Bond headquarters, but forgot his own inclusion and also received a misaddressed Christmas card from President Nixon.
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Poplar Bluff
Kenneth Landreth
Christopher
Kit’’ Bond
Landreth
Butler County
GOP
Bond
Nixon
Chance Of Death Duty Delays GI Leaves
About 1 200 soldiers at Ft Riley Kansas and Fifth Army band members and other personnel at Ft Sam Houston had Christmas leaves postponed due to the serious illness of former President Harry S Truman. Army officials confirmed the delay as the state funeral duties may fall to the President. Fort Riley sources said protests from soldiers and families near the base led to modifications requiring telephone contact and no travel.
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Ft. Riley
Yenan Cave Homes Explore Factories Of Rural Youth
Visitors encounter youths living in two cave settlements near Yenan two years into their rural assignments. From Peking, they work without pay in agriculture, earn food by points, and hope for university admission. An adult supervisor, Shen Jui Tang, describes life. the journey continues by plane to Sian for a stop at a song and dance school portraying The White Haired Girl.
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Peking — City
Peking
Shen Jui Tang
Yenan
Sian
Zsa Zsa
Eva Gabor
Work in America urges redesign of jobs to curb discontent
A government report says 82 million workers hate their jobs and calls for redesigning boring duties to give workers more say. It urges creating millions more jobs to turn the unemployed into productive contributors, noting pay ranks low in importance. Secretary Richardson released the study led by James O'Toole, with input from scholars, industry, and unions.
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Washington
America
Elliot L. Richardson
James O’toole
James O’toole, Former Coordinator of the President’s Commission On Campus
Veiled Prophet spectacle interrupted by protest at Kiel Auditorium
At Kiel Auditorium the Veiled Prophet Ball faced disruption as civil rights activist Miss Gena Scott descended a wire and removed the Prophet's mask before being taken to a hospital for minor injuries. Police report no charges. The ACTION group had planned protests over racism and city inequality. Percy Green framed the action as highlighting unemployment and crime, noting city leaders attend the ball.
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ST. Louis
Kiel Auditorium
Gena Scott
Miss Scott
Action Civil Rights Organization
Action
Blac
Queens of “Human Justice
Percy Green
How to Beat Holiday Rush on Long Distance Calls
Miss Wilma Sutton of Southwestern Bell explains peak periods on Christmas Eve to noon and 6 p.m. to midnight on Christmas Day. She advises calling in non peak times such as Saturday or Sunday evening and notes One-Plus rates are lower. AT&T Long Lines adds hundreds of circuits to handle demand. She urges using Directory Assistance for numbers before the weekend and notes about 6500 Long Distance calls are expected on Christmas Day with operators available to assist.
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Wilma Sutton
Southwestern Bell
Miss Sutton
Rescue Begins For Mountain Survivors
Eight survivors of the October Uruguayan air crash remained on a 12 000 foot Andes ledge on day 70. Three survival experts joined after six were rescued by Chilean helicopters as crews awaited clearer skies. The two rugby players who ventured out for help inspired the others, while survivors rationed food and improvised blankets from seat covers.
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San Fernando
Chile
Andes
Chilean
Old Christians
Montevideo
Uruguay
Cesar Charlone
Santiago
Robert Canessa
Canessa
Fernando Parrado
State Employes Off Until Wednesday
Gov Warren Hearnes orders state workers off for Christmas holiday. Most staff remain idle until Wednesday morning except essential personnel such as highway patrol, hospital attendants, and guards. Hearnes to spend Christmas with family in Charleston after Ozark Regional Commission meeting in New Orleans.
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Jefferson City
Warren E. Hearnes
Charleston
New Orleans
Ozark Regional Commission
Santa Drops In For Arctic Village Christmas Flight
In Arctic Village Alaska a C130 from Elmendorf AFB delivered 7,300 pounds of toys clothes and food to 103 villagers from the frozen lake runway. Paratroopers in red jump suits distributed gifts before a village lunch as Santa suffered a frostbitten ear in 40 below weather.
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Arctic Village
Alaska
Arctic
Arctic Circle
Santa Claus
17Th Tractical Air Lift
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Labor Unions Urge War End
Five national unions led by Emil Mazey of the UAW and Mur ray Finley of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers sent a telegram to President Nixon urging an immediate end to the Vietnam War. The leaders urged no more delays so thousands of lives could be saved and prisoners returned. The signers represent about four million union members nationwide.
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Detroit
Nixon
White House
Emil Mazey
United Auto Workers
Murray Finley
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Harold Gibbons
The
Teamsters
Pat Gorman
David Livingston
Distributive Workers of America
United States
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