UN Forces Renew Golan Mandate Amid PLO Invite Promise
The UN buffer force on the Golan Heights has its mandate renewed for six months by a 13 to 0 council vote. The Security Council scheduled a January 12 debate on the Middle East including the Palestinian question, with the PLO to be invited to participate per a council compromise.
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Golan Heights
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Middle East
Jacob A. Malik
Soviet Union
PLO
Syria
Egypt to Regain Abu Rudeis Oil Field Control
In Sinai Egypt prepared to retake control of Abu Rudeis after Israel withdrew from the coast area. The 86 wells and refinery were handed to UN troops and three Italian technicians to guard for 24 hours. Israel had pulled back three miles to a ridge overlooking the settlement.
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Sinai Desert
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Sinai Peninsula
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Holiday Traffic Deaths Under Predictions
The holiday weekend traffic toll reached 357, far below the National Safety Council forecast of 450 to 500 deaths. The council had set its lowest Thanksgiving prediction in seven years for the period from Thursday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Reagan Pledges Support If Ford Wins Nomination
Ronald Reagan says he would back President Ford if Ford defeats him for the Republican nomination in 1976 and rules out a third party run. He cited differences but pledged not to attack Ford or divide the party during ABC television and a post‑cast news conference in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
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Reagan
Abc-Tv
California
Mayors doubt repeat of New York aid request
At the National League of Cities convention in Miami Beach, more than a dozen mayors say no other city will seek the federal aid Ford proposed for New York. They cite loss of financial control and New York’s unusually high borrowing for operating expenses as unique factors.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Ford
New York
National League of Cities
Pittsburgh Teachers Strike Reaches Third Time in Eight Years
Pittsburgh teachers walked off the job on the third strike in eight years while 62,000 public school students were told to report to class in the afternoon. The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers voted to strike after representatives of 3,700 teachers and 700 paraprofessionals approved, led by President Albert Fondy.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Albert Fondy
Arafat Warns Lebanon Crisis Could Draw Naval Involvement
Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasir Arafat warned Lebanese leaders that if the U S Sixth Fleet intervened in Lebanon's civil war the Soviet Navy would oppose it. He said progressive Arab peoples will not allow Lebanon to become a second Vietnam. The 1958 crisis saw the Sixth Fleet land Marines in Beirut.
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Hungary
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasir Arafat
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Lebanon
Arafat
United States
Vietnam
6Th Fleet
Beirut
Family Needs Christmas Help
Anna and Dan, two Aiken County children, face a bare holiday as their mother struggles to stretch a small budget. The Jaycee Shopping Tour on December 20 at Edwards will assist 80 children with a party afterward, and donations to Aiken Jaycees P O Box 707 are requested to brighten their Christmas.
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Aiken County
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Aiken
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Edwards
Charles Watts
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P.O
S.C
Ford Begins Five Day China Visit With Cautious Welcome
President Ford arrives in Peking for a five day trip aimed at mutual understanding. He meets Chu Teh and Chiang Ching attends a reception while Teng Hsiao pING welcomes him. No speeches at the airport and no crowds as in 1972.
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National People’s Congress
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Chiang Ching
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Mao Tse-tung
Teng Hsiao-ping
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China
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Susan
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Teng
Chou En-lai Chou
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State Department
Taiwan
Americas
Soviet Union
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Alaska
Asia
Tokyo
Record turnout as Chitlin Strut draws 20000 in Salley parade
A mild sunny day brings a 20 000 attendance at the Tenth Annual Chitlin Strut in Salley led by Grand Marshall Rep Butler Derrick. The parade includes the Parris Island Marine Band shriners and local contingents ending at Crescent City Vocational Center with remarks from Thomas J. Kline for Earl L. Butz.
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W. Brantley Harvey
W.J. Bryan Dorn
M. Judson Busbee
Cecil L. Collins
Gilbert E. McMillan
Forest L. Kirby
Cleve Edmunds
Salley
Crescent Cities Vocational Center
Chitlin
Athens Man Goes On Trial In Mitchell Bank Robbery
An Athens man Michael Blackwell, 23, goes on trial in U.S. Court in Columbia charged in the Mitchell Shopping Center Farmers & Merchants Bank robbery in Aiken on March 24. His brother Truitt Blackwell faced related charges but was not charged in the Aiken case.
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Athens, Ga
U.S
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Mitchell Shopping Center
Aiken
Michael Blackwell
Truitt Blackwell
Clearwater
Athens
Frank Thomas
Thomas
North Augusta City Council to Meet Tomorrow
The North Augusta City Council will hold its regular meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Two ordinances on property tax levies and a 1970 Code amendments affecting water and sewer rates receive second readings. Old business includes a contract amendment with Evans and Leopold Inc. and a new business item covers an infiltration inflow analysis of the city sewer system.
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North Augusta
Evans and Leopold, Inc
Weather Forecast Calls for Cold Night and Dry Skies
Temperatures will fall to the low 30s tonight with a dry day tomorrow and highs in the upper 50s. Rain chances drop to near zero this afternoon as north to northwest winds 15 to 25 mph ease. Small craft advisory remains on the lakes with winds easing tonight. Scattered showers are possible from Wednesday through Friday.
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Earl L. Butz
Kline
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Blackwell Brothers
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Henry Martins
Paul D. Grant
N. Augusta
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