New Chief of Arab Guerrillas Says We Want To Liberate Palestine
Beirut reports Yasser Arafat, 39, Jerusalem born Cairo educated engineer, elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He leads Al Fatah with about 10,000 armed men and vows to liberate Palestine rejecting all settlements. The PLO opposes UN and Soviet plans, while Arab leaders vary in stance.
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Palestine
Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arafat
Yahya Hammouda
PLO
al Fatah
Kuwait
U.N. Security Council
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Hussein
Jordan
U.N
Nasser
Jong
Bank President and Wife Ransomed After Home Seizure
Henry Lewis, 59, and his wife Marguerite, 58, were seized at their Arlington home in a 10 hour ordeal. They freed themselves with $70,000 in bank money from Florida National Bank, aided by three employees. Police and the FBI say two robbers fled in a bank owned car. Mrs Lewis was later freed in South Jacksonville. No injuries reported.
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Jacksonville
Fla
FBI
Henry
Lewis
Marguerite
Florida National Bank
Arlington
Robert E. Gebhart
Gebhart
Underground Vietnam bases found near Saigon network vast
U S units uncovered a 700 yard bunker complex northwest of Saigon after B52 strikes, plus two mess halls. Earlier, the 1st Air Cavalry revealed a larger four square mile underground base with hospital and command post. Explosives will take weeks to destroy the tunnel system. Security forces found caches with an antiaircraft gun, mortars, a bazooka, submachine guns, ammo, and medicines. Air and ground forces reported dozens of enemy killed in various actions.
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Saigon
U.S. 25Th Division
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Cigarette Ads Impact on TV Agencies Discussed
Reaction continues as cigarette consumption rises and a spokesman for Advertising Age notes that TV and radio ad restrictions would have a definite but not severe effect on agencies handling cigarette accounts. CBS set its 1969 budget assuming cigarette ads would drop under 11 percent of total ad income, among the era’s top clients.
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Advertising Age Magazine
Columbia Broadcasting System
Tobacco Companies
Satellite relay tests lead to rate cuts if Intelsat success
A new Air Force launch from Cape Kennedy will place the largest satellite yet built into orbit this Saturday. The 1,600 pound payload tests using a satellite as a communications relay for small military units, potentially enabling reduced rates for trans Pacific telecasts if Intelsat 3 Pacific succeeds.
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Cape Kennedy
Air Force
Walter Winchell to quit Broadway column after 49 years
Walters Winchell, 72, says he is stepping down from his Broadway column following his son’s death by suicide. He began the column in 1920 and notes the workload has become too heavy. The Variety report says the change may be temporary, with syndicate and outlets showing reduced run.
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Scottsdale, Ariz
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Fs Winchell
Winchell
Variety
Show Business Weekly
Scottsdale
June Magee
Walter Jr
Santa Ana
Calif
New York
Variety Report
McNaught Syndicate
Vaudeville News
Crash witnessed by Port Angeles officer and FAA team
Bill Meyers, Port Angeles policeman and part time mechanic, observed the crash noting an immediate steep climb then stall. He said the plane, very modern, veered left and recovered briefly before the pilot could maintain altitude and crashed. An FAA investigation team arrived from Seattle.
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Bill Meyers
Port Angeles
Meyers
Meyer
The
Federal Aviation Administration
Seatlic
Meeting opens as both sides seek acceptable proposal
A source says talks should welcome any interested party. Nixon told a news conference last week he was open to any suggestion to ease tensions in the Middle East.
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Duee
Nixon
Middle East
Congress Pay Raises Face 4.5 Billion Year Toll
Pay raises could cost an extra 4.5 billion annually as the Rules Committee blocks further action. Congress adjourns near Lincoln Day speeches, while a House panel balks at veto resolutions. The pay hike, first without a direct vote, follows a 1960s commission proposal with salaries set for judges and agency heads, ending with varied increases across federal offices.
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Gross
Rules Committee
Congress
House
House Post, Office and Civil Service Committee
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Bolling
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Delbert L. Latta
R-Obio
Dave Martin
R-Neb
James A. Burke
Dmass
Frederick R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Johnson
Executive Branch
Supreme Court
iCircuit
FCC bid on cigarette ads opens policy clash
The FCC proposed prohibiting cigarette advertising on TV and radio, drawing sharp opposition from lawmakers and industry. Network spokesmen said the move, a first of its kind, seeks public comment while fearing unilateral action outside Congress. Hyde argued for corrective action, citing health data and warning against censorship. Some senators warned the action could invite broader regulatory overreach and future bans.
