Editorial Calls for Stern Action on Tunaboat Piracy
The United States faces ongoing antipiracy tensions off Ecuador, urging hard measures to protect American vessels and citizens. It argues for enforcing federal law, arming escorts for tuna fleets, and denying aid, despite international uproar, to deter illegal seizures and restore national resolve.
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Ecuador
United States of America
South American
United States
Cuba
Iceland
Gulf of Mexico
United Nations
U. S
High Seas
The
San Diego
Berkeley launches broad school choice experiment
A $3.6 million grant funds a 22 year program in Berkeley, California offering 24 educational alternatives for about 5,000 of the city’s 15,000 students. Options include Black House, Casa de la Raza, Franklin Multicultural, On Target, and others such as open, bilingual, and off-campus schools.
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America
Berkeley
Calif
Education USA
U.S. Office of Education
Black House
Casa de la Raza
Franklin Multicultural
On Target
Erie pond fellow in Toronto proposes bold lake plan
Futurist Frank Ogden suggests draining Lake Erie by damming near Detroit and excavating the Niagara River above the Falls. This would create about five million acres of new farmland while preserving a seaway and ponds. He also predicts Niagara Falls may lose significance as family traditions fade and, in 25 000 years, Mother Nature would erode the Falls and drain the lake.
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Toronto
Lake Erie
Frank Ogden
Detroit
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Ogden
El Paso Tales From A Remote Texas City
In a nostalgic tour author Robert E. Ford recalls El Paso’s rough early days, noted locals, and colorful visitors like Pancho Villa. The piece mixes historical anecdotes, population milestones, and local legends from 1877 to the modern era, ending with journalist Robert M. Jackson of the Corpus Christi Caller and Times.
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Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
el Paso
Texas
Fel Paso
Dallas
U.S
Rio Grande
Villa
Columbus
N.M
Robert M. Jackson
Corpus Christi Caller and Times
Prisoners Locked Out At Wakefield Hostel Extend Run
In Wakefield England inmates who had been drinking returned to the jail after 11 p m closing and found the door locked. They fled for a week before recapture and were ordered to serve two more years in prison.
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Wakefield
England
Today in History December 8, 1971
Highlights include 1941 war declaration on Japan by United States and Britain, Eli Whitney birth 1765, Washington's Delaware crossing 1776, AFL founded 1886, Hitler's Mein Kampf published 1925, Nationalist move to Formosa 1949, LA overtakes Philadelphia as third-largest city 1953, and UN actions in Katanga and Portugal in recent years.
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Associated Press
United States
Britain
Japan
Eli Whitney
Westboro
Miss
George Washington
New Jersey
Delaware River
Trenton
N. J
Pennsylvania
American Federation of Labor
Columbus
Ohio
Adolf Hitler
China
Formosa
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Congo
United Nations
Katanga
Soviet Union
U. N. Security Council
Portugal
Guinea
Used Car Fraud and Fraud Rules in 1971 ABA Feature
The article recounts cases of misrepresentation in used car sales, including a dealer turning back a speedometer and a buyer suing for fraud. It stresses that deceptive acts count as fraud even without explicit lies and notes mutual protections against cheating between buyers and sellers. It warns prompt action is crucial to preserve rights.
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Jason
Midnight sun and ho w tall trees and a traitor word quiz
The midnight sun is the sun visible at midnight in Arctic or Antarctic summer. The tallest tree is the Howard Libbey redwood at Redwood Creek Hum boldt County Calif 367.6 feet. Ambrosia confers immortality in Greek myth. Bi cycling is a newer term. The word quisling derives from Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian traitor who aided German occupation forces.
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Arctic
Antarctic
Howard Libbey
Redwood Creek
Humboldt County
Calif
McGovern bets on early states to spark 1972 bid
Sen. George McGovern pins hopes on quick gains in New Hampshire Florida and Illinois to build toward a Wisconsin showdown. He aims to dent Muskie's lead there while fearing Humphrey's potential Wisconsin surge could blur the race and jeopardize his campaign.
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Washington
NEA
George McGovern
South Dakota
New Hampshire
Florida
Illinois
Wisconsin
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Miami
Tallahassee
Gainesville
McGovern
Muskie
George Romney
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
John F Kennedy
Phase I and II echoes Galbraith influence on price control
A reporter notes speculation that Nixon's Phase I and II echo ideas from John Kenneth Galbraith. Galbraith’s writings from 1952 and 1956 discuss price and wage controls limited to certain sectors and unions, with Roosa’s modification, while many details differ.
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Nixon
John Kenneth Galbraith
Galbraith
Robert Roosa
the Treasury
Kennedy
Roosa
Korea
United States
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Lee Trevino
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Pancho Villa
Flute Confectionary
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