Kidnappers list 70 prisoners as ransom demand
AP reports in brief from Rio de Janeiro and Washington. Swiss citizen Giovanni Bucher is the kidnapping target in Brazil. A list of 70 prisoners is asked for in exchange, with talks about asylum and possible flight of suspects. Separate items note farm crop declines in 1970, pollution bill progress, and Nevada holdings of Howard Hughes. UK and U.S. political mentions follow.
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IO DE Janeiro
Giovanni Bucher
Bra
Kloof Wath
Sid Bucher
Il Ist
Bucher
Cuba
Algeri
Brazil
Chile
Las Vegas
Nev
State District Court
Howard W. Babcock
Nevada
Indust
Howard Hughes
Fag Ere
Tex Tages Toe Woos Sa
Beety
Robert A. Maheu
Hughes
Maheu
Tool Company
Notre Dame Cheerleader Terri Buck Targets TV Career
Terri Buck, a Notre Dame cheerleader and charter member of the Southern California group, appeared before a 52 million television audience and eyed a future in television.
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South Bend
Vna
Terri Buck
University of Notre Dame
Terri
Notre Dame
Southern
Calne
Ster
Former Soldier Warns Of Watchdog Operations
A former Army intelligence member alleges snooping on civilians and mass arrests under martial law. John M. O'Brien said he spied on Adlai Stevenson III Otto Kerner and Jesse Jackson. He warned the files could be used to suppress dissent. The White House denied domestic spying. Daley to run for fifth Chicago term.
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Chicago
John M. O’brien
Evanston
Illinois
Army
Stanley Resor
O'Brien
American Civil Liberties Union
O’brien
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Senate
Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Nixon
Charles Percy
Bill
Ervin
White House
Angela Davis Denied Writ of Habeas Corpus
Angela Davis, 26, former UCLA philosophy instructor, remains in custody as U.S. appeals court upholds denial of a writ of habeas corpus in a California extradition case. A stay until Monday allows for Supreme Court review. defense to seek further stay. Davis is accused in Marin County gun purchases linked to killings in San Rafael.
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New York
US. Supreme Court
California
Angela Davis
Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Miss Davis
University of California of Los Angeles
Marin County
Highway Bill Clears House For Interstate Expansion
Washington AP A near 10 billion highway construction bill to extend the interstate program two more years cleared the House 319 to 11. The measure would push the completion deadline to June 30 1976 and add about 9.775 billion dollars.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Nixon
Rioting Spreads to Fifth Polish City Amid Curfews
Polish authorities report rioting reaching a fifth city as troops quell mobs in shipyards and towns near the Baltic. Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot, Szczecin, and Slupsk face clashes with police. up to 20 dead, hundreds injured, and curfews enforced.
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Poland
Radio Gdansk
Gdynia
Gdansk
Sopot
Bay of
Danzig
Szczecin
Slupsk
Ament
Radio Warsaw
PAP
Viet Cong mark National Resistance Day with attacks on US troops
Saigon reports two Viet Cong strikes on American forces as National Resistance Day marks the Indochina war anniversary. A 12 round mortar barrage near the 25th Infantry Division HQ northeast of Saigon and a convoy ambush near Hai Van pass kill one American and wound four. civilians suffer 6 dead and 8 wounded from rockets, including children. Overall US casualties cited as light, with broader security tightened amid a week of anti American bombings. The commemoration notes that 44 144 Americans killed and 292 917 wounded in Indochina over a decade. civilian toll exceeds one million in five years. National Resistance Day is one of three holidays for Viet Cong observances in the coming days. NLF anniversary is Sunday and People’s Army Day is Tuesday.
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Saigon
U. S
25Th Infantry
Hai van Pass
da Nang
U.S
South Vietnamese
Indochina
Vo Nguyen
Giap
Hanoi
National Front For the Liberation
South Vietnam
NLF
Senate Asks for Test Vote on Welfare Plan
Senate sources say the Nixon administration expects the welfare reform plan to fail this session yet seeks a Senate vote to test sentiment. The closed meeting discussed Social Security hikes and the plan’s fate as House Ways and Means chair Mills rejects the broader Social Security bill. Leaders urge a vote as precedent for a revived welfare plan in the next Congress.
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Etington
Nixon
Congress
House-Senate
Washington
Senate
Williams
Wilbur D. Mills
Dark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
White House children conference urges priority shift for every child
The White House Conference on Children urged Nixon to reorder national priorities to ensure learning, growth, and creative living for all children. Delegates voted 52 percent on six top recommendations, including humanized, child-centered education and a National Institute of Education, while rump sessions pushed antiwar and hunger action. Unemployment in Wisconsin for November reached 102,800, the highest November total in 15 years.
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Nixon
Stephen Hess
National Institute of Education
White House
Vietnam
Madison
Wisconsin
Community Christmas Party at Grace Lutheran Center
Mrs LeRoy Schultz chair man of the Women of the Moose presented a 825 check to Mrs Donovan Otteson director of the Green County Day Care Center at the church Christmas party. Schultz also donated two clown dolls she made as the Friendship fund campaign for retarded and handicapped children continues in the county. About 25 people attended the event.
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LeRoy Schultz
The
Women of the Moose
Donovan Otteson
Green County
Grace Lutheran Church
Delta Queen Wins Three Year Paddleboat Lease
A Congress bill provides a three year lease on the Delta Queen, allowing the 46 year old paddleboat to resume operation on the Mississippi River. The measure passed both houses with little comment and moves to the President for approval.
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Delta Queen Washington
Delta Queen
Mississippi River
Congress
House
Senate
Nixon
Floyd Achterberg 53 dies after heart attack
Floyd C. Achterberg, 53, of Route 3, a loan officer at Commercial and Savings Bank of Monroe, died at 10:10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, in St. Clare Hospital after a heart attack. He had been a patient there since Dec. 2. Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Floyd C. Achterberg
Route 3
The
Commercial and Savings Bank of
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home
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