Frosty OK but not Jesus in Ithaca school carols
Ithaca schools will allow singing Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph but ban carols about Jesus Christ at mandatory music sessions and Christmas programs. Superintendent Theodore Sturgis cited a parent protest by a non Christian child as the catalyst for the ruling.
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Ithaca, N.Y
Ithaca
Frosty the Snowman
Rudolph the Reindeer
Jesus Christ
Board of Education
Theodore Sturgis
Jesus
Sturgis
Gas Stations Plan Three Day Christmas New Year Closures
Thousands of gasoline service stations across the country plan to close for three day periods during Christmas and New Year holidays, according to a spot Associated Press survey.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Illinois
Louisiana
Florida
Washington D.C
Indiana
Wisconsin
John Huemmrich
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Nixon
American Automobile Association
Dick Reynolds
The
Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America
United States agrees to return rupees to India
The United States will repay India 2.2 billion dollars in rupees to help stabilize the bilateral relationship and fund India’s new five year economic plan. About 3.2 billion in rupees had built up at the Reserve Bank of India as India prepaid U.S. aid loans amid stalled local development talks. Negotiators Moynihan and Kaul led the settlement to move toward a mature, equal partnership while ending the abnormal currency ownership.
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New Delhi
United States
India
Reserve Bank of India
U.S
Daniel P. Moynihan
Moynihan
Indian Economic Affairs
M.P. Kaul
Trucker Protest Stalls At Dayton 76 Coffee Shop
At 9 a.m. today scattered groups of truckers gathered in the Dayton South Union 76 Truck Plaza coffee shop trying to stay orderly. The stop was normally crowded at that hour, with several firms still noncompliant, said Ronald Tiny Tim Roberts, a trucker owner.
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Dayton South Union 76
Energy office creates gas shortage confusion and five percent cut
Washington AP reports the new Federal Energy Office proposes a five percent cut in gasoline production, risking a 25 percent shortfall for drivers next year. Officials misstated figures multiple times, then clarified a 5% cut amid broader distribution controls from refineries to stations.
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Washington
Federal Energy Office
Energy Office
William E. Simon
John Sawhill
AP T
Kissinger pushes for POW swap before Mideast talks
Secretary of State Kissinger doubts meaningful negotiations between Israel and Syria without a prisoner exchange. He aims to start the Geneva peace conference on December 18 after U.N. invitations, while pressing for an end to the Arab oil war. He met with Algerian President Boumedienne in Algiers before visiting Cairo and planned stops across the region.
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Algiers
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Syria
U.S
Kissinger
Middle East
Geneva
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Egypt
Houari Boumedienne
Boumedienne
Abdel Aziz Bouteflika
London
Cairo
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Lebanon
Algeria
United States
Violence disrupts two day truck stoppage with gunfire
The two day truck stoppage escalated as gunshots severed air hoses and missiles hit windshields in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Officials reported at least 10 shooting incidents involving rolling trucks with no injuries. Ivan Z. Zimmerman escaped unhurt after a shot struck his truck on U.S. 322. The Pennsylvania driver, 62, from New Holland, saw his engine fail amid widespread harassment of drivers in Lancaster and Cheshire counties.
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Carlisle
Roberts
Franklin
Warren County
Union 76
Middletown
James Townsley
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Townsley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Ennsylvania
U.S. 322
Lonnie
Middletown Weather Outlook Sees Snow Flurries
The Middletown area may see snow flurries tonight with lows in the low 20s. Partly cloudy skies and highs around the 30s are forecast for Friday despite yesterday's 46 degree high and 40 degree low. The extended outlook calls for more snow flurries Saturday and Sunday with highs in the 30s and 20s.
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Igoy
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