Nixon Supports Flag Lapel Pins Despite Police Uniform Guidance
President Nixon favors citizens wearing flag lapel pins and agrees flag code aims to display the flag patriotically. White House aides cited nonmandatory guidelines and local authorities’ discretion. Defense Secretary Laird said he agrees with Nixon and regrets confusion from the Defense Department letter to Cincinnati Police Chief Schott.
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Washington
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Cincinnati
Jacob Schott
Defense Department
Justice Department
White House
Schott
Melvin R. Laird
John Glenn Seeks Inclusion in TV Debate
Former astronaut John Glenn presses to join the TV debate with the two Republican candidates amid ongoing talks with Avco Broadcasting covering Cincinnati Dayton and Columbus. Glenn, seeking the Senate seat held by Stephen Young, agrees to debate Metzenbaum in Cleveland while urging a joint multi party forum.
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Taft Jr
Avco Broadcasting
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
John Glenn
Glenn
U.S
Stephen Young
Howard Metzenbaum
Cleveland
WEWS
WKBF
WTVN
Metzenbaum
William M. Feighan
John T. Murphy
Avca
Taft
Rhodes
Avco
Winter Weather Outlook Amid Forecast Clouds and Snow
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a chance of light snow. Tonight's low will be mid 20s Fahrenheit and the high tomorrow near 40. Monday trends mostly cloudy and colder with possible snow flurries.
North Vietnam expands Ho Chi Minh trail supply flow
AP reported a surge in North Vietnamese trucks moving south along the Ho Chi Minh trail from October to November, with more than 2,000 trucks weekly in the past two weeks. U S air strikes intensified in Laos and Vietnam as infiltrations rose and a B52 raid occurred near the Laotian border. Saigon warned civilians to expect possible terrorist attacks around holiday truces while enemy forces prepared for increased assaults.
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Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Road
Nixon
South Vietnam
A Shan
Viet Minh
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Tan Son Nhut
Uganda President Obote Shot During Party Congress
Milton Obote, 44, was shot in the head at the Uganda People's Congress convention near Kamapla. He remained conscious at Mulago Hospital as an armed suspect was arrested. Entebbe airport briefly closed and resumed service as delegates urged a socialist move and a one party state.
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Kampalia
Uganda
Milton Obote
Uganda People’s Congress
Obote
Mulago
Entebbe
Kamapala
Christmas Kiss Unhealthy
Public health official warns against Christmas kissing to curb mononucleosis spread. Dr Nicholas J Fiumara of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health notes mono outbreaks in colleges and high schools and suggests cheek kissing as a safer alternative.
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Boston
Nicholas J. Fiumara
Division of
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Glenn Makes Smooth Re-entry Into Politics
Former astronaut John H. Glenn, 48, running in Ohio for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate, told reporters he favors de-emphasizing the Vietnam War with a three point program including land reform and anti corruption while urging troop withdrawals. He defended the space program as research and said the space race is secondary to broader national goals.
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John H. Glenn
Marine Corps
U.S
Ohio
Glenn
Vietnam
Tax Reform Bill Faces Nixon Veto Question
Congress edges toward final passage of a broad tax reform bill that would lift the personal exemption, raise Social Security benefits, and ease rates while President Nixon weighs possible veto options. House vote set for Monday with Senate action soon after.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Nixon
Senate
Senate House
House
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
GOP
Conference Committee
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Jack Miller
Iowa
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Aided by Pathet Lao NVA units Plain of Jars attacked
A joint Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese commando force attacked a government post in the Plain of Jars on Thursday night. Government losses were about 40 killed, with two artillery pieces and six tanks destroyed. The enemy reported 14 casualties in their first major assault since government forces took the Plain of Jars last September.
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Plain of Jars
Ghetto Language Studied By Two Indiana Sociologists
Indiana University researchers Dr. John Joyner and Allen Grimshaw report that ghetto speech is a foreign tongue to many middle class whites. They cite examples where words shift meanings with facial cues and note that outsiders are often shocked by ghetto talk.
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Bloomington, Ind
John B. Joyner
Indiana University
Center For Human Relations
Allen D. Grimshaw
Joyner
Grimshaw
Prisoners of War Broadcast Christmas Greetings From Hanoi
Air Force Captain Joe David Luna and several other POWs sent holiday messages from Hanoi via Radio Hanoi. The four broadcasts over eight days were relayed to U S stations and then to families. Mrs Pearl Luna of Utah expressed cautious relief as she heard the message for her children.
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Radio
Hanoi
Air Force
Joe David Luna
CBS News
Pearl Luna
Roy
Utah
Hugh Allen Stafford
Cambridge
Norman McDaniel
Greensboro
N.C
James Quincy Collins Jr
Atherton
Calif
Jean McDaniel
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Sel Leonard Niederlehner
Didates
North Vietnam
Hamilton
Vientiane, Laos
Ghetto
Yale
New York
Ameri
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