France Faces 24 Hour General Strike as Inflation Spurs Protests
Workers across France walked off jobs in a 24 hour general strike led by major unions and leftist parties to protest 11 percent inflation. Rail workers joined, with other sectors including factory workers journalists cab drivers teachers and public servants. The government unveiled anti inflation measures while denying a wage freeze amid rising prices and disrupted services in Paris.
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Paris
UPI
France
Edmond Maire
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Radio
Cers
Iist
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Theft from residence at 109 W Jackson St reported
Police were told at 5 15 p m Wednesday that Patricia Benner residing at 109 West Jackson Street had a purse and two envelopes marked Christmas money and emergency money stolen. Patrolman Paul Ehrman authored the report detailing the break in and location of the missing funds totaling $42.
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Harry
Patricia) Benner
W. Jackson St
Paul Ehrman
Joliet Market Cattle Sluggish as Hog Prices Dip
Joliet Illinois live stock report shows cattle sales insufficient to establish a market. Hogs under 230 pounds 50 lower, heavier weights steady to weak with No 1 200-230 lb at 40.00-40.50 and some at 41.00. Estimated Friday receipts: 1,200 cattle and 1,000 hogs.
Wheat Corn Rise Irregularly as Soybeans Jump in Chicago Trade
On the Board of Trade at 10:35 a.m. wheat futures were mixed with Dec up 14.2 cents and May up 8.12, corn Dec up 4.34 and Mar up 2.44, while soybeans surged with Dec up 6.41 and Mar up 6.44 cents.
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Chicago
UPI
Board of Trade
Ford to bring back 25 evacuated executives in Argentina
Ford Motor Co plans to return 25 evacuated executives to Argentina after President Peron ordered armed guards around Ford installations. Border troops and National Gendarmerie with machine guns and rifles took positions near Ford's 300 acre General Pacheco plant as guerrilla threats persist following the November ambush slaying of John A. Swint, Ford subsidiary manager in Cordoba.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Argentina
Ford
Pacheco
Juan D. Peron
John A. Swint
Cordoba
Peronist Armed Forces
Peron
Swint
Flight crash victim fights on amid severe burns
Leopold Chouinard, 20, near death after suffering third degree burns over 80 percent of his body in the Delta DC9 crash that killed 88. Doctors report kidney failure and pneumonia as his condition worsens despite skin grafts and partial recovery earlier.
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Boston
UPI
Leopold Chouinard
Massachusetts General Hospital
Chouinard
Transplant rule clears Santa Rosa man in girl’s death
A judge ruled that Colenda Ward died from brain death after her heart was removed for transplant, not from injuries in a traffic crash. Jose Flores, 23, was cleared of manslaughter charges in the Sept. 15 collision case. Dr. John Hanbery cited cerebral death as the cause, describing brain death syndrome.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
UPI
Frank Passalacqua
Jose Flores
Colenda Ward
John Hanbery
Stanford Medical Center
Colenda
Democrats endorse candidates in 43rd District
County chairmen and central committee officers endorsed three Democratic candidates for state posts at a Grundy County gathering in Morris. Endorsed were Jerry Joyce for state, Grundy County Sheriff William Button, and Chief Deputy Gary Phillips, with other speakers including Rep Jack Beaupre and Ray Christensen for state office. Jerry Joyce is from Essex. A sheep killing by a dog prompted the transfer of the animal to Dr Edward Connors, after eight sheep were killed in two weeks by dogs near Gardner Road. Other speakers included candidates for U S Congress from the 15th District and local officials. Energy crisis remarks by Tom Coady and Mike Adsit were noted.
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Grundy County
Democratic Central Committee
K.C. Hall
Morris
Jerry Joyce
Essex
William Button
Gary Phillips
Edward Connors
Ellis Burger
Gardner Rd
Burger
Ed Connor
Marvin
Betty) Olson
Tom Coady
Paxton
Mike Adsit
Dan Walker
Vandalism hits SS Construction shop on Liberty Street
Morris police were notified at 11 a.m. Wednesday by Sigurd S. Viland owner of SS Construction Co. 1129 Liberty St. A BB gun was suspected as the cause of several holes in three shop windows two trailer windows and a truck windshield per Patrolman Gerald Broderick's report.
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Sigurd S. Viland
SS Construction Co
Liberty St
Morris
Gerald Broderick
Nixon Brother Linked to Hughes Air West Sale
Senate investigators heard from Robert Maheu and John Meier that Donald Nixon urged President Nixon to approve Air West's sale to Hughes in 1969. Donald Nixon denies the charge, saying the claims are only allegations as the committee pursues testimony from Hughes associates.
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Washington
UPI
Howard Hughes
Senate
Watergate Committee
F. Donald Nixon
Hughes
Robert Maheu
Nevada Empire
John Meier
Donald Nixon
Air West
Maheu
Meier
Hughes Organization
White House
Hughes Group
Hughes Associates
Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo
Rebozo
Justice Department
Hughes’ Nevada
Nixon
Rose Mary Woods
Alexander M. Haig
U.S. District Court
Haig
Hughes Empire
Whittier
Calif
Davies Seeks Assistant Superintendent Post in Illinois
Mrs. Davies, a 22 year veteran educator with experience in New Jersey New York and Illinois, is nominated for assistant superintendent if Galloway is elected. She has led professional organizations and served as consultant supervisor for a kindergarten project in Will County while holding multiple education degrees and endorsements.
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Davies
New Jersey
New York
Illinois
Queens College
Illinois State University
Livingston County Educational Service Region
Will County
ACEI
Chicago
ASCD
NAEYC
National Story League
Grundy County Republican Women’s Organization
Chicago Area Ace
DKG
IEENE
State Ace Association
National College of Education
Minnesota
Arkansas
Georgia
Kentucky
Kansas
K. Robert Davies
Uniroyal
Mazon
Hunter pleads guilty over deer hunt attire violation
William G. Bousley a 26 year old hunter from Boulder Hill pleaded guilty to not wearing colored clothing while deer hunting and was fined 25 dollars plus 5 dollars court costs. He was cited by Conservation Officer Dan Hill on November 17 west of Gardner, authorities reported.
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William G. Bousley
Boulder Hill
Bousley
Dan Hill
Gardner
Three Detroit Men Charged in Abduction and Slaying of Two Boys
Three 21 year old Detroit men Gary Gilmore Byron Smith and Jerome Holloway were arraigned on first degree murder and kidnapping in the abduction and killings of eight year old Gerald Craft and six year old Keith Arnold. The boys disappeared from a north side residence Saturday and were found Tuesday in Romulus. Police say the crime followed a failed extortion attempt demanding 53000 from a friend of the Arnold family.
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Detroit
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Byron Smith
Jerome Holloway
Gerald Craft
Keith Arnold
Romulus
Philip Tannian
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Tim Hall
Dwight
U.S. Congress
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Democratic State Central Committee
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