Pope Paul VI urges end to violence in world day of peace
In Rome at St. Mary on the Capitoline Hill the Pope condemned Middle East violence and urged conflict be resolved through rational, legal procedures. He warned that guerrilla warfare and reprisals threaten world peace and called peace a fragile fruit of moral transformation.
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UN Security Council condemns Israel raid on Beirut airport
United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned Israel for the Beirut airport commando raid and warned of further steps if repeated. It called for Lebanon to receive redress for the raid that destroyed 13 Lebanese airliners valued at 50 to 100 million dollars. Israel rejected the resolution as inapplicable. The council did not discuss the Athens airliner attack. A separate local note reports a New Year baby born at Vandenberg AFB Hospital to Capt. and Mrs. Michael E. Jarvis.
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Lompoc officer promoted to sergeant amid fireworks
Robert Havens earns promotion to sergeant in the Lompoc Police Department as midnight firecrackers erupt in celebration. Bets swarm late with football chatter and last minute wagers adding to the festive noise.
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Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures Through Thursday
Variable high clouds pass through Thursday as mild air dominates. Highs 65 to 75, lows tonight in the 40s. Light wind. January 2 tides show high tides at 6.0 feet 8:32 am and 3.5 feet 10:44 pm, low tides 2.5 feet 2:14 am and minus 0.7 feet 4:02 pm.
Hughes back in air travel with Air West deal
Industrialist Howard Hughes reenters air travel via a sales agreement signed Tuesday night in Seattle between Air West Airlines and Hughes Tool Co. The pact followed a midnight deadline, signaling Hughes' return to the aviation industry after prior control of Trans World and Northeast Airlines.
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Israel tightens security in Jerusalem after bomb finds
Israeli forces conducted a New Year vigil in Jerusalem as bombs were found on a school bus carrying 75 children and in a milk bottle on Jaffa Road. Two Katyusha rockets struck the Kinneret area from Jordan, with no casualties reported amid regional tension following Beirut raid condemnation by the UN Security Council.
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Israel raids draw protests across region in new confrontations
Arab governments accuse Israel of new raids while Jordan says Israeli jets strafed a Jordanian vehicle on the truce line, killing three soldiers and wounding two. Lebanon reports aircraft overflights and massed troops and urges an arms embargo. Britain condemns the raid and Israel defends operation saying civilians were not targeted.
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Gornwy Roberts
Aaron Remez
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Lvei Eshkol
Three American Prisoners Freed by Viet Cong
Viet Cong agents released three American prisoners to five U.S. officers after a 42 minute negotiation at a battlefield clearing near Saigon. The prisoners, weak and pale in light blue prison garb, were helicoptered to Long Binh hospital in good condition along with Maj. James Rowe.
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McAllen
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James W. Brigham
Ocala
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Mass San Quentin escape foiled by broken rope
San Quentin Prison foiled a mass escape when a rope broke during a wall climb by six inmates. Two inmates Browning 22 and Seberry 28 fell back into the yard. Browning and Seberry had minor injuries. A guard flushed out Robert Johns 24 from a warehouse doorway with three shots and three more convicts were found in a drainage ditch.
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New charge in Paris talks
Pham Dang Lam, head of the South Vietnamese delegation at Paris, says the Viet Cong aim to use released U.S. prisoners to stage a mini conference and win diplomatic recognition from the United States. He notes they seek field negotiations and warns Washington refuses to grant recognition.
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