Thanksgiving vacation and holiday notes across Washington area
The Washington community district dismisses at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday for Thanksgiving, classes resume Monday December 1. Santa Claus visits Friday November 28 at 10 a.m. The Evening Journal prints at noon Thanksgiving day. offices close. Also reports police arrest a go go girl for indecent exposure, and UPI dispatches on Congressmen Schwengel’s Iowa visit and a bank robbery in Reno. Yeovil town council reacts to a mischaracterized American newspaper description.
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Washington Community School
Washington
Evening Journal
Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma City
UPI
Mike Huckaby
Red Dog
Huckaby
Washington, D. C
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Schwengel
Davenport
J. Harold Sears
Cedar County
West Branch
Mechanicsville
Stanwood
Tipton
Clarence
London and
Bennett
Burlington
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Intercepted Memo Addresses Alienated Adults
A Washington DC document from the Violence Commission discusses approaches to assist alienated adults. The memo, marked VIOLENCE COMMISSION, explores program ideas, outreach methods, and policy considerations to engage individuals disconnected from family or community networks.
Apollo 12 Crew Cleared After Fiery Reentry Landing
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Alan Bean and Richard Gordon returned to the Hornet in seas 11 feet high and 24 mile per hour winds after a 10 day ocean of storms mission. They were flown to Honolulu then Houston for quarantine until December 10 to ensure no moon microbes entered Earth. NASA officials praised the crew as in excellent condition.
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Uss’ Hornet
UPS
Honolulu
Charles
Pete” Conrad
Alan L. Bean
Richard F. Gordon
Hawaii
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Hornet
NASA
Clarence Jernigan
Conrad
Gordon
Bean
South Pacific
Capt
Space Agency
Intrepid
Space
Kraft
Moon
Helicopter No. 66
Pago Pago
American Samoa
The
Space Center
Nixon seeks extension vote on income tax surcharge
The Senate votes on a proposal to let the income tax surcharge expire year end rather than extend it six months as Nixon wants. The move would cost $1.7 billion in government revenue through next June 30 at half the current 10 percent rate. Byrd opposes renewed temporary taxes and would strike the extension from the tax reform bill. The floor debate opened amid talks of large potential tax cuts and inflation concerns.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
Treaty
David M. Kennedy
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Commission
Washington County
Wasington County
Nixon Renounces Germ Warfare Development
President Nixon announced the United States would renounce development of all germ warfare weapons except protective research as a peace move. He ordered the Defense Department to plan disposal of all existing U.S. stocks of bacteriological weapons.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
United States
Defense Department
U.S
Lower voting age urged by National Violence Commission
The group led by Dr. Milton Eisenhower calls for lowering the voting age to 18 and reforming draft laws to engage alienated youths in public service. It notes youth crime is higher in ages 15 to 24, frames protests as idealism, and warns against violence while urging constructive national service and justice.
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Washington
UPI
National Violence Commission
Milton Eisenhower
Commission
Return to Canaveral Cape Name Change Debated
Florida lawmakers urge restoring Cape Canaveral name before Senate Interior Committee. Senators Holland and Gurney, joined by other Florida officials, argue Kennedy era change to Cape Kennedy was illegal and demand Cape Canaveral spelling on maps and records, while noting the space center would retain Kennedy’s name. Governor Kirk backs theCanaveral restoration.
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Washington
UPI
Florida
Senate
Cape Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Spessard L. Holland
Edward R. Gurney
Senate Interior Committee
House
Cape
Space Center
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Claude Kirk
New World
Hoffman Denies Dismissal Plea In Chicago Riots Case
U S District Court Judge Julius J Hoffman rejected a defense bid to dismiss charges against seven defendants accused of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The judge called the motion without foundation and noted previous rulings on free speech issues, as prosecutors defended using undercover activity to gather intelligence amid ongoing public safety concerns.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
U.S
Thomas A. Foran
Leonard Winglass
Hoffman
Foran
Substandard streets highlight Washington long range plan
A Monday night session led by a Stanley Consultants representative reviewed Washington’s streets and annexation prospects. About half of the city’s 40 miles of streets lack concrete or asphalt surfacing, with costs and maintenance posing major issues for future growth and city services.
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Washington
Stanley Consultants
Muscatine
Washington Plan and Zoning Commission
Stanley
Iowa Weather Update from United Press International
Fair and cooler tonight with lows in the 20s. Wednesday showers absent, partly cloudy and cooler. Temperatures range from the upper 30s in the northeast to the mid 40s in the southwest. Thursday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and little temperature change.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Buffalo
N.Y
America
Philip Cooper
Wej
Navy
Armed Forces
Wisconsin River
Portage
Wis
Byrd
Canaveral
Want Capes
Mike Rich Award
Steve Schroeder
Mike Rich
Keith Horn
Journal
Chicago Police
Iowa State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Iowa City
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