Energy Bill Amendments Kill Emergency Energy Plan
Washington AP reports Congress failed to pass emergency energy legislation as the measure was overwhelmed by numerous amendments. Rep. John Rhodes criticized the bill as loaded with changes, while officials debated delays on oil and gasoline rules. President Nixon urged voluntary energy measures and existing laws to suffice without new legislation.
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Alan Cranston
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ABC
RBS
White House
Nixon
Gallup Poll Shows Backing For Israel
Princeton AP Gallup Poll finds 54 percent sympathize with Israel in the current Middle East troubles, up from October, while eight percent back Arabs. Among 1,514 adults surveyed December 7-10, 24 percent favored neither side and 14 percent had no opinion. Awareness of the conflict rose from 88 to 97 percent since October.
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Gallup
Middle East
Israel
Christmas low mood affects some during the season
New York AP reports that holiday sadness, dubbed Christmas low mood, rises in some people with anxiety and fatigue, and even higher suicide rates pre Christmas. Psychologists note loneliness, family tensions, financial pressures, and inadequacy as key factors, while experts say joy can also bring emotional risk but overall kindness increases. Daniel J. Mosley earns a sociology degree from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, a last line noting his grandparents in Thompson.
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Gary R. Collins
Deerfield
Collins
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Christianity Today
E. Spencer Parsons
University of Chicago
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Daniel J. Mosley
Dwayne Mosley
Thompson
Southwest Missouri State University
Springfield
Louetta Mosley
Suspect denies Spain stay in 15 months
In Bordeaux, Basque suspect Jose Ignacio Abatiua Gomeza, 23, claims he has been in France as a political refugee since September 1972 and never visited Spain since then. He studied ethnology at the University of Bordeaux, lives with his wife and daughter, and teaches Spanish emigrant children, while Spanish police accuse him of helping plant the bomb that killed Premier Carrero Blanco.
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France
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Spain
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Sud-Ouest
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Abatiua Gomeza
Carrero Blanco
Abattua Gomeza
University of
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Guipuzcoa
Alaya
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Pyrenees
Paris
ETA
Thailand moves to propose one month cease fire
Thailand announced a one month cease fire plan to allow Communist insurgents to surrender. The Defense Ministry also proposed dissolving the Communist Suppression Operations Command as a civilian government seeks to bring insurgents to the government side after their cease-fire offer last month.
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Thailand
Defense Ministry
Sanya Thammasak
Christmas gift list for partridge in a pear tree costs $12402
A San Francisco AP report recalculates the Twelve Days of Christmas gifts with inflated prices. It lists partridge $31, pear tree $5.95, and totals for turtle doves, French hens, calling birds, geese, swans, milkmaids, pipers, dancing ladies, lords, and fiddlers, arriving at $12,267.55 before taxes and extras.
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American Poultry Co
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Oak Glen Farms
Sonoma
Prince Charles Pipe Band
LaVonne Talent and Modeling Agency
America
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Garbage Gas Powers Palos Verdes Homes
Palos Verdes California AP report describes a 140 acre dump where gas from decaying waste fuels a generator lighting a Christmas tree. Engineer Joe Edberg says the system could supply 2,500 homes next Christmas and 25,000 homes long term, with future expansion possible.
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California
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Phoenix, Ariz
NRG Technology, Inc
NRG
Arizona
Nixon McGovern Unite After Christmas Wedding
Nixon and McGovern will spend Christmas at the Nixon family home in Chesterfield. Joseph M. Nixon, 26, and Brenda Sue Hull McGovern, 25, were married last Monday after meeting in November at a St. Louis restaurant. This was their second marriage for both. Brenda keeps her 2 year old daughter Angela from a previous marriage.
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Nixon
Brenda
Angela
17 Month Truck Licenses Are Short
Jefferson City AP reports Missouri Revenue Department director James R Spradling says 17 month truck plates are exhausted. Mail applications will be assigned on a staggered basis for less than the 17 month period with refunds issued. New law requires staggered registration for pickups RVs and vans to align with passenger cars during transition to faster future registration.
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Missouri Revenue Department
James R. Spradling
Spradling
Bomb blast in Newry bar kills four, injures many
Two men set off a bomb in a Catholic owned Newry bar killing themselves and two others and injuring 15 many seriously police said. The toll raised Northern Ireland fatalities to 926 in over four years of violence. Bartender John Lennan described the rapid horror and evacuation as the blast ripped through the crowded room.
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Northern Ireland
Newry
Coleraine
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
John Lennan
Ledger Covers The Field Like The Dew Does Little Dixie
The Ledger highlights a bustling sports scene with the Little Dixie region spotlighting fields and teams. Local athletes and teams are featured amid spirited reporting and seasonal updates, underscoring community pride and competitive drive.
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Rembrandts Ransom Recovered
Cincinnati police hold four men after recovering two Rembrandt paintings and most of a $100000 ransom paid for one. Lt. Col. John McLaughlin said arrests would be charged today as police questioned about ten people. The theft occurred at the Taft Museum and one painting was damaged. James L. Hough, an intermediary, helped recover the first painting from a barn in suburbia.
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Foster
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Here
Taft Museum
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Cincinnati
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Thief plots ransom for painting in Missouri case
In Mexico Missouri Ledger report, Hough told police thieves demanded 200000 to secure a painting titled Man Leaning on a Sill. Negotiations led to a $100000 payout in small bills placed in an icebox outside Foster tavern. painting recovered by 2 a.m. Sunday. Police arrested suspects within hours. In Moscow AP dispatch, dancer Valery Panov claims his wife Galina protested a plan for his emigration to Israel without her. Her visa was denied. Panov insists on accompanying her.
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Israel
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Soviet Union
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