Nixon says peace dividend myth fuels inflation impact
Washington AP reports the claimed Nixon era peace dividend is a myth as inflation and pay raises erode the expected savings. Moot, Pentagon comptroller, says peak 1968 war costs were 20 billion yearly, now about 10 billion. Defense spending will rise next year, with more funding for research, modernization, and foreign aid to support the Nixon doctrine.
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Washington
Robert C. Moot
Pentagon
Moot
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Mlitary
Defense Department
Gon
Laird
Nixon
Congress
America
Benefactor Remembers Three Lonely Christmases
J Vernon Harwell paid the air fare home for Vietnam veteran Tony Ray Davis from Cam Ranh Bay to Albuquerque for Christmas leave. Harwell, who plans to visit Hawai with family, invited Davis and provided funds so other NM servicemen could also join the two week holiday. Davis, 25 from Carlsbad, praised the gesture as the best Christmas present he could imagine.
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Albuquerque
N.M
J. Vernon Harwell
Vietnam
Nev
Harwell
New Mexico
Navy
Tony Ray Davis
Cam Ranh Bay
Davis
Carlsbad
Saigon
Carlsban
Port Lavaca
Tex
Hawai
Albuquerque Country Club
Pacific
2Nd Marines
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Arctic Cold Wave Grips Nation With Widespread Snow
The Associated Press reports an arctic cold wave affecting 49 of 50 states with widespread snow. Northern Plains and Great Lakes eastward to the mid Atlantic see wintry weather, plus localized heavy squalls along Lake Erie and northeastern Ohio. Temperatures drop to the single digits in western areas, with mid to upper teens elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Plains
Great Lakes
mid-Atlantic Seaboard
Lake Erie
Ohio
Cleveland
Arkansas
Illinois
Lake Superior
Manitoba
Atlantic
New Jersey
Seven Olathe Servicemen Come Home for Christmas
Seven Olathe servicemen returning from Vietnam arrived at Kansas City Municipal Airport at 11 55 p.m. after a community fund drive. A private jet funded by United Utilities carried them via Chicago, escorted by law enforcement into Olathe where families greeted them with banners including a large welcome for Spec 3 Richard Hoffman. Donations topped about $4 400 with a church service planned by city ministers.
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Olathe
Kan
Vietnam
Kansas City Municipal
Saigon
Chicago
Fred Clark
United Utilities, Inc
Westwood
Richard Hoffman
Kansas City
Harry Welch
Jordanian Army Battles Guerrillas Over Strategic Hills
Beir ut reports say King Hussein's army and Palestinian guerrillas fought two days for control of hills near Salt 15 miles from Amman. Government says troops overran the heights. guerrillas report heavy casualties and ongoing bombardment.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hussein
West
Jordan
Salt
Amman
Jewish Defendants Sentenced in 1969 Soviet Israel Case
In Haifa pupils urged U S intervention as Israel debated the Soviet Jewry case. Edward Kuznetsov and Mark Dymshits were sentenced to death for an alleged escape plot to Finland, with others receiving 4 to 15 year labor camp terms. The Knesset urged humane treatment and appeal rights were granted.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Haifa
White House
Nixon
Eilat
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Rakah
Communist Party of
Nikolaiv. Podgorny
Golda Meir
Knesset
Edward Kuzntsov
Mark Dymshits
Leningrad
Finland
Wallace to wed Cornelia Ellis Snively in Alabama
Wallace Montgomery Ala AP Governor-elect George Wallace, a 50 year old widower and 1968 third party candidate, announces plans to marry Cornelia Ellis Snively, 32, a divorcee and niece of former Gov. James E. Folsom. No definite wedding date given.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
Alabama
Cornelia Ellis Snively
James E. Folsom
Wallace
Wallace plans remarriage before January inauguration
Will Marry Again reports indicate the couple will wed before Wallace takes office on January 18. The announcement ends months of speculation about his marital plans as Wallace, a four child father, navigates past loss and political aims.
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Wallace
Snively
Lurleen
Playing Santa Costly for Atlanta Cab Driver
Taxi driver Paul Dotterer decked his cab for Christmas week with Yule decorations and a Santa suit. He greeted customers with ho-ho and waved to pedestrians, but the festive act cut his fares, leaving him to work Christmas Day to make ends meet.
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Atlanta, Ga
Paul Dotterer
Santa Claus
Dotterer
Coast Guard Aids Seven Americans After Cuba Grounding
Seven Americans on the Sea Rover were rescued after drifting off Cuba on Christmas. Cuban patrol boats aided by staying with the grounded vessel three miles off Cuba’s northwest coast until Coast Guard help arrived. Salvage pumps failed and a St. Petersburg helicopter evacuated six passengers to safety while Nikola Severdija of Miami went aboard the Belgian freighter Pontos.
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Miami
U.S. Coast Guard
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Nicaragua
David Edwards
Statesville
N.C
Coast Guard
Edwards
St. Petersburg
Nikola Severdija
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