Apollo 17 on course for lunar orbit after mid voyage
Apollo 17 passed the halfway point of its 132 096 mile journey to the moon as Mission Control planned a brief rocket burn to correct its path. Command ship America and lunar module Challenger remain nose to nose on a potential collision course with the moon, with Schmitt Cernan and Evans aboard.
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Kissinger Tho Meet in Fifth Vietnam Peace Talks in Paris
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho held their fifth secret negotiation in Paris as Pompidou played an influential backstage role. The talks, ongoing since November 20 with brief breaks, aimed at a Vietnam settlement amid a news blackout.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Georges Pompidou
Elysee Palace
le Duc Tho
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Pompidou
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Tho
Catoctin Mountains
Professor hurls grenade to stop jet hijack in Addis Ababa
US professor Roderick Hilsinger of Temple University helped foil a hijacking on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa. He grabbed a live grenade and threw it toward an empty seat as security guards and hijackers exchanged fire. Seven attackers, including a woman, were killed. three arrested. One engine and the rudder were damaged. 94 aboard. Hilsinger and others were wounded.
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Profoils
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Roderick Hilsinger
Temple University
Philadelphia
Hilsinger
Eritrea
Asmara
Nixon Moves On Viet Cease Fire Plans At Camp David
President Nixon coordinates Kissinger talks from Camp David as he maps moves after a Vietnam cease-fire. He plans a second term reorganization, budget to Congress, and Cabinet and CIA appointments, while briefing top advisers and discussing post cease-fire steps with defense chiefs.
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Truman Has Restless Night At Research Hospital
Former President Harry S. Truman remains in critical condition at Research Hospital and Medical Center with lung congestion and a weakened heart. A 7 am report noted his pulse and blood pressure were stable while his temperature fluctuated around 100.2 degrees.
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Dreves
Margaret Truman Daniel
Nixon to send Stanford surgeon for Imelda Marcos injury
President Marcos says President Nixon will send Dr. Robert T. Chase of Stanford Medical Center to perform tendon-repair surgery on Imelda Marcos after a bolo knife attack at an awards event. A guard killed the attacker. Marcos hopes for restored use of her right hand and arm.
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Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
California
Imelda
Marcos
Robert T. Chase
Stanford Medical Center
Heroin Use Seen Leveling Among GIs and U.S. Victories
Government doctors describe optimism over heroin abuse trends in the United States and among American troops in Vietnam. Dr. Richard S. Wilbur, the Defense Department's chief doctor, said that the heroin problem among GIs in Vietnam in early 1971 has now been brought under control.
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United States
Vietnam
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Defense Department
U S B52 Bombers Resume Saturation North Vietnam Strikes
U S B52 bombers extended saturation bombing around the DMZ dropping about 2000 tons in 18 hours and another 1000 tons in the latest 24 hours amid heavy strikes near Ben Quang and south toward Quang Tri City. Air and ground reports show numerous targets hit with significant enemy casualties reported.
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UN General Assembly moves to curb Israeli occupation
The United Nations prepares a landmark General Assembly resolution urging nations to avoid actions that could recognize Israel's occupation of Arab lands. It calls Israel to publicly reject annexation by force, voids changes in occupied territories, and urges full implementation of the 1967 Security Council resolutions toward a peaceful Middle East.
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Electors to officially cast votes for Nixon in December
Ritual electors across 49 states meet December 18 to record votes for the Republican President. McGovern electors in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia have no role. Tally: Nixon 521, McGovern 17. votes certified to Congress.
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Dems stall over party chair as showdown looms
The Democratic National Committee confronts a post election struggle over leadership. Jean Westwood refuses to step down without a compromise while Robert Strauss claims 107 to 109 votes to oust her. A vote on the chair and new at large members is set for the weekend.
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Robert Strauss
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Lawrence F. O’brien
California
Charles Manatt
Maine
George Mitchell
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