Seventeen Killed On North Carolina Highways
The Associated Press reports seventeen people dead in North Carolina holiday traffic including five in a head on collision near Garner. Victims listed include John Henry Williams 27 of Smithfield and George Marion McPherson 40 of Clayton among others. Toll for the year reaches 1713.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Garner
Raleigh
Highway Patrol
John Henry Williams
Smithfield
J. M. Taylor
Williams
George Marion McPherson
Clayton
Vivian Thorpe
Connie Elliott
Joseph Barbour
Washington, D.C
U.S. 70
Wake County
Scottie Alexander
Scotland Neck
Carl A. Winnings
Lawrence
Edgecombe County
Teddy Eugene Speights
Susy Anne Hooper
Charlotte
Rowan County
Allen F. McDonald
Lynnwood
Lexington
Sidney Steel
Hammond
Dianne Moore
North Korea Claims US Warships Entered Its Waters
North Korea charged that the United States sent armed ships including a spy vessel into its waters and that warplanes fired more than 50 shells at patrol boats. The KCNA did not report casualties and provided no independent confirmation.
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Tokyo
North Korea
United States
U.S
South Korea
Peace dividend myth ends as inflation eats gains
Pentagon comptroller Robert C. Moot says there was no real peace dividend from Vietnam. Inflation and pay raises have swallowed savings, reducing war costs from about 20 billion to 10 billion annually. Defense spending is set to rise next year, with emphasis on R and D modernization and foreign military aid.
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Washington
Robert C. Moot
Pentagon
Moot
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Congress
America
POWs Treated Well as Christmas Privileges Listed by Congressman
Rep. Sonny Montgomery said North Vietnamese officials told him American prisoners of war are allowed to participate in sports and received special privileges this Christmas season. He reported meetings with embassy officials in Vientiane and presented three proposals on prisoner information, Hanoi access, and possible prisoner releases. The congressman noted no major combat in South Vietnam and cited Cambodian defections from the Red Khmer.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Rep
G. V
Sonny) Montgomery
D-Miss
Ens
Vientiane
Laos
Southeast Asia
Montgomery
House Veterans Affairs Committee
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Paris
Hanoi
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
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Phnom Penh
Parrot’s Beak
West German official Eugen Reichh Beihl freed from Basque captors
Frankurt AP report says Eugen Reichh Beihl, honorary West German consul, was released after three weeks as a hostage in Spain by ETA. He flew with his wife and daughter to reunite in Biarritz then to West Germany for medical tests.
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Eugen Reichh
Spain
Biarritz
France
West Germany
Reihl
Germany
San Sebastian
ETA
Karl Moersch
Foreign Ministry
Beihl
Luftwaffe
Ludwigsburg
Gaum
Switzerland
Italy
Belgium
Russia Elicits Global Condemnation Over Leningrad Death Sentences
Denunciations spread as two Jews in Leningrad were sentenced to death for alleged hijacking plans. Israel and its people react strongly, urging Soviet authorities to allow emigration, with Golda Meir stating the defendants sought to join their people. The Knesset calls for international intervention.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Israel
Moscow
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Haifa
White House
Nixon
Eilat
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Rakah
Communist Party of Israel
Nikolai v. Podgorny
Golda Meir
Knesset
Kremlin
Russia
Angela Davis Visits In Marin County Jail On Christmas Day
Family members visit Angela Davis for two hours and 10 minutes in the Marin County jail while about 250 supporters rally outside demanding her freedom. Sheriff says she likely cannot hear the demonstration through a soundproof cell. Davis faces murder kidnapping and conspiracy charges linked to a past shootout.
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San Rafael
Calif
Marin County
Angela Davis
Harvey Teague
Miss Davis
UCLA
New York
California
Sally Davis
Birmingham
Ala
Fania Jordan
Regained
Oliver Pearson
Angela
Mrs. Jordan
Angela Davis Defense Committee
Civic Center
Prisoners Receive Messages From Families in Hanoi
North Vietnamese officials in Hanoi say a three member American delegation delivered 319 letters and 330 Christmas cards from U S families to U S prisoners of war on Christmas Eve. The New Mobilization Committee members were Ronald Young Trudy Young and Ann Barnett.
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Tokyo
Hanoi
U.S
Radio
Ann Barnett
Miss
Jordanian Army and Guerrillas Battle for Hill Strongholds
Jordanian Army and Palestinian guerrillas clash for a second day over strategic hills near Salt in West Jordan. Each side reports different casualty counts as fighting continues amid failed cease-fire efforts and Arab peace-keeping efforts.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hussein
Jordan
Salt
Amman
Trains Collide Near Suffolk No Injuries Reported
Norfolk and Western crews worked overnight to clear wreckage after two freight trains collided about 300 yards east of the N and W passenger terminal. About 40 cars derailed as the westbound coal cars derailed into the eastbound train. no injuries were reported.
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Suffolk
Norfolk and Western Railway
N&w
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Martin County
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ZDF
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ZDF Sound Eingeer
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