Israel Voting Day Looms in Close Labour Likud Clash
Tel Aviv reports show Labour Alignment facing a strong Likud challenge in the upcoming election. Polls indicate a potential shift as Meir pledges territorial tradeoffs but rejects major border changes. Within the broader scene, Algerian troops near the Suez front and a downed reconnaissance drone mark regional tensions as Libya and PLO actions ripple through the Middle East.
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Grim year for Britain warned by Wilson in New Year message
Labour Leader Wilson warned Britain faced its grimst year since World War II with a three day week looming as industry cuts bite and coal miners resist inflation curbs. He urged state oil control, food subsidies, rent freeze and nationalisation of development land to fight inflation amid power shortages and layoffs. Uganda President Amin launched a Save Britain Fund blaming British policy and pledging about 930 Australian dollars of his own savings.
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Fort Wayne paper abandons bid for birth record probe
The Fort Wayne News- Sentinel said it would not pursue further court action to view a State Board of Health birth certificate allegedly naming Senator George McGovern as the father of an illegitimate child. An Indiana Supreme Court writ had barred access to Board of Health records. Editor Ernest Williams cited tampering in Allen County Health Department files as the reason for seeking the documents.
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Prince Charles romance rumours denied at Sandringham
Prince Charles shot pheasants on the Sandringham royal estate amid rumours of an engagement. Lady Jane Wesley, 22, stays at Sandringham with royal friends as Charles prepares to sail to Singapore aboard Jupiter. Buckingham Palace and Lady Jane’s father deny the romance.
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Thieu rejects polls in hard line Vietnam stance
President Thieu denounces holding general elections with the communists and warns there will be no peace or negotiations. He told 2,000 civil servants at Vung Tau that communists aim to conquer the South and would keep pursuing a general offensive. In Phnom Penh insurgents fired three rockets, killing six and wounding eight, hitting near the Presidential Palace and a US adviser’s house.
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Election violence claims more lives in Bangladesh voting
In Bangladesh DACCA on Sunday reporting from AAP Renter states two more candidates were shot dead amid local council election clashes. The nationwide vote ended today with twelve killed since polling began eleven days earlier. Voting at 450 polling centres was suspended and will be rescheduled.
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Skylab spacewalks image Kohoutek as comet passes
Sky lab 3 astronauts wrapped a 3 hour spacewalk to photograph comet Kohoutek from 270 miles up. Dr Edward Gibson and Col Gerald Carr praised the sight while William Pogue aimed instruments and cameras, and investigators searched for a missing particle-collection device outside the lab.
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New Spanish PM Chosen in Move to the Right
General Franco names Carlos Arias Navarro 65, a conservative and former public prosecutor, as prime minister to lead a tougher government after the Carrero Blanco assassination. Navarro, sworn in after an oath to uphold the National Movement, will form his cabinet as authorities jail 10 opposition leaders and identify ETA assassins linked to the Madrid and Bilbao plots. Franco to address the nation on TV before Navarro’s swearing in.
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Arias Mavarro
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Tennessee evolution law challenged in federal court
University of Tennessee professors Joseph Daniels Jr and Arthur Jones along with Knoxville high school teacher Larry Wilder filed suit claiming Tennessee's revised law forces religious instruction in public schools. The act requires equal emphasis on biblical creation and evolution alongside other theories, arguing it violates the 14th and 1st amendments. The law followed six years after the repeal of a prior ban on teaching evolution.
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Nader group sues to access Nixon VP papers in archives
In Washington weekend filing a Ralph Nader backed reform group petitions the US District Court to review Vice President Nixon papers held by the National Archives. The suit challenges the tax deduction valued at about 386000 Australian dollars tied to the transfer.
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Gunmen hijack Texaco tanker in Brooklyn for petrol
Three gunmen hijacked a Texaco road tanker in Brooklyn on Friday night and stole 5,000 gallons of petrol, Associated Press reported.
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Sri Lanka Opposition Drafts Constitution Plan
The United National Party announced on Friday it will draft a new constitution and chart a path to ensure a general election by an agreed date in Sri Lanka. The move signals a legal framework shift amid political negotiations and potential reforms.
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Sri Lanka
Portrait of former Vice President Agnew hangs in Maryland State House
Annapolis Mary land Sunday After almost one year's delay a touched up portrait of former Vice President Spiro Agnew hangs in the Maryland State House United Press International reports The painting was returned to the artist after complaints that light colouring over Agnew s head made it appear he had no halo
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West German businessman's abduction grips Belfast
Police search for Thomas Niedermayer 44 after he was abducted from his Belfast home three days earlier. No lead from the IRA yet. Protestant Shankill Road unrest erupts with gunfire wounding a policeman. UDA threats and road blockades escalate tensions as British troops patrol.
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