Passengers React Favorably to New Air Security Checks
AP reports mixed reactions as federal anti hijacking measures take effect at all 530 U S airports. Travelers praise safety gains, endure lines, while some note delays and intrusive searches at various terminals. Many airports create sterile zones and use electronic screening and wand arrests.
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Morris Kirsch
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Richard Kaase
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Albany, N.Y
Atlanta
U.S
Air security plan to add armed guards at airports
Feel Later Kennedy reportedly lifted a knife fork and spoon from an airport restaurant. In Cleveland a loaded gun was found in a man's suitcase and later returned after the flight. Beginning Feb 6 armed airport guards will be assigned to supplement airline security in the second phase of the plan.
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Kennedy
Cleveland
Nixon Unsure Of Agreement In Peace Talks
President Nixon said in a White House meeting he does not know if renewed Paris talks will yield a settlement by his January 20 inauguration. Kissinger prepares for Monday talks with North Vietnam while congressional Democrats pressure for a war end and antiwar groups plan Inauguration Day demonstrations.
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United States
War costs rise as air campaign in Indochina expands
The Pentagon says an extra 2 billion dollars may be needed this fiscal year to finance the air war over Indochina, bringing fiscal 1973 costs to about 8 billion. Officials attribute at least 250 million of the add on to aircraft lost over North Vietnam during intensified raids.
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North Vietnam
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Space Agency
Longshoremen Boycott Ties Up Australian Ships Nationwide
Seven ships carrying Australian goods are tied up from Boston to Tampa as U S longshoremen retaliate for an Australian boycott of American shipping over the Hanoi Haiphong bombing. ILA says one ship refuses unloading and six others fly foreign flags but carry Australian cargo. An eighth ship, Cap Vilano, will be picketed in San Francisco. Representatives warn of further action unless the war ends soon.
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Haiphong
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Fere
International Longshoremen’s Association
Afl-Cio
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Cap Vilano
San Francisco
Thomas W. Gleason
William P
Washington
Roy R. Fernandez
Walter L. Rice
Canberra
Labor Party
Gough
Sydney
United States
Newark
N.J
Columbus Australia
Jersey City
Charleston
S.C
Savannah
NASA to Close Plum Brook Station in Ohio
NASA and the Atomic Energy Commission announce budget driven cutbacks to save funds. NASA plans about 700 job cuts, including 450 at Plum Brook near Sandusky, leading to the factory shutdown of the Plum Brook nuclear research station.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Nixon
NASA
Plum Brook
Sandusky
Ohio
Eastern Ordering TriStars In Split Over Crash
Eastern Airlines insists its fourfold TriStar jetliner fleet expansion remains on track despite the Dec 29 crash of Flight 401 near Miami. The $18 million aircraft reportedly had landing gear issues, but officials say no evidence links to the crash.
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Mami
Fla
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
EAS
New York
Miami
Everglades
National Transportation Safety Board
U.S. Denies Bombing Above the 20th Parallel
In Saigon AP report the U S Command rejects Hanoi charges that U S warplanes resumed bombing north of the 20th parallel while confirming limited raids below it. Reconnaissance operations near Hanoi and Haiphong are noted but not commented on by the command. In South Vietnam, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong raids intensify with civilian casualties and 106 enemy incidents recorded in 24 hours.
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Haiphong
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Hoa Binh
20Th Parallel
Thanh Hoa
Demilitarized Zone
Amer
South Vietnam
Weather outlook for Middletown: cold nights and light snow chances
Partly cloudy, cold tonight with lows around 15. Thursday will be cold with highs near 20. Snow is possible in Middletown on Monday and Tuesday, followed by a warming trend and partly cloudy skies Wednesday.
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Middletown
Pentagon Silent in War Details
Washington AP reports the Pentagon withheld year end North Vietnamese raid details to protect air crews and aid Paris peace talks. Melvin Laird refused release of bomb damage reports, saying information would jeopardize negotiations. Kissinger directed the policy, echoed by officials amid prior wartime blackout patterns.
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