Senate Reaches New War Debate
The Senate plans to debate a six month U S withdrawal from Indochina tied to a 3.2 billion foreign aid bill. The Foreign Relations panel approved the proposal 11 to 5, with Mansfield and Church Cooper amendments linking withdrawal limits to antiwar aims. Senate leaders hint administration will resist, potentially delaying adjournment.
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Nixon choices for Supreme Court declared unqualified
Washington Post reports an American Bar Association judiciary committee voted 1 to 1 against Judge Mildred L. Lillie of Los Angeles and 7 to 5 against Herschel Friday of Little Rock, Ark, in the selections for the two Supreme Court vacancies. The AP wire notes concurrent world and national items on arson violence in Memphis, Nobel Peace Prize to Willy Brandt, price controls, and Vietnam casualties.
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Soviets Launch Major VD Campaign With Longer Prison Terms
Moscow reports the Soviet government is intensifying its anti venereal disease drive with stricter penalties for transmitting VD. A decree signed Oct 1 by President Podgorny imposes up to three years in prison for knowingly passing syphilis or gonorrhea, and one year for those who refuse treatment after orders. The state media laments rising rates and links alcoholism to extramarital activity, while noting free treatment via nationwide health facilities and VD clinics, including 25 stations in Moscow.
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Soviet Flag Near Mt. Vernon Suburban land sale sparks White House interest
The State Department weighs a $1 million Wellington estate sale to the Soviet government for a embassy recreation area near Mt. Vernon. Rep. Broyhill urges Nixon to block the deal citing historic meaning. The sale prompts White House inquiry into foreign purchase near George Washington's home.
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Chilean Poet Neruda Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Stockhom AP reports Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, won the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature. At 67, Neruda is celebrated as Latin America's greatest living poet, with Marxist views reflected in his poetry and career. The Swedish Academy praised his work as embodying a continent's destiny and dreams.
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Wells Resigns from FCC to Seek Kansas Governor Nomination
Robert Wells, an FCC member for two years, resigns to return to Kansas where he is expected to pursue the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The 52 year old former Garden City radio and newspaper executive will leave his post effective November 1.
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Autumn Colors Tour For KD Circle Members In City Bus
Nearly 14 residents of the King's Daughters Home and their KD Circle companions rode a Friendship Baptist Church loaned bus at 9:30 this morning for a fall tour of Mexico. Rev. Marvin Jones drove, guiding a route through neighborhoods, downtown, shopping centers and parks until 11:30. Missouri Branch KD president Mrs. Berry Ardell Sr., KD Circle president Mrs. Glenn Maxwell, and Laurene Miller led the event. The Maple at Mrs. John Gamble's home showed a flaming autumn display near the library. A thermometer on the courthouse square showed Community Chest contributions at 5100 dollars, ten percent of the goal.
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Red posters drive beer sales in Britain campaign
Watney Mann launches Red Barrel promo using posters of a Mao likeness with a red book and a tankard, plus lookalikes of Castro and Khrushchev. The campaign ties political imagery to sales, drawing criticism from leftists who accuse the brewer of hypocrisy for funding the Conservative party.
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Five GIs Die in Viet Combat
SAIGON AP says five American servicemen were killed in Vietnam last week, the weekly toll in more than six years, a decline from the prior week as U.S. withdrawals continue. Wounded rose to 84, up from 72, while 15 died last week of nonhostile causes.
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Mexico Ledger Classified Rates and Office Hours
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily schedule, pricing for single copies and subscriptions by region, and office hours. Rates cover Mexico and nearby towns, Audrain and adjoining counties, other Missouri counties, out-of-state, and military members. It notes postal and delivery terms and contact hours.
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