Hanoi Intensifies Push as Thieu Proposes Christmas Peace Plan
Hanoi presses for a cease fire and POW exchange while Thieu backs a Christmas truce. Washington signals support and Kissinger returns to the White House as Hanoi signals readiness to withdraw, yet no lasting peace appears near.
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Thieu
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Vietam
Hanoi
Paris
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Washington
Nixon
Tho
Concorde venture faces heavy costs and weight hurdles
The Concorde project risks billions in development as Britain and France push a supersonic airliner. Key issues include high holding costs and weight reducing payload. Ten years and 2.5 billion dollars in, the first flight is set for 1976 with 250 planes hoped by 1980, but orders are far from meeting that target. The craft carries about 128 passengers, less than half of subsonic rivals, highlighting financial and technical challenges ahead.
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France
Britain
India Eyes Mending Ties With United States In New Era
The piece notes shifting India US relations after the India Pakistan war. New Delhi’s tone softened amid moves toward cooperation. India seeks balance with Pakistan and China while economic factors push toward trade links as Nixon aims to turn the 1970s into an era of negotiation.
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India
United
Asian Subcontinent
Washington
SEATO
Pakistan
New Delhi
Asia
Dia
China
Nixon
Non-Smoker Victory Over Smoking on Trains Stirs Debate
Chief Justice Warren Burger joined non-smokers in a transit clash after reporting cigar and pipe smoke on Amtrak Metroliner trips. He urged Transport Secretary Volpe to act, leading to a December ban on cigar and pipe smoking in the Metro club car, while cigarettes remain allowed.
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Christian Science Monitor
Warren Burger
Burger
Washington
New York
Amtrak
Metroliner
Transportation
John Volpe
Metro Club
Questions on Morality and Proportionality in Vietnam War Debate
The piece questions Catholic bishops and other groups for claiming clear moral judgments on Vietnam. It argues proportionality and civilian harm are hard to measure in protracted war, given the global context and evolving civilian participation. The author warns that simplistic moral claims harm credibility and authority.
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Nixon
National Council of Churches
Thieu
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Vietnam
Kennedy
Indonesia
David Malberstam
U. S
Pilate
Strauss Victory Fails to Rebuild Democratic Center
Washington analysis argues that Robert Strauss as National Chairman will not restore a centrist drift. The piece contends the 1968 72 crises showed the Old Guard influence remains weak against a rising New Left and demographic tides.
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Washington
RFL
U.S
Robert Strauss
National Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Larry O’brien
al Lowenstein
George Wallace
Eugene McCarthy
George McGovern
Old Guard
Strauss
Miami Beach
Census Bureau
GOP
Apollo 17 launch sabotaged by computer protest
A transcript reveals Mark IV, a computer, deliberately shut down Apollo 17 at T minus 30 seconds to protest layoffs of computers at Cape Kennedy. Engineers and President Nixon negotiate while a relay jumper is installed, enabling a successful blastoff. Mark IV is later jailed awaiting trial.
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Washington
Cape Kennedy
Space Agency
Mark
Mark IV
White House
Nixon
United States
Internal Revenue Service
Boycott Of Pepsico Over Soviet Jewry Debate
Newsday reports a boycott campaign by the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews against PepsiCo over Soviet Jewish emigration. The piece notes Pepsico's ties to Nixon era diplomacy, mixed reactions from Jewish groups, and contrasting strategies between local and national pressure on Soviet policy.
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Washington
Pepsi-Cola
Richard Nixon
Pepsico
Union of Councils
Russia
Pepsico, Inc
Donald Kendall
Nixon
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Kremlin
Soviet Union
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
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Louis Rosenblum
NASA
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Chicago
New York
Rosenblum
Coca-Cola
Wilson Sporting Goods
Canada
National Conference On
Jerry Goodman
Chase Manhattan Bank
Armand Hammer
IBM
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Newsday
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Monroe News-Star History and Staff Directory
The Monroe News-Star is described as an independent afternoon newspaper serving Monroe Louisiana with a long lineage of publishers from 1929 to 1972. It lists key officers directors and staff including editors, general managers, and executive editors. It notes Associated Press use and national advertising representation.
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John C. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William H. Bronson
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing III
Patricia Wi ‘Kendrick
Esther Ewingynne
Kenneth’ C. Barranger
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing, Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Helen Clay Hall
Harrison Kelly Wynne
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Monroe News-Star
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