Insurgents Claim Obote Is Ousted in Uganda
Army insurgents announced in Kampala that President Milton Obote had been deposed after 12 hours of fighting. Maj. Gen. Idi Amin led the rebel faction while Obote remained away at a Commonwealth summit in Singapore. Tanks ringed his residence as police reported total confusion and mutinous bets on alliances.
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Kampala
Uganda
Milton Obote
Radio
Obote
Singapore
Idi Amin
Amin
Edward Frederick Mutesa
England
Mutesa
Buganda
Freddie
London
Kenya
Tanzania
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Nsambya
Central Bank of
Jinja
Simba
Felix Onama
Fire destroys large barn at Green Acres farm
A big barn at Green Acres on the Buchanan County farm for the elderly in St Joseph burned Sunday night. Firemen faced water shortages while battling the blaze. The barn, valued at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars, held about 5 000 dollars in alfalfa. No injuries reported and cause undetermined. Traffic stalled for two miles on Belt Highway as onlookers watched, flames visible for five miles.
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ST. Joseph
Green Acres
Buchanan County
Belt Highway
Eight Arrested Over Curfew Violations At U of Arizona
Tucson police arrested eight Sunday night for curfew violations, the first peaceful night since Thursday around the University of Arizona campus. The arrests raised the total of those stopped or involved to 153, described by officials as street people tied to what Police Chief William Gilkinson termed rioting.
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Tucson
Ariz
University of Arizona
William Gilkinson
Nixon named best dressed statesman of 1971
NEW YORK AP President Nixon is named best dressed statesman of 1971 by the Fashion Foundation of America. Other top categories include Sen. Edmund Muskie D Maine Gene Barry Dan Rowan Cary Grant and Spiro Agnew last year.
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New York
Nixon
Fashion Foundation of America
Spiro T. Agnew
Edmund Muskie
D-Maine
Gene Barry
Dan Rowan
Cary Grant
Walkathon Nets 2400 Dimes in St. Marys County
A group of St. Marys County teenagers raised nearly $240 for the March of Dimes in a competitive walkathon. One team started in Lexington Park and aimed for Leonardtown moving 100 strides per dollar. another team began in Leonardtown heading toward Lexington Park.
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Leonardtown
St. Mary's County
Lexington Park
Nixon to push public appeal as Cambodia crisis grows
AP dispatches report President Nixon prepping a public appeal to win support for his six point plan seen as groundwork for the 1972 campaign. Separately, Cambodia comes under renewed Viet Cong and North Vietnamese shelling of Phnom Penh airport and defenses.
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Washington
Nixon
America
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Phnom Penh
FTC proposes phosphate pollution label on detergents
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule requiring soap makers to state the phosphate content and its pollution impact on every product and ad. The rule would also require listing all ingredients by common names. Industry opposition is expected over cost and efficacy concerns.
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Washington
The
Federal Trade Commission
Wayne Cooper
F'C
Soap and Detergent Association
FTC
Fies
Cooper
Association
United States
Cancer Research Center reorganizes leadership into Trustees
The Cancer Research Center in Columbia consolidates leadership by forming a Board of Trustees from the former Directors and Trustees. The new board will manage business and property, with first meeting set for January 24 at the center. Executives Whitlow Gilmore Staley Alston head the interim committee guiding powers between meetings.
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Cancer Research Center
Columbia
Board of Trustees
W. C. Whitlow
Fulton
D. W. Gilmore
Kansas City
Walter G. Staley
Mexico
J. M
Tom) Alston
Harry Dandy
Jefferson City
S. E. Freund
St. Louis
Charles FE
Lockhart
Springfield
Evans McReynolds
Carl Marienfeld
J. G. Probstein
Sidney Salomon Jr
Clayton
Andrew J. Signorelli
John Spratt Jr
David P. Wohl
Whitlow
Staley
Dandy
Marienfield
Alston
Ledger Breach of Friendship Names Highlighted
A brief Ledger item notes that several friends’ names appear in today’s edition, suggesting a social or local interest angle. Names are mentioned in passing, with no further context or details provided about why they are singled out or what action follows.
Light Bulb Labels Will Tell More About Illumination
New FTC rule effective today requires incandescent lamp labels to show wattage and also lumen output and expected life. The change aims to reveal actual light produced and bulb longevity, correcting past ad claims that overstated performance.
