Belli Responds To Message From Zodiac
In San Francisco Melvin Belli answered Zodiac's plea as the killer warned of losing control and possibly striking again. Belli offered to meet or arrange talks with professionals to help, stressing concern to prevent further murders rather than count. The Zodiac, linked to five to eight killings, sent a Christmas letter with blood-stained shirt fragments from the latest victim, taxi driver slain Oct. 11.
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San Francisco
UPI
Melvin Belli
Zodiac
San Francisco Bay Area
Belli
Germany
San Francisco Chronicle
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Chronicle
Met Opens 1969 70 Season With Aida Opera
The Metropolitan Opera launches its season 15 weeks late after a labor dispute is settled. Leontyne Price stars in Aida as cast and crew prepare for the opening night despite protracted delays.
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NEW York
Leontyne Price
Aida
Metropolitan Opera Tonight
Met
Police Dog Attacks Deputy Chief At Graduation
Indianapolis Deputy Police Chief Raymond J. Strattan was bitten when a police dog trained with his unit at graduation ceremonies reacted to a handshake. Officer Charles K. Atwell quietly commanded the dog to “Leave it” and the animal refrained, leaving Strattan with torn sleeve and a cautious handshake with the others.
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Raymond J. Strattan
Strattan
Marion County
Charles K. Atwell
Californians Soon Able To Pay Property Taxes By Card
Nearly 3 million people in all 58 counties will soon be able to pay property taxes with Bank AmeriCard. Cardholders will receive a check by mail and can fill in a payment up to $500, sending it to the tax collector. Bank Americard pays the tax collector and assumes collection responsibility.
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UPI
California
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Bank Americard
Franciscans Seek Volunteers For Two Year Service Program
In Wheaton Illinois the Franciscan Sisters call for volunteers to join a two year service program akin to a Peace Corps effort. Accepted participants pursue careers in health education or social welfare and live in celibate communities under Sister Theresa Langfield with the project planning team.
Major Bills Sit in Balance as 91st Congress Ends First Session
A roundup of pending and approved measures across education, food stamps, pay raises, foreign aid, nuclear nonproliferation, Vietnam policy, crime powers, voting rights, bank holding, aviation funding, smoking controls, unemployment insurance, census penalties, postal reform, GI benefits, electoral reform, tax changes, poverty, housing, and mining safety. Key actions include Senate approval of the nuclear treaty, veto threats on education funding, and continued House action on several items.
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SBA approves over five thousand loans to minorities in 1969
Hillary Sandoval Jr. of the Small Business Administration said the agency approved more than 5,300 loans totaling 128 million to minorities this year, nearly doubling 1968 figures. Total SBA lending across four major programs reached 679 million, up from 675.7 million in 1968.
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Hillary Sandoval Jr
The
Small Business Administration
SBA
Strike Vote At Olney Toy Plant Ends Near Midnight
More than 750 union machinists at the American Machine and Foundry Co Junior Toy Division in Olney Illinois voted to strike when the contract expires at midnight December 31. They rejected the latest company offer and will continue negotiations Monday. Local 1033 of the IAMAW led the vote over wages, piece work rates, and working conditions.
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Olney
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Girl Killed In Sled Car Crash Near Chadwick
Eight year old Tamela Gipe of Pearl City was killed when her sled veered into a county road south of Chadwick while she rode down a driveway. A westbound car struck her as she crossed the road, ending the tragedy on a Sunday.
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Tamela Gipe
Rt. 2
Pearl City
Chadwick
Statement on Preventing Dental Decay by decade
Dr. Seymour J. Kreshover of the Public Health Service's National Institute of Dental Research urges a concerted effort now to make dental decay almost completely preventable within the next decade.
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The
Public Health Service
National Institute of Dental Research
Yale Historian Palmer Elected President of AHA
Yale University professor Robert H. Palmer won the American Historical Association presidency in a 1,140 to 396 vote over radical historian Staughton Lynd. The contested election followed Eugene Genovese’s Rutgers teach-in remarks praising Viet Cong victory and urging Lynd’s defeat. Lynd resigned from Yale and teaches at Columbia College in Chicago.
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Robert H. Palmer
Yale University
American Historical Association
Staughton Lyndh
Palmer
Eugene C. Genovese
Rutgers University
Genovese
Lynch
Lynd
Casals Turns 93 With Puerto Rico Honor Plan
Pablo Casals the master cellist turns 93 in San Juan and plans a concert and reception tonight at Governor Ferre's mansion. The self exiled musician is married to Puerto Rican cellist Marta Montanez.
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Puerto Rico
ATP
Pablo Casals
Luis A. Ferre
Casals
Spain
Marta Montanez
Hunger Retards Mental Growth In Black Children
Boston AP reports that hunger in early life dulls mental development in black children. Dr. H. Jack Geiger of Tufts notes a drop from a 117 IQ estimate at 3 months to 86 by age 3, versus 100 for white children, and urges broader social change and enriched stimuli beyond food aid.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
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Tufts Delta Health Center
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Florence Halpern
Roy E. Brown
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High winds whip Southern California causing fires and outages
Winds up to 75 miles an hour swept the California coast blowing down power lines and prompting closures of roads for bulky vehicles. A brush fire blackened eight acres in Glendale in 90 minutes and threatened 40 homes valued around 50 000 each as 1 000 firefighters fought the blaze.
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