Soviet Establishment’s nerves show fear of change and enemies
A 13 000 word Central Committee document issued for Lenin’s centenary reveals a nervous Soviet leadership clinging to privilege. It warns of Western ideas, nationalism, and revisionism while seeking cautious outreach to Western youth and less tension abroad. The piece notes deep economic reform clashes with entrenched bureaucracy and questions peaceful coexistence without a Stalinist fiat.
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China
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Central Committee
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Soviet Union
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Stalin
Traffic Death Toll 215 Over New Year Weekend
The Associated Press reports 215 traffic deaths during the four day New Year weekend as snow fell across the Western mountains plains Midwest and Great Lakes. Main roads were mostly clear and dry elsewhere with the count started at 6 p.m. Wednesday and ends at midnight Sunday.
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Midwest
Great Lakes
Five Brazilian hijackers ground Cruzeiro jet in Lima port
A Brazil Cruzeiro do Sul Caravelle hijacked by five young men and a woman was grounded at Lima airport after engines failed to start. The group, bound for Cuba via Buenos Aires, released an elderly heart patient and refueled in Uruguay Chile and Peru before engine power failed.
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Cruzeiro Do Sul
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Rio
Buenos Aires
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Chile
Autopsies Planned In Deaths Of Two Ohio Boys
Coroner says 3 year old Bryan McBride suffocated and 3 month old Chris McBride froze to death. Bodies found along a rural road north of Athens after a two day search by 200 officers and volunteers. Mother Barbara McBride had abandoned the boys and was hospitalized. father Ralph McBride is a Marietta refinery worker. Authorities will review a full patrol report.
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Chris
Robert Butts
Marietta
Here
Columbus
Ohio Highway Patrol
Athens
Washington
Barbara McBrie
Circle Hill State Park
McBride
Athens Mental Health Center
Athens- Washington County
Chester Burlenski
Ralph McBride
Agnew Visits Formosa Reaffirms Treaty Ties
Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived in Formosa to reassure Nationalist China of U S treaty commitments while signaling U S aims to ease tensions with Communist China. He urged dialogue and limited trade steps, stressing core U S defense obligations in Asia and a shift toward diplomacy over armaments.
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China
Republic of China
Agnew
Asia
Police Donate Overtime To Fight Ghetto Crime
Detroit police 168 volunteers gave over 1200 unpaid overtime hours in December in the 7th Precinct to cut crime and boost police community relations. Residents praise the effort while some note uneven awareness and mixed impact.
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Detroit
Joseph Wahl
Border tensions rise as strikes hit Israel border towns
Tel Aviv reports shifts in fighting from Suez to borders with Jordan and Lebanon. Rockets hit Kiryat Shmona. a Mejtulla watchman was abducted. Israeli jets destroyed Jordan's Ghor canal amid heavy shelling from Jordanian and Iraqi batteries. Defense Minister Dayan vows to respond to increased terrorist activity along the Lebanon frontier.
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Lebanon
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Metulla
Ghor
Beisan
Gideon Gazit
Galilee
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Gilead
Moshe Dayan
Cairo
Middletown Snow Forecast Through Weekend
The Middletown forecast calls for one inch or less of snow tonight with cloudy skies and low 20s. Saturday highs reach the upper 20s to lower 30s, followed by continued cold and a chance of light snow Sunday.
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Middletown
Yanks Ambush VC Units Near Saigon in New Year Clash
An American patrol along the Cambodian border clashed with 50 to 70 North Vietnamese infiltrators less than two hours after the allied cease-fire ended. The U.S. Command said 16 enemy soldiers were killed, with seven Americans wounded. fighting lasted about four hours in marshes and rice paddies 42 miles northwest of Saigon. No American casualties were reported.
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Cambodia
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