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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1969
Page
5
Israeli naval officers ran five missile-launching gunboats through Cherbourg amid an embargo. Neighbors noted late night activity and a hurried exit as crews, including five boats later named Starboat 1 to 3, passed the port radar network and headed west toward the Mediterranean.
A fierce eastern Mediterranean storm slowed five gunboats believed bound for Israel. Observers on Cyprus could not pinpoint their position as they weathered the gale south of Corsica on a 3000 mile voyage from Cherbourg. They were due near Haifa on Wednesday but daylight entry and port details remained uncertain. Jerusalem prepared for possible fallout in French Israeli relations as officials stayed silent.
Police report intensified scrutiny of French officials after five gunboats were authorized to depart Cherbourg for Israel in a 10 million dollar deal brokered with a Norwegian intermediary. Paris officials deny wrongdoing though sanctions are possible. The incident coincides with a city revival service led by Eddie Wilson in Dallas and a related religious program through Sunday.
An Israeli press editorial warns that further moves could worsen relations with Paris. The piece frames diplomacy as sensitive and urges restraint amid rising tensions between the two capitals.
Belgrade AP reports President Tito, who turns 78 on May 25, has finished seven of nine volumes of his life story. Filmmaker Veljko Bulajic disclosed this while filming a documentary on Tito's wartime Partisans.
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