United States Stands Alone at UN Over Satellite Broadcast Vote
The United States voted no at the United Nations General Assembly on a Soviet motion to regulate satellite television broadcasts. The 102 to 1 outcome left Washington isolated on a vote aimed at establishing an international convention. The motion would allow vetoes on broadcasts deemed distasteful and create UN machinery to oversee TV transmissions, drawing Moscow concern over Western influence in Soviet homes.
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United Nations
UPI
United States
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Moscow
Thieu demands total North Vietnamese troop pullout before peace
In Saigon President Thieu told Gen. Haig the North Vietnamese must withdraw all forces from the South before any cease fire is final. He rejected private pullout arrangements and awaited Paris accord terms while U S withdrawal plans accelerate.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
South Vietnam
Thieu
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Haig
Kissinger
Tin Song
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Western Pacific
Westwood Vows Fight for Post in Democratic Row
Washington AP Jean Westwood vows to fight opponents aiming to oust her as Democratic national chairman after Nixon's landslide win over McGovern. She says she and Vice Chairman Basil Patterson will not resign while McGovern allies push for change ahead of the Dec 9 DNC meeting.
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Washington
Jean Westwood
Nixon
George McGovern
McGovern
Westwood
Democratic National Committee
Basil Patterson
DNC
Henry M. Jackson
Ael-Cio
al Barkan
Robert Strauss
Texas
Jackson
Veterans Day Parade Units Listed for Saturday
Plans for the Veterans Day parade down Wabash Avenue Saturday are set per Alexander Heller of the United War Veterans Council. Units start from 2nd and Wabash at 10 40 a.m. The 11 a.m. service will be at the reviewing stand at 1th and Wabash with guards present.
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Wabash Avenue
Alexander Heller
The
United War Veterans Council
2Nd
Wabash
1Th
E. R. ‘Pettibone
Indiana State University
Felix Knauer
Greencastle
Department of Indiana
VFW
John T. Myers
Ind
Frank Hettlinger
Indiana Air National Guard
Robert Gilmore
Rose-Hulman
David Hanson
Sam McPherson
Rose Hulman
Terre Haute
William J. Brighton
James Swift
LeRoy Shipley
Edward N. Howard
Vigo County
Vigo County Public Library, and John Southerland
William Whitlock
Knauer
Congfessman Myers
Haveeen
Weather map and conditions for Terre Haute area
The record shows river stage at 12.9 ft and rising. Overnight cooling with a 0.07 inch precip total. 6 am temps at 41, 2 pm 45. Forecast calls for gradual clearing and cooler night with a chance of showers, then mostly sunny Saturday with highs in the mid 50s. Indiana and Illinois regions mirror the cooler trend and limited rain chances.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
North and South Vigo crown queens for homecoming game
North Vigo crowns Suzanne Sappington 17 with a court of attendants while South Vigo selects Janet Hubbard as homecoming queen. Coronations featured bands, color guards, and ceremonies at Memorial Stadium ahead of the 1972 homecoming grid clash in Terre Haute.
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North Vigo
Suzanne Sappington
John E. Sappington
Suzanne
South Vigo High School
Janet Hubbard
Janie Keegan
Missy Weathers
Miss Hubbard
South Braves
North Patriots House of Photography
North and
South
Vigo
Queens
Terre ‘Haute
Memorial Stadium
10Th St
Queen Suzanne's
Cindy Garry
Robert Garry
Janet Adams
Ben Adams
Marcie Downey
Betty
South Vigo
Marshal T. Hubbard
Carlisle Road
Nelson Kinnett
Larry Newbern
Denis Denning
Larry Denning
Robbin Dye
Patsy Cline
Robert Keegan
North
Liberty Belles
John Roscoe
Lee Mann
Connie Waters
Kurt Owens
Las
Navy Surrenders as Rebels Reassigned to Shore Duty
In San Diego the Constellation crew of 4 780 sailors and 130 black rebels surrendered after a sit down strike. Rebels reassigned to North Island Miramar and Imperial Beach bases effective today. Navy vows no punishment and promises individual reviews of discharges amid claims of racial bias and harsher penalties for black sailors.
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San Diego
UPS
Constellation
J. D. Ward
Navy
North Island
Miramar
Imperial Beach
Naval Air Stations
North Vietnam
Link Suspected Between Family and 22 Kidnap Murders
Authorities from eight states seek a possible link to a string of 22 kidnap robbery slayings dating to 1971. The McCrary Taylor family faces federal kidnaping charges for abducting a doughnut shop waitress Sher Lee Martin. Continuous investigations target at least 12 cases with arrests in California and Utah. victims include two waitresses in Colorado and Nevada.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
FBI
Florida
California
Texas
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
John Melver
Leeora Rose Looney
Thornton
Denver
Lakewood
Keelhauling as a Historical Seafaring Punishment
The note explains keelhauling as a centuries old punishment where sailors are dragged under a ship’s hull with ropes, slashed by barnacle crust and shells, and pounded by the rolling vessel. It outlines the brutal method and its nautical context.
Inmates sue over bureau transfers at federal prisons
Edward H. Robbins, an inmate at Terre Haute, joins a federal suit led by the National Prison Project of the ACLU Foundation alleging the Bureau of Prisons uses transfers to punish prisoners who criticize prison conditions. About 50 inmates, including Robbins, have been placed in segregation after a five day work stoppage over crowding, racial tension, guard harassment, and wages.
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United States Penitentiary
Terre Haute
Bureau of Prisons
Edward H. Robbins
Washington, D. C
National Prison Project
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Robbins
Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution
Minnesota
Civil Liberties Organization
Noah L. Alldredge
Alldredge
Gibbons to Challenge O'Neill for Boggs Job in House
Rep. Sam Gibbons of Florida announced a challenge to Rep. Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. for the majority leadership if vacancy arises. Rep. Wilbur D. Mills ruled out a bid against Speaker Carl Albert. O'Neill is current Democratic whip while Hale Boggs remains missing since Oct. 16.
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Washington
Sam Gibbons
Florida
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Massachusetts
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
O'Neill
Albert
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Nick Begich
Alaska
Congress
Gibbons
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Arthur Hoseman
Mika Nasser
Mike Nasser
Gayle Coy
Richard Coy
Sanna Oliver
Charles Oliver
Robin Williams
Jess Williams
Santa Barbara County
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Sherman McCrary
Carolyn
Danny
Ginger McCrary Taylor
Carl Raymond Taylor
Taylor
McCrary
Santa
Miss Looney
Wyoming
United Press International
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James O'Hara
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