Christmas 1973: world hopes rebound despite fears and outages
Christmas 1973 offered a mix of religious observance and global strains. Pope Paul VI urged savior in Rome as Bethlehem pilgrimage dwindled amid security fears. American POWs were freed and Skylab 3 reported Kohoutek observations while gasoline shortages curtailed travel nationwide. In London Northern Ireland unrest continued. Berlin Wall crossings rose slowly. Hanoi Catholics celebrated amid foreign troop withdrawal. Chile enforced curfew with arrests and a shooting incident.
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Paul VI
St. Peter's Square
Arabs ease oil cuts to Japan and Britain
Arab oil ministers in Kuwait said they would roll back part of the December cuts with a January reduction around 15 percent, restoring some supply to Japan Britain and other allies while preserving the embargo on U S and Dutch oil. Nixon Kissinger discussed the move but made no public comment.
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United States
Netherlands
Israel
Japan
Britain
France
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Belgium
U. S
Hirotaka Mitsuda
Japan Oil Federation
International Trade and Industry
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Tokyo Electric Power Co
Kazutaka Kikawada
Persian Gulf
Peter Walker
U.S
Middle East
Faisal
Nixon
Oval Office
White House
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Six Arrested In White House Antiwar Demonstration
Antiwar protest outside the White House on Christmas Day led to six arrests. Two protesters Mitchell Snyder and Debbie Danielle face unlawful entry charges after scaling the fence while four others from Baltimore Maryland were charged with disorderly conduct as they attempted to chain themselves to the fence. Activist priest Philip Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAllister attended but were not arrested, and a spokesman noted dolls were tossed onto the lawn to protest napalm deaths in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Community For Creative Nonviolence
Philip Berrigan
Elizabeth McAllister
Southeast Asia
Mitchell Snyder
Debbie Danielle
Baltimore
Gerard J. Gaeng
Rosemary F. Bramble
Joan Cavanagh
Teresa Ksohlenberg
Editorial Overview and Page Sections
The clipping lists sections for sports society VS-Mkt area news and comics and classifieds. It schedules Editorial on page 4 and sports on pages 16 and 17 with Society on pages 6 and 7.
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Society
Comics-Tv
Wanted Garbage Hauler Job Ad with Weekly Pay
A classified notice seeks a garbage hauler with hard work tolerance. It lists $161 weekly pay and in person application at XXX-XXXX. The ad ran under employment classification for two days and was scheduled to run six days, with a quick action phone number 433-8851.
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Help Wanted
Twelve Die In Minnesota Holiday Traffic Toll Rises
During the Christmas weekend Minnesota logged twelve traffic deaths raising the 1973 toll to 981. Victims include Caroll Hongerholt who plunged 100 feet after losing control near Fillmore County, and U S Air Force Colonel Quincy Collins who staged a Christmas show for Bob Hope while visiting family.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Quincy Collins
Bob Hope
Hope
Collins
Antique dealer gifts silver dollars to Long Lake children
Ed Herman owner of Ed's Trading Post in Long Lake Minnesota distributed 500 in silver dollars to local children on Christmas Eve. He recalled poverty as a child in Des Moines and said the gesture echoes a memory of a generous man with a black car who gave him a silver dollar.
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Long Lake, Minn
Minneapolis
Long Lake
Ed Herman
Trading Post
Des Moines
Iowa
Herman
Soyuz 13 Returns Safely After Eight Day Flight
Tass reports Soviet Soyuz 13 crew Maj. Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev landed in Kazakhstan after an eight day mission. The craft and on board equipment functioned properly throughout the flight. The crew exited the capsule without aid and felt excellent. Landing time was 11:50 a.m. Moscow time.
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Soviet Union
Earth
Tass
Kazakhstan
Baikonur = space center
Maj
Pyotr Klimuk
Valentin Lebedev
Bus driver dies in knife attack near New Boston
A knife wielding passenger stabbed bus driver Billy Fred Young as the Continental Trailways bus carried about 20 passengers on a Memphis to Los Angeles run along U S 82 near New Boston Texas. Deputy Willie Huff said Young steered the bus off the highway and collapsed after exiting. No passengers were injured as searchers scoured the woods for the suspect.
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Boston
Tex
Here
Willie Huff
Billy Fred Young
Continental Trailways
U.S. 82
Young
Texarkana
Los Angeles
Nixon signals no gas rationing amid meeting with adviser
President Nixon told photographers he is working to avoid any gasoline rationing. He also signed legislation authorizing 2.2 billion dollars in emergency aid to Israel to support security as fighting continues in the Middle East. In Geneva Israeli and Egyptian officers held secret talks on troop withdrawals from October war gains, advancing the flailing peace process.
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Washington
Nixon
William Simon
Israel
White House
Middle East
Eneva
Switzerland
Geneva
Market up sharply in early trading on oil embargo relief
New York stock markets rose strongly as Arab oil producers eased embargoes on several European nations and Japan. By 10:30 a.m. the Dow Jones industrial average jumped 20.14 to 834.95, while New York Stock Exchange issues led declines 5 to 1 in heavy volume. Louis Abt of Granger & Co. called the move encouraging and very bullish for the market.
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New York
Japan
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Louis Abt
Granger & Co
Nixon and Dobrynin Discuss Middle East Policy in White House Talks
President Nixon and Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin met privately with Secretary of State Kissinger to discuss general foreign policy with likely emphasis on the Middle East and Arab-Israeli peace talks in Geneva. The meeting followed a Christmas morning call about the Mideast and energy crisis developments.
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Nixon
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Washington
Anatolya Dobrynin
Middle East
Gerald L. Warren
Geneva
Soviet Union
Mideast
U.S. Middle East
Warren
Kissinger
First American Christmas for Vietnamese adopted child
Damon Fena, 4, participates in his new family's Christmas at the Otto Fena home in Milwaukee after being adopted on Oct 2. The scene captures the boy amid festive activity as an AP Wirephoto records the moment.
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Damon Fena
Otto Fena
Milwaukee
Fenas
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