President Leads Yule Service at White House
President Nixon presided at a White House Christmas service with six children of staff delivering readings and the Columbus Boys Choir of Princeton singing. Nixon spoke briefly about building a better world for youth as about 300 guests attended in the Blue Room.
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White House
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Sanford Fox
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George P. Schultz
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Donald 0. Rumsfeld
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Dolly Dent
Marty
Dent
Wendell Colson
Charles W. Colton
Columbus Boy's Choir
Princeton
N.J
Nixons
Spiro T. Agnew
Okinawa unrest prompts travel ban as rioters burn vehicles
In Koza City Okinawan rioters set 62 American vehicles ablaze and damaged a primary school area near Kadena Air Base. U S officials report 36 injured including 29 Military Police while 19 Okinawans jailed. Lt Gen Lampert pleads restraint as media cover appeals. Berlin protests widen as East and West tensions rise in Berlin. Egyptians head to Moscow for post Nasser Middle East policy talks as Israeli cabinet weighs return to negotiations. Prague parliament sees resignations amid purge of Dubcek reform allies.
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Viet Cong launches 20 attacks as Saigon zone marked anniversary
VC intensity spiked over the weekend with 20 mortar and rocket strikes to mark the 10th anniversary of the National Liberation Front. South Vietnamese and U S forces reported 162 enemy killed in scattered clashes, while four American aircraft were shot down and a U S convoy ambushed. Five Americans died and 25 were wounded. In Washington Edward Heath backed President Nixon’s potential target bombing if troop withdrawals demand it. In Tokyo observers warned China might join the war if invited by Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
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Christmas Cold Grips Nation In Wide Storm Sweep
Multiple states endure snow, wind, and plummeting temperatures as a national cold front moves across Oregon to Kansas. Noontime readings near zero from Montana to Minnesota, with rain from the Carolinas to Texas Gulf Coast. In New York, taxi drivers end an 11 day strike by vote, while fuel oil workers vote on a tentative settlement. Protests erupt at the Soviet U.N. mission in New York with arrests and injuries. Missing at sea are Lee Quinn and crew after a cross Pacific voyage. Fire kills the Maynard Pickard family in Galton New Hampshire. Kent State University blocks a three day National Student Association leadership conference.
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