US to airlift oil to landlocked Zambia to bypass sanctions
The United States plans an oil airlift to Zambia to counter sanctions linked to Rhodesia. After talks with Zambian Foreign Minister Simon Kapwepe, Secretary of State Dean Rusk said steps include a new land route to Dar es Salaam and chartering civilian planes to supplement Britain’s oil airlift, aiming to end Zambia's oil rationing.
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UPI
United States
Zambia
Rhodesia
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Dean Rusk
Simon Kapwepe
Rusk
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Great Britain
Dar-Es-Salaam
U.S
Briai
Ian Smith
Britain
Rhodesia Plans Gas and Diesel Rationing
Salisbury Rhodesia announced gasoline and diesel oil rationing for cars and trucks in response to the British oil embargo. Prime Minister Jan Smith, who severed ties with Great Britain on November 11, waited until after Christmas to issue the measure.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Jan Smith
Great Britain
Fuel Ration Rules For Public Vehicle Use
The rule limits motorists to three to five gallons of fuel every seven days based on car weight. Large American cars stay within five gallons. Diesel for commercial vehicles is unrestricted, but gasoline is capped at 5-10 gallons weekly by size. Exemptions apply to doctors vets undertakers diplomats consulars and most government transport.
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Frenning
Wellesley Board of Selectmen
House
Frening
Joint Public Welfare Committee
Suffolk
New Reserves Set for Viet Duty July 1
Washington reports a new Army Reserve force of 150000 men could be ready for Viet Nam by July 1. The select force, built from National Guard and Organized Reserve, will include three divisions, six brigades, and 976 smaller units, aiming for mobilization next summer if needed.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Nam
Army National Guard and Reserve
McNamara
Defense
Robert
Army National Guard
Patronage and record-keeping flaws flagged in MDC report
A management task force told Governor Volpe the Metropolitan District Commission faces major danger from patronage and duplicated records. It urged 22 cost-cutting changes totaling about 205000 and centralization of financial and admin staff. The study also calls for separating police from parks maintenance and consolidating MDC operations.
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Boston
Metropolitan District Commission
MDC
John A. Volpe
Yale Professor Leads Inquiry in Hanoi New Left
Staughton Lynd of Yale University and two other prominent new left figures travel to Hanoi on a private mission to gauge the other side’s peace approach. They hope to meet North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front representatives, face possible federal charges for traveling without State Department approval, and return in January.
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Hanoi
New Haven, Conn
UPI
Staughton Lynd
Yale University
U.S
New Left
Alice Lynd
Herbert Aptheker
Thomas Hayden
Viet Nam
State Department
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Aptheker
Helsinki
Viet official balks at unconditional peace talks
Garden City N Y columnist claims South Viet Nam Premier Ky privately rejects participation in an unconditional peace conference. The State Department is accused of concealing Ky’s stance while U S officials insist North Viet Nam is the sole obstacle. Ky and South Vietnamese leader Thieu allegedly campaign to back away from unconditional talks.
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Garden City
N. Y
Clayton
Fritchey
Adlair. Stevenson
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Newsday
Long Island
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
State Department
America
Dean) Rusk
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U. S
United Nations
Stevenson
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lolee
van Thieu
St John’s U bars mediating teacher dispute
New York AP St John’s University refused city labor department mediation for its dispute with a teachers union that threatens a Jan 3 strike. President Father Joseph Cahill said the AFL CIO union has no status on campus and noted the firing of 31 teachers including Rev Peter O Reilly sparked protests for more faculty input and union recognition.
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New York
St. John’s University
City Labor Department
Joseph T. Cahill
St. John’s
United Federation of College Teachers
Afl-Cio
Father Cahill
James J. McFadden
Mcfadden
Peter O'Reilly
Father O'Reilly
Chicago
Boston Urban Renewal Funds Approved for South Station Site
UPI reports federal approval for a $15.5 million BRA plan to acquire a 23 acre downtown block in Boston including the South Station area. Early land takings along Franklin, School and Washington streets are slated with a 3,000 car garage proposed on the South Station site. Massachusetts officials and Congress members indicated swift state approval and a public hearing was set by the Department of Public Utilities.
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State Board of Education
Boston
Walter H. Mode
United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mode
Kiernan
UPI
Boston Redevelopment Authority
BRA
South Station
Federal Urban Renewal Administration
U.S
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
John W. McCormack
Dmass
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts Department of Commerce and Development
Department of Public Utilities
Franklin, School and
Washington Streets
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