Soviet Liberalizing On Travel Ordered for All Adults
Western sources report the Soviet Union announced a broad travel reform granting internal passports to all adults over 18, including 46 million rural workers. The plan runs Jan 1 1976 to Dec 21 1981, aiming to issue life documents to about 200 million Soviet citizens and extend travel rights nationwide.
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Moscow
UPL
Soviet Union
Russia
I'lass
Communist Party Central Committee
Council of Ministers
I. N. Shoutov
Interior Ministry
Vechernaya Moscow
Ford plans busy week with energy and economy briefings
President Ford, after a Christmas Eve in the Rockies, outlines a packed schedule for the week including conferences with energy and economic advisers. A controversial report on passport access for farm workers amid immigration issues is noted, with remarks about potential shifts for young workers and a broad Soviet population policy reference.
Ford to study CLA report before Jan policy moves
Press Secretary Ran Néssen said Ford will study the CLA report from agency director William Cathy then decide on activity to be taken. The President plans meetings Friday at his snow‑covered ski chalet with the Energy Resources Council and Saturday with his economic policy board, with no final policy decisions expected.
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Ran Néssen
Ford
CLA
Agency
William Cathy
Energy Resources Council
Nessen
Congress
Brezhnev Delivers Urgent Message to Sadat in Cairo
In Cairo the Middle East News Agency reports Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sent an urgent message to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. It was unclear whether the note touched on Brezhnev’s planned Egypt visit scheduled for January 18.
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Cairo
Leonid Brezhnev
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Breannev
Egypt
400 Stabbings In South Africa Reported In Soweto
Police reported over 400 people hospitalized with stab wounds in Soweto Christmas Day and the following day. Gangs known as solsis prowled the township’s unlit streets as casualties flooded Rajagwrnath hospital, forcing emergency-only care and long waits for treatment.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Sowela
Solsis
Sowelo
Rajagwrnath
Diseases Threaten Cyclone Survivors in Darwin
In Darwin after cyclone Tracy, polluted water sent more children to hospital than those with injuries. Authorities fear cholera and tetanus as 40 dead, 10,000 to evacuate, and aid from Australia, New Zealand, Britain arrives with food, water, and medical teams. evacuations, power cuts, and disease risk shape the relief effort.
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Darwin
Australia
Darwin ‘Hospital
Australian Air Force
Cnast
Defense
Lance Barnard
Barnard
Uf Lely Cate
New Zealand
U.S
Britain
Governmarl
U.S. Air Force
Tracy
Timor Sea
Sydney
Alice Springs
Ehrlichman In Dark and CIA: Lawyer
John Ehrlichman’s lawyer told the Watergate cover up trial jury that Nixon kept Ehrlichman in the dark about plans to limit the FBI probe. Attorney William Frates said Ehrlichman was misled and noted a June 1972 White House meeting about informing the FBI of possible covert CIA operations in Mexico.
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Washington
John Ehhrlichman
Richard Nixon
Whiiicchman
Central Intelligence Agency
FBI
Ehrlichman
William Frates
Nixon
White House
CIA
Mexico
Frales
H.R. Haldeman
CTA
Tohn Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Frates
Ehrlichmann
Mrates
Officials Plan Better White House Security
Washington AP report details White House security upgrades after a Christmas morning intrusion by Marshall H Fields 25 of Silver Spring Maryland who rammed a gate, wore Arab garb, spoke Arabic, and surrendered after four hours. Fields, son of a former USAID official, was taken for observation at St Elizabeths Hospital.
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Washington
White House
Treasury
Simon
Secret Service
Treasury Deartment Agency
Ford
Colorado
Jan
Serrer Service
Marshall H. Fields
Silver Spring
Earl Drescher
Executive Protective Service
Fields
Howard University
Sahabzada Yaqub Kahn
Pakistan
U.S
St Elizabeth’s Hospital
Marshall L Fields
U.S. Agency For International Development
Iraq
Libya
Sudan
Howard
Saith
Dad Jailed and Family Help After Bank Robbery
In Charlotte a salesman, Len Harris, jailed for a Northwestern bank robbery, prompted a Christmas drive as neighbors donated food, gifts, and $2,000 to his family. His wife said the couple moved from New York for warm climate and that he acted to aid their children. Harris, 30, faced a $50,000 bond. authorities tracked the getaway and Harris admitted the crime to a TV crew.
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Charlotte
N.C
Leonard Harris
Marvis
Harris
FBI
Northwestern Bank
Avereel Stairs
Wsoc-Tv
Curt Peters
Peters
Tennessee
Pericaleral and Industrial College
New York
Len
Snow and Ice Storm Hit Southwest U S Regions
A Christmas snow and ice storm dumped six inches of snow in El Paso Texas and Alamo Gordo New Mexico with freezing rain slick roads in West Texas and southeast New Mexico. The National Weather Service warned of more heavy snow for Texas west of the Pecos River northeast New Mexico and southeast Colorado. The Texas Department of Public Safety ordered chains for Guadalupe Pass and sent snow plows ahead.
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el Paso
Texas
Alamogordo
N.M
New Mexico
National Weather Service
Pecos River
Colorado
Texas Department of Publi Safety
Guadalupe Pass
Aoise Lujan
Pass
New England
New Hampshire
Maine
Cape Cod
Boston
Unem
Rockefeller trip to Puerto Rico vacation plans disclosed
Vice president Rockefeller and Rockefellers headed to Dorado Beach near San Juan for a week long vacation. Secretary Kis singer and his wife were to join them. Rockefeller would fly from Westchester County airport in White Plains and planned to return soon.
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New York
Rockefeller
Ths
Puerto Rico
Vacatio
Dorado Beach
San Juan
Hugh Morrow
Kissinger
Rockefellers
Westchester County
White Plains
Patay's Chuckle and a Teen Talk to a Friend
A fragmented quote attributes a teenage girl to a friend describing someone as the sweet shy and quiet type the kind you cannot be alone with your boyfriend. The remark is attributed to Danyright though context is unclear.
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Danyright
Last of 10 Hostages Released from Lorton Siege
In a five day siege at Lorton reformatory near Washington D C inmates released the last of about ten hostages at 4 25 pm CST after obtaining assurances there would be no reprisals and that participants would not be transferred. Thomas Reed said the plan to dress as guards and seize the gate failed but the remaining captives were freed under terms with District of Columbia penal officials and Bureau of Prisons assurances.
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Lorton
Lorton Reformatory
District of Columbia
Virginia
Washington, D.C
District “of Columbia
Serard
Bureau of Prisons
Thomas Reed
Operr
Reed
Priaon
Inewamen
District of Columbia Corrections
Delbert Jackson
U.C
Jackson
Jackefyon
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