Cuba shifts to material incentives under Castro regime
In Havana, dock worker Juan Ices shows a mint green refrigerator given by a workers committee as a reward for good work and large family, illustrating Cuba's new material incentives. He notes ration limits, ongoing housing repairs, and mixed views on communism as life remains regimented yet improving, with watchful optimism about future progress.
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Juan Ices
Havana
Juan
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
California
New York
Court Rules Wife Beating Is Illegal
Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that it is illegal for a man to beat his wife. The decision upholds a Family Court ruling and rejects the argument that husbands have a right to chastise their wives. Chief Justice Roberts stated the modern view inhibits the use of physical violence against the wife.
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Province
R.I
Rhode Island Supreme Court
Aram K. Berberian
Cranston
Thomas H. Roberts
Climbers Eye Access During Nixon China Visit
Chris Bonington of Manchester told the American Alpine Club in Portland that climbers hope Nixon's visit to Red China may reopen Tibet summits. Bonington, a writer photographer and mountaineer who has ascended the Himalayas three times, notes the Himalayas are currently reachable only from Nepal for free-world climbers.
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Ore
Nixon
Red China
England
Chris Bonington
Manchester
American Alpine Club
Tibet
Bonington
Himalayas
Nepal
Dear Abby Advice on son's roommate situation and its costs
Reader questions about a 19 year old son living with a girlfriend and whether she counts as a daughter in law. Abby notes no obligation to subsidize or invite the girlfriend to family events, given budget limits and absence of engagement plans.
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Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Abby
Tyler
Texas
Winchester Frederick United Fund chairman honored in Richmond
Lewis Costello received a plaque from D Lathan Mims at a Virginia United Way meeting. United Fund campaigns in Front Royal Newport News Lynchburg Harrisonburg Rockingham County and Christiansburg earned special awards for top percentage increases. The local campaign nears its $105,000 goal and tops last year’s total.
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Winchester-Frederick County
United Fund
D. Lathan Mims
United Community Funds and Councils of Virginia
Richmond
United Way
Virginia
Front Royal
Newport News
Lynchburg
Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
Christiansburg
Pregnant teachers sue over maternity firing policies in Virginia
Two pregnant teachers from Henrico and Albemarle counties file a class action in U.S. District Court alleging sex discrimination in school maternity policies. They seek back pay, reinstatement, and continued employment until medically needed. The suit cites policy gaps and references a similar Chesterfield case on appeal.
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Henrico
Albemarle
U.S
Leslie Gough
J. R. Tucker High School
Susan Paxman
Albemarle County
Henrico and
Woodrow W. Wilkerson
Gough
Paxman
Philip J. Hirschkop
John Mann
Alexandria
Chesterfield County
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U.S. District Court
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Nixon to Get Tree Wednesday
Nixon receives a 21 foot Fraser Fir cut in northwestern North Carolina for the White House. The tree will be trucked to Washington and delivered Wednesday to the Blue Room. North Carolina provided the national Christmas tree a 65 foot Fraser Fir from Pisgah National Forest now on the White House lawn to be lighted December 17.
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N.C
Nixon
North Carolina
White House
Pisgah National Forest
Haywood County
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