New Year's Truce Observed Amid Christmas Clashes
Saigon reports a two hour New Year cease fire by allies despite Christmas truce violations. Viet Cong ends three day Christmas halt. allied patrols resume. U.S. and South Vietnamese officials note no change in plans for a New Year pause. Colonel and political notes include Vietnam pullout timing and Palme to Kenyon College with Newman as a classmate.
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South Vietnam
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Greece tightens ties with US amid regime public push
In Athens the army backed government shows loyalty to Washington amid European tensions and a muted stance on paring with NATO allies. 8000 Sixth Fleet sailors visited, US children sang for Premier Papadopoulos while critics decry the regime. Astronauts Armstrong Aldrin Collins autographed Moon book selling at Houston Chronicle fundraiser for kids.
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Edwin E. Aldrin
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Michael Collins
Houston Chronicle
Undercover Agents Abroad Exempt in Personnel Cuts
Washington reports the Nixon administration will keep a small global network of undercover federal agents intact due to international crime links and Black Panther abroad contacts. The Justice Department successfully urged exemptions for FBI and Narcotics agents, with the White House approving the committee's recommendation.
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James Earl Ray
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Israeli Jets Attack Gun Sites Across Suez Jordan Border and Lebanon
Israeli warplanes bombed Egyptian artillery near Suez and struck guerrilla targets southeast of the Sea of Galilee in Jordan. Mortar fire crossed from Lebanon as Libyan meetings followed Nasser arriving in Tripoli. A Jordanian report said six Israeli planes hit three villages wounding a farmer. An Israeli spokesman said one jet may have been shot down. witnesses spoke of Jordanian vehicle fires. Nasser arrived in Libya for a summit with Libyan and Sudanese leaders and pledged no capitulation, asserting Arabs would reclaim 1967 gains.
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Suéz Canal
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Sudan
Nasser
U.S
Suspect Captured in Tennessee Killings
Kenneth Rogers, 26, sought for the murders of his wife Wilma Rogers and Barbara Case, plus a 14 year old girl Lisa Levering, was found near Covington Tennessee. He confessed to attempting suicide and was being treated for a wrist wound before Illinois authorities would take custody.
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Kenneth Rogers
Carbondale
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Barbara Case
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Lauderdale County
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