SST delays end of 91st Congress over supersonic transport
The House and Senate plan to adjourn the 91st Congress amid an SST funding dispute. Senator Proxmire will drop filibuster plans to allow a showdown vote on SST in the new session, while a continuing resolution funds the department at 1970 rates through March 31.
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House
Nixon
Transportation Department
Department
White House
Proxmire
Soviet court to try 12th Jewish suspect in Leningrad hijack plot
A Soviet military court will try Wolf Zalmonson, 31, identified as the 12th man in the Leningrad hijacking case. He is brother of sentenced Zalmonsons and brother-in-law of ringleader Eduard Kuznetsov, amid a wave of Zionist treason prosecutions and detentions across Soviet cities.
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Moscow
UPI
Leningrad
Wolf Zalmonson
Israel
Silva Zalmonson
Eduard Kuznetsov
Holiday deaths exceed early New Year toll estimates
United Press International reports a busy holiday weekend with 212 traffic fatalities by 8 am EST and a national tally rising beyond NSC estimates of 400 to 500 dead and 19 000 to 23 000 injured. California led with 21 deaths. New York and Illinois each reported 15 and 14.
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Michigan
Illinois
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Ohio
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Ill
Lake Odessa
Mich
Ionia
Corpus Christi
Tex
Dynamite May Have Caused Kentucky Mine Explosion
Federal and state inspectors investigate a coal mine disaster in Hyden Kentucky that killed 38 people. Officials say dynamite likely triggered gas ignition. on site work begins at 10 am EST with possible months of hearings and a public explanation expected.
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Hyden
UPI
Kentucky
James Westfield
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Westfield
Israeli Soldier Hit in Guerrilla Attack on Golan Heights
An Israeli soldier was wounded in an Arab guerrilla attack from Syria against the Golan Heights. Israel returned fire after the commandos opened with bazookas. Two settlements in the Upper Galilee were also hit from Lebanon with no casualties reported. The week-long clashes left at least 17 guerrillas and two Israeli soldiers dead. In Amman, Premier Wastfidel pledged Jordan’s lead in the struggle and promised more support. Egypt's Sadat met with UN delegate Al Zayyat to discuss the crisis with Israel.
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United Press International
Syria
Golan Heights
Upper Galilee
Lebanon
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Metullah
Yitta
Amman
Wastfidel
Israel
Jordan
United Nations
Mohammed Hassan al Zayyat
Viet Cong cease fire violated 46 times in New Year truce
UPI dispatch reports 46 enemy initiated incidents during the Allied New Year cease-fire, with 68 Communists killed in Cambodia and five Americans killed or wounded in pre and post truces. In Tripoli, 16 aboard an Egypt United Arab Airlines Comet perished in a crash near the city airport.
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UPI
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Phnom Penh
Tripoli
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Egypt
United Arab Airlines
UAA
Algiers
Cairo
Lompoc Water Commission to Study Release Plan
The Lompoc Water Commission will meet Monday at 1 30 p m in City Hall to discuss Bureau of Reclamation plans to revamp water release from Cachuma Dam. Legal counsel Stanley Hatch and engineer Thomas Stetson will present reports on negotiations and current arrangements, with City Atty James Longtin and Public Works Director Ken Dawson detailing other aspects.
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Lompoc
Bureau of Reclamation
Cachuma Dam
Bureau
James Longtin
Ken Dawson
Commission
Virgil Phelps
Dawson
Cigarette Ad Ban Shuts TV Airwaves After New Year
New York UPI reports the law banning cigarette commercials on TV and radio took effect at 12:01 a.m. EST. Tobacco firms saturated late night NBC and other networks with ads before the deadline. Some tobacco categories remain allowed, and industry forecasts expect shifts to other media and sponsorships to keep brand visibility.
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UPI
Television Bureau of Advertising
Sears, Roebuck and Co
England
Italy
George Washington Hill
American Tobacco Co
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