Assassination of Jordan's Prime Minister in Cairo
Prime Minister Wasfi Tell of Jordan, foe of Palestinian guerrillas, was killed at Cairo's Sheraton Hotel. Police seized three men linked to Black September. two gunmen were inside the hotel lobby. The attack occurred as Tell attended an Arab League Defense Council meeting. King Hussein condemned the crime and vowed punishment. Abbas Salah was said injured.
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C.C. Minicler
Associated Press
CAIRO
Wasfi Tell
Jordan
Tell
Sheraton
Arab League Defense Council
Israel
Cairo Radio
Assant
Arab League Secretariat
Abdullah Salah
Hussein
Amman
Salah
Ture
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Middle East
Bloody Saturday Ends In Peaceful Sunday in Ulster
Belfast reports describe a violent Saturday by the IRA totaling 28 explosions across Belfast and border areas, with three deaths and 28 arrests. British forces claim to have repelled the assault and regained initiative while IRA leadership remains attacked. No serious injuries in Londonderry clash. minister Geoffrey Johnson Smith notes progress against terrorists.
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Ulster
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
Londonderry
Defense
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Accused Murderers Hijack TWA Jet To Cuba
A TWA Boeing 727 was hijacked at Albuquerque by three Black men linked to the death of a New Mexico state trooper. After refueling in Tampa crew and 40 passengers deplaned, while the six hijackers forced the plane to Havana. Stewardess Betty Caubre claimed she lied to persuade them to stop in Cuba, stating she had been there twice and would be treated well.
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Trans World Airlines
Cuba
Miami
Africa
Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
John McGhee
Murer
McGhee
Fugitves
Atlanta
Tampa
Fla
Havana
Betty Caubre
Cairo Prime Minister Wasfi Tell Assassinated
Reports say Wasfi Tell prime minister of Jordan was assassinated Sunday while police arrested three non-Egyptians with Syrian passports. The incident marks a sharp escalation in tensions with Palestinian guerrillas and prompts an international police chase.
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Cairo
Wasfi Tell
Jordan
Nixon to disclose China visit date after key allied talks
President Nixon said he would announce the mainland China visit date by midweek after a fourth pre‑departure conference with allied leaders. He planned meetings with France, Britain, and Japan and a Dec. 28–29 session with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt at the Florida White House in Key Biscayne.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
China
Willy Brandt
France
Britain
Japan
Brandt
Florida White House
Key Biscayne
Byrd: Senate still aims for Saturday adjournment
Senate Democratic Whip Robert Byrd urged colleagues not to pack their bags yet as work remains. He said Saturday remains the target date for adjournment, signaling continuing legislative action despite momentum to finish for the year.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd
Veteran recalls candidates voted against not those for
A veteran citizen says he can clearly remember the candidates he opposed in past elections but has forgotten several he actually voted for, noting a stronger memory for opposition choices than for favorable selections.
Nixon to Meet Brandt Ahead of Peking Trip
President Nixon announced a late December pre-departure summit with Willy Brandt, part of a series of allied talks before his China visit. Brandt will join meetings Dec 28-29 at Key Biscayne after initial discussions with Pompidou, Heath, Trudeau, and other leaders in the Azores and Bermuda.
Three Armed Attack Reported In East Pakistan War
Associated Press reports Radio Pakistan claims India launched a major three pronged offensive in East Pakistan. Dinajpur Sylhet and Jessore were targeted with armored units artillery and air strikes while India says it crossed into East Pakistan in self defense. Casualty tallies include six civilians killed in a market shelling and multiple military deaths.
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Associated Press Radio
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Dinajpur
Sylhet
Jessore
India
Balurghat
Mercer Teen Is Killed In Louisville Football Accident
A 15 year old Michael Bailey of Beeson was struck and killed by an auto while playing football on a Louisville street Saturday night. He was son of Samuel R. Bailey and Lillian Foley Bailey and survived by four brothers Ronald, Thomas, Lawrence, and Edward Bailey of Louisville, plus his maternal grandmother Violet Foley of Mullens. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton.
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Mercer County
Louisville
Michael Bailey
Samuel R. and
Lillian Foley Bailey
Beeson
Ronald Bailey
Thomas Bailey
Lawrence Bailey
Edward Bailey
Violet Foley
Mullens
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Break Seen Near In World Monetary Crisis
Rome AP report says United States and major trading partners meet to ease four month deadlock in the monetary crisis. Connally and Group of Ten finance ministers will seek agreement on the value of the dollar and world currencies to avert a 1930s style trade war. President Nixon aims to accelerate a new system before visits to Peking and Moscow.
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Rome
United States
U.S. Treasury
John B. Connally
Group of Ten
Connally
Nixon
Washington
Peking
Moscow
Ex-Sailor Killed in Truck Crash Near Anawalt
A 40-year-old former Navy sailor, Bobby Lee Bowen of Pageton, was killed when his pickup left State Route 102 near Anawalt and plunged over an embankment. He was the lone occupant and was thrown from the vehicle. Police attributed the crash to loss of control and noted the truck struck a house before going over the embankment.
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McDowell County
Anawalt
Bobby Lee Bowen
Pageton
West Virginia
Welch
Bowen
Blast hits McDowell County coal tipple in Panther area
An explosion of undetermined origin damaged a coal tipple in McDowell County Sunday night at a mine owned by Ralph Dodson near Panther. State police said no one was injured as the mine was idle. Investigators will determine the blast cause. the operation is non-union and not linked to labor disputes.
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Panther
McDowell County
Welch
Ralph Dodson
Short Pole
G. B. Browning
Dodson
Offensive Launched In Delta
South Vietnamese forces launch a two division dry season drive across the Mekong Delta east to the Ca Mau Peninsula, aiming to crush an enemy stronghold and disrupt supply routes. About 5,000 enemy troops are believed present. 12 enemy killed in a clash, with 3 VN troops killed and 5 wounded. Additional operations extend into eastern Cambodia with helicopter insertions and reconnaissance.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Mekong Delta
Cambodia
Ngo Quang Truong
Truong
Delta
Neak Luong
Dam Be
Krek
Koichiro Morita
Morita
Chium
Nixon
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Gawad Baghdady
Monzir Khalifa
IRA
John Taylor
Home Affairs
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Parley
Exec
Frances Lewine
Soviet Union
Elliot Trudeau
Georges Pompidou
Azores
Atlantic
Bermuda
Edward Heath
Eisaku Sato
Parulla
Mukti Bahini
Mercer Teen
Tipple
George Esper
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