UN building fund rejected by House panel
The House Appropriations Committee declined a state department request for a $20 million contribution to expand United Nations headquarters along the East River. The setback came amid liberal calls to fund a new UN building. opponents warned of relocation abroad if dues and building costs remain high.
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Israel Reopens Talks With Egypt and Jordan After Pause
Israel resumes U N supervised peace talks with Egypt and Jordan after a four month boycott. Prime Minister Golda Meir's cabinet says conditions are right to return to discussions and Eban will inform Gunnar V Jarring. Egypt has yet to comment.
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End of a Decade in South Vietnam Marks Shifting War
South Vietnam marks two milestones this week the ten year anniversary of the Viet Cong and the end of a decade of direct U.S. involvement. The Nixon era withdrawal accelerates toward mid-1972 as Saigon gains political and military footing amid economic reforms and crackdowns on dissent.
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Hebert Seeks Rivers Chair Ship After Long War View
Rep F Edward Hebert of Louisiana, poised to replace the late L Mendel Rivers as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, spoke at a news conference after returning from the Christmas recess. Hebert said Nixon follows the only Vietnam policy possible, and argued that following Rivers and his advice could have ended the war five years ago in a U.S. victory.
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Senate Sends $1.8 Billion Supplemental Bill to Nixon
The Senate passed a 1.8 billion supplemental appropriations bill sending 255 million for Cambodia aid and 500 million for military sales credits to bolster Israel. It also rejected a 66.6 billion defense bill, sending it to new talks over foreign policy restrictions and the use of ground forces in Southeast Asia. The session included six hours of amendments tied to welfare, foreign trade, and a grand plan for troop withdrawals. The chamber recessed after midnight as negotiators prepared for a conference.
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Jetliner Crash Kills At Least Two In Virgin Islands
A Trans Caribbean Airways Boeing 727 with 53 aboard crashed into a hill at the end of Harry S Truman airport in Charlotte Amalie. At least two passengers were killed and 41 hospitalized. seven crew members survived via emergency chutes as fuel tanks exploded and the jet burned. The pilot and copilot escaped injury.
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Soviets Set Hearing For Hijack Appeal
The Soviet Union scheduled a Wednesday appeal hearing in Moscow for 11 convicted in the Leningrad hijack case. Two are on death row. defense attorneys received no reason for the expedited proceeding. Worldwide protests continued as 60 Soviet Jews urged justice for the condemned.
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NWTH Expansion Funds Granted for Outpatient Clinic
Federal Hill-Burton funds totaling 237 500 dollars plus depreciation funds will fund the Northwest Texas Hospital outpatient clinic and expanded radiology pathology and emergency services. Rep. Bob Price announced the grant from his Washington office.
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Fesmire Nearing Fourth Year On Death Row in Oklahoma
The 23 year old Fesmire, convicted in 1967 for the February 1967 killings of his father, brother, and a friend in Hammon Oklahoma, remains on death row at McAlester State Penitentiary with an appeal pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Farm Lights Key To Kidnap Arrests
Montreal police traced the abduction and murder of Pierre Laporte to three prime suspects Paul Rose Jacques Rose and Francis Simard after raiding a farmhouse at St Duc revealing a tunnel under the concrete floor The case linked to the FLQ and the Cross kidnapping with additional arrests during Christmas sweeps by anti terror squads.
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Amarillo High School fate to board amid NAACP injunction appeal
The Amarillo school board must decide whether to build Amarillo High in Southwest Amarillo or wait for an appeals court ruling on the NAACP's bid for a permanent injunction. Walter Wolfram said the NAACP will appeal the U S District Court denial to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, arguing for preservation of existing buildings and integration levels.
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Amarillo Weather Says Warm Unchanged For Wednesday
The Amarillo forecast notes sun and partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Highs in the upper 60s to low 60s, winds from the west at 10 to 20 mph, and cooler nights in the upper 20s.
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