Real Christmas Trees Face Challenge From Plastics
U S shoppers spent about 210 million dollars on 35 million natural Christmas trees and 90 million dollars on 4.5 million plastic trees as artificial trees gain popularity. Fire concerns and convenience push many buyers toward substitutes. Industry sources note demand for realistic looking artificial trees, with colors shifting from white to green. Some households add a second tree, while licensing data shows live-tree lots in Minneapolis down 53 percent since 1964.
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New York
U.S
Mr. Christmas Inc
Minneapolis’ Dayton
L. S. Ayres Department Store
Indianapolis
Jordan Marsh
Boston
Minneapolis
Santa Shoeshine Spur Earns Help For Needy Year Round
Oklahoma City man Ralph Jackson shines shoes at games and events to raise funds for 700 needy families. He runs a mobile trailer, hosts barbecues and hot dog roasts for clothing and essentials, and distributes Christmas grocery baskets to those born in February who lost possessions. He began these efforts to honor his late mother and remains devoted to helping locally.
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Oklahoma City
Ralph Jackson
Santa Claus
Santa
Jackson
California
Bob Hope Meets High Vietnam Official During Prisoner Visit
Bob Hope and Bill Faith met with Nguyen Van Thanh in Vientiane as a U S Army plane brought them from Bangkok for Hope's Christmas visit to U S service members in Southeast Asia. The visit was described as friendly and cordial with a 20 minute solo show for more than 400 Americans.
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Hanoi
Hope
Nguyen van Thanh
Bill Faith
Nixon
Faith
Vientiane
Bangkok
U.S
Southeast Asia
G. McMurtrie Godley
Richard Rand
Thanh
Godley
Taipei Plans First National Elections After 1947
The Kuomintang in Taipei announced plans for the first national elections since 1947, with details postponed until after President Nixon visits Communist China in February. The move responds to intellectual and press calls for political reforms after Taiwan’s UN expulsion on October 25.
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Taipei
China
Kuomintang
Nixon
United Nations
Heath Pays Secret Visit To N Ireland
Prime Minister Edward Heath secretly visited Northern Ireland to see British troops amid two months of IRA gunfire and blasts. He travelled from Bermuda after talks with Nixon, stopping in Londonderry as violence surged, while security kept details private. Ballyshannon riot actions followed police raids on IRA members in Donegal, with mobs clashing and troops deployed.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Edward Heath
Irish Republican Army
Heath
London
Bermuda
Nixon
Londonderry
Ireland
Irish Republic
Jack Lynch
Ballyshannon
Sinn Fein
IRA
Lynch
County Donegal
Republic
Better Business Bureaus Biased, Report Alleges
Washington AP consumer advocate Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal released a 27 000 word study alleging that 139 local Better Business Bureaus are dominated by big corporations and function as agents of the business community. The report cites 8 million inquiries last year and 150 000 member firms while criticizing BBB reports as misleading incomplete and biased against consumers.
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Washington
Congress
Better Business Bureaus
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
New York Democrat
Council of Better Business Bureaus
Rosenthal
R%enbach
New York University
Bbbs
Weatherman Warns of Warm Dry Christmas Odds
The forecast says a white or damp Christmas has virtually no chance. Temperatures will rise to around 50 tomorrow with a low near 30 tonight. Yesterday's high reached 39 and this morning's low was 27.
Castro Plans to Free 28 Seamen Amid Hard Line on Pirates
Fidel Castro announced in Havana that 28 crewmen from two seized ships will be released while promising no concessions to the United States. He described the American captain as a confessed CIA agent to be detained for revolutionary justice, criticized Nixon, and denied Cuba threatening free navigation while pledging safe passage for peaceful ships.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
Central Agency
Cuba
Castro
Havana
Nixon
United States
Babun
Guanatanamo
Caribbean
Court Test Planned For Income Tax Law
In Columbus Ohio a group of lawyer-legislators plans to study the new graduated personal income tax for constitutional issues. Rep Joseph Tulley says a court test could be filed if flaws are found and that equal protection is a likely challenge. He notes money collected would not be halted during proceedings and mentions a possible look at the corporate income tax on similar grounds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph Tulley
RW Mentor
U.S
Tulley
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
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