History Snippet recalls wars and births for December 8
On this date in 1941 the United States and Great Britain declared war on Japan. Eli Whitney was born in 1765 in Massachusetts. George Washington crossed the Delaware in 1776. Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf published in 1925. A Blackpool court case describes Kenneth Garside fined 20 pounds after he struck a dog in a bar.
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United States
Great Britain
Japan
Eli Whitney
Westboro
Mass
George Washington
New Jersey
Delaware River
Trenton
N. J
Pennsylvania
American Federation
Blackpool
England
Kenneth Garside
Garside
Frank Sinatra in MGM Comedy Dirty Dingus Magee
Frank Sinatra stars in the MGM comedy Dirty Dingus Magee playing a semi tramp. The film features George Kennedy and Anne Jackson and centers on low budget wardrobe and a humorous Western caper.
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Frank Sinatra
MGM
Dirty Dingus Magee
George Kendery
Anne Jackson
Goldwater Pushes Bombing Policy in Texas Address
Senator Barry Goldwater told about 1,200 listeners in La Marque that bombing the hell out of North Vietnam is needed to force negotiations. He defended his long wartime stance, faulted Nixon for withdrawing ground troops, and warned against any rush to pull out.
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Goldwater
United States
Nixon
U. S
Vietnam
Supreme Court Limits Private Claims on Oil Shale Holdings
The Supreme Court ruled 4 to 2 against private claims to as much as one fifth of the government oil shale lands in the West. The dispute threatened potentially billions of dollars tied to development rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court
West
Brazil Kidnap Peril Deepens With Weapons and Demands
A bodyguard was shot thrice in a kidnapping claimed by the National Liberation Alliance. The ransom document described as a manifesto vowed no harm if the government concedes. more kidnappings follow as political prisoners are cited. Rio police imposed roadblocks and traffic jams to thwart the assailants amid widespread fear.
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National Liberation Alliance
Ultima Hora
Bucher
Hans Peter Tschudi
Deaths of Gen Power Rube Goldberg and Walter Hornaday
Gen Thomas S Power 65 longtime Strategic Air Command commander died in Palm Springs after a career as a World War I pilot and European unit commander. Rube Goldberg 87 famed cartoonist who won a 1948 Pulitzer also died of cancer in New York. Walter C Hornaday 79 longtime Dallas Morning News Washington bureau chief died in Austin.
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Calif
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Power
North Africa
Europe
New York
Rube Goldberg
Goldberg
Austin, Tex
Washington
Dallas Morning News
Stock market bets on corporate profits amid 1971 optimism
The Dow Jones industrial average rose to 816.06 with a 28 percent gain from last May, as investors favor quality stocks. Analysts cite growth in earnings, a hoped for liberal monetary policy, and Nixon’s bullish outlook on rapid, inflation-controlled expansion in 1971.
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John Cunniff
New York
Nixon
National Association of Manufacturers
White House
Federal Reserve System
Wall Streets
NAPC Set To Reorganize Texas Air Regions
The National Air Pollution Control Administration will meet in Fort Worth on December 14 to discuss realigning air quality regions in Texas with state and local officials. Proposals would expand the El Paso Las Cruces Alamogordo region by four Texas counties and create a larger eastward region including Big Spring and San Angelo areas.
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National Air Pollution Control Administration
Fort Worth
Texas
Richard C. White
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
White
el Paso-Las Cruces
Alamozordo
Culberson
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Brewster
el Paso
Hudspeth
Dona Ana
O‘ero
New Mexico
Reeves
Pecos
Terrell
Ward, Winkler
Loving
Big Spring
San Angelo
Air Pollution Control Administration
Dallas junior high enlists 6 volunteers to aid patrols
Pearl C. Anderson Junior High adds six women to staff of 150 to curb vandalism and absenteeism at the 2,500 pupil campus. Principal C. C. Russeau says 40 to 60 more volunteers, including men, will assist.
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Dallas
Pearl C. Anderson
C. C. Russeau
Jean Fagadau
Yvonne Ewell
Dallas Independent School District
Russeau
Pearlnderson
Robber Walks Out Of Jail In San Antonio Escape
An armed robbery suspect, 23, identified himself to a jailer as the man to be freed on bond and walked out of the county jail. He was a suspect in the November 30 supermarket robbery that netted about $2,000. deputies said the jailer released the wrong man before photo ID could be made.
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San Antonio
Freedom
W. B
Bill’ Hauck
Texas Weather Shows Warm Day Then Cool Front Arrival
Texas forecast calls for a brisk cool front in two weeks with seasonable temps by week’s end. Central and eastern sections may see light rain while western areas stay clear. Dull drizzle accompanied dawn in San Antonio as highs reached around 80 in Brownsville and 89 at Texarkana with early readings from 34 to 66 across the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
San Antonio
East Texas
Brownsville
Texarkana
el Paso
Corpus Christi
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