Radar base raid and Lebanon prisoner capture headline
Israeli commandos seized a Soviet built radar station near Ras Ghareb and flew it to Israel by helicopter. They also captured four Soviet trained Egyptian radar technicians and released 21 Arab prisoners during a 22 hour raid into Lebanon. Top leaders warned Lebanon to halt guerrilla border attacks.
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Israel
Gulf of Suez
Ras Ghareb
Suez City
Haim Bar-Lev
Negro GI buried in mixed Birmingham cemetery after court
In Birmingham, Pfc. Bill Terry, 20, killed in Vietnam, was reburied at Elmwood Cemetery after a five month legal fight over racially restrictive contracts. A crowd of 1,000 attended the graveside service as Father Eugene Farrell called the act a symbol of a new age.
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Bill Terry
Birmingham
Ala
Terry
Elmwood
Vietnam
Pfc
Shadow Lawn
Eugene Farrell
Our Lady of Fatima
Elmwood Cemetery
Father Farrell
Grace
Lucius
Margaret
Patrick
Integrated service at modern church ends with hopeful vow
The service in a modernist church featured racial and religious integration. Bishop Joseph Vath of Birmingham sat near the altar as Rev. John Porter spoke of America for all people. At the cemetery the coffin was lowered, Father Farrell raised a peace sign and clenched fist, and the Elmwood gate flag flew at half staff.
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Joseph Vath
Birmingham
John Porter
Father Farrell
America
Porter
Elmwood
West Union Grash Claims Motorist
Clarence Woodson 59 of Hawkeye died in a two car crash near West Union on Saturday. Stan Thompson of West Union drove the other car and was treated at Palmer Memorial hospital in fair condition. Surviving Woodson are his wife Mildred mother Mary Woodson and sister Mrs Hans Frederick of West Union and brother Lt Col Eugene Woodson Falls Church VA. Services pending at Emerson funeral home in Hawkeye.
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West Union
Clarence Woodson
Hawkeye
Woodson
Highway 150
Stan Thompson
Thompson
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Mildred
Mary Woodson
Hans Frederick
Col
Eugene Woodson
Falls Church
Emerson Funeral Home
Nixon Silent On Question Of New Tax
President Nixon said all major decisions on the 1971 federal budget have been made and declined to say if he would seek new taxes. He noted a possible final wrapup for the mid January budget submission and emphasized remaining hurdles. He would not comment on the $2.5 billion revenue loss from the tax relief law, saying the question would be answered later.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Robert Mayo
Washington
Congress
Hijack Ends After 44 Hour Flight Across Americas
A Brazilian airliner hijack ended in Havana after about 44 hours. The plane paused in Lima for 27 hours due to battery trouble and halted again in Panama for a fuel stop. Havana radio reported 11 passengers, seven crew, and eight hijackers including two women with pistols.
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Cuba
Havana
Lima
Peru
Panama
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Antofagasta
Chile
Nixon aides worry South Vietnam turmoil may slow Vietnamization
The Nixon administration grows concerned that political and economic instability in South Vietnam could slow the shift of combat duties to Saigon. Despite planned troop withdrawals to 484,000 by April 15, officials cite inflation, political clashes, and media crackdowns as troubling signs while noting progress in rural pacification and a strong rice harvest.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnamese National Assembly
Chuckle Caption on Age and Perception
A humorous remark notes that a forty year old woman is typically seen as fifty, playing on aging norms in a lighthearted way. The line contrasts how men and women are viewed as they age, using witty social commentary.
Randomness Test in Court Draft Goes On
A Madison judge questions the Dec 1 draft lottery as potentially non random. The suit seeks information and may force a new drawing, while the government faces pending January and February drafts. Authorities defend the process and note the lack of expert input.
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