Indictments in Campaign Finance to Be Issued
Senate aides said the justice department planned indictments by month end against the finance committees of both major presidential campaigns for non willful reporting violations under the new campaign finance law. The moves mark a first test of the statute and carry misdemeanor penalties while targeting committees rather than individuals. Haig later flew to Cambodia for talks with Lon Nol after meeting Thieu on Indo China settlement.
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Chung Hee Park
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Nixon
U S Steps Up Air Raids on North Viets
U S jets attacked a three mile wide Communist supply center near the DMZ with A 7 Corsairs and F 4 Phantoms. One Corsair was shot down and the pilot is missing while two others were rescued at sea. More than 200 missions were flown over the North Vietnamese panhandle in the 24 hours ending Friday. The strike targeted ammunition trucks and revetments 15 to 20 feet deep, as Nixon pressed the peace talks and U S officials anticipated Kissinger and Tho to Paris for a concluding Indo China settlement talks.
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le Duc Tho
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Tho
Three Die in Interstate 80 Crash West of Amana
A two car crash on Interstate 80 about two miles west of the Amana interchange left three dead and one injured. Phillip D. Roth 21 of Washington and Dr and Mrs John Peterson 54 of Hartley died at the scene. Laura Blosser 16 of Wayland sustained a fractured arm and facial injuries and was listed in serious condition at University Hospital in Iowa City.
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Washington
John Peterson
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Laura Blosser
Wayland
University Hospital
Iowa City
Chuckle Prompt: People Speak Before They Think
A quip notes some mouths move faster than brains as people utter statements they have not yet formed in thought. The line lampoons impulsive speech and the mismatch between words and fully formed ideas.
Egypt Receives New Soviet Missiles from Moscow
Soviet shipments to Egypt include about 60 advanced surface to air missiles and hundreds of technical advisers. U S officials estimate 500 to 1,000 Soviet military technical advisers now in Egypt, following prior expulsion and Western delays in arms sales. Egyptians increasingly rely on Moscow for weapons and training as they struggle to acquire alternatives from Western nations.
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Egypt
United States
Anwar Saidat
Moscow
Britain
Dick Clark Upsets Iowa Senate Race A Nice Guy Triumphs
Dick Clark, a Marion Democrat dubbed a “nice guy,” defied expectations by winning a U.S. Senate seat in Iowa. He defeated Republican incumbent George McGovern amid a Republican landslide for Nixon and Ray, with Clark tallying 638,800 votes to his rival’s lower total as official results rolled in.
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Alf Landon
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Nixon
Sen
George McGovern
Robert Ray
Paul Franzenburg
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Audubon County
Ray
Miller
Sweep makes history as Linn county offices all Democrat
In Linn county a historic political shift leaves all county courthouse offices under Democratic control after January 1. The story notes Jack Miller’s U S Senate victory with 510 969 votes, reflecting broader 1966 momentum as he carried all 99 Iowa counties. Dick Clark shares reflections on early returns and Nixon’s national lead influencing his race.
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Nixon
Clarke wins Senate seat marking Iowa's 29th and youngest Democrat
The 43 year old Clark secured the Iowa seat after a close race with 7,000 votes counted leaving him 2 percent ahead. He becomes the 29th Iowa senator and the eighth Democrat to serve in Washington, one of the youngest in state history.
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Iowa
United States Senate
Passengers Safe After Havana Stop In Hijacked Jet
Exhausted pilot lands crippled Southern Airways DC-9 in Havana after 29 hours aloft as three hijackers with guns hold 30 passengers. Co-pilot Harold Johnson injured. ransom demanded of 10 million dollars. Plane previously moved from Alabama to Canada and back to Tennessee amid threats to crash into Oak Ridge power plant. FBI and authorities identify suspects from Detroit and Oak Ridge.
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Nixon
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Neal Ball
Fear Letter Bombs Threaten Christmas Mail Rush
London police broaden probe into a wave of letter bombs targeting Jewish homes and offices across Britain. Two London parcels and one Glasgow device were diffused, bringing Britain’s two day total to 16, with interceptions in Switzerland and Israel. British authorities link the violence to Black September, the group blamed for Munich and embassy bombings. Scotland Yard mobilizes senior officers to direct the investigation.
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India
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