Vote Backed Wilson Triumph in Commons Debate
Prime Minister Harold Wilson won a 299 to 272 House of Commons vote on foreign policy, splitting the Conservative opposition over Rhodesia. He announced plans to visit Moscow February 21 to 24, saying he has talked with Soviet Premier Kosygin since last spring.
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London
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
Wilson
Moscow
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Alexei N. Kosygin
House
Liberal Party
Edward Heath
Humphrey Gibbs
Tan Smith
Gibbs
Smith
Humphrey
Government House
Salisbury
Five Day Forecast Warmth Shifts to Weekend Cold Snap
Temperatures will average two degrees above the seasonal norm of three through Monday with a gradual warmup through Saturday. Expect colder conditions over the weekend with light snow possible Friday and again Sunday or Monday. The regions or exact dates are not specified.
Planes Bomb North Viet Nam Despite Christmas Cease Fire Talk
UPI AP report says U.S. Navy planes used electronic sights to strike Hanoi Haiphong industrial areas despite Communist calls for a 12 hour Christmas truce. Weekly casualty toll: 19 killed, 126 wounded, six missing. 90+ aircraft involved in strikes on bridges routes and storage depots. A separate raid hit a Viet Cong stronghold near the Cambodian border while Tan Thuan Dong hamlet suffered fatalities and a grenade attack at a U.S. transport site near Saigon.
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Saigon
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Viet Nam
Air Force
North
Cambodia
Associated Press
Richard Merron
New Life
Tan Thuan Dong
Tan Son Nhut
Nha Be
South Viet Nam
U.S. Transportation Center
Dean Rusk
United States
National Liberation Front
Army Rule Of Dahomey Takes Complete Control In Coup
Gen Christophe Soglo leads the Dahomey army to seize power in Cotonou abolishing parliament and parties, dissolving local governments, suspending the constitution, and naming a provisional president as he pledges to honor international commitments and redraw a new constitution. Dahomey gained independence in 1960 after self government began in 1938.
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Cotonou
Dahomey
UPI
Christophe Saglo
Soglo
Souron Migan Apithy
African and Malagasy Common Organization
QCAM
Organization of African United
OAU
Africa
Nigeria
Togo
France
France To Attend Market Talks Amid EU Crisis
Paris reports France will end a six month boycott of the European Common Market and join a six nation foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg in mid January. Officials expect one or two talks to settle the crisis, with a possible later summit. France may cut tariffs by 10 percent from January 1. Key issues: veto rights for each member and no supranational powers for the market body.
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Paris
UPI
France
Luxembourg
Brussels
Belgium
West Germany
Italy
Common Market Council of Ministers
Common Market Executive Committee
Million Dollar Mart Planned Near Boston North Station
UPI reports plans for two 1 million dollar merchandise marts and building rehabilitations around North Station in Boston. The complex at 131 Beverly Street will house furniture manufacturers and wholesalers and is set to open next spring. BRA director Esther Maletz notes rehabilitation of nearby buildings and removal of the Causeway Street elevated, plus a 2500 car parking garage.
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Boston
UPI
Plang
North Station
Beverly St
Causeway Street
Railroad Station
Esther R. Maletz
Boston Redevelopment Authority
BRA
Volpe Proposes Sixth Two Year Sales Tax Plan
Gov Volpe unveiled his sixth sales tax bill to run two years and fund public education with a 3 percent tax expected to raise 140 to 150 million. House and Senate failed to resolve fiscal differences as conference committees collapsed 110 to 64. Greenberg backed new talks to keep the tax option alive while Berkshire lawmakers split.
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Boston
Volpe
House
Senate
House Conference Committee
Joel
Greenberg
Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Gay, Volpe
Edward S. Zelazo
R-Adams
Zelazo
Maurice A. Donahue
D-Holyoke
Donahue
GE Utility Order Backlog Reaches Historic High Says Boreh
General Electric reports the largest backlog in electric utility equipment in its history. President Fred J. Boreh cites stabilized prices near a decade’s low and steady demand from utilities. He notes Pittsfield plant benefits from this trend and GE plans a $27 million modernization of transformer facilities.
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Boreh
General Electric Co
Fred J. Boreh
New York
Pittsfield
Borch
Open Space Acquisitions Urged for Eastern Mass
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council urges public acquisition or control of 200000 acres in six eastern Massachusetts sections to protect open space and recreation areas as development expands along major routes out of Boston. The 133 page study, funded by state and federal sources, must be completed next November.
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Boston
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Eastern
Massachusetts
Council
Wor
Lynn Woods
Middlesex Canal
Billevicw
Hobbs Brooke - Cambridge Reservoir
Lincoln
Wartham
Dedham
Dover
Charles River
Blue Hills
Quincy
Milton
Boston Harbor
Middlesex Wells
Mystic Lakes
U.S. considers Christmas truce and Cambodia action in Vietnam
U.S. officials weigh a possible Christmas Eve truce while signaling expanded ground operations into Cambodia in self defense. State Department clarifies commanders may pursue enemy forces across borders, as Kennedy urges congressional consultation on any further escalation.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Nam
United States
State Department
U.S
Cambodia
Rusk
Edward MM. Kennedy
D-Mass
Johnson
Congress
Kennedy calls for targeted Vietnam escalation debate
Senator Kennedy urged informing Senate committees about Vietnam judgment and escalation projections. He supported destroying Vietnamese war-support networks in the north but opposed bombing Cambodia Laos or civilian areas. He pressed for humantiarian aid for 674000 refugees and warned against hollow negotiations without welfare for people. A Utah congressman noted U.S. information policy issues and criticized how news framed the war. He argued most fighting is by Viet Cong rather than North Vietnamese troops.
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Kennedy
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
Viet Nam
Congress
Senate
Southeast Asia
Wbz-Tv
U. S
Washington
David S. King
Utah
South Viet Nam
House
Government Information Subcommittee
Kine
North
King
Sainthood Sought for Mother Seton in Vatican Action
Vatican opened the way for Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton to become the first native born American saint. Enrico Cardinal Dante presented her cause to the Sacred Congregation of Rites. she founded the Sisters of Charity and died in 1821 after converting to Catholicism in New York City.
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Vatican City
Ups
Vatican
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
Enrico Cardinal Dante
Mother Seton
Sacred Congregation of Rites
New York City
Sisters of Charity
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UPD
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