Allies to Increase NATO Defense Spending in 1972
European partners plan a collective defense budget boost totaling just over 1 billion dollars for 1972, lifting combined spending to above 19 billion. West Germany and Britain lead the rise as NATO ministers near finalizing sums and German offset talks for U.S. troop costs.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Melvin R. Laird
NATO
Defense Planning Committee
Eurogroup
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
Denmark
Turkey
Greece
Luxembourg
USS
Brussels
U.S
United States
Lufthansa
Helmut Schmidt
Laird
Nixon
Congress
Europe
Dean Martin Show Rescued by Ironside in TV Ratings Shakeup
NBC moved Ironside to Thanksgiving and boosted its ratings from 38 to 46 percent. The Dean Martin Show rose from 29 to 45 percent, aided by Ironside's comeback. Polopoly, the PBS news program, failed to improve the era’s ambiance compared with All in the Family, Bob Hope specials, and Miss America pageants.
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Chief Ironside
Dean Martin
NBC
Ironside
CBS
Bob Hope
Deer Killed by Doug DeHaven Amid Bow Season
Doug DeHaven of Route 3 killed his first deer in several years during the bow season. He used a 40 broadhead arrow.
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Doug DeHaven
Rt. 3
Pitalene
Deadlock Breaks on 1.6 Billion Anticancer Bill
Congress moves to pass a three year compromise 1.6 billion anticancer measure after Senate House conference members resolved disputes at the urging of President Nixon. The plan preserves NIH control while creating cancer clinics under a block grant to speed research and potential cures.
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Washington
Congress
America
Senate House Conference Committee
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
House
American Cancer Society
National Institutes of Health
Capon Road News Briefs
Capon Road notes Delmar Himelright is a patient at Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital and wishes for a speedy recovery. Galen Stickley of Radford spent Thanksgiving at home. Charles Rinker and wife celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday December 5. Dougie Lam and son visited relatives Louie Lam and family. Gene Stickley visited her parents Herman and Mrs Ramsey in Middletown last week.
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Capon Road
Delmar Himelright
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Galen Stickley
Radford
Charles Rinker
Clary
Dougie Lam
Louie Lam
Gene Stickley
Herman Ramsey
Middletown
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