Neighbors Harvest Cotton for Ailing Farmer at Thanksgiving
J. P. Walter, a widower undergoing kidney treatment, received a community-driven harvest as friends and 20 local harvesters collected his 200 acre crop. Volunteers provided fuel, food, and transport while Walter stayed in hospital, moved to tears by the generosity.
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Lubbock
Tex
UPI
J. P. Walter
Walter
H. G. Burkett, Jr
Allen Hagens
College Avenue
Eva Gabor’s Husband Says Agnew Hired as Trade Consultant
In Beverly Hills Frank Jameson, Eva Gabor’s husband, reports former Vice President Spiro Agnew has joined J-W Industries as an international trade consultant. The firm is owned by Jameson and Leopold S. Wyler, in partnership.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Eva Gabor
Frank Jameson
Spiro Agnew
J-W Industries
Jameson
Leopold S. Wyler
Judge orders release of $380 million education funds
Federal Judge Joseph Waddy ruled in a Pennsylvania led class action that the Nixon administration must spend impounded education funds totaling 380 million dollars. The judge ordered the money, appropriated for the 1973 fiscal year, distributed immediately among the states.
Korean girl Wendy to dine with DeBolt family at Thanksgiving
Kwan Ok Kim, five year old from Korea, recently released after eye surgery, will be guest of honor at Thanksgiving dinner in Piedmont. She is the 11th adopted child of the DeBolt family, who already have five biological children and six adopted others, five of whom are handicapped, and a French restaurant has invited the family to the dinner.
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Piedmont
Calif
UPI
Kwan Ok Kim
Wendy
Robert DeBolt
DeBolts
Skylab Suits Mildew Could Delay Spacewalk
Skylab astronauts faced mildew in their spacesuits ahead of a planned 62 hour spacewalk. They cleaned and dried the suits overnight and remain hopeful the 11 a.m. EST walk proceeds as planned.
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Houston
UPI
Court presses Nixon on Watergate tapes amid new gap find
Chief Judge John J. Sirica demands immediate turnover of all subpoenaed Watergate tapes from President Nixon after another gap is disclosed. He warns the court may issue a formal request if the White House does not comply, while experts review potential tampering. The report notes multiple gaps and ongoing political fallout.
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White House
John N. Mitchell
John W. Dean III
Dean
Archibald Cox
Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Nixon
Watergate
Sirica
Memphis
John H. Meier
Howard Hughes
Senate Watergate Committee
Hughes
Charles G
Bebe’’ Rebozo
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Robert H. Bork
Jaworski
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Anesthetic overdose costs 2 million in settlement
Barbara Brader, 24, awarded 2 million by Santa Clara County Court judge after accidental anesthetic overdose during X-ray prep left her in a coma for 18 months. Settlement funds to a trust cover medical bills. doctor’s note says she will not recover. The 1972 incident involved 10 times the cocaine dose, and lawyer Bruce Walkup earned 618,333 as a fee.
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San Jose
Calif
UPI
Santa Clara
Barbara Brader
Miss Brader
Bruce Walkup
Dallas Remembers Kennedy on Tenth Anniversary
Americans recalled the 1963 assassination as Dallas and national leaders marked ten years since President Kennedy’s death. Nixon praised Kennedy in a Thanksgiving Day proclamation while candlelit vigils, a memorial mass, and wreaths at Kennedy Plaza reflected on his legacy and the nation’s grief.
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United Press International
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Nixon
Dallas
Texas Schoolbook Depository
Kennedy Memorial Plaza
Charles G. Cullum
America
Wes Wise
Jennings Randolph
D- W.va
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Randolph
Japan moves to appease Arabs amid oil boycott crisis
Japan abandons its neutralist stance and edges toward Arab states over oil supplies as Israel withdrawal demands mount. Tokyo faces pressure from Arabs, pledges higher UN aid for Palestinian refugees, while EPA warns New England of a 40 to 50 percent fuel shortage this winter. Kissinger warns end to embargo and contemplates counter measures.
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United Press International
Japan
Middle East
Environmental Protection Agency
New England
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Israel
Tanaka
U.N
Boston
John A. S. McGlennon
EPA
McGlennon
Washington
Kissinger
Egypt
Tiffany's in Beverly Hills Robbed in Armed Jewelry Heist
Bandits in blue jeans and floppy hats robbed Tiffany's in Beverly Hills, firing into cases and fleeing with loot possibly worth up to 1 million dollars. A guard, Charles Burk, 63, was shot and listed in serious condition. a getaway car was found abandoned five blocks away.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Tiffany’s
West Coast
New York Jewelers
Jose Paez
Paez
Charles Burk
Ucla Medical Center
Burk
Dom DeLuise
DeLuise
City Plans Major Sewer Construction Project
The City Council approves a large scale storm sewer project to relieve drainage in several areas of Washington. A public hearing and bid setting are scheduled for Wednesday, December 12 at 8 p.m. The project is estimated to cost 445 thousand 570 dollars, with work labeled J and K trimmed to cut costs and parts in northeast Washington omitted. Officials say the remaining areas are critical and much of the water will be discharged on city land near the new water tower.
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Kenneth E. Hill
National Petroleum Council
New York
United States
Nixon
U.S
Bangkok
Indochina
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia
Washington
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Hagens
Lubbock County
Woodrow
Spiro
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Ted Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Hugh Scott
Holy Trinity Church
John
Robert
Arlington National Cemetery
Kakuei Tanaka
Los Angeles
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