Truth in Gas Octane Ratings Proposed by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission is reported ready to require octane ratings posted on gas pumps, a move urged since 1968 by Sen. William Proxmire. The rule aims to help drivers choose suitable fuel, though oil interests argue octane is only one factor in gasoline quality and performance.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
William Proxmire
Capitol Hill
Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Senate approves 1.8 billion aid bill with Cambodia and Israel funding
The Senate approved an 1.8 billion appropriations bill early today providing 255 million for Cambodia and 500 million to bolster Israel's armed forces. The action, taken in minutes, sent the measure to President Nixon as it moved to resolve a foreign policy dispute delaying the 66.6 billion defense bill and adjournment of the 91st Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Cambodia
Israel
Nixon
Gallup City Charter Revision Committee Delayed
Gallup city officials have yet to nominate members for a charter revision committee as Mayor Ray Erwin awaits applicants. He hopes to form a panel at the next council meeting after the holidays, with city attorney Albert Lebeck and other lawyers plus community representatives to review the charter post Home Rule amendment. The process aims to avoid a separate, costly April election unless needed.
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Gallup
Ray Erwin
Erwin
Albert Lebeck
Torneys
Lebeck
Dad Must Support Hippie Daughter
A prominent New York lawyer was ordered to resume support for his 20 year old daughter who attends the University of Louisville after he halted tuition and college bill payments. He risked a 30 day jail term unless a 5750 bond is posted, with an appellate stay pending review. The judge cited a loss of confidence in her educational progress and noted the case remains unresolved on public record.
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NEW York
Family Court
Millard L. Midonick
University of Louisville
Midonick
Pregnant Bride in British Birth Control Pamphlet
London AP reports the British Health Education Council released a new birth control pamphlet showing a heavily pregnant bride at the altar. Officials defended the image after trimming it, noting 200000 leaflets already distributed as Daily Mirror ran a four page ad featuring the bride.
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London
Casanova
British Health Education Council
Council
Bill Jones
Daily Mirror
Missing in Action: Army reports WO Bain Wiseman in Vietnam
The Army notified WO Bain Wiseman's parents that he is missing in action after the aircraft he piloted crashed during a combat mission in Vietnam. Wiseman, 23, is the son of Mr and Mrs D L Scott of Truth or Consequences and a 1985 Hot Springs High School graduate who enlisted in 1969.
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WO Bain Wiseman
Vietnam
Wiman
D.L. Scott
Army
Wiseman
Hot Springs High School
Deadline Thursday In School Election In Gallup NM
Gallup McKinley County School Board candidate filing ends 5 p.m. Thursday with no filing fee. Two seats on the five member board are up for election and the county wide vote will include all residents. Voter registration deadline is January 18. Incumbents Jane Atchison and Ernest Vanderwagen have not filed for re election.
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Gallup
McKinley County
A. C. Woodburn
Woodburn
Wayne Lewis
Basques vow retaliation after death sentences in Burgos
In Burgos Basque nationalists pledged vengeance against military judges who gave six Basques death sentences and nine more prison terms totaling 351 years. ETA warned of retaliation targeting Capt Antonio Troncoso de Castro. Demonstrations and clashes followed in Madrid and San Sebastian with violence reported including a car overturning spree and a bomb blast.
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Spain
ETA
Antonio Troncoso de Castro
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Madrid
Europe
San Sebastian
Demonstrators breach Brussels Spanish Embassy in protest
In Brussels more than 200 demonstrators entered the Spanish Embassy and ransacked several rooms. In Spain defense lawyers for 15 Basques filed appeals to Burgos military authorities as the page continues.
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Rome
Brussels
Burgos
Teen Voters To Be Registered In New Mexico
Gov. Car- go prods. Attorney General Maloney says 16 year olds may begin registering after January for the 1972 general election. The opinion cites state law allowing registration if legally qualified at the time of the next election and notes federal election on November 7, 1972.
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Maloney
New Mexico
Indian Literary Journal Founded Sun Tracks at University of Arizona
The Amerind Club at the University of Arizona establishes Sun Tracks American Indian literary quarterly to begin next April. It will publish four times yearly in essay short story poetry art and photography categories. It targets American Indian students but welcomes nonstudents to submit material.
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Tucson, Ariz
Amerind Club
University of Arizona
Sun Tracks
Hebert Promises To Back Military Policy Posts Wins
Rep. F Edward Hebert of Louisiana vows to keep the House Armed Services Committee on a pro military course after the death of Chairman L Mendel Rivers Hebert says the draft must continue and military spending rise with a strong Navy Hebert argues US would have won in Vietnam if his approach had been followed with bombing North Vietnam and Haiphong harbor consideration
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Washington
United States
Vietnam
F. Edward Hebert
House Armed Services Committee
L Mendel Rivers
Louisiana
Niven
South Vietnam
Hebert
Rivers
U.S
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Petition Protests School Spanking In Miami Beach
Seventh grader Steven Steen forwards a petition to his state representative to outlaw corporal punishment in schools. He collected signatures from classmates after discussing with teachers and students about the practice, noting he was never struck but witnessed others whipped.
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Miamsap
Steven Steen
Steen
Michael
Miami Beach
Leonard Rivkind
Rivkind
Steven
IBM Pays for Soldiers' Calls in Germany Holiday Gesture
IBM offered free telephone calls home to U S and other service members on leave in Germany using a secret code word. Hundreds queued at Kassel booths to reach families and friends, with one Frankfurt operator handling about 300 calls in a day. The call bill was reported to be potentially in the six figures. IBM later said the free calls had ended and officials were investigating the failure event.
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Franfurt
Germany
International Business Machines Co
West Ger
IBM
Kassel
Frankfurt
Stars and Stripes
Ball warns of West German tilt toward Moscow imperiling alliance
Former Undersecretary of State George W. Ball says West Germany’s liberal stance toward the Soviet Union risks diplomatic adventures with Moscow and jeopardizes the Atlantic alliance. He questions Bonn’s future path after Brandt and criticizes the pace of concessions to Moscow while acknowledging public U.S. support for Brandt. Ball urges cautious policy to avoid Soviet advantages as Brandt seeks a nonaggression pact Berlin. He notes tension over ratification and price, and includes questions from an AP interview.
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George W. Ball
West Germany
Soviet Union
Ball
Nixon
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Brandt
Moscow
Kennedy
Johnson
United States
Associated Press
Berlin
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