Cold Wave Hits Midwest and Northeast with Heavy Snow
Wintry cold and gusty winds sweep the Midwest and northern Appalachians while the Southeast sees light rain. Heavy snow warnings stretch from northeastern Ohio to western New York with up to six inches forecast. St. Ignace, Mich., reports sixteen inches of snow. Hibbing, Minn., records 22 below zero and Key West, Fla. 74 above.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
St. Ignace
Mich
Mackinac Straits
Federal deal lets high lead tinsel icicles stay on sale
Four manufacturers reached an agreement with the federal government to continue selling Christmas tinsel through next Christmas despite New York Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz alleging high lead content. Tests found 94.2 to 97.4 percent lead in the icicles. other brands tested were plastic nonlead and deemed safe.
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Philadelphia
New York
Hugh Dryfoos
Paper Novelty
Stamford
Dockers reject coastwide contract in West Coast vote
ILWU members in California Oregon and Washington voted 10 072 to 746 against a Pacific Maritime Association offer proposing a 37 6 percent two year wage rise and a 40 hour week. The rejection allows a strike to resume December 25 with a cooling off period extending into January.
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San Francisco
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Maritime Association
National Labor Relations Board
ILWU
California
Oregon
Washington
Cold night with gradual warmup forecast
A frigid night is expected with a low around 14 degrees. Tomorrow clouds increase and the high near 40 degrees with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. No significant snowfall anticipated tonight.
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Middletown
Little Laur a Comes Home for Christmas After 30 Years
Laura Knuckles, who spent 30 years in hospitals due to a chest bone deformity, goes home for Christmas five days after her fourth birthday. She underwent four operations and was weaned from a breathing device. Insurance and state programs covered her medical bill of 182842.24.
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Indianapolis
Laura Knuckles
Santa Claus
Santa
Frank Knuckles
Laura
Indiana Blue Cross
Marion County Public Welfare Department
Division of
Indiana Department of Public Welfare
Trials Of My Lai Over Henderson Acquitted
Col Oran K. Henderson, the last and highest ranking officer tried, was acquitted of all charges of concealing the My Lai killings. Only Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted, with his life sentence reduced to 20 years on appeal. Henderson said the verdict was anticlimactic and claimed the government spent about $10 million without a conviction.
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FT. Meade, Md
My Lai
Oran K. Henderson
Ance
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Ft. Benning
Henderson
Pentagon
Army
7Th Brigade
Vietnam
Ashbrook says talk premature on NH presidential bid
Rep. John Ashbrook of Ohio says it is premature to speculate he will enter the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire as a conservative challenger to President Nixon. He will announce by Dec 28 whether he will challenge the President. Some conservatives have shown interest in backing his candidacy.
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Washington
John Ashbrook
Ohio
New Hampshire
Nixon
Ashbrook
Resign Yahya Urged as Pakistan Protests Grow
Radio Pakistan reported President Yahya Khan will hand power to a representative government amid nationwide demonstrations over his wartime handling with India. Bhutto's People’s Party led protests in Lahore and Peshawar, with calls for Yahya’s resignation and tense clashes near Rawalpindi.
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Associated Press Radio Pakistan
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
India
People’s Party
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Lahore
Peshawar
Rawalpindi
Yahya
Bar Association
Pakistan
Bhutto
New York
United Nations
West Pakistan
Awami League
Del
Dela
Jagjivan Ram
Passtan
Punjabi
Kashmir
Congress Quitting For Year
Congress adjourned for the holidays returning January 18 after resolving a foreign aid stalemate. President Nixon told Senate leaders he was satisfied with the outcome. Senate attendance remained thin, with only 54 members present on the final roll call as adjournment came at 1 32 p.m. EST.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Senate
Key Biscayne
Fla
Hugh Beath
Stadium Service Charged With Labor Violations
Cincinnati's Sportsservice Inc. faced federal charges for using 14 and 15 year olds beyond allowed hours at Riverfront Stadium. The action, filed by the Labor Department in U.S. District Court, alleges violations since February 27, 1969, exceeding 7 p.m. on school days and 9 p.m. in summer.
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Cincinnati
Riverfront Stadium
Sportsservice Inc
U.S. District Court
U.S. Department of Labor
Sportservice
U.S. Warns Cuba Over Attacks on Ships
The United States warns Cuba it will not tolerate attacks on commercial vessels. The State Department says Washington may assist ships under attack and will take measures under international law to protect citizens and freedom of navigation in the Caribbean. The Pentagon later indicated it would implement certain urgent steps following the warning.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Cuba
Robert J. McCloskey
Caribbean
U.S
McCloskey
Pentagon
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