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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1973
Page
1
Christmas 1973 brought less warfare and more doubt across the globe amid fuel shortages and terrorism fears. Pope Paul VI urged salvation while Bethlehem saw record low pilgrim numbers. the US marked a peaceful Christmas for veterans and POWs as Skylab 3 orbited Kohoutek.
Arab oil ministers in Kuwait said they would roll back part of the production cuts after the Arab-Israeli war, easing supplies to Japan and Britain while keeping the embargo on the United States and the Netherlands. Nixon and Kissinger discussed the move, with no public comment from the officials.
Maj. Gen. Mordechai Gur the Israeli military attache in Washington left for Geneva to lead a delegation negotiating a cease in Israeli Egyptian forces near the Suez Canal. Police in Paris reported arrests of 13 Palestine guerrilla supporters and seized arms including book bombs at the Italian border.
U S Park Police arrested six anti war demonstrators outside the White House on Christmas Day. Two climbed over a fence in front of the executive mansion while others chained themselves to a fence. Activist priest Philip Berrigan and his wife Sister Elizabeth McAlister participated but were not detained.
The Ohio Highway Patrol reports 19 deaths on state roads during the 102 hour Christmas holiday weekend, below the predicted 25. Officials note the shorter period may have reduced fatalities.
The forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight with showers likely and a low in the low 40s. Thursday will be cloudy and cooler with a chance of more showers and highs in the mid to upper 40s. Details on page 2.
President Nixon weighs possible moves after Arabs suspend oil shipments to the United States. He spoke with Henry Kissinger about Middle East policy and the energy crisis, while Arab producers demand Israel withdrawal from captured lands.
The Gen James M Gavin Power Plant and Meigs Mines may affect Meigs Vinton and Gallia Counties differently than warned. Officials expect unemployment to fall and incomes to rise while new workers live outside the immediate area, boosting housing in nearby communities but not as strongly as consultants predicted. Athens County faces a larger impact due to miners relocating and a local campaign to attract Gavin workers toward Athens Albany.
Houston AP reports Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald Carr and William Pogue spent seven hours outside the station to photograph comet Kohoutek to study its composition and solar system origins. Edward Gibson remained aboard to guide the craft as the crew nears the sun flyby.
Tass announced Soyuz 13 landed at 11 50 am central Asia time. Cosmonauts Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev were in good condition after a week in orbit. The flight tested a craft planned to link with Apollo in 1975, amid simultaneous US Skylab 3 activity. The landing occurred near Karaganda in Kazakhstan.
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