Grand Ole Opry hosts congressional hearing on folklife foundation
Senator Fred C. Harris leads a people’s hearing at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville with Roy Acuff Jean Shepard and other country stars describing the art’s history and performing. Harris calls it a different kind of Washington hearing. In Modesto Cyril Sherwood, age 70, a former Santa Claus for decades, lies dying in a hospital after cancer. He plans to visit Yosemite Convalescent Hospital without the red suit to see children again.
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Nashville
American Folklife Foundation
Fred C. Harris
D-Okla
Roy Acuff
Jean Shepard
Dave “Stringbean
Akeman
Jimmy Driftwood
Sam
Kirk McGee
Bill Monroe
Jimmy C. Newman
Mac Wiseman
Cyril B. Sherwood
Santa Claus
Modesto
Tye
Sherwood
Yosemite Convalescent Hospital
L A broker fights government goof over 1945 fine
Los Angeles broker Robert Campbell faces remnant of a federal fine from 1945 tied to a wartime price regulation breach. The government says $6,493 still owed after a 1948 remission attempt. Campbell sues seeking relief and possible pardon. judge called the action an injustice but ruled for the government. A new-trial motion awaits as Campbell seeks presidential clemency from Nixon.
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Los Angeles
Campbell
Supreme Court
U.S
U.S. District Court
Robert Meyer
Gus J. Salomon
Salomon
Solomon
Nixon
Ex-Sen Burke of Cleveland dies at 73
Thomas A. Burke a former Democratic U S senator and Cleveland mayor died Sunday at 73. He served eight years ten months as mayor from 1945 to 1953 and later filled the Senate seat after Senator Taft's death. Also noted were the deaths of Ernest Punch Miller at 75 and James Thomas Fields who died after falling from a cliff in Auckland.
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Cleveland
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Robert A. Taft
Ernest “Punch” Miller
James Thomas Fields
Karekare Beach
Auckland
New Zealand
Queen Elizabeth II Sells Apples for Christmas
A report notes Queen Elizabeth II seeks extra income amid rising monarch costs. Advertisements invite public purchases of apples from her Sandringham estate in Norfolk, with thirty pounds of fruit offered for 3.75 dollars. The piece mentions a proposed salary increase to 32.45 million.
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Cambodia Forces Rout North Vietnamese Ambush Near Phnom Penh
Cambodian forces retreated from a district town 16 miles northwest of Phnom Penh after fierce fighting. About 50 Cambodians were killed or wounded and 150 fled toward Phnom Baset outpost. The week had seen a collapse on the northeast front and a large retreat as North Vietnamese forces held 25 miles of Highway 6. In Saigon, U S Navy planes expanded strikes on the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos to curb North Vietnamese reinforcements and material movement. The Pacific Fleet carriers Enterprise and Constellation deployed over 100 aircraft daily targeting the trail.
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Phnom Basat
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U.S. Navy
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Laos
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South Vietna
Pacific Fleet
U S Plans Corrections Academy
A national Corrections Academy will train federal, state, and local personnel to modernize prisons. The plan, announced by Attorney General John N. Mitchell at a conference in Williamsburg, aims to improve correctional research and education while supporting reform efforts led by President Nixon. Additional projects include a criminal justice architecture clearinghouse at the University of Illinois and a corrective education clearinghouse to aid inmate programs.
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National Corrections Academy
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Nixon
University of Illnois
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
House Appropriations Panel Approves Foreign Aid Bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved a foreign aid bill carrying about 1 billion less than the administration requested and offered an amendment to bar aid to India and Pakistan until fighting ends. The panel also recommended 2.57 million for overseas aid and promised possible further cuts as the bill heads to the House floor.
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Nixon
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Trainrammed Datsuns Damaged At Wilmington Yard
A tractor-trailer carrying nine new Datsuns was struck by a Union Pacific freight train in Wilmington on Sunday at 7 30 pm. The truck driver escaped injury. three cars were demolished and others damaged along with track and a wire fence. The freight train, an empty ore carrier, was heading east when it rammed the vehicle pinned between the engine and yard fence. Elizabeth Davy Salmon Gillet, 75, noted breeder and horticulturalist, died Sunday in Baltimore.
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