Negotiators Meet Again Over Vietnam Peace Talks in Paris
In Paris Kissinger and Le Duc Tho hold their sixth secret session in Gif-sur-Yvette amid a news blackout. Saigon presses for major changes including troop withdrawal and a wider ceasefire to Cambodia and Laos, while Hanoi resists altering the October draft.
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le Duc Tho
Gif-sur-Yvette
Vietnam
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Cambodia
Laos
National Council of Reconciliation
Viet Cong
Road conditions report for district highways
The AMA reports 1972 saw 30 fatality free days with fatalities at 175 and injuries at 175. At 9 a.m. highways to Leth bridge and Calgary were lightly snow covered with slippery sections. Road 41 had slippery sections that were sanded. other district highways remained in good winter driving condition.
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Omaha
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Nannette Velasquez
Irish reject Church's special status in constitution vote
Voters approved repealing the Roman Catholic Church's special constitutional position by about 85 percent, while also backing lowering the voting age to 18. Prime Minister Lynch hailed the result as a step toward reconciliation and secular reforms, though turnout was only about 50 percent.
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New York Times
Dublin
John Lynch
Northern Ireland
Lynch
Ireland
Ulster
Jet crashes into homes near airport killing and injuring many
An 18 passenger United Air Lines Boeing 737 crashed into a residential neighborhood near the airport, injuring 18 and leaving many residents missing. A log book from the pilot was found as flames engulfed several houses and authorities reported no FAA protocol irregularities in approach.
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W.L. Whitehouse
Springfield
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Egypt Wins Big UN Vote on Occupation Policy
At the United Nations General Assembly the 86 to 7 vote with 31 abstentions backed a non aligned resolution urging states to avoid actions that could recognize Israeli occupation of Arab lands. Egypt and non aligned countries push for time for settlement amid debates with Israel and the U.S. abstained on a separate aid paragraph.
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Egypt
Middle East
General Assembly
Canada
Israel
Yosef Tekoah
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Bush
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U.S
W. Tapley Bennett
International Law Commission
Mail strike up in air in Canada
Ottawa faces a potential pre Christmas postal strike as a three man conciliation board works through the weekend to finish its report on the government and postal workers dispute. If unions approve the recommendations, mail service may continue. if rejected, a strike could begin within a week.
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Guy Demarino
Southam News Services
Ottawa
Canada
Letter Carriers Union of Canada
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
CUPW
Toronto
Treasury Board
Canada May Meet Most Conditions for Vietnam Commission
U S Secretary of State William Rogers said Canada can likely meet most conditions for joining the proposed Vietnam international supervisory commission. External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp noted no meetings with Kissinger during a Paris visit as talks proceed in Paris. Canada hopes for effective oversight, binding participation, freedom to move, and a withdrawal mechanism within the four-party accord.
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Southam
Brussels
U.S
William Rogers
Canada
Vietnam
Paris
Leo Cadieux
France
Roland Michener
Ceasefire Supervisory Commission
Commission
Rogers
Ottawa
Poland
International Control Commission
Indochina
Hungary
Indonesia
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