Student power surges in local elections across several states
A first test of student voting power reshapes several city councils. In Bloomington Indiana Francis X. McCloskey 32 defeating Mayor John H. Hooker Jr. 45 led student gains, while East Lansing Michigan elected two student-backed council members. Other campuses in Pawtucket Rhode Island Urbana Ohio and Minnesota saw students elected or running. some residency disputes and a few runoffs followed.
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Associated Press
Bloomington
Ind
East Lansing
Mich
Rhode Island
Ohio
Minnesota
Indiana University
Francis X. McCloskey
John H. Hooker Jr
McCloskey
University
Law School
Michigan State University
George L. Griffiths
George Colburn
Charles W. Will
Will
Ocala
Fla
David Passman
Central Florida Junior College
Passman
Maureen Massiner
Brown University
Pawtucket
R.I
Ron Hooker
Ashland College
Newcomerstown
Hooker
Marshall, Minn
Russell Stanton
Southwest State College
Kalamazoo
Urbana
Urbana College
Boston
Kevin H. White
U.S
Louise Day Hicks
Amchitka Test Fight Surges Over Nuclear Blast Plans
Environmental groups and the AEC raced to influence the Amchitka five megaton underground test as preparations slip behind schedule. Courts contested secrecy on documents while demonstrations proliferated in Washington and Anchorage amid fears of earthquakes and radiation.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Amchitka Island
Alaska
U.S. Court of Appeals
Aleutian Islands
The
Committee For Nuclear Responsibility
Supreme Court
Japa
Canada
White House
Anchorage
Interior Department
Geological Survey
Breakin and theft reported in city police blotter
The Record Police Blotter notes a break in at Gulf Station on Walthall and Eddy Streets with about 19 dollars taken from a cigarette machine after a window entry. A bicycle left on 2113 Nebraska by Mrs Hershel Cox was reported abandoned overnight before Halloween, avocado green with serial 84797527. In city court Richard James Callcoat was fined 15 dollars with costs for improper start from a parked position. Francisco Granado was not arrested for sniffing paint as reported. David Scott reported a Panasonic 8 track stereo player stolen from his car behind the high school auditorium. Mozelle Potter paid five dollars and costs for disregarding a stop sign. Tommy Vasquez cited for no driver's license. Lenard Jennings fined 15 dollars for improper start and 15 dollars plus costs for no license.
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Boe McAlister
Gulf Station
Walthall & Eddy
Hershel Cox
Nebraska
Richard James Callcoat
Francisco Granado
S. Mesquite St
Francisco
Granado
David Scott
Jefferson St
Mozelle Potter
Tommy Vasquez
Lenard Jennings
Convict awaiting chair after Manila kidnapping and robbery
An escaped convict Silvestre Mateo Abad, who held 14-year-old Susan Butler hostage for $2,000, surrendered to police in a Manila suburb. He claimed he would have killed Butler if risks rose and expressed a desire for a bigger story. A maid was fatally stabbed and Mrs. Butler wounded in the home invasion.
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Manila
Silvestre Mateo Abad
Susan Butler
Deaths Mrs Bessie Woodard served Pecos area
Funeral services will be held at Wie Pecos Funeral Home Chapel Thursday at 3 30 p m for Mrs Bessie Lee Woodard who died today in Reeves County Memorial Hospital. A Pecos resident since 1941 she is survived by husband Lonnie L Woodard three sons Scott Las Vegas Nevada Louis Pecos and Lonnie Jr Phoenix Arizona three daughters Beryl Lockett Pyote Lou Cowan Wichita Falls and Mary Duggan Waco eighteen grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren a brother Bill Scott San Angelo and a sister Nora Blanton Santa Anna.
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Wie Pecos Funeral Home
Bessie Lee Woodard
Woodard
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Lonnie L. Woodard
Scott
Las Vegas
Nev
Louis
Lonnie Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Beryl Lockett
Pyote
Lou Cowan
Wichita Falls
Mary Duggan
Waco
Bill Scott
San Angelo
Nora Blanton
Santa Anna
Revamped aid bill in works for foreign aid reform
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee aims to draft a revised foreign aid bill within a week to counter President Nixon's temporary aid plan. Chairman Fulbright and Sen. Ellender discussed a short continuance to Dec 1 if a new bill progresses, with Ellender opposing broad extensions.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Allen Ellender
D-La
Appropriations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
The
Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Arkansas Democrat
William P. Rogers
John A. Hannah
Agency For International Development
Rogers
White House
Nixon
Congress
House
Defense
District of Columbia
Ellender
Fulbright
Louisiana Democrat
U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Israel
U.S. grapples with fallout from U.N. China vote
Washington faces consequences of Nationalist China’s expulsion as critics and supporters spar over its impact on foreign aid, U.N. funding, and U.S. policy toward Taiwan and Japan. lawmakers debate cuts and reform while officials urge cost re examination of U.N. dues.
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Washington
United States
U.N
Nixon
State Department
Senate
U.n.action
Sato
Japan
U.S
Taiwan
Congress
William P. Rogers
Senate approves 20 billion bill to curb water pollution
The Senate unanimously passed a 20 billion measure setting 1985 as the pollution deadline and sending it to the House. The bill creates a 14 billion four year grant program for state water-treatment facilities, mandates best available technology, and empowers EPA to ban toxic dumping. It also adds 800 million in loan funds for small businesses and allows citizen suits.
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Washington
Senate
House
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Caleb Boggs
R-Del
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Irish minesweepers intercept 400-ton Kilcrea at Cork coast
Two Irish navy minesweepers stopped the 400-ton freighter Kilcrea off Cork while searching for IRA arms but found none. In Belfast, British troops rounded up 24 suspected IRA guerrillas after a tavern and a clothing store were bombed, killing two and wounding 36 in the communal violence flare.
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Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Cork
Defense Department
Kilrush
Belgium
Interpol
International Police Organization
Michael Horgan
Avoca Shipping Services
Court picks set for questioning
Senate Judiciary Committee opens hearings on Nixon nominees to the Supreme Court. William Rehnquist and Lewis Powell Jr. face liberal questioning amid concerns about civil rights devotion and potential conflicts of interest from stock holdings. Rehnquist testifies first. Powell to follow if session ends.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Richmond
Rehquist
Powell
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
American Bar Association
Rehnquist
ABA
Senate Committee
Leadership Conference On
Civil Rights
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Americans For Democratic Action
Rayh
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Bishops Endorse Mandatory Celibacy for Latin Clergy
The World Synod of Bishops voted 168 to 10 to keep mandatory celibacy for priests in the Latin rite with three abstentions and 21 amendments. Seventeen attended sessions. the vote supports Pope Paul VI's view that celibacy remains essential to Church tradition.
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Vatican City
World Synod of Bishops
Vatican
Pope Paul
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South Korea
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Seoul
Yoido Island
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Pecos Enterprise, Inc
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Reeves County
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