Apollo 17 Ends Moon Walks With Final Footprints
Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt completed Apollo 17’s last lunar surface exploration, spending 22 hours on the Moon and collecting 334 pounds of moon rock and soil. They left Taurus-Littrow and spoke of America’s space challenge shaping tomorrow while signaling a return to Earth. Ronald Evans remained aboard the orbiting command module as the trio prepared for reentry.
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America
Moon
Taurus-Littrow
Cernan
Harrison Jack Schmitt
Challenger
Lunar
Ronald Evans
Schmitt and Cernan
Cernan and Schmitt
Earth
Conciliation board submits postal report to parties
Ottawa reports the conciliation board’s extensive postal dispute report was handed to the union and government. Negotiators will study the findings and may release recommendations to 28,000 members within days. a rejection could lead to a legal strike seven days after submission.
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Ottawa
Conciliation Board
Jacob Finkleman
Public Service Staff Relations Board
Council of Postal Unions
Canada
Finkelman
Owen Shime
Ontario Labor Relations Board
Staff Relations Board
Government extends bilingualism deadline for public service
Ottawa outlines nine guiding principles to designate and fill bilingual positions by December 31 1973 and December 31 1978 while protecting job security for unilingual workers. The plan aims to reach nearly 25 000 bilingual postings from a 230 000 workforce, with training opportunities and a year notice to offer language upgrading.
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Ottawa
Treasury Board
C. M. Drury
Drury
Montreal
Parts
Quebec
Ontario
New Brunswick
TEAM effort wins Vancouver election
Vancouver voters chose Art Phillips to lead as mayor, the first from The Electors Action Movement. TEAM appears poised to take control of city council and school and park boards, ending the 35 year NPA dominance amid a 30 percent turnout and heavy snowfall.
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Vancouver
Art Phillips
Canada
Phillips
Electors Action Movement
TEAM
Non Partisan Association
NPA
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Brian Campbell
New Democratic Party
Angie Dennis
Committee of Progressive Electors
Gordon Turner
Truman's health slips as he battles illness
Kansas City AP reports former president Harry S Truman, 88, in very serious condition at Research Hospital. Doctors say kidney function and weakened heart drive risk, with fluid in the right lung and fluctuating stability. Daughter Margaret Daniel notes cautious optimism waning.
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Kansas City
Harry S Truman
United States
Wallace Graham
Truman
Graham
Margaret Truman Daniel
Daniel
UN trims U S budget after UN assembly vote
The General Assembly approved a United States cut in its UN budget share from 31.52 percent to 25 percent, amid sharp Soviet and Cuban opposition. Moscow warned it may lower its own 14 percent assessment, arguing the move violates the principle of able-to-pay shares.
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United Nations
Reuter
Soviet Union
United States
General Assembly
U.S
Cuba
Jacob Malik
Moscow
Malik
Vietnam
New York
Russia
U.S. backs Thieu peace plan at Paris talks
Heyward Isham for the United States supports Thieu’s Christmas peace package calling for a ceasefire, prisoner release, NLF withdrawal, and Vietnamese‑only talks. Hanoi and Viet Cong reject it, while U.S. officials urge objective discussion and direct Vietnamese negotiations. Nguyen Minh Vy accuses the U.S. of prolonging the war.
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Paris
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Heyward Isham
Henry Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Isham
Pham Dang Lam
Thieu
South Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Lam
Nguyen Minh Vy
Quebecair jet hijacked near Wabash Newfoundland
A Quebecair BAC 111 jet with 62 aboard was hijacked in Wabash Newfoundland by a young man armed with a rifle, forcing a Vancouver destination. RCMP reported the hijacker threatened a stewardess and removed the rifle from a box before boarding. The crew were from Montreal and the plane departed toward Montreal at 1:40 p.m. AST, continuing after the hijack at 2:05 p.m. AST.
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Wabash
Nfld
Quebecair
Vancouver
RCMP
Labrador
Montreal
Open rate air fares set by airlines and governments
The IATA announced that North Atlantic fares will be decided by each airline and its government starting February 1 after carriers failed to agree on a common price package. The open rate may bring cheaper fares but cause confusion, with no expected open warfare among airlines due to shared economic sense.
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Victor Lusinchi
New York Times
Geneva
North Atlantic
International Air Transport Association
IATA
Association
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