Abduction Case Split by Quebec Farmhouse Arrests
Three suspects in the Pierre Laporte kidnapping and murder were arrested with an unidentified man after police found an underground hideout behind a farmhouse near St. Luc. Paul Rose, Jacques Rose, and Francois Simard faced warrants for the Laporte and Cross cases, with bail policy shifting under the War Measures Act.
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Indira Gandhi dissolves Parliament early in India
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi dissolves Parliament and calls for early general elections, aiming to secure a working majority after a split in the Congress party and a Supreme Court ruling against scrapping princely privy purses. Observers expect ballots by March with 300 million voters.
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Israel Restarts Mideast Peace Talks at United Nations
Prime Minister Golda Meir announced Israel will rejoin indirect negotiations with Egypt and Jordan at the United Nations after cabinet approval. Israel had suspended talks on Sept 6 citing Egyptian missile moves in the Suez zone and demanded U S assurances of continued arms support and determent against Soviet influence.
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Nine more Jews to face trial in Leningrad hijacking case
Soviet sources say nine additional Jews will be tried in Leningrad on Jan 6 for involvement in the June hijacking plot. Earlier, nine Jews and two Gentiles were convicted on Christmas Eve with two Jews executed and others given 4 to 15 year labor camps.
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POW interview branded enemy propaganda by defence official
Two U S prisoners of war in North Vietnam told CBC correspondent Michael Maclear in a Christmas Day interview that the war should end now. A defence department spokesman called the program an enemy propaganda film and North Vietnam’s premier Pham Van Dong denied mistreatment. The film, shown in Canada and the U S, featured Wilber and Schweitzer answering presubmitted questions while other POWs were seen briefly.
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Robert J Schweitzer
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Fred Schweitzer
Oreland
Dong
Sang
Maclear
Tanker Ragay crew rescued after split in two
Thirty one crew members of the Ragay, a 11079 ton tanker, were rescued from the stern section by the US Coast Guard cutter Escanaba. The bow section, possibly six men, remained afloat about 600 miles southeast of New York. Rescue efforts followed an SOS after the vessel broke in two amid 12 to 20 foot seas and 25 mph winds.
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Six Basques sentenced to death by Spanish court
Burgos Spain AP six Basque extremists face execution after a Burgos military trial heard Dec 3 to 9. Francisco Javier Tzco Eduardo Uriate and Joaquin Gorostich received two death sentences each for leading an attack on court martial members. Three others Mario Onaindia Francisca Javier Larena and Jose Maria Dorrensorg were also condemned to death. The group professed Marxist Leninist beliefs and all six admitted ETA membership.
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Fiveman
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Guaranteed income studied by two U.S. economists
The Klamath Indian tribe in Oregon received guaranteed annual payments from timber rights for 40 years with limited lasting benefits. David Bunting and W T Trulove found the payments kept families above the poverty line yet fostered dependent indolent behavior and created an illusion of lifelong guaranteed income.
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Southam
Chicago
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W. T. Trulove
Commons
Canada
Oregon
Rivers Dies as House Armed Services Chief at 65
L Mendel Rivers longtime head of the House Armed Services Committee died early today in Birmingham. In the Vietnam conflict two Australian sergeants were killed in a Nui Dat shooting on Christmas Day. Israel carried out a retaliatory raid across the Lebanese border Sunday night killing several Arab guerrillas.
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