Berrigan Named Mastermind In Plot To Kidnap Kissinger
A federal grand jury in Harrisburg indicts Rev. Philip Berrigan and five others as masterminds of a plan to blow heating ducts in government buildings and kidnap Henry Kissinger, Nixon's national security adviser. The scheme allegedly targeted Washington on a date tied to the city’s birthday.
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Henry Kissinger
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Berrigan
Kissinger
Nixon
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Southeast Asia
Hoover
Daniel Berrigan
Berrigans
William Davidon
Four Scaffolding Suits Filed Over Iowa City Collapse
Four lawsuits seeking more than 2 million dollars were filed in federal court over the Iowa City scaffold collapse at the university music building on December 17. Plaintiffs name Harry Hendley and Sons Inc and seek damages for serious injuries and two deaths.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
New Music
University of Iowa
Cambodians and South Viets launch Phnom Penh road drive
A force of over 13,000 troops with 140 armored cars advances from north and south aimed at reopening Highway 4 to the sea. The operation involves South Vietnamese and Cambodian units, with U.S. air support and tensions over cooperation at the northern end.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Elephant Mountains
Pich Nil
Stung Chhay
Trapeang Kea
Ghislain Bellorget
Bellerget
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Chuckle: Husband Wishes to Maintain Current Living Style
A humorous line features a weary husband stating he does not want much money, only to sustain their present lifestyle. The joke implies a wish to preserve current comforts without increasing wealth.
Pope Paul VI retirement rumors denied by scholar
An American Roman Catholic scholar says reports that Pope Paul VI will retire at 75 are wrong surfacing from Rome. The denial counters circulating speculation about the pope's future.
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Rome
Paul VI
Nixon Threatens Steel Imports to Check Prices
President Nixon warned of possible action to curb Bethlehem Steel price hikes by inviting more affordable foreign steel from Japan and Western Europe. A cabinet panel will study options as Bethlehem lifts prices 11 to 13 percent on February 16 and March 1, affecting shipbuilding and construction. Ziegler named Japan Belgium Luxembourg France Italy West Germany as nations under discussion for relaxed voluntary restraint and possible imports.
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Japan
Europe
Ronald L. Ziegler
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Ziegler
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Paul McCracken
George Shultz
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Italy
West Germany
Freezing Drizzle Closes Elkader MPL Schools
Freezing drizzle iced East Iowa roads prompting school closures in Elkader and MPL districts. Officials reported 75 to 100 percent ice coverage on major routes with secondary roads slick, buses running in some towns, and lows varying from near zero to the mid teens across the region.
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Weather Bureau
Elkader
MFL
Monona
Clayton County
Marengo
Anamosa
What Cheer
Decorah
Spencer
Davenport
Gazette
Try To Enforce Truce in Jordan
Gunfights and grenade attacks cleared Amman streets as government and guerrilla leaders met to push a cease fire. The confrontation underscored the fragile outlook for truce efforts in Jordan.
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Jordan
Amman
Mechanics Do Chopper Rescue In Da Nang
A volunteer team of US air force mechanics from the 37th aerospace rescue squadron at Da Nang used putty and wire to salvage a $2.7 million helicopter in a Communist area. They sealed a fuel leak, repaired cables, removed weapons, and freed the craft for a daylight lift after an emergency landing on a river sandbar.
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UPJ
US Air Force
37Th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
Chu Lai
Jensen
Song Tra Khuc
Quang Ngai City
John Rogers
Cushing
Okla
Rogers
Larry Galante
Reseda
Calif
British Minister Carr's Home Hit by Bomb Attacks
In north London two blasts damaged Employment Minister Robert Carr's Georgian mansion during nationwide protests over the Industrial Relations bill. Carr, his wife, and daughter were inside. no serious injuries. Police treated it initially as a possible assassination attempt and ordered security reviews.
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London
UPI
Robert Carr
Roy Haberson
Carr
Victor Feather
Trades Union Congress
Joan
Reginald Maudling
Conservative Party
Home Secretary
OPEC Demands Talks as Western Oil Firms Face Rhetoric
Tehran reports OPEC nations accusing Western oil companies of refusing price negotiation and warning of concerted action. Hamshid Amuzegar says talks may halt 85 percent of non Communist world oil, with decisions pending at a forthcoming general conference. The group cites Caracas action and deems the companies’ delay tactics unacceptable while outlining price and tax demands.
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Iran
Hamshid Amuzegar
Organization For Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Amuzegar
Kuwait
Qatar
Abu Dhabi
Libya
Algeria
Indonesia
Venezuela
Caracas
Rural Rowley Native Killed in Vietnam
Pvt. Cecil Olsen 21 son of Mr and Mrs Mahlon Olsen of rural Rowley was killed in action on a combat mission in Vietnam defense department said He was a 1968 East Buchanan high school graduate from Winthrop drafted May 1970 sent to Vietnam last October His brother Staff Sgt LeRoy Olsen now in Japan will accompany the body from Oakland to Quasqueton Surviving are his parents another brother Robert of Quasqueton two sisters Sheila and Sheryl matern al grandparents and paternal grandparents Services are set at MecCleery funeral home in Quasqueton
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Quasqueton
Cecil Olsen
Mahlon Olsen
Rowley
Vietnam
Defense Department
Olsen
East Buchanan High School
Winthrop
LeRoy Olsen
Japan
Oakland
Calif
Robert
Sheila
Sheryl
Lowell Dudley
Independence
Chauncy Olsen
MecCleery Funeral Home
Israel Reports Air Violation Over Suez Positions
Four Egyptian planes flew over Israeli army positions on the Suez Canal in a cease fire violation, the military command said.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
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