Stamps by Mail Now Sold in Cleveland For Christmas
Postmaster William J. Sullivan introduces mail order stamps in Cleveland with holiday designs. Customers may buy by mail in multiples of five dollars for two books of eight cent stamps and one book of eleven cent air mail stamps. He projects a Christmas sales push of about one hundred thousand dollars and notes geographic limits.
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Cleveland, Ohio
William J. Sullivan
Cleveland
Sullivan
Ilcent Air Mail
Santa’s Royal Photographer Bill Weith Captures Santa
A look inside photographer Bill Weith who has shot Santa for years as hundreds of children greet the jolly visitor. The feature covers how his work began and includes past images and a story on page 29.
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Bill Weith
Santa’s Royal
Santa
Journal
Water Shortage Crises Hits Sandusky After Flood
Sandusky faces a water shortage as Lake Erie intake was clogged by debris. City Manager Link ordered factories laundromats and car washes to stop use until Monday while Plum Brook Station supplies the town. Seven Ohio counties were designated disaster areas by the SBA due to storm damage.
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Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky
Lake Erie
Link
Plum Brook
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Administration
Ohio
Gray Talks Like A Man Who Has Job At FBI
Washington AP L Patrick Gray III says he will continue changes at the FBI to improve quality and attract new blood. After six months as acting director he hopes to remain but says the president decides the job. Gray notes openings to women and minorities and a new Office of Planning.
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Gray
FBI
Washington (Ap
L. Patrick Gray III
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Associated Press
J. Edgar Hoover
Winter Storm Spreads Snow Rain Across Central States
A strong storm dumped up to 5 inches of snow in Oklahoma Panhandle and up to 6 inches in central regions. A jet skidded off a slick runway at Will Rogers Airport but no injuries were reported. Rain and storms drenched the central Gulf states with a flash flood watch in northern Louisiana and tornado risk in eastern Texas and central southern Louisiana.
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Muchern
Oklahoma Panhandle
West
Oklahoma City
Will Rogers
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Louisiana
National Weather Service
Texas
IRA Officers Arrested in Belfast Crackdown
British troops arrested five suspected IRA officers on Saturday in Belfast in Roman Catholic areas. One of the arrestees was armed. A military patrol also found a 17 year old youth shot in the chest in an eastern section of the city.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Chuckle If You Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella
A light note warns that letting a smile act as an umbrella may lead to a mouthful of rain and dampen spirits, framed as a whimsical proverb.
Kissinger Heads to Paris for Vietnam Peace Talks
Henry Kissinger flies to Paris for a week of negotiations with Le Duc Tho on the nine point plan as the United States aims for a mid December peace accord. White House aides expect further talks and a Saigon consult with Thieu before final exchanges with Hanoi. Chine and France discuss Indochina at an international conference per the plan.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Paris
Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
Tho
Andrew Air Force Base
Kissinger-Tho
Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
China
Chiao Kuan-Hua
Peking
Middletown Weather Outlook Drier Fall May Turn Rainy
Forecast calls for rain today in the Middletown area with a possible snow tonight. Highs near the low 40s and lows in the low 30s. More damp conditions expected Monday.
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Middletown
Roadside Park Closes Near Hamilton After Crime Wave
An order by Ohio highway Dept official Robert F. Bevis closes a roadside park on Ohio 128, three miles south of Hamilton, by November 30 1972. Butler County Sheriff Harold J. Carpenter and Prosecutor Richard J Wessel cited unsolved murder, indecent exposure and vandalism as reasons after a public hearing drew one supporter to keep the park open.
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Ohio 128
Hamilton
Robert F. Bevis
Ohio Highway Department Division 8
Butler County
Harold J. Carpenter
Richard J Wessel
Carpenter
Wessel
Bevis
Garbagemen Fight Job Loss in Middletown Court
Hamilton Middletown garbagemen return to Butler County Common Pleas Court seeking to halt job losses as Middletown eyes outsourcing waste collection to Big M. Trucking Co. under a 1 067 760 dollar three year contract. The union claims the move bypassed proper procedures and public notice.
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Hamilton
Middletown
American Federation of State
Local 856
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Cincinnati Firm Fire Causes $8000 Loss
Cincinnati fire officials report a burglar alarm system shorted and ignited a blaze Saturday at the Weichold Arms Co causing about $8000 in building damage. Firemen said the system was not designed to function as a fire alarm.
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Weichold Arms Co
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Greater
Fenwick High School
Dave Driver
Hellcop
Patrick Gray
IRA
Chiao
Schumann
Plantiff
Cincinnati
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