Post Office Renounces Watchdog Role on Franking Privilege
The Post Office Department says it will no longer rule on congressional mail franking use, urging Congress to set guidelines. Senator Griffin notes benefit but stresses the new policy shifts enforcement to lawmakers and raises constitutional questions about postal involvement.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Johnson
Michigan
Robert P. Griffin
Congress
Abe Fortas
United States
Griffin
Fortas
W. Marvin Watson
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Post Office
Timothy J. May
Volpe Seeks Transit Focus to Ease Urban Traffic
President elect Nixon’s transportation pick John A. Volpe urges greater emphasis on mass transit to relieve urban gridlock. Though known for highways, he says some cities require rapid transit and that expanding roads could devastate historic city cores.
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Washington
John A. Volpe
Nixon
Massachusetts
Prise
Volpe
Eisenhower
Survivor Corazon Amurao to wed Alberto Atienza
Corazon Amurao the lone survivor of the 1966 Chicago nurse massacre will marry her hometown sweetheart Alberto Atienza a lawyer on January 5. Amurao now 25 serves as municipal councilor in San Luis after returning from Chicago where eight nurses were killed at South Chicago Community Hospital. She testified against Richard Speck and faces a death sentence after being convicted for the killings.
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Manila
Corazon Amurao
Chicago
Alberto Atienza
Miss Amurao
San Luis
South Chicago Community Hospital
Miss Amarao
Richard Speck
Crossword Clue Fragments From A Crumbling Page
Readable OCR hints show a crossword style list with numbered across and down clues. The set includes abbreviations, chemical suffix, tools, minerals, and proper nouns suggesting a puzzle page snippet.
Sophia Loren Tax Bill Tops Italian Couple's Levy
Rome tax assessors announced Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti face a combined taxable income of 1 million dollars and a tax bill of 147000 dollars placing them as the highest taxed couple in Italy Miss Loren earned about 560000 dollars and shares the same tax burden as Fiat head Giovanni Agnelli.
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Rome
Sophia Loren
Carlo Ponti
Italy
Miss Loren
Heritax
Giovanni Agnelli
Fiat Industries
Christian Youth to Have Retreat at Hunting Ridge
The Winchester Christian Youth Organization sponsors a Sunday retreat at Hunting Ridge Baptist area from 1 to 4 30 p m with outdoor and indoor activities and a discussion. Leaders say the event offers a relaxation break between holiday activities. Transportation for attendees may be provided by the Youth Center of the First Baptist Church at 1 p m.
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Winchester Christian Youth Organization
Hunting Ridge
First Bapist
Christmas Baskets Given By Eagles Club
Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 824 distributed 40 Christmas baskets to area families. Albert Duke served as chairman guiding a 10 member committee to select recipients. A party for about 300 children at the Eagles home featured Santa giving toys and treats.
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Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie
Albert Duke
Eagles
Bill Zirk
Earl Willey
Ervin Cleveland
Santa Claus
Pueblo crewman loses 70 pounds in captivity
John Higgins, a 6-foot-5 Pueblo crewman from St Joseph Missouri, shed about 70 pounds during captivity after the USS Pueblo was seized. He arrived at Ascom City South Korea weighing 210 pounds after a five day gain on a diet of soup rice and juices.
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Calif
John Higs
Gins
America
Uss Pueblo
Higgins
St. Joseph
U.S
Ascom City
South Korea
Pyongang
North Korea
San Diego Naval Hospital
Norman Morrill Inspects Mail Forms for Taxpayers
Norman E Morrill inspects label markings as millions of tax forms are set for mail delivery Monday to taxpayers in New England and New York under AP Wirephoto supervision.
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Norman E. Morrill
New England
New York
Hong Kong Flu Spreads Across 33 States, Deaths Climb
The National Communicable Disease Center reports Hong Kong Flu widespread in 33 states with pneumonia influenza deaths more than doubling in the third week of December. Officials predict peak of epidemic may come in early to mid January as about 1,000 deaths are expected in the 122 cities this week.
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Atlanta
National
Communicable Disease Center
David J. Sencer
Sencer
NCDC
Hong Kong
Bob Hope Day Declared in California for Citizenship Award
California marks Bob Hope Day as Gov Ronald Reagan presents a creative citizenship award to the comedian who has just returned from entertaining American troops in Vietnam.
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Sacramento
Calif
Bob Hope
California
Ronald Reagan
Vietnam
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