US Viet Nam peace talks move toward expanded conference
In Paris US and North Vietnam protested each other’s military actions while agreeing on procedures for the enlarged peace conference. Ambassador Cyrus Vance led the US meeting with Col. Ha Van Lau as discussions on opening date and session format continued. South Vietnam’s full delegation was due in Paris by Saturday.
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U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Hanoi
Ha van Lau
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
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National Liberation Front
Vance
Lau
Nixon names McCracken to lead economic council as Humphrey declines UN post
President-elect Nixon announced Dr. Paul W. McCracken of the University of Michigan will head the Council of Economic Advisors, while Hubert H. Humphrey declined the offer to become U.N. ambassador. Nixon said McCracken brings diverse views and will join two other appointees to form a robust economic policy team.
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Associated Press
NEW York
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Council of Economic Advisors
Ronald L. Ziegler
Humphrey
McCracken
Graduate School of Business Administration
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Johnson
California
Roy Ash
Litton Industries, Inc
Israeli jets strike Iraqi artillery posts in Jordan
Israeli warplanes attacked Iraqi artillery installations east and west of Irbid in Jordan during a 90 minute raid. One Super Mystere pilot did not return and was rescued. The operation, the third such strike on Jordan this week, also hit targets near Al Mafraq and Taibeh with antiaircraft fire and Amman alert.
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Beisan
Major Crimes Rise by 21 1 Percent in Minnesota
The State Crime Bureau reports a 21.1 percent rise in major crimes in the first ten months of the year. Violent crimes fell 7 percent while robbery offenses jumped about 26 percent. Property crimes climbed nearly 22 percent with rural areas up 19.5 percent and urban areas up 29 percent. St Paul up 22.3 percent, Minneapolis 12.8 percent, and Duluth 12.7 percent.
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Minnesota
State Crime Bureau
Minneapolis
Duluth
Nervous Hijacker Talks About Life in U S While Plane Refuels
A Havana hijacker seized a National Airlines jet after landing in Miami and forced a fuel stop at Key West to continue toward Cuba. He talked of life in the United States while troops waited, gun on the victim’s neck, grenade at his shoulder, as authorities kept their distance until Havana.
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Key West
Irene Guntin
National Airlines
Cuba
Varadero
Florida
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Eddie Canteras
New York
Tampa
James W. Sims
Cuban
Sims
Mirta Fonollar
Minnesota defers eleven interstate projects due to federal funds
The Minnesota Highway Commission says eleven interstate projects totaling about 20 million dollars will be postponed past July 1, delaying completion from late 1969 to fall 1970. Projects include Surfacing on 35E and 35W corridors, pedestrian bridges in Minneapolis, safety upgrades on 35W and 1694, and roadside planting from Minnesota River to Richfield.
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John R. Jamieson
Minnesota
Little Canada
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Lino Lakes
Pine City
24Th St
Laurel Ave
Minneapolis
Lake St
Cleveland Ave
St. Paul
South St. Paul
Minnesota River
Richfield
Evansville
Osakis
Leirfallom weighs action against critic in state department
Minnesota Conservation Commissioner Jarle Leirfallom said he may discipline a department employee who led a critical statement from the Game and Fish Employees Association. Leirfallom defended his policies, noting most staff support the department and the open door policy, while the critic group argues policies are politically driven.
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Minnesota
Jarle Leirfallom
Leirfallom
Mude
Conservation Department
Game and Fish Employees Associaton
Charles R. Burrows
Burrows
Lierfallom
Heaviest Toll for 1st Air Cavalry in A Single Battle
Near the Cambodian border north of Saigon, about 400 North Vietnamese troops attacked 150 U.S. air cavalrymen of the 1st Air Cavalry Division. Twenty five Americans were killed and 52 wounded in a four hour battle. U S air power responded with bombers, helicopters, and B 52 strikes dropping hundreds of tons on enemy positions as Air Cavalry and supporting forces fought to hold the line.
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Saigon
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Air Cav
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Sai
Gon
Richard Merron
Benefit concert for war injured Vietnamese children
Rochester fills Dec 10 8 p.m. with the Chamber Orchestra of German Pediatricians at the First Unitarian Universalist Church. They perform Bach Mozart and Vivaldi and tickets are available.
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Possible Arson Probed in St Paul Fire
An early morning blaze at a three story frame house turned converted apartments forced six elderly residents to flee in freezing air. A survivor endured smoke inhalation. Rose Keiser 76 to be released after treatment. Fire officials say basement origin and extensive damage. owner Loraine Schoeman 76 escaped. The youngest resident is 57.
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Rose Keiser
Loraine Schoneman
Selby Avenue
Two Minnesota Towns Approve Sunday Liquor Sales
Voters in Hibbing and Brook Park approved Sunday liquor sales in restaurants. Hibbing passed 2252 to 1917 with councilman Guy Johnson reelected and Bernard Munter defeating village clerk A. J. McPhail. Brook Park, Pine County, approved the measure 28 to 14.
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Associated Press
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Iron Range
Guy Johnson
Bernard Munter
A. J. McPhail
Brook Park
Pine County
Pope Attacks Dissenters in Church Teaching Stand
Pope Paul VI denounces dissenting priests and bishops as he defends Catholic doctrine at any cost. He condemns selective truth choosing, cites threats to faith, and notes a Vatican demand for the Dutch hierarchy to revise its controversial new catechism in line with traditional teaching.
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Labor Strikes Sweep Major Italian Cities
A wave of labor walkouts spread through Italy as thousands of students protested police killings. Rome Milan Genoa Venice and other cities saw mass demonstrations with clashes in Genoa and Milan injuring over 100. Premie Rumor pursued a new coalition amid turmoil.
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Italy
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Antipolice
Mariano Rumor
Christian Democrats
Private and parochial schools see spike in applications
In New York families rush to private and parochial schools ahead of a potential long running teacher strike. Russell Ames at Riverdale Country School notes deep distrust in the public system while seeking alternatives. In San Francisco a Japan Air Lines DC8 that belly landed on November 22 may be back in the air within months with all 107 aboard unharmed and minimal damage.
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New York
Russell Ames
Riverdale Country School
Bronx
San Francisco
Japan Air Lines
Postal Service Reports 13 Percent Rise in Vietnam Christmas Mail
The Post Office Department says Christmas mail to servicemen in Vietnam rose 13 percent this year, with about 17 million pounds sent across the Pacific in November. The deadline for airmail gifts to arrive by Christmas is one week away. In Prague, Czech journalists vow to seek legal redress to defend press freedom after a government suspension of a weekly.
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Vietnam
Post Office Department
Pacific
Prague
Czechoslovak Journalist Union
Maryland Court Reverses Finding of Legal Neglect in Welfare Case
The Maryland Court of Appeals today reversed a circuit court ruling that more than one illegitimate child in a home constitutes legal neglect. Judge Perry G. Bowen had ordered three illegitimate children removed from their mothers in a welfare case involving 42 welfare applications and three dependent children mothers.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Perry G. Bowen
Judge orders juvenile housing in detention centers in Minnesota
Judge Lindsay G. Arthur of Juvenile Court mandates housing juveniles in detention centers rather than jail as of January 2. New facilities add capacity for up to 70 youths to the existing 29 at the Hennepin County Juvenile Center near downtown Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Lindsay G. Arthur
Juvenile Court
Hennepin County
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