Holiday Sights And Sounds Reflect Christmas 1973
Holiday scenes across the United States mix joy and loss as Americans celebrate Christmas. Two Washington residents received kidney transplants from an unnamed donor, energy shortages alter decorations, a Georgia tree seller faced surplus stock, and memories of POWs mingle with new holiday cheer amid fatal accidents.
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Washington
Tom Brenner
Castle Rock
Marshita Cheka
Lacey
Northwest Kidney Center
Columbus
Ohio
Gilbert Shaw
Georgia
Shaw
Energy Czar predicts no gasoline rationing in U S
Energy czar William E. Simon tells The Washington Post the administration leans toward avoiding formal coupon rationing if the voluntary conservation program holds. He cites Western leakage, possible embargo lift, and anti rationing sentiment as key factors guiding policy. He favors expanded conservation measures over ration books.
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Washington—Energy
William E.simon
United States
Washington Post
Nixon
Simon
U.S
Zaka Ahmed Yamani
Capitol Hill
Congress
Inventores
Peaceful Yuletide Observed Amid Bethlehem Peace Guards
Gls celebrate Christmas as Israeli troops guard Bethlehem where 4000 pilgrims sing and pray. Pope Paul VI issues a peace filled message to the world. U S service members enjoy a rare Christmas truce while Skylab 3 astronauts observe Kohoutek from space. Nixon meets with Kissinger at the White House as cease fire reports improve in the Middle East.
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Ome
Christ
Bethlehem
Pope Paul VI
Brethen
United States
Nixon
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
U.N
Skylab 3 astronauts record space walk to photograph Kohoutek
Skylab 3 crewmates Gerald Carr and William Pogue conducted a record space walk on Christmas Day outside the space station to photograph Comet Kohoutek. The mission, lasting nearly eight hours, aimed to capture prime data on the solar system’s primordial matter while facing thruster and gyroscope challenges.
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Saylab
Kohoutek
Pluto
Inside Story On Oil Cutbacks Across Europe
Arab oil cutbacks threaten economies and inconveniences across Europe yet daily life continues much as before. Page 2 reports on government forecasters predicting unusual tides on Jan 8 and Feb 7, while broader AP dispatches discuss waning interest in South Asia and mounting Middle East concerns alongside the energy crunch. The piece mentions Great Salt Lake’s transformation into an industrial resource and notes a 1973 Soviet grain crop boosting the economy amid consumer goods shortages.
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Europe
South Asia
Middle East
Indochina
Salt Lake
Arab oil producers end monthly cuts for Europe Japan
Arab oil ministers announced an end to monthly production cuts that hurt Europe and Japan while keeping the U S and Netherlands embargoed. They pledged a 10 percent production increase in January for Japan Britain France Belgium and other European nations, with Iraq abstaining from the cutbacks. They warned the United States and the Netherlands must remain without Arab oil and stated the embargo would continue until U S peacemaking moves in the Middle East progress.
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Europe
Japan
Kuwatt (Ap
United States
Netherlands
Fresce
Britain
Belgium
United ‘States
Israel
Apd
France
Yamani
Belaid Abdessalam
Africa
Euerope
Middle East
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Energy Czar
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Prince of Peace
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Lab
Pogue
Mission Control
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Earth
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U.S.A
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Ahmed Zaki Yamani
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Iraq
Kuwait
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Holland
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Faisal
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Ney
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