Meir forms hawkish cabinet pledges hold on Arab lands
Prime Minister Golda Meir presents a new 24 member cabinet in Jerusalem and vows Israel will keep the Arab territories it occupied in the 1967 war until peace arrives. She blames the Soviet Union for arming Arab states and criticizes France and Britain for failures to deliver arms.
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Marcus Eliason
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Middle East
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Egypt
Syria
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Ezer Weis
France
Britain
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Weizman
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
Abba Eban
Yigal Allon
Meir
Moscow
U.S
Pravda
United States
William P. Rogers
Cairo
Gore To Offer Tax Exemption Alternate
Senate and House moves to resolve tax reform conflicts unfold this week as conference committee negotiates tax cuts and exemptions. Senator Gore says Treasury will offer an altered plan for increasing personal income tax exemption while House pursues a 15 percent Social Security boost. Negotiations aim to blend higher exemptions with rate reductions, with a pre Christmas adjournment in sight. President Nixon threatens veto if Senate lightens the tax burden with costly Exemption and Social Security provisions. The panel also weighs taxing private foundations. National and global notes follow.
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Edmond Lebreton Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Treasury Department
Conference Committee On Tax Reform
Bate
Nixon
Gore
Conference Committee
Treasury
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
207 000-Ton Tanker Sinks Off West Africa
A 207 000-ton Dutch supertanker Marpessa sank 50 miles northwest of Dakar after an explosion and fire aboard while en route to the Persian Gulf. Fifty men evacuated, two injured, two missing. Built in Japan and delivered to Shell in September, the ship carried 35 crew. Insured for 15.6 million dollars. cause of explosion unknown.
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Rotterdam
Royal Dutch Shell
Dakar
Persian Gulf
Japan
Shell
Torrey Canyon
England
Britain
France
Lloyds
Associated Press
Boy rides runaway balloon to icy Minnesota River
Rick Snyder, 11, rode a 25 foot hot air balloon aloft during a Vikings 49ers game, drifting three miles to the Minnesota River. He swam about 25 feet to shore in water over his head, remained calm, and later helped shut off the burner before landing. His family belongs to the Aerostatic Society of America.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Rick Snyder
Minnesota
Rick
Minnesota Vikings
San Francisco 49Ers
Met
Balloon rescheduled stunt aids Saints game in Minnesota
A youth in a St Paul balloon was picked up by a passing motorist and returned to the stadium in time for the end of the Minnes ota game which finished 10 to 7. He dried clothes in a Vikings dressing room dryer after a halftime promotional show for the St Paul Winter Carnival. Rick's mother Mrs D L Snyder of St Paul rode in the gondola, stepped out for balloon rise, but the tether broke sending the balloon down.
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Minnesota
Vikings
St. Paul
Rick
D. L. Snyder
Apollo 13 Heads For Launch Pad at Cape Kennedy
Apollo 13 moves toward launch as technicians roll the rocket and spacecraft from the assembly building to the launch pad. The 3 mile journey began at 4 50 a m CST with March launch slated, marking Man's third voyage to the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Two Deaths Blamed on Carbon Monoxide in Minnesota
Apparent carbon monoxide poisoning is cited as the cause of death for James Akens an 18 year old Minneapolis youth and Debbie Wood 19 a suburban woman. Their bodies were found Saturday morning in the youth s car in the Akens home garage. Police call the deaths accidental.
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Minneapolis
James Akens
Debbie Wood
Brooklyn Center
Akens
Five Sextuplets Survive Birth in Britain
London AP reports Rosemary Letts gave birth to five girls and a boy by Caesarean section. One girl died at birth. The surviving five babies, born to a 23 year old mother who used fertility drugs, are in incubators with doctors optimistic about their prospects. The couple, married in 1966, expressed relief and hope.
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London
Britain
Rosemary Letts
Court bans race exclusion in subdivision parks pools
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 that Negro homeowners may not be barred from recreation facilities shared by white neighbors. Justice Douglas said 1866 civil rights law allows suits if access is denied. The case, from Fairfax County Virginia, involved Little Hunting Park and clarifies public access beyond private social clubs.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Fairfax County
Little Hunt Park
Virginia
Douglas
Little Hunting Park
Nixon expected to order new troop pullout
President Nixon likely to announce plans to withdraw about 50 000 more U S troops from Vietnam adding to the roughly 110 000 already removed since he took office. The phased pullout over three to four months aims to preserve battlefield flexibility amid rising enemy activity and a potential Tet offensive.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Clark M. Clifford
South Vietnam
Friend Picks Pack Girl Wins 50 Prize in Tribune Contest
Debbie Geiwitz a Central High sophomore daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Gerwitz won 50 in the Packer-Picker contest for correctly guessing Green Bay 21 Chicago 3. The tie-breaker winner came from Dennis Hollowitsch of Coon Valley with a 21-3 pick. Vikings 10 7. Next Sunday Packers vs Cardinals. prize returns to 25.
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R. J. Stoddard
la Crosse Tribune
Debbie
Miss Geiwitz
Green Bay
Chicago
Central High
Richard Gerwitz
Dennis Hollowitsch
Coon Valley
Minnesota Viking
San Francisco
Hollowitsch
Vikings
Packers
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