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John Cunniff
New York
Watts
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Billboard Present To Retiring Patrolman
In Weymouth Massachusetts Patrolman William P Riley retires after 42 years on the force receiving a billboard farewell gift. The board reads Thanks Officer Riley We'll remember to look both ways from friends at the Adams School as he prepares to celebrate his 66th birthday Tuesday.
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Weymouth
Mass
William P. Riley
Riley
Adams School
McGovern urges end to China myth and ties with mainland
Senator George McGovern urged recognizing mainland China and severing ties with the Formosan government. He called myths about Red China costly and dangerous and urged ending the missile shield, embargo, and pushing UN admission for mainland China. He proposed a plebiscite via UN auspices for Formosa's future.
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Stockton
Calif
China
George McGovern
United States
Peking
South Dakota
Chiang Kai-shek
McGovern
Red China
United Nations
Security Council
Formosa
Orphans Receive Fully Equipped Bowling Alley Gift
Mt Mission School in Grundy Virginia an orphanage has been awarded a complete bowling alley valued at 320000 dollars. The alley will be leased with proceeds funding ward school operating expenses. Donation came from J. D. Teewonder.
Muskie outlines US view on military spending to Kosygin
In Moscow, Sen. Edmund Muskie told Premier Kosygin there is a strong US opinion favoring cuts in armaments to encourage peace. He noted Americans may hold differing views from the administration and emphasized Congress is directing spending away from armaments. The remarks aired in a CBS interview.
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Los Angeles
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
Maine
Soviet Union
Kosygin
Moscow
CBS
Merv Griffin
Senate
Missouri legislature tackles major issues this week
Jefferson City AP Missouri's slow legislature reconvenes at 4 p m to add new bills to a stack of over 500 already introduced. The house and senate draft nearly 1 000 bills as tax relief for the elderly and land reclamation from open pit mining top the agenda. Bills to allow 16 year olds to vote in various elections, and budget tightening maneuvers by Rep Cantrell aim to finish hearings by Feb 19 with debate by March 1.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
House
Senate
House Social Security Committee
Senate Committee On Public Health, Welfare and Environment
William J. Cason
D-Clinton
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Appropriations Committee
E. J. Cantrell
D-Overland
Cantrell
Freedom Letter Wins Defender of Freedom Award
U S Army captain Tibor Berbaum a refugee from Hungary after 1956 gains the Freedoms Foundation Defender of Freedom Award at Valley Forge. He resides in Fayetteville North Carolina and recently served in Vietnam earning a $1,000 prize.
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Valley Forge
Hungary
Tibor Berbaum
Fayetteville
N.C
Vietnam
Bieibaum
United States
the Freedoms Foundation
Bierbaum
Nixon Praises Ethel Waters At White House Service
President Nixon joined about 300 guests at a private White House worship service to hear gospel singer Ethel Waters. Waters expressed joy in singing for her savior while Nixon cited her as “the only one.” Roberta Scott, the 14 year old National Association of Retarded Children poster child, received Nixon’s autograph amid Attendees including Sen. Robert Dole and Coffin’s Quaker minister.
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Washington
Ethel Waters
White House
Nixon
Miss Waters
T. Eugene Coffin
East Whittier
Kansas
Robert Dole
Republican National Committee
Whittier
Coffin
Police calm lion roaming downtown Jefferson City
Jefferson City police checked a Sunday report of a young lion loose near the state Capitol. The docile cub named Orville, claimed by Edward Schepker as its owner, wandered from home, but was not dangerous and was released back to custody.
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Jefferson City
State Capitol
Edward Schepker
Orville
Schepker
Half Of Oil Recovered At Frisco Spill
The Associated Press reports nearly half of the oil spilled into San Francisco Bay after two Standard Oil tankers collided last Monday has been recovered. About 399000 gallons of an estimated 840000 spilled have been removed with 700 workers and thousands of volunteers aiding operations as federal hearings near the incident. In New Haven, Conn, a Humble Oil tanker leak spilled about 386000 gallons of home heating oil into the harbor and Long Island Sound.
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Associated Press
San Francisco Bay
New Haven
Conn
California
Standard Oil of
Coast Guard
Golden Gate Bridge
Standard
Bay
Drake's Beach
Half Moon Bay
Humble Oil Co
Long Island Sound
Connecticut Water Resources Commission
Russell Dibble
Esso Gettysburg
Sierra Club
Save
San Francisco
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