New Bedford Detectives Question Man Over Marijuana Offer
Two New Bedford detectives questioned Joseph Flores after he walked into police headquarters and offered a marijuana cigarette. He was charged with illegal possession as he faced arraignment in District Court before Judge Samuel Barnet. Flores had been drafted and was to be inducted, and the judge sent the case to the drug addiction center for 10 days of observation.
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Flores
Samuel Barnet
Selective Service
Board
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December income growth slows amid broader 1969 slowdown
UPI reports December personal income rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 869.7 billion, up only 2.3 billion from November. The gain is the smallest of 1969, while GNP for Oct-Dec grew 4.5 percent mainly due to price rises, with real output flat, signaling a potential recession without confirmation.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Satellite final stage ignites to place Intelsat 3 in transfer orbit
Washington reports a small rocket motor fired on a radio signal from the city to shift the four stage launch vehicle and send Intelsat 3 into a 22,300 mile high transfer orbit. Comsat expects the satellite to enter commercial service around January 25, offering US Europe Africa and the Americas linked communications. The 42 pound satellite launched from Cape Kennedy Wednesday into an initial orbit and was activated by a ground station at Andover Maine.
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Intelsat 3
United States
Europe
Africa
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South America
Cape Kennedy
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Andover
Maine
Cranston backs 4.2B HEW plan for urban education
Senator Alan Cranston supports the Office of Economic Opportunity's 4.2 billion share in the 19 plus billion HEW appropriation bill despite Nixon labeling it inflationary. He urges a 2 billion rise for urban schools and calls cutting defense spending and costly weapons systems.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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Cranston
Wilson Tiles
California
Commissioner of Education
Barbecue restaurant sued for civil rights violations
The Justice Department filed a discrimination suit against Ayers Log Cabin Pit Cooked Bar-B-Q near Washington North Carolina for displaying a sign stating money spent by Negroes would be donated to the Ku Klux Klan. The action targets public accommodations violations of the Civil Rights Act. Other suits were filed against eateries in Dallas New Orleans and Bossier Parish Louisiana.
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John ON. Mitchell
Restauant
Dallas
New Orleans
Bossier Parish
Tia
Reds With New Arsenal Shoot Down 5 U.S. Planes Weekly
Saigon reports a new Soviet and Chinese supplied arsenal of missiles and antiaircraft guns used by Communists in Laos has U.S. planes downing an average of five weekly. Between 290 and 300 planes lost since November 1, 1968, with as many as 150 American aviators captured by the Pathet Lao. Allied sources say the weapons range from 37 millimeter to 100 mm plus missiles, yet the weekly loss rate remains steady. In Vietnam, a heavy clash near My Lai Refugee Camp ends with 14 civilians killed and four attackers slain as Allied forces repel the assault. The Vietnamese government reports 75 civilians killed and 206 wounded in the first week of 1970, with other skirmishes nationwide.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Laos
Almed
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Israeli raids reach near Cairo in deep Egypt strikes
Israeli jets hit targets as close as 40 miles to Cairo with a high rate of hits on mortar pools army camps and radar bases. A Jordanian spokesman said four Israeli planes attacked Jordan killing one soldier and wounding eight in the north Jordan River Valley. One plane was downed by Egyptian anti aircraft fire and the pilot parachuted into Egyptian territory.
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Amman
Jordan
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Une
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Bir Adelb
Suez Canal
Egypt
Golda’ Meir
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