Christmas Cross Lights City Hall Despite Oil Shortage
Los Angeles officials vote 11-2 to illuminate City Hall windows as a cross on Christmas Eve, amid oil losses to Guam and energy concerns. Critics say it sets a poor example during energy shortages and violates separation of church and state. The Public Works board notes minimal electricity cost, though overtime to block the windows is billable.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Guam
City Hall
Edmund Edelman
Edelman
Marvin Braude
Nixon
Board of Public Works
Federal Energy
William Simon
American freed by Viet Cong after two months of captivity
Homer L. Elm 43 of Arcadia South Carolina a PAE worker was released in a remote hamlet near Can Tho after being seized in an Oct 6 ambush in the Mekong Delta. He was brought to Saigon for a hospital checkup along with two Vietnamese captives. Release occurred as Kissinger prepared for talks in Paris with Le Duc Tho.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Cong
Mekong
Pacific Architects and Engineers
PAE
Homer L. Elm
Arcadia
S.C
Can Tho
Elm
Than Tri
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
Indochina
Skylab spot bright solar prominence observed by crew
Skylab astronauts Gerald Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue observed a solar prominence in the sun’s atmosphere. Harvard’s Dr George Withbroe called it one of the most notable space observations in 25 years and hoped for an eruption. Data may improve weather forecasting science.
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George Withbree
Harvard College Observatory
Withbree
Skylab
Wilson becomes New York's 50th governor in 1973 shift
Malcolm Wilson, 59, is sworn in as New York's 50th governor succeeding Nelson Rockefeller who resigns to lead national commissions. Wilson, Rockefeller's longtime lieutenant governor, plans a mid day news conference to outline broad goals and policies for his administration amid Republican presidential speculation.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Malcolm Wilson
New York
Wilson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
National Commission
Rockefeller
New York Assembly
John J. Ghezzi
Capitol
Red Room
Agnew pleads for livlihood amid Maryland disbarment hearing
Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew urged three Maryland judges not to bar him from practicing law, proposing a temporary suspension so he can resume his career later. He stressed his duty to return to contribute to courts and his clients while acknowledging past misconduct.
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Annapolis
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Nixon
Maryland Bar Association
Board of Governors
Administration of Justice
Anne Arundel County
Nixon probe into 1952 tax status linked to Checkers tale
Sacramento reports say Nixon income tax status was investigated after disclosures of an $18 000 expense fund from California supporters while he was Eisenhower running mate. London meanwhile cites IRA bombings as Scotland Yard seeks two suspects after a wave of attacks injuring 64.
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Sacramento
UPI
Nixon
California
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Washington, D.C
Congress
London
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Dublin
Ulster
Irish Republic
Britain
Irelands
Roy Habersohn
Yard
State Franchise Tax Board
Thomas H. Kuchel
GOP
Tax Board
Richard C Osborn
Board
Osborn
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