Viet prisoner exchanges to resume in Vietnam
South Vietnam and the Viet Cong agreed to resume exchanges of civilian political prisoners before Tet. Estimates say 3,768 prisoners may be released in time for the holiday as talks continue between IMC delegates. In Cambodia, heavy fighting near Phnom Penh ended with 18 insurgents killed and seven government troops wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Lwoparty Joint Military Commission
IMC
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Phan Hoa Hiep
JMC
Hoang Anh Tuan
Viet Cong
Spanish bid to break deadlock over new leader
Madrid reports a high level government meeting to trim three candidates after prime minister Carrero Blanco's assassination. The Council of the Realm failed to reach preliminary accord, delaying Franco's nomination of a new premier within ten days amid pressures from Carrero Blanco's death.
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Madrid
UPI
Luis Carter Blanco
Council of the Realm
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Carrero Blanco
Thailand seeks full U.S. troop withdrawal despite limits
Foreign Minister Charunphand tarangkun Na Ayuthaya said Bangkok aims for total U.S. troop withdrawal in time but current Indochina hostilities delay progress. Talks on reducing forces continue as a possible Indochinese Communist offensive could cap departures. At present six bases house about 33,000 Americans, with roughly 400 aircraft, the largest air power outside the continental U.S.
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Bangkok
UPI
U.S
Thailand
Indochina
Charunphand Tarangkun Na Ayuthaya
Charmphand
Continental
United States
Libyan plot alleged to topple Sadat foiled by Egypt
Al Jarida reports Libyan backed coup attempt by Egyptian officers was foiled by Egyptian security last October. Libyan leader Col Muammar Khadafy was said to be behind the officers, according to a Lebanese source. Beirut Al Massa says Libya tried to block Cairo from Geneva talks, signaling deteriorating ties.
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Beirut
UPI
Anwar Sadat
al Jarida
Muammar Khadaly
Cairo
Beirut al Massa
Khadafy
Israel
Sinking of El Jamben Claims Nearly 200 Victims
The Christ mas Eve disaster off Guayaquil Bay leaves the death toll near 200 as frogmen recover 191 bodies. The 167 ton vessel lies inverted on the bay floor with search hampered by strong tides. about 400 believed aboard among 600 drums of tallow, as officials report 42 survivors.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Frogmen
Guayaquil Bay
IRA kidnaping suspected in Belfast case
Police said they believed the Irish Republican Army abducted Thomas Niedermayer, West Germany’s honorary consul to Northern Ireland, after he was forced into a car outside his Belfast home. British army and police searched the area with roadblocks and house-to-house sweeps, while Grundig officials in West Germany awaited word.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
West Germany
Northern Ireland
Thomas Niedermayer
Niedermayer
Grundig Electronics
Suffolk
Andersonstown
Neidermayer
Grundig
Fuerth
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