Sioux demands land and life like ancestors
Lakota Sioux leader Floyd Younghorse urged a Westminster audience to restore land and self-rule, denouncing government assimilation. He said Indians seek a separate nation and a Native American embassy to run, with ploughing and hunting on ancestral lands and freedom from white governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Younghorse
Younghorse
South Dakota
Westminster
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington
Nixon to Name Kliendienst to Remain Attorney General
President Nixon expected to announce Richard G. Kliendienst will stay as attorney general as he moves toward finalizing a second term cabinet. Nixon met with the Quadriad economic advisers at Camp David for a review of the economy amid anticipated wage and price control discussions.
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Camp David
UPI
Nixon
Richard G. Kliendienst
Kliendienst
International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
Catectin Mountain
Federal Reserve
Arthur F. Burns
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Council of Economic Advisors
Herbert Stein
Caspar W. Weinberger
White House
Commissioners adopt budget for 1978 by county board
County commissioners adopted a tentative 1978 budget totaling 3,173,908 dollars. The measure passed 2 to 1 with Commissioner Frank A. Vitril dissenting on three items. The plan lists receipts of 2,745,254 dollars from a 14 mill property tax and a 1972 yearend balance of 455,348.93 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Vitril
Vitril
District campaign spending near fifty-two thousand dollars
Reported in the district race for the 21st Senatorial District the total campaign expenditures approached 52 000 dollars with Oesterling spending 21 132 90 and Andrews 20 857 43. Contributions ranged from 12 900 by the Republican State Committee to smaller donations from local and party committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald ©. Oesterling
Butler
W. Thomas Andrews
Oesterling
Democratic State Committee
Democratic State Senate
Andrews
Republican State Committee
GOP
Senate
Arnold Salz
Vonnty
Richard Melton Bonife
Pittsburgh
Mellon Bank
Scalfe
Nixon
Gary A. Myers
Congress
Myers For Congress
Myers
U.S
Frank M. Clark
D-Bessemer
Washington
Bruce C. Knechtel
Donald W. Fox
R-Enon Valley
Knechtel
Ellwood
Afl-Cio Cope Committee
Ellwood City Tavern Association
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Dominick F. Cioffi
Bank robbery mastermind head of ex convict society
Philadelphia police arrested Turner Devaughan 25 executive director of the Derbwire Society on charges he masterminded a 3728 dollar downtown bank robbery last Nov 28. An accomplice David Paramore 26 named him planner and lookout.
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Philadelphia
UPD
Turner Devaughan
Derbwire Society
Devaughan
Barbwire Society
Ne Governor's Justice Commission
David Paramore
Nevaughan
McKee and Heess Elected Neshannock School Board Leaders
Richard N. McKee and Mrs. Myrabeth Heess were elected president and vice president at the Neshannock Township School Board reorganizational meeting. McKee succeeds Donald J. Nicolls as president. Heess was re elected. The board tabled PSBA endorsement of its legislation program and needs time to study it. Dennis Marburger resigned as assistant football coach to lighten his schedule. Nicolls was reappointed to the Vo Tech School Board. Bills totaling 220517.54 were approved. A Dec 14 meeting was canceled. the next meeting will be in January.
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Richard N. McKee
Myrabeth Heess
Neshannock Township
McKee
Donald J. Nicolls
Heess
Pennsylvania School Board Association
Dennis Marburger
Nicolls
Vo-Tech
Government to mail 2.6 billion in revenue sharing checks
Washington reports the Treasury will mail 2.6 billion in revenue sharing checks to about 48,000 state and local governments. The first six months of 1972 payments arrive now, with rest to follow quarterly for four years until 30.2 billion is returned. Other units may gain from late accounting while some feel underpaid.
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Washington
UPI
The
Treasury
Department
New Yok City
Capitol Opinion on Appointment System Reforms
Harrisburg reporter Sara Fritz summarizes Gov. Shapp’s 969 last week appointments and the long standing constitutional and court interpretations enabling confirmation free vacancies. She proposes limiting review, lowering Senate vote thresholds, or adopting public hearings like the U.S. Senate to ensure open qualification decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Fritz
Harrisburg
UPL
Mitton J Shapp
Senate
Heaviest Vietnam fighting as weather narrows raids
In South Vietnam heavy fighting marked the day with 83 Communist attacks in 24 hours, 70 of them shellfire only. Adverse weather reduced U S air strikes to 40 jet missions in the same period, fewer than in the previous day.
