Israel Repels Arab Jets and Lebanon Shifts Generals
TEL AVIV AP three Syrian MiGs tried to attack Israeli positions in the occupied Golan Heights, but Israeli planes shot them down. Israel claims 16 Syrian planes down since 1967, while attacking Egyptian targets near Cairo and the Suez Canal. In Lebanon, the cabinet ousted Gen Emile Bustani after his deal with Palestinian guerrillas and named Brig Gen Jean Nieim as commander in chief amid ongoing clashes and a Lebanese army crisis.
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Golan Heights
Israel
Syria
Suez Canal
Egypt
Cairo
Helwan
Nile
Cairo Radio
Lebanon
Emile Bustani
Jean Nieim
Rashid Karami
Bustani
Palestine
Yasir Arafat
Boston Police Salary Pact Tentative Agreement Reached
A tentative contract between the Boston Patrolmen's Association and the city would set a base salary of 10,200 for two years covering all 2,514 patrolmen and run through March 1971. Ratification by the rank and file is required.
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Boston Police
Boston
Boston Patrolmen’s Association
Vem
Tevslald
Northeast Airlines Cutting Losses With Layoffs
Northeast Airlines announced plans to lay off 35 flight crewmen this weekend and pull five Boeing 727s from service after Christmas as part of a belt tightening. A spokesman noted at least 10 percent of employees have been laid off since a summer retrenchment, with no further layoffs expected beyond January 10. The cutback also removed six FH-227 propjets, with talks to sell or lease them to Mohawk Airlines and Executive Airlines, as a merger with Northwest Orient Airlines looms.
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MIAME
Northeast Airlines
Allan Wade
Northeast
E. 8
Swofford
Wade
Massachusetts House Cut Challenge Opens Legislatures Year
Massachusetts lawmakers opened 1979 with a joint session to consider reducing the House from 240 to 16 members. Gov Sargent favors the plan while House Speaker Bartley leads opposition, arguing on intellect not patronage as votes and dates loom toward a November ballot decision.
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Boston
Massachusetts House
League of Women Voters
David M. Bartley
D-Holyoke
House
Francis. W. Sargent
Thomas W. McGee
D-Lynn
Senate
Bartley
Maurice A’ Donahue
Doolyoke
Bart-ley
Beacon Hill
Sargent
Week's American War Toll Pushes Past 40,000
In Vietnam last week 65 Americans were killed, raising U.S. combat deaths since Jan 1, 1961 to 40,044 and the wounded to 263,003. Allied and enemy losses were heavy, with 1,999 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, while Saigon reported 304 government troops killed. The figure follows weeks of low tolls amid ongoing Mekong Delta fighting.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Command
Boston
Senate
Maurice A. Donahue
D-Holyoke
House
Donahue
Massachusetts State Senate
Zec
Iowest
Mekong Delta
Black Study Class Builds Prisoners' Self-Respect
SAN PEDRO Calif AP teaching black pride at Terminal Island Federal Prison Facility where 25 percent Negro population runs two hour weekly black studies courses for five months. About 85 inmates attend. Harvey Williams, 42 year old unpaid volunteer, guides discussions on power, education, and identity, balancing moderate and militant views. Officials credit Williams with stimulating inmates to think for themselves and gain self respect equal to others.
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San Pedro
Calif
Terminal Island Federal Prison
Harvey Williams
America
Williams
Long Beach
John Coltrane
Nixon Regains Right To Vote In California
President Nixon resumes voting rights by registering in California with Mrs. Nixon and Tricia during a Santa Ana visit, ending years of ineligibility since moving to New York after the 1962 governor race. The family plans to return to Washington after the registration.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
California
New York
Tricia
Washington
Santa Ana
Orange County
Edmund G. Brown
Manhattan
White House
Florida
Key Biscayne
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Francis W. Sargent
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David Bartley
Robert H. Quinn
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Sears Gas
Freece
Allendale Shopping Center
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Statehouse
Southeastern Massachusetts University
Studen
Robert Stevens
New Bedford
Stevens
Blacka
David M. ‘Barney
Massachusetts
Holyoke
Republi
Francis W
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National Aeronautics and Spaceation
Electronic Research. Center
Mbridge
Stee Sargent
Hubert H. Hi
North Dartmouth, Mass
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
R. K. Lyles
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