Soyuz 13 lands safely after eight day flight
Moscow AP reports the Soyuz 13 mission returned to Earth with cosmonauts Maj. Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev, after a nearly eight day flight. Tass notes all onboard systems and scientific equipment functioned properly throughout. The craft made a soft landing on a snowy Kazakh steppe about 210 miles from Baikonur. The crew exited unaided and felt excellent.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Kazakhstan
Baikonur Space Center
Pyotr Klimuk
Valentin Lebedev
Christmas 1973 Peace Cooled by Fuel Shortages and Fear
The year’s Christmas carried relief and worry with less warfare and more economic strain. Pope Paul VI spoke of humanity’s need for a savior while security tightened in Bethlehem and Israel. In the U.S., gasoline shortages and Nixon calls for holiday closings limited travel and service stations.
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Associated Press
Pope Paul VI
United States
No holiday for demonstrators at White House
Six people were arrested on Christmas Day after an antiwar protest outside the White House. Two faced unlawful entry charges for scaling the fence. four others were charged with disorderly conduct as they attempted to chain themselves to the fence.
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Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Nixon studying action after Arab oil embargo
President Nixon weighs possible moves as Arab states keep their oil embargo in place. He spoke with Secretary Kissinger during a Christmas interruption and reviewed Middle East policy and the energy crisis. Arab ministers demanded Israel withdrawal from lands occupied since 1967, citing U.S. Middle East policy as a factor.
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Nixon
United States
U.S. Middle East
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
Kissinger
Kuwait
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Middle East
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Oval Office
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Malagasy rebuffs U S warships over oil ties and Arab fears
The Malagasy Republic canceled a planned U S warship visit to Diego Suarez citing fuel and berthing limits. Pentagon sources suggest officials feared offending Arab nations amid Libyan diplomacy and French oil interests, marking a rare U S naval rebuff after the Mideast war triggered an Arab oil embargo.
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United States
U.S
Island Republic
Diego Suarez
Indian Ocean
Pentagon
Malagasy Republic
Israel
Ohio Supreme Court rules utility tax not income tax
In Columbus the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that state taxes on public utility gross receipts are not income taxes under the Ohio Constitution and need not be shared with cities. The decision rejects Cleveland’s bid to have 50 percent of utility tax revenue returned to the city.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Cleveland
Astronomical Abnormality May Flood East Coast in 1974
NOAA forecasters warn of two dates in early 1974 with unusually high tides on January 8 and February 7 due to a full moon and alignment with the sun. Affected by offshore storms and onshore winds, these conditions echo 1962 flooding and could threaten low-lying coastlines, with similar patterns possible in mid 1974 and near hurricane season.
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Washington
U.S
Mid- Atlantic
Commerce Department
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
National Weather Service
United States
Gulf Coast
Balloon Scholarship Launch At NKSC Honors Junior Achievement
Northern Kentucky State College will release 200 balloons on Friday with 103 containing vials that announce scholarships of varying amounts. finder of a balloon can claim a scholarship. Junior Achievers who find a $100 award will receive double the amount.
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Highland Heights
Northern Kentucky State College
James Kruer
Financial Aid
Kruer
Weekend Temperature Swing for Middletown Area
Weather forecast shows showers tonight with lows in the 40s. Thursday remains cloudy with highs in the upper 40s. A mix of rain or snow is possible Friday and Saturday, with snow expected Sunday and highs dropping from the low 40s on Friday to the upper 20s by Sunday.
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Middletown
Woman Finds House Smashed After Christmas Return
Mrs Shirley Cox 7591 Germantown Road reports to Butler County sheriff that on Christmas Day she found her home ransacked with furniture overturned and broken, the refrigerator stove and other items smashed after she had been away due to heating oil issues.
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Shirley Cox
Germantown Road
Butler County Sheriff’s Deputies
Five Die in Rain Slick Pa Crash Near Sandy Lake
Five persons were killed in a two car crash on rain slick Pennsylvania 173 near Sandy Lake Christmas night. Police said one car skidded and collided with the other. Victims are John Hochstetler 18 Melvin Byler 18 Neil Troyer 18 all of Greenville and Stanley Kelley 74 Libby Kelley 67 of Cochranton. The holiday weekend total traffic deaths reached 22.
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Rainslick
Pennsylvania
Sandy Lake
John Hochstetler
Melvin Byler
Neil Troyer
Stanley Kelley
Libby
Cochranton
Coal Grove Man Dies In House Fire
A 44-year-old Coal Grove man identified as Lowell Vaughn died early today when his home was destroyed by a fire in Coal Grove Ohio. Firefighters found the body after tackling the blaze at the residence. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire with no other injuries reported.
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Coal Grove, Ohio
Coal Grove
Lowell Vaughn
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