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Saigon
UPD
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Life magazine to suspend publication at year end
Life magazine will stop weekly publication with the December 29 double issue, ending a 1936 start as a picture magazine. Hedley Donovan and Andrew Heiskell cited very substantial deficits in 1969 and 1970 and smaller deficits in 1971 and 1972 as the reason for the shutdown.
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New York
UPI
Life Magazine
Pioneer
United States
Hedley Donovan
Time Inc
Andrew Heiskell
Life
Drugs in Army Move From Vietnam to Europe
UPI reports Pentagon officials say the drug epidemic spreading from U.S. forces in Vietnam has reached many units in Europe. Unannounced urine tests show 4 percent of troops in Europe testing positive in October, up from under 1 percent a year earlier. In Vietnam, drug use fell to 14 percent in October from a peak of 5.6 percent last year.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Europe
Pentagon
Department store charged over Sunday blue laws in Bronx
A Bronx Alexander's department store faced a summons for violating Sunday blue laws as it opened to aid the elderly and disabled with a nonprofit Christmas event. The store and volunteers donated gifts and profits to institutions, but City Corporation Counsel Norman Hedlich later announced that charges would not be pressed.
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New York
UPI
Alexander’s
Bronx
Thuysday
City Corporation
Norman Hedlich
Policy challenge in Harrisburg faces Supreme Court
UPI-Pennsylvania reports the state's AG J Shane Creamer leads 23 states in a US Supreme Court challenge to a nationwide policy that fixes uniform wholesale liquor prices. He says the so called affirmation policy cost Pennsylvanians up to 10 million dollars in 1972 due to lost quantity discounts on vast purchases.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
US Supreme Court
J. Shane Creamer
Creamer
Man enters all girl Ski Queen contest in Tannersville
Myron Schneller a 24 year old systems analyst from North Wolves Pa and at 6 foot 4 inches tall and 260 pounds will try to win the Ski Queen contest at Split Rock Lodge near Tannersville. He represents the Bon Vivant Ski Club of Philadelphia and will compete against 20 contestants. Each woman models a ski outfit and faces a judging panel. He formerly played on the Drexel University football line.
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Tannersville
UPI
Myron Schneller
Schneller
North Wolves
Split Rock Lodge
Pocono Mountain
Bon Vivant Ski Club
Philadelphia
Drexel University
Governor Shapp names kin to higher paying post
Gov Milton J Shapp appoints his brother in law Julian Rothman to deputy secretary of Revenue for Administration. Rothman 66 moves from appointments secretary earning 23917 to 24964 as Cohn leaves for Turnpike Commission. Revenue Secretary Robert Kane calls Rothman outstandingly qualified and delighted to have him on the staff.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Milton J. Shapp
Shapp
Julian Rothman
Beatrice
Revenue
Rothman
Abraham D. Cohn
Turnpike Commission
Robert Kane
Sailors decline invitation to testify on Kitty Hawk riot
UPI reports 21 sailors charged in the Kitty Hawk rioting will not appear before a House Armed Services subcommittee despite invitations. Their attorney says testifying could harm them, while the Navy court-martial process progresses on charges against 19 black sailors. The riot injured 46 and involved blacks, Marines, and white crewmen during the carrier’s Vietnam deployment prep.
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Ban Diego
Calif
UPI
Kitty Hawk
Milton J. Silverman
House Armed Service
Cook Committee
Floyd V. Hicks
Silverman
Sith Naval District
Vietnam
Theft thwarted abroad and Newark police director race
A Chilean incident saw former President Eduardo Frei awaken by gunfire aiding a student and police in an attempted auto theft. Newark mayor Gibson vows race not to influence police director choice, denying color as a factor. Burchett says Australia returned his passport after decades. Apollo recovery ship to host Kevin Steen, a terminally ill 12 year old, aboard the Ticonderoga.
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Frei
Paulive
Newark
N.J
UPI
Kenneth A. Gibson
Gibson
Au Creed
John Redden
Honolulu
Ticonderoga
Pacific
Kevin Steen
John Schults Jr
Manned Space Recovery Force
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UPT
State Bureau of Corrections
Eugene Spruill
Lawrenceville
Spruill
Allegheny County Police
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Natronaleighty
Shapp Kin
United Press International
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Eduardo Frei
Paris
Wilfred Burchett
North Korea
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