Tour Ends In Flight To Freedom
In Stockholm 75 of 96 Czech tourists defect rather than return after Christmas in Sweden. Babela Jiey from Prague explains paying nearly three months salary to join the trip and seeking permission for his family to follow. Defectors say life under invasion has stripped normal life and hope remains slim for reunification.
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Stockholm
UPI
Babela
Jiey
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Sweden
Cedok
Babela Jiey
Agnew Plans Asia Visit To Test Nixon Doctrine
Vice President Agnew prepares to tour Asia including Afghanistan and Bali on a long 37 000 mile trip. He may unexpectedly visit Vietnam war zones to meet troops as McCain and Agnew discussed plans Saturday. No public fanfare accompanied his Pearl Harbor area arrival.
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Navy
Pearl Harbor
Agnew
McCain
Afghanistan
Bali
Viet-nam
U.S
Newley and Prowse Shine In Dual Star Two Hour Spectacle
Newley and Juliet Prowse headline a two hour show described as a top notch double star spectacular. The review praises Newley's Broadway score and Prowse's cafe charm while suggesting the act would be stronger if trimmed and presented as separate headlining performances.
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Tony
Circus Maximus Room
Juliet
Juliet Prowse
America
England
Mink Cape Stolen From Las Vegas Woman Home
Cecilia Reynolds of 536 Seventh Street reported a theft at her residence from a bedroom closet. The $1,000 mink cape vanished with no signs of forced entry, though two prowler incidents were noted nearby in recent weeks. Reynolds runs the Peter Pan Play School on South Sixth Street.
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Cecilia Reynolds
Seventh St
South Sixth Street
Five Bodies Found After Seamen Missing in Pacific Search
A freighter searching about 1,500 miles from Honolulu found five bodies and an overturned lifeboat after 25 seamen disappeared when a Vietnam bound cargo ship exploded. Fourteen crewmen were rescued by other ships and aircraft aided by liferafts and flares as treacherous seas hindered recovery efforts.
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Pearl Harbor
UPI
U.S
Navy
Flying Dragon
Honolulu
Charles Wilson
Comet Tago-Sato-Kosaka 1969 Brightens Sky
The new comet named Tago Sato Kosaka 1969 G, first seen by Japanese astronomers, will be visible in southern skies by January 6 and rise northward in the U S by January 15. Norton, curator at the University of Nevada, notes it will be two hours after sunset early January with a short tail and bright head. Spectators should view southwest away from city lights for naked eye visibility.
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Reno
UPI
Richard Norton
University of Nevada
Atmospherium Planetarium
McKenna Arrested On Misdemeanors In Bar Incident
Former Clark County Democratic official Charles McKenna 49 was arrested at the Nut Hut Bar on Desert Inn Road after a patron reported he displayed a loaded pistol. He faces charges of aiming a gun in a threatening manner drunkenness and receiving stolen property and is held on burglary counts tied to the weapon.
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Charles McKenna
Democratc Party
Clark County
Desert Inn Road
McKenna
Nut Hut
Sheriff's Deputies
Texan seeks Moscow aid to ship gifts for POWs
Dallas millionaire H Ross Perot abandons direct Hanoi plan and travels to Vientiane to ask the Soviet Embassy for permission for a Moscow landing. He hopes to route a 600000 dollar cargo of food clothing and medical supplies to about 1400 Americans held in North Vietnamese camps. He tours a prison near Vientiane and meets prisoners noting humane treatment and shared concerns.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
H. Ross Perot
Dallas, Tex
Hanoi
Moscow
North Vietnam
Perot
Munist Pathet Lao
Sote Petrasy
Petrasy
South Vietnam
French built gunboats head toward Israel amid intrigue
Five 250-ton gunboats built in Cherbourg for Israel and later tied to an Oslo firm vanish en route to Haifa. France says sale to Starboat and Weill S. A. is legal though Norway warns seizure if vessels enter Norwegian waters. Israeli officials say boats no longer belong to Israel yet crews stay aboard under new ownership.
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UPI
France
Israel
Norweigan
North Sea
Cherbourg
Haifa
Israal
Mediterranean Sea
Defense Ministry
Starboat and Weill S. A. Oil and Shipping Services
Oslo
Norway
Starboat and Weill
Felix Amiot
Three Injured In Auto Crash On Las Vegas Boulevard
A high speed crash on Las Vegas Boulevard North at 2600 block left driver Havey Bailey 22 and passengers Conrad Gonzales and Maria Kragg in extreme condition. They were taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital after surgery was performed. Bailey faced more surgery Saturday night.
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Las Vegas Boulevard
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Havey Bailey
N. Main St
Conrad Gonzales
Maria Kragg
N. Bruce St
Bailey
Japanese Voters Reelect Pro U S Liberal Democratic Party
Tokyo reports the Liberal Democratic Party won a four year term in Japan’s Diet, led by Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. LDP captured 213 of 308 seats decided, with 55.07 percent of votes, as turnout neared 68 percent amid blizzard and holiday timing concerns.
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Tokyo
UPI
Liberal Democratic Party
LDP
Eisaku Sato
United States
Diet
Sato
Liberal Democrats
Japan Socialist Party
Asia
Komeita
Graobed
Komeito
Democratic Socialists
Japan
Washington
Nixon
Okinawa
Christmas Trees Burn At Hotels On The Strip
A large Christmas tree at the Hacienda Hotel on the Strip burned early Saturday and another at the Aladdin caught fire about four hours later. Fire officials could not immediately determine a cause for either blaze, but the Aladdin sprinkler system acted to extinguish its fire before firefighters arrived.
Arabs To Beef Up Suez Forces In Libya Talks
In Tripoli three leaders Col. Hoammer el Kadhafi Gaafar el Numeiri and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad reached substantial agreement on political military and economic matters. Nasser planned to travel from Tripoli to Benghazi for bilateral talks on economic military and financial issues.
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Yan
Hoammer el Kadhafi
Sudan
Gaafar el Numeiri
Mahmoud Riad
Tripoli
Nasser
Benghazi
Libya
Kadhafi
U S Tank Troops and Cong in Major Viet Battle
U S tank troops and armored units joined a large engagement with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces after Christmas. About 270 enemy troops attacked. 40 bunkers were destroyed as U S aircraft and artillery supported ground action. Casualties included two Americans killed and 11 wounded. two enemy were killed. South Vietnamese losses stood at 17 killed and 29 wounded in a 72 hour ceasefire period. Air raids totaled 324 by Friday with B52 strikes across regions from the Mekong Delta to Quang Tri.
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Gulf of Suez
Cairo
Libya
Sudan
Suez Canal
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Ras Gharib
U.S
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry
Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong River
Quang Tri
Storms Leave Death and Damage Across New England States
Weather Bureau in Boston warned of minor lowland flooding as the St. Charles River broke banks in places. Snow blocked two Vermont highways while Pittsfield crews worked long shifts. Phillipston Petersham declared states of emergency as ice cut power. Hanover Vermont saw ninety percent power outage and Burlington recorded an 18 inch snowfall the third greatest on record. Albany NY had 20 inches fueling its snowiest December with over 47 inches for the month.
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Boston
St. Charles
Vermont
Pittsfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Phillipston
Petersham
Hanover
N.H
Massachusetts Electric Co
Burlington
Albany
N.Y
New York Capital
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