Hope Off On 20th Tour
Hollywood AP reports Bob Hope begins his 20th annual Christmas tour to entertain American servicemen abroad including West Point and troops in England Germany the Mediterranean Thailand Vietnam Korea and Alaska. Lola Falana and Johnny Bench join him amid Hope's renewed patriotism and eye health notes.
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Nixon Urges Welfare Bill At Children Conference
President Nixon called for rapid passage of the Family Assistance Plan during the White House Conference on Children, calling welfare “a consuming, monstrous, inhuman outrage” and urging Congress to act before adjournment. He warned the federal government cannot solve all child welfare issues and stressed roles for states, communities, families, schools, churches, and individuals. Delegates doubted action by the administration, with many expressing concern the conference recommendations would be ignored.
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Nixon
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Senate
White House
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Britain
Frank Chapple
Electricity Council
Robert Carr
Chapple
Rights Tests Focus On Negro Job Fares And Pool Access
Supreme Court weighs two cases on civil rights for blacks in the South and workplace. In North Carolina, workers challenge intelligence tests and credentials blocking promotions at Duke Power. In Mississippi, Jackson pool reopenings follow court-ordered integration amid racial disputes. Public and Justice Department support noted.
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Supreme Court
North Carolina
Jackson
Justice Department
Bomb rocks GE Building in Midtown Manhattan
A pipe bomb exploded outside the General Electric Building at Lexington Avenue and East List Street in midtown Manhattan. A pedestrian was cut by flying glass. police said a caller warned of the blast five minutes earlier, signing as MIRA, linked to a Puerto Rican revolutionary group.
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General Electric
Midtown Manhattan
WINS
MIRA
Movimiento de Independencia Revolutionaria En Armas
Armed Independence Revolutionary Movement
Lexington Avenue
East List
Denver high school climbers scale walls for class
Alameda High School students, 30 strong, wear belts and ropes to descend the school’s 40 foot walls twice weekly under Miss Sheer. The mountaineering teacher says the exercise builds nerve and self knowledge, with trips to the Rockies for practice.
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Colo
Bobbi Sheer
Alameda High School
Miss Sheer
Grace Tidball
Alameda
Rockies
Tonight and Tomorrow Forecast As Cold Patch Hits
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and cool conditions tonight and tomorrow with overnight lows in the lower to mid 20s and daytime highs in the upper 30s. Yesterday reached 35 degrees, and this morning dropped to 25.
Sour Apple Award Given Jane Fonda
Hollywood AP reports Jane Fonda, 32, received the Hollywood Women's Press Club Sour Apple award for 1970 for worst public image of Hollywood. She beat Jack Valenti and Richard Zanuck, amid her antiwar stance and support for American Indians and the Black Panthers. Positive awards went to James Stewart, Robert Young, Carol Burnett, Carrie Snodgress, and Flip Wilson.
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Jane Fonda
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Miss Fonda
Jack Valenti
Richard Zanuck
Valenti
Motion Picture Production Association
Myra Breckenridge
Myra
James Stewart
Robert Young
Carol Burnett
Carrie Snodgress
Flip Wilson
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