Swiss Arms Firm Faces Export Ban Over Illicit Shipments
Switzerland’s largest weapons maker Oerlikon Buehrle & Co was hit with an embargo on all arms exports as a probe into illegal shipments to Nigeria Israel Egypt Saudi Arabia Lebanon and Algeria revealed forged applications. Executives were arrested and the company warned it could incur heavy losses if the ban lasts.
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Egypt
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International Red Cross
Finanz Und Wirtschaft
Boan
Europe
Latin America
Envoys Progress Toward Peace Talks Ground Rules
In Paris American and North Vietnamese envoys held a two hour meeting to set ground rules for broader talks. They exchanged protests over U S reconnaissance flights and ground operations in the DMZ while noting no date for a first formal meeting yet and planning for next week.
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U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Hanoi
Ha van Lau
Lau
U. S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Vance
Third Arrest In Blue Law Dispute
The third arrest in the Sunday closing law dispute occurred Monday as Mary Ferguson a Flair Discount cashier was taken to Magistrate Charles Caffee Jr and posted 34 bond for trial Friday. Flair manager Bill Ellis defended the employee and questioned Montgomery Ward actions while Flair agents pressed for Chamber of Commerce officer names which were rebuffed.
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Flair Discount
Mary Ferguson
Charles Caffee Jr
Bluefield
Flair
Bill Ellis
Miss Ferguson
Joseph A. Shoda
Montgomery Ward
Charleston
Shoda
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bob Herrick
Hugh Johnson
Fred Langenheim
Retail Merchants Association
Langenheim
Herrick
Felt
Allies Plan 24 Hour Christmas Cease Fire
Allies announced a 24 hour Christmas cease fire in Vietnam with U S forces and the South Vietnamese government stating cooperation. President Thieu set a cease fire from 6 p m December 24 to 6 p m December 25 local time. The South Vietnamese government said no truce for New Year’s Day or Tet.
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U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Ment
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Wife Swapping Confessions Seal Life Sentences in Scotland
In Aberdeen High Court Sheila Garvie and Brian Tevendale received life terms for the murder of Garvie's wealthy husband known as the flying farmer. Garvie testified her husband forced her into sex parties and an affair with Tevendale amid a permissive lifestyle, while Tevendale admitted to shooting Garvie’s husband and hiding the body in a moorland tunnel.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Sheila Garvie
Lady Macbeth
Max
Brian Tevendale
Tevendale
Trudy Birse
Garvie
Doctors Study Siamese Twins at West Virginia Center
Doctors at West Virginia University Medical Center studied Siamese twin girls born Friday in Welch Emergency Hospital. The twins, connected from breastbone to navel, weighed a combined 7 pounds 7 ounces, and their mother is a 16 year old from Vivian in McDowell County.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University Medical Center
Welch Emergency Hospital
Vivian
Welch
McDowell County
39 Are Killed In Alaskan Plane Crash
An Alaska Wien Consolidated Airlines 27 twin engine propjet crashed in subzero weather near a small lake 150 miles southwest of Anchorage killing all 39 aboard including 34 adults and three crew. FAA reported no survivors and noted two infants were on board.
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Alaska
Wien Consolidated Airlines
Here
Federal Aeronautics Administration
Air Force
Wien Con
Spotsy Lake
Tilliamna
Fay
Nixon names Kissinger as national security aide
President elect Nixon appoints Henry Kissinger a White House assistant for national security affairs with plans to overhaul security machinery and emphasize long range planning to prevent crises. Kissinger says he will consider all options and avoid public discussion of policy details.
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Richard M. Nixon
Harvard
Henry A. Kissinger
Richard V. Allen
New York
Kissinger
National Security Affairs
White House
Harvard University
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Israel
Middle East
Classes Resume Quietly At BSC
Bluefield State College resumed classes with no incidents after a bomb damaged the Health and Physical Education Building. Security gates required ID after 4 30 pm. About 170 dorm residents received refunds. Enrollment stands near 1400 with some housing changes reported. Five suspects remain jailed in connection with the bombing as hearings are set Friday.
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Bluefield State College
Edward Grose
Wanda Moore
Grose
BSC
National Broadcasting Co
Princeton County
Princeton
J. E. Belcher
Thanksgiving traffic toll hits record high says safety council
The National Safety Council said 764 traffic deaths occurred during the Thanksgiving holiday period, the highest for any holiday time. Howard Pyle noted double exposure risks, as many workers take the long weekend plus Friday off, amplifying travel. Snow and rain contributed to the loss, with 530 deaths in the nonholiday period used for comparison.
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National Safey Council
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Pye
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