Giftlift For POWs Blocked By Hanoi
The decade ends with Christmas fading from the scene as U S and South Vietnamese forces resume combat after a 24 hour cease fire. Pope Paul VI calls for extended truces while fighting continues in the Middle East and Biafra. Messages from Odumegwu Ojukwu promise peace with honor as families of prisoners and missing servicemen in Vietnam seek updates from Hanoi via a Paris peace talks group.
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Associated Press
U.S
U.S. Army
Bob Hope
Terence Cardinal Cooke
New York
Long Binh
Saigon
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Basilica
Nigeria
Middle East
Suez Canal
Bethlehem
Owerri
Biafra
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Willie Sutton says crime does not pay after release
New York AP report quotes Willie The Actor Sutton, 68, saying crime never paid and he wants to help deter youth. He was freed from Attica after 17 years behind bars, receiving 169.37 dollars for his imprisonment. Sutton spent most of his life in prison and plans to speak to groups about avoiding crime.
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Willie
Sutton
Katherine Buses
Buffalo, N.Y
NEW York (Ap
New York Daily News
Attica State Prison
Department of Corrections
Red Offensive Seen By U S Commander
Adm. John S. McCain Jr., commander in the Pacific, predicts a North Vietnamese offensive in South Vietnam around February tenth. He says the enemy cannot inflict real damage and aims to influence American public opinion. McCain notes logistic stockpiling and troop movements as indications.
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Honolulu
John S. McCain Jr
U.S. Pacific
South Vietnam
McCain
Hawaii
Caribbean Sea quake noted near Puerto Rico on Christmas Day
Seismologists report a major 7.8 magnitude earthquake southeast of San Juan with aftershocks to 6.4. No immediate casualties or damage reported though Martinique residents felt tremors. The quake occurred at 3 41 p m CST and was confirmed by Berkeley and Palmer observatories.
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Rockville
National Earthquake Information Center
Caribbean Sea
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Martinique
Alaska
Berkeley
Calif
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Palmer
Perot Offers Aid Flights For POW Families In Vietnam
North Vietnam refused to allow H Ross Perot to fly Christmas gifts and medical supplies to American prisoners of war. He proposed delivering 1400 canned dinners to Hanoi for Vietnam orphaned children and conveying goods to Moscow for relay to prisoners by Soviet channels. Perot met Hanoi envoy Vu Tien and voiced intent to demonstrate humanitarian support beyond the U S government.
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Lewis M. Simons
Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
H. Ross Perot
Texas
Hanoi
Moscow
Perot
South Vietnam
Vu Tien
Vu Tien. “We Were Refused Permission To Fly Our Planes In,’’ Perot
United States
Bangkok
Demand Tops Production Of Half-Dollars
The Mint continues silver half dollar production despite a Treasury push for copper-nickel coins to conserve silver. Denver Mint produced 18.65 million Kennedy halves in November, about 20 percent of the 100 million ceiling, with circulation still lagging as banks report inventories depleted. Officials cite hopes of rising silver value encouraging hoarding, while tracking daily circulation through Federal Reserve bank returns.
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John M. Pearce Washington
Treasury Department
Denver
Roy S. Cahoon
Cahoon
Kennedy
Federal Reserve
Agnew Heads 37,000-Mile Asian Tour With Vietnam Possibility
Vice President Spiro Agnew launches a 37,000 mile ten nation Asian tour aboard Air Force 2 from Andrews AFB. The schedule includes Manila for Marcos inauguration and four days in the Philippines with visits across Nepal Thailand Afghanistan Malaysia Singapore Indonesia Australia and New Zealand. No major addresses planned but moon rock gifts will be given to host leaders. The trip ends January 19 after Congress returns.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Agnew
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Air Force 2
Travis Air Force Base
California
Honolulu
Philippines
Formosa
Lyndon B. Johnson
Manila
Nixon
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Nepal
Thailand
Afghanistan
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
Congress
Earth
U.S
Europe
United States
Canada
Wives appeal to Novi ets in Paris for captives names
A group of 58 mothers and 94 children flew to Paris to press North Vietnam for captive names. Hanoi officials rebuffed demands, saying releases hinge on a broader peace. They promised to “gradually” provide names to private U.S. citizens, with no firm timetable.
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New York
North Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
Bring
Fla
Fisher
U.S
H. Ross Perot
Dallas
Laos
Orly
Notre Dame Cathedral
Perot
United States
Andrea Rander
Baltimore
Nixon faces 2.5 billion tax loss in budget talks
President Nixon, drafting the fiscal 1971 budget, warned of a 2.5 billion revenue loss from Congress tax reform. He hinted at possible moves to limit the loss, planned a State of the Union for Jan. 22, and prepared for a California trip to meet with budget advisers. The White House described Christmas Day as quiet with Mamie Eisenhower visiting. Snow fell in Washington as holidays continued.
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Robert A. Walker
Washington
Nixon
California
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Congress
Tricia
San Clemente
White House
Executive Mansion
Mamie Eisenhower
Nixons
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Atlantic
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Los Angeles
Red Cross
United Wet Stand
Spiro Agnew
Margaret Fisher
Kennedy Airport
Sebring
Kathleen Johnson
Salina
Kan
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