Chichester Cathedral Seeks Owls to Spare Bats
In Chichester England C E Wool Lewis urges diocesan residents to donate stuffed owls to frighten away bats in the cathedral belfry. In Alexandria Louisiana authorities probe a year old stolen car case linked to a possible officer involvement. In London Gordon Silver 53 jailed for forgery after cutting and reassembling 5 pound notes to produce 12 notes.
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Chichester
England
London
UPI
Gordon Silver
Intercepted Memo Weather Note Delights WEJ
A quirky intercepted memo notes the weather outside as frightful yet praises reception as delightful. The message ends with a cordial sign off from WEJ.
Post office to use fewer men with command post plan
Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson outlined a plan to move about 10 billion pieces of mail from Thanksgiving to Christmas with far fewer workers. The proposal, costing an estimated 500 million dollars, would replace 120000 to 125000 seasonal staff with automated modules in 300 large post offices, aiming to triple sorting speed and cut labor costs.
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Washington
UPI
W. Marvin Watson
Watson
South Vietnam rails at Hanoi stance on direct talks
Paris talks over Vietnam ignite dispute as Saigon dismisses Hanoi claim there is no need for direct talks. Nguyen Van An accuses North Vietnam of delaying by demanding a four way format while Saigon insists on excluding the Viet Cong from equal status. Saigon pushes U.S. to ignore Viet Cong at the negotiations as Hanoi calls the Thieu Ky delegation traitors and asserts only the Viet Cong represent South Vietnam.
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Paris
UPI
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Saigon
Hanoi
Nguyen van An
Foreign Ministry
Vietnam
U.S
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
America
Thieu-Ky
Washington
Richland native heads Nixon task force
Richland born Dr. Paul McCracken has been named by President elect Richard Nixon to head his 10 member task force program. McCracken, former Council of Economic Advisors member and University of Michigan professor, will advise on manpower fiscal policy tax legislation intergovernmental relations welfare lending environment and housing among other areas. He advocates using fiscal and monetary powers to sustain high employment with low inflation. The choice signals a modern shift from Eisenhower era economics.
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Richland
Richard Nixon
Paul McCracken
Sumner McCracken
Nixon
Mesena
Georgia
Linda
Paul
Dr. McCracken
Harvard
Federal Reserve Bank
Minneapolis, Minn
McCracken
Eisenhower
Nixon Appointment Scranton to be sent to mideast
United Press International reports president elect Nixon will dispatch former Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania to the Middle East next week to seek steps toward peace between Arabs and Jews. In Zurich, two arms firm sales managers were arrested for illegally delivering weapons to Egypt, Israel, and other nations as a third man faced charges of falsifying export certificates. In Tel Aviv, Israeli and Jordanian forces traded mortars in the Jordan River valley with no casualties after Israeli raids on Arab houses. Scranton plans Cairo talks with Nasser on Dec 5 and visits to Jerusalem, Amman, Jedda, Riyadh, Beirut, and Tehran. Diplomatic ties between the US and Egypt remain severed since the 1967 war.
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United Press International
Richard M. Nixon
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Middle East
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Zurich
Switzerland
Egypt
Israel
Tel Aviv
Jordan River Valley
al Ahram
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Jerusalem
Amman
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Beirut
Tehran
United States
Oerlikon
Atty
Hans Walder
Nigeria
Jordan
Appointment of Executor for Lloyd S Humston Estate
Notice of appointment of an executor for the estate of Lloyd S Humston. The filing indicates the legal steps to settle the will, with contact details for interested parties and a date by which claims must be filed. The document outlines probate procedures and the responsible court.
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Lloyd S. Humston
Sentiment grows against the Jews
World Jewish Congress president Nahum Goldmann warned delegates that antisemitism is shifting from old forms to anti-Israel and anti Zionist sentiment driven by leftist and Communist forces worldwide. He urged vigilance as Jews gain rights and integration, warning against attacks on Jewish worship and study places in New York City following a Brooklyn Yeshiva fire.
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Washington
UPI
World Jewish Congress
Nahum Goldmann
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations
The
Goldmann
New York
New York City
Yeshiva of
Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
Catholic survey to be conducted in Davenport diocese
The Diocese of Davenport begins the ISEE survey led by Father Edward Collins of St. James. More than 27,000 questionnaires will be distributed to parish households on December 1 and collected December 4 for analysis to gauge opinions on parish and diocesan policies and to improve communication among parishioners and church bodies.
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Davenport
Edward Collins
St. James Catholic Church
Iowa South East
National Council of Catholic Men
United States
Senate of Priests
Sisters’ Council
Father Collins
Ed Peiffer
Lynn Blanchard
Heavy B52 Strikes Around Saigon Amid Cambodian Clash
In the heaviest raids in a month, U S B52s dropped over a million pounds of bombs on Communist infiltration corridors toward Saigon most from Cambodia. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops were said to bivouac in Cambodia, with 30,000 siege forces gathered on the border.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Cambodia
Realties Cambodiennes
Phnom Penh
Bien Hoa
Long Binh
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Mekong
De Gaulle austerity plan approved to cut costs and curb exports
Paris Parliament gave final approval to De Gaulle’s austerity program to save the franc. The government barred mailing francs abroad and targeted currency controls, higher taxes, and reduced spending including the nuclear program by about $1 billion. Savings come as the franc steadies at a higher level amid new currency rules and border checks. Southeast forecast partly cloudy with a chill tonight near 20 and mid 40s Saturday.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Senate
Government Official Journal
London
House of Commons
Bank of France
Trave
Break-ins hit two area businesses in Riverside and Ainsworth
Washington County deputies investigated two early Thursday break ins. Gamble's Store in Riverside suffered a multi item theft including TVs radios guns and ammunition while The Lantern in Ainsworth lost beer cigarettes and seven to eight dollars from a juke box. Gamble's operator is Dick Veggy and The Lantern is run by John Coon.
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Washington County Sheriff's
Gamble’s
Riverside
Ainsworth
Sheriff's Department
Gamble
Dick Veggy
John Coon
Police hunt plot to kill Prince Charles in Wales
Scotland Yard hunts a man linked to threats against Prince Charles amid a reported dynamite plot. Welsh nationalists are said to plan violence during the investiture at Caernarvon Castle in Wales. The Welsh Office spokesman warned of grave danger if extremists act.
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London
UPI
Scotland Yard
Prince Charles
Prince of Wales
Harold Wilson
Wales
Caernarvon
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