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Congress
Commission
FCC
Pataott Hyde
Hyde
Department of Welfare
C. Llyde
Wadsworth
Iraq spy trials loom as court weighs Bazzaz fate
A four man revolutionary court in Iraq prepares for a new spy trial once investigations end. Col Ali Hadi Woutwout said the court can bring in anyone including former Premier Abdul Rahman Bazzaz, who is linked to plotting a coup. Bail, a USA based worker, faces release talks as protests and international concern mount over previous hangings.
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Col
Ali Hadi Woutwout
Revolutionary Court
Iraq
Abdul Rahman Bazzaz
Ahmad Hassan el- Bakr
Porily
Bazzaz
Woutwout
Conneautville
Iraq Petroleum Co
Humble Oil Co
Houston
Tex
Baghdad
United States
Bails
Paul Jr
Beirut
Lebanon
Kathy
Michigan State University
Hast Lansing
Ralph Young
Israel
Abdullah Samarrai
Middle East
Nablus
Gaza Strip
United Nations
Egypt
U Thant
Yosef Tekoah
Jerusalem
Abba Eban
Thant
Eban
Knesset
Dubcek Maintains Reform Lead in Prague Power Struggle
Prague AP confirms Dubcek signals liberal reform leadership still dominates within the Czechoslovak Communist Party as tensions flare over Jan Palach’s self immolation. He urges unity, condemns adventurism, and presses broad public participation while conservatives push disinformation to undermine Palach’s memory.
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Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Jan Palach
Liberal
Communist Party
Dubeck
Radio Prague
Dubcek
Florida teen on trial for life in fatal cigarette dispute
A 13 year old boy, Robert Everett Curtis, stands trial in Orlando for first degree murder in the Sept. shooting of 15 year old James Thompson over a cigarette dispute. If convicted without mercy, he faces the death penalty. he would be the youngest Florida penitentiary inmate and the case raises questions about juvenile jurisdiction and the death penalty.
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Florida
Orlando, Fla
Bangs
Robert Everett Curtis
Curtis
James Thompson
Thompson
Circuit Court
State
Atty
Robert Eagan
Allan
Hagan
Young Curtis
Eagan
Judith Taylor
Postmasters to be drawn from top exam scorers
Sen Edmund S Muskie backs selecting postmasters from top civil service exam scorers amid political appointment concerns. He warns Republicans may still control picks. Senate leader Mansfield says Nixon plan could ease congressional headaches. National Association of Letter Carriers president James Rademacher welcomes depoliticizing the postal service and boosting employee morale.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
James Rademacher
National Association of Letter Carriers
Postal Service
Post Office
Nixon to outline foreign policy plans at Thursday news conference
Dirksen and Rep. Ford said Nixon will seek electoral and tax reform, propose executive reorganization, and push for labor emergency legislation if dock strikes persist. He will continue 50 percent advance payments to farmers in feed grain and wheat programs, potentially raising the budget by 168 million dollars. A NATO trip and bipartisan leadership meetings are planned before and after the trip.
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Leves
Dirksen
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Nixon
Congress
Executive Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
Agriculture Department
Department
Ford
NATO
Hijacked Colombian Plane Lands in Cuba with 43 Passengers
A DC4 operated by SAM carrying 43 passengers and four crew hijacked after takeoff from Barranquilla diverted to Santiago de Cuba. Swiss Embassy in Havana reported all aboard safe. The flight, en route to Medellin with a stop at Cartagena, was the 13th such hijacking to Cuba this year. Captain Hernando Ordonez reported the incident.
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Havana
Cuba
Santiago
SAM
Barranquilla
Caribbean
Bogota
Colombia
Sanago
Hernando Ordonez
Avianca
Medellin
Antioquia Department
Cartagena
Aeroconaor
Le Monde interview cites Kiem on U S troop withdrawal
NLF delegation chief Kiem told Le Monde the United States has the means to withdraw troops quickly and should do so without delay. He and North Vietnam reject Lodge’s de escalation proposals including a demilitarized zone and phased withdrawals. Kiem pushes for a Saigon peace cabinet and a wide national coalition after withdrawal. Ky says concessions have been offered and more may follow, with private talks with Hanoi unlikely soon. Tet holiday starts Feb 17 and Kiem plans to return to Saigon.
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NLF
le Monde
United States
iKiem
North Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Front
South
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
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Palach
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