Nixon Offers Congress Escape On Rights Issue
President Nixon proposes a new route for civil rights action while Senate leader Hugh Scott doubts a special session will occur if Congress acts. Scott noted Nixon plans to use the full 10 days allowed for a bill awaiting final approval. The House, in a 261 to 110 vote, passed a $19.7 billion labor health and education appropriations bill despite Nixon's veto threat.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Hugh Scott
House
Nixon Warned By Industry Leaders On Middle East Influence
Washington reports say President Nixon heard warnings from top American industry figures about declining U S political and economic sway in Arab states due to U S policies. Attendees included David Rockefeller and John J McCloy at a December White House meeting. Nixon pressed for Middle East policy review before the National Security Council session.
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Tad Szulc
New York Times
Washington
Nixon
Middle East
U. S
Israel
White House
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
John J. McCloy
the Treasury
Dresser Industries Co
Kuwait
Libya
National Security Council
Henry A. Kissinger
Cullman Woman Identified In I 65 Fatal Crash
Betty Loyd of Cullman died when her car ran off I 65 1.5 miles north of Cullman and struck a concrete culvert at 3:45 AM. Driver John Hulton Sizemore, 39, Vinemont, was hospitalized in critical condition in Birmingham. The incident increases the state's weekend accidental death toll and Cullman County fatalities for the year.
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John Hulton Sizemore
Vinemont
Univeristy Hospital
Birmingham
Beard Stricken Commissioner Seeks Re election
Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Richard Beard Sr. remained in fair condition after a weekend “slight stroke” in Birmingham. Beard, in office since 1967, pledged to continue his campaign during the Christmas holidays. Alabama's weekend traffic toll rose to 19 with two more fatalities, including 15 year old Lee Thomas of Montgomery and 57 year old Robert Harris of Arab. See CULLMAN On Page B-8.
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Ala
Richard Beard Sr
Beard
Agriculture and Industry
Alabama
Highway Patrol
Lee Ernest Thomas
Montgomery
Robert Ellis Harris
Cullman
Israel rejects US plan amid Mideast peace talks
Israel's ambassador flew home for a cabinet meeting as Abba Eban accused the State Department of withholding details of an American proposal. U S officials confirmed Rogers discussed the forthcoming plan in a prior call with Eban.
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Peter Grose
New York Times
Washington
United States
Israel
U. S
Itzhak Rabin
Tel Aviv
Abba Eban
State Department
New York
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Decatur Police Halt Friday Party at City Jail
Decatur police broke up a Saturday night gathering inside the city jail after discovering a bottle of liquor had been smuggled into the facility. Officers left everyone in place as the disturbance was contained.
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Decatur
City
SALT Talks Set to Begin in Vienna and Helsinki
The United States and the Soviet Union reached a compromise to start full-scale strategic arms talks in Vienna on April 16 and continue in Helsinki later. The agreement ends a deadlock over venue and aims to curb the nuclear missile arms race. The preliminary talks, led by Vladimir S. Semenov and Gerard C. Smith, opened with secrecy and sought a framework for major negotiations to follow.
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Helsinki
United States
Soviet Union
Vienna
Vladimir S. Semenov
Gerard C. Smith
Smith
Smolna Palace
Devlin jailed six months for inciting riotous behavior
Bernadette Devlin a Roman Catholic civil rights leader and the youngest British MP was sentenced to six months in jail for inciting riotous behavior. Separately a space policy report notes President Nixon will decide on the nation’s space goals for the 1970s and a space agency source says we are prepared to be pleased.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Washington
Nixon
Space Agency
Snow Falls Briefly in North Alabama as Season Opens
Light snow fell for about an hour after 6 44 p m marking the season start in North Alabama. little or no accumulation followed though forecasts warned of two inches in most areas. Rain dominated Sunday with 1 11 inches in Decatur Huntsville. temps fell to 30. Clouds clear tomorrow with warmer temps. more rain and a cold front expected by Tuesday.
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North Alabama
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Decatur-Huntsville
Decatur
Gulf
North
Perot Plans Christmas Gifts Run To North Vietnam
Texas billionaire H Ross Perot flies toward Bangkok on a mission to deliver 180000 pounds of Christmas gifts to 1400 Americans held by North Vietnam. The cargo includes bedding clothes canned food medicine and personal packages from prisoners families with a goal to reach Hanoi by Christmas Day.
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H. Ross Perot
Center
Texas
Los Angeles
North Vietnam
Honolulu
Perot
Bangkok
Hanoi
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