Christmas Fear Across Belfast Divides Nellins and Grahams
The Nellins Roman Catholics and the Graham Protestants face a bleak Christmas in Belfast amid ongoing sectarian violence. The Nellins family, living in a two-room hut, and the Grahams, in a family tradition of shared fear, dread further violence after a year of deadly clashes with over 20 killed and hundreds wounded.
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Belfast’s Beechmount Sees Lasting Sectarian Strife Return
Nellins family and hundreds more flee to Beechmount shanties after August clashes in West Belfast. Catholic and Protestant neighbors barter safety behind army barriers as fear of further violence grows. A widow’s heartache mirrors a city scarred by years of sectarian tension.
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Protesting Cambodian Monks Beaten by Saigon Police
In Saigon heavily armed police beat Bud dhist monks of the Ravada sect with nightsticks and tear gas while dispersing a sit down outside their temple. The monks say 19 were injured with six police hurt by stones. They seek ethnic minority status for Khmer Cambodians to gain draft exemptions.
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Reuters
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An Quang
Vietnam
Panamanian junta deposes Torrijos in Mexico City visit
National Guard officers oust Brig. Gen. Omar Torrijos from Panama's junta while he attends the Caribbean Classic horse race in Mexico City. Col. Ramiro Silvera and Lt. Col. Amado Sanjur are named as coup leaders, with the capital maintaining a quiet, rumor-filled mood.
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Dissent-riddled CYC survives weekend meet
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association members vote 96.5 percent to authorize strike action that could begin Friday. Treasury board seeks conciliation talks Tuesday or Wednesday as nine or so points remain disputed. Union leaders warn reduced operations could cripple holiday air travel.
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Abolition sought as council split over duties and funds
The weekend meeting intensified calls to abolish the 21 member council, with two government appointees Shawn Sullivan and Lloyd Axworthy and Calgary electee Jack Johnston urging disbandment. Volunteer resignations followed including Roy Daniel and Mickey Posluns amid clashes over project funds and governance.
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Vancouver
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Jack” Johnston
Calgary
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Yellowknife
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CYC
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Fort William
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Jauch Named Edmonton Eskimos Head Coach at 31
Ray Jauch, 31, was chosen as head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos in the Western Football Conference. He succeeds Neil Armstrong who resigned after the team missed the playoffs. Jack Baker announced the signing at a news conference, without disclosing salary or contract length. Jauch previously coached defensive backs and linebackers for the Eskimos. He played for Iowa, captained the Rose Bowl team in 1959, and played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers until a severe Achilles injury ended his 1961 Grey Cup appearance.
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Nixon to speak on Vietnam troop withdrawals
President Nixon is set to address the nation for about five minutes at 6 p.m. EST with likely announcements on further Vietnam troop withdrawals. White House declined to confirm specifics, but reports suggest a plan to pull about 40,000 more troops, reaching a total of 100,000 this year. Time magazine notes a broader aim to recall nearly all ground combat troops by year end and complete U.S. withdrawal by 1971.
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Five of six sextuplets survive birth in London hospital
Rosemary Letts, 23, delivered six babies at University College Hospital in London after a 32 week pregnancy. Five infants, four girls and one boy, survived and were in incubators while one girl was stillborn. The smallest baby weighed 1 11, and others weighed 2 to 3 pounds. London doctors said the five had a better than 50 percent chance of survival.
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Reuters
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Britain
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England
Tory caucus rejects tax white paper in push for equitable system
The Conservative caucus denounces the federal white paper on tax reform, condemning mid income tax rises and two level corporate taxes while backing capital gains tax with inflation adjustments. They urge earlier personal exemptions and broader urban rural policy reforms.
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Southam News Services
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Harold Danforth
Kent Essex
Iranian Army Lieutenants Executed Over Opium Smuggling
Three Iranian Army lieutenants and seven civilians were executed at dawn Sunday after convictions for using army vehicles to smuggle opium from Turkey. The report cites police on the event in Iran